INDIAN SERPENTS. 
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a circumstance which has since been fully ascertained, from examination of the specimen 
that I deposited in the British Museum. 
No. IX. 
COLUBER. 
Abdominal Scuta I 70 
Sub-caiulal Squama 5 8 
Called by the natives Bodroo Pam. 
The head , much broader than the neck, sub-trigonal, gibbous behind, above depressed, 
the rostrum obtuse, compressed; the crown covered with very small, smooth, orbicular 
scales, except a small lamina above each eye: the scales on the rest of the head, small, but 
slightly carinated. The sub-jugular squamae, linear, and truncate. 
The mouth large; the jaws nearly equal. The teeth small, regular, reflex; two palatal 
rows, but no marginal row, above. Two fangs, remarkably long, emergent from the sacs, 
on each side. 
The eyes lateral, large, oval, prominent. The nostrils near the eyes, very wide, open. 
The trunk; the back somewhat carinated, the sides compressed, or sub-cleclining. The 
scales, acute-ovate, carinated, imbricate. 
The length two feet six inches; the circumference of the neck an inch and a half; of the 
thickest part of the trunk, two inches one third. The tail , round, slender, obtuse: mea¬ 
sured five inches. 
The colour; the head, trunk, and tail, of a fresh green; the last row of squamae on the 
belly, yellow. The scuta of a pale straw-colour, and some of them have a small, green, 
spot, on each side. 
OBSERVATIONS. 
This snake, which had been caught two days before on the hills in the vicinity of Viza- 
gapatam, was brought to me in October, 1 7 88 ; and as I had never met with it before, nor 
heard of any other green snake besides the Passeriki Pam, (No. XII, XIII.) I conceived it to 
be rather uncommon. 
It looked fresh and lively, was very alert, hissed, and snapped at every thing opposed to 
it, yet did not offer to touch a chicken which was walking about in the same room. It pre¬ 
pared for an attack somewhat in the manner of the Mega Rekula Poda, (No. XXXII.) but 
was not nearly so fierce, nor did it contract the neck and trunk into such close wreaths. 
