673 
Ekganlif- 
Jimus. 
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javanus, 
6 
Ignobilis, 
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AMPHIBIA. SERPENTS. 8. Coluber. 
Head broad, triangular, the hind-part widened -late*’ ^ 
comprefTed at the fides, the fore-part covered 
which the 3 near the eyes are largeft, the h>'’ ^(^ber‘“’ 
cate with ftales;ja£y oh the hind-part each' fihe 
irtink like G. nitrix. 
trip 
fiugle 
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White: front with a red crofs : back with 3 
of ocellate fpots : fides with a 
fpOtS. jjll' 
Crofs on the front fprinkled round with red fpots ; 
row of thofe on the back veiy Cender ; in other 
fembles the fa ft. 
White with a tranfverfe tawny-brown fpof w . 
and a white one above the eyes : a ^ of 
ftripe from the crown through the fore-p^Jj^ 
back, middle and hindrpart of the back t''* 
boid fpots which are whitilli in the middle. ^^^5, 
Inhabits lava: bears a great relemblance to C. bucr 
Cincrebtis-yellow with roundifh fpots on the 
a feries of dots each fide, running toge 
band. 
Inhabits America s reftmbles the la(l. 
xW 
111 '" 
the’ 
Tawny with a double angular band on the, back> 
gles crofling each other. 
Inhabits Africa ; much like C. buccatus. 
Plates of the belly 146: fcales of the tail 39- , ,.]cet*’ 
Inhabits Europe and Siberia ; lives in woods and tW 
in breeding-time in the open fields ; is poifot'®*' ii> 
deadly; grows to foot long; was formerly 
pute as a reftorative. 
Body cinereous, or (which is probably the male) t® e> J 
or blackifli ; a dark indented ftripe along the lU* 
knri — ^ 1.1 
; belly tinged with v, 
le ; irids orancri* 1 4)Ui^ bl -Jfll?, 
back, or dark-brown 
with black ; throat pale ; irids orange ; pvp^ 
Spots on the top of the back roundifh, almoft 
to a ftripe : thofe near the end of the tail tra 
Inhabits India, 
3. Tawny ilh : head variegated ; neck flender- 
Inhabits St, Eujiace, 
