6-74 
fenchris, 
Opriqs. 
Enydris, 
Murina. 
Scytak, 
Hortulana 
Viptra. 
' (? 
Variegatus 
AMPHIBIA. SERPENTS. 8. Coluber- 
Plates of the belly 265 ; of the tail 57. 
Inhabits Surinam. 
Greenilh, with whitifh ocelate fpots ; irids grey. 
Plates of the belly 281 ; of the tail 84. 
Body brown ; rclembles the conftri&or in appearance. 
Plates of the belly jyp ; of the tail 105. 
Inhabits America. Grey variegated ; lower teeth Ion?- 
Plates of the belly 254; of the tail about 65- 
Inhabits America, Glaucous with round black fpoW- 
Plates of the belly 250 ; of the tail 70. frcf'’ 
Inhabits America is eaten by the natives ; prey® ^ gc*** 
lizards, and fometimes twifts round and deftroys Ib r’ 
and young deer. i, ck' ' 1 
Body alhy.glaucous, with round black fpots on the ha 
lateral ones black, annulate, with a white dilk ; ^ 
ones oblong. 
Plates of the belly 290; of the tail 128. 
Inhabits America. ^ 
Pale, with livid, wedged fpots ; head with yello''^’ 
fomething relembling a flower-pot. 
8. COLUBER. Plates on the belly ■ 
under the tail. ^ 
Plates of the belly 118; fcales of the tail 20. 
Inhabits Egypt was formerly much efleejned iu ' 
the, broad, alternate fcales of the tSil are always re*- ^ 
pairs. ' fettle ■ 
Body filming, very fhort, paljf, with brown fpots ; 
lying dole together ; head gibbous, with 
fcales ; eye^ feated on the top. 
Above tawny, variegated with grey and wbit^’ 
and on the fides pale yellow. 
Inhabits America: in ftiape refemblesthe laft. 
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