THE 
ANTARCTIC BOA, 
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Generic Character. 
Scuta or undivided plates both on the abdomen 
and beneath the tail. 
Specific Character, &c. 
Gilvous BOA, with numerous transverse rufous 
fascia?; beneath yellowish, spotted with 
black. 
Abdominal plates 113 . 
jSub caudal 27. 
Terminal scales 22 pair. 
This beautiful, and hitherto undescribed serpent, 
is a native of Australasia, and is considered as a 
highly poisonous species. Its general length is about 
twelve or fifteen inches : its form remarkably thick 
jn proportion. From the singularity of its colours 
and the regularity of its markings it is not easily 
confounded with any other species. 
