THE 
RUSSELIAN SNAKE, 
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Generic Character. 
Tran Tver fe Lamella under the abdomen. 
Broad alternate Scales under the tail. 
Specific Character, &c. 
Brownilh-yellow SNAKE, with acutely-ovate 
blackifh dorfal fpots edged with white, and 
fmaller ovate lateral ones; 
Abdominal lamella 168. Subcaudal j'cales gg. 
Katuka Rekula Poda. 
Ruffe/’s Indian Serpents, p. 10. pi. 7. 
The length of this remarkable fnake is about four 
feet: the head is rather large, and covered on its 
upper part with final 1 feales : the fnout o'otufe : the 
mouth wide: the fangs large, and, (as in feveral 
other poifonous ferpents), double; a fmaller fang 
being fituated clofe to the larger one on each tide. 
The color of the animal is an elegant pale yellowilh 
brown, marked throughout the whole length or the 
back with a continued chain or feries of large rhom¬ 
boid, or rather oval fpots of deep brown, with pa¬ 
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