Coluber . Head 
fhort; broad and convex nofe 
turned up: a dufky ftripe crof- 
fes the forehead, and paffes 
through each eye to the corner 
of the mouth: individuals are 
marked diverfely on the crown of 
the head : back dufky ftriped 
tranfverfely, with white bound 
on the fides by a dufky fpot: 
belly black and white. Scuta 47: 
fcales 48. 
Were it not for the great dif¬ 
ference between this viper and 
the fimus of Linnaeus, in the 
number of the fcutaj I fhould 
be inclined to think them the 
fame fpecies. 
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