AMPHIBIA. SERPENTS. 8. Coluber. 685 
Rluelfb-alh, beneath blackifh; a white arched each 
fule the hind-head, and one black ; back waved with 
black. 
Reiembles in appearance the laft. 
Very {lender, fliining, fmooth, white with black bands. 
With red bauds. r u, 
Inhabits SunV.ais, ■2,) Africa: refemblcs C. natrix. 
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Black fpotted with white; tail alternately ftriped with 
white and black. . . , n.- . j 
Inhabits Ambohia and Keu: Spam ; is often uomefticated. 
Brown with minute white fpots. 
Head covered witlr broad plates, deprefled, tnangular by means 
of the jaws being widened out behind; fnout Iliarpcr than 
C.vnatrix; trunk fmooth, lliining, narrower behind the 
head, very thick in the middle; tail come, long, tapering. 
Plates of the belly 160 ; fcales of the tail 70. 
Blackiflr J hdes variegated with white and black. 
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pjgjpg pf the belly 178 ; fcales of the tall 60. 
Inhabits the Tyloleje country. Depofits its <=g6^ 
which are white, leathery, with a lateral yolk and turbid 
watery white, about 14 in number, and fticking together. 
Plates of the belly 174; 
Inhabits Arabia. Brown ; belly blackilh. 
Plates of the belly 184 ; fcales of the , . , , . , 
Inhabits, Ceylon! Varied with akeniate white and black bands, 
and dotted with black ; head Imall. 
Plates of the belly 203 ; fcales of the tail 32. 
Inhabits South America and India. White with 2 black fp . 
crozon black; a white line running down the body. 
Plates of the belly 163 ; fcales of the tail 77- 
Inhabits SurinaL Blueifb-ani with longitudinal bbek imes. 
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Plates of the belly IQO fcales of the tail 5 ®* 
Irihabits the river Ural ; lives chitjfly in the 
