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DESCRIPTION OF 
No. XVIII. 
COLUBER. 
Abdominal Scuta 1 9 8 
Sub-caudal Squama 84 
The head remarkably small, very little broader than the neck, depressed, obtuse; covered 
with ten laminae. The first, triagonal; the pair between the nostrils nearly orbicular; the 
next pair, oblong-square, transverse; the lateral laminae between the eyes, sub-ovate; the 
central, shield-form; the posterior pair resemble the stumps of two thighs. 
The mouth large ; the lower jaw a little shorter than the upper. The teeth below, 
numerous, reflex, regular; above, two palatal rows, and one marginal; as usual in serpents 
not venomous. 
The eyes , large, oval. The nostrils near the point of the rostrum ; not large. 
The trunk round, covered with oblong-oval, smooth, scales; except near the scuta, where 
two rows are ovate, and larger. 
The length, three feet three inches ; circumference near the head, above one inch three 
fourths; the middle of the trunk, three inches. 
The colour , a dark brown; that of the scuta, seemed to have been altered by the spirits. 
OBSERVATIONS. 
This snake, (with several others in spirits,) was sent to me from Madepolam, by Mr. 
Rowley, in September, 1 7 85 ; but without the native name. The form of the trunk and 
the tail, and the glistening polish of the skin, gave it, on a transient view, something of the 
semblance of a very dark Cobra de Capello. 
No. XIX. 
COLUBER. 
Abdominal Scuta 182] 
220 . 
Sub-caudal Squama 38 J 
Called by the natives Wanapa Pam. 
The head a little broader than the neck, oblong-ovate, sub-convex, obtuse, covered with 
various laminte. The first lamina triangular, slightly emarginate; the first pair, oblong-, 
