THE 
HORN-NOSED SNAKE. 
Generic Character. 
Tranfverfe Lamella under the abdomen. 
Broad alternate Scales under the tail. 
Specific Character. 
OLIVE-BROWN SNAKE, freckled with black- 
ifh, with a row of pale dorfal fpots fur- 
rounded by black, and a flexuous pale fafcia 
on the lides. 
The abdominal plates are 127. The fubcaudal fcales 
about 32. 
The belly is of a pale olive-colour with dujky Jpots . 
The fnake here reprefented muft be confidered as a 
fpecies hitherto unknown, and adds to the number of 
thofe malignant reptiles whofe bite, in the hotter regions 
of the globe, proves the dreadful forerunner of a fpeedy 
and painful death. If at fir ft glance of molt of the 
ferpent-tribe an involuntary fort of horror and alarm is 
fo often felt by thofe who are unufed to the examination 
of thefe animals, how much greater dread muft the 
unexpected view of the fpecies here exhibited be fup- 
pofed to inflift ? when to the general form of the crea¬ 
ture 
