AMPrilBlA. serpent's. 9. Angiiis. 697 
A foot long ; colour grcenlfh-black ; beneath, at the (ides, bn 
the tip of the head, a broad band on the tail and dots on the 
tip all yellow. 
Snout prominent ; teeth o; eyes on the top of the head, not la- 
teral ; trunk furrounded with 20 rows of hexagonal fcales; 
tali J of an inch long, with minute fcales, and obtufe, rigid 
at the tip. 
Scales of the belly 230 ; of the tall 7^ 
Inhabits America. Whitilh, inclining to yellow. 
Abdominal fcales 206 ; fubcaUdal 50. 
Inhabits Surinam. Tail compreffed, fharp, pale with brown 
bands. 
Scales of the belly 24b; of the tail 13. 
Inhabits South America and India, Varies very much in its 
colours ; generally orange with black blotches, fometimes 
black and white, fometimes pale rofe and black, paler beneath, 
■ and beautifully fafeiated with bars of deep black. 
Scales of the belly 126 : of the tail 1364 Aberdeen Snahi 
Inhabits America and England. Above cinereous with 3 black 
lines the whole length, beneath lead-colour with white 
ipots. 
Scales of the belly I355 of the tail 135. Blind Worm. 
Inhabits Europe and Siberia, iu hollow ways, woods, pathsj 
and among rubbilh ; breaks into pieces if thrown down, and 
the fragments will live a long while afterwards. 
Back yellowilh-alh j belly black; tides fkcedked with black and 
white ; tail long, obtufe ; fcales fmall, foftj compaft. Co- 
lour various. 
Abdominal fcales 127 ; fubcaudal Z23. 
Inhabits Carolina. 
Body afhy-green, ftriate ; lateral band black ; belly fhort; ap- 
pearing as if annexed by a hollow future ; tail verticillate, 
3 times as long as the body, 
Tail compreffed, obtufe. 
Vol. I. — .4 U Inhabits 
