Coluber . Blue-Jiriped 
Ribband Snake. Head narrow 
and flatted: body very long and 
(lender: down the back are two 
deep blue (tripes: reft of the 
body a bluifh white: in fome 
parts, where the old (kin re¬ 
mains, the back is browniih; 
and the belly of a light coppery 
colour: Scuta 168 : fcales 175. 
This Snake is probably a va¬ 
riety of the Coluber firtalis. 
