. History of Vermont, natural, civil, and statistical, in three parts, with a new map of the state, and 200 engravings . that of the belly isvery marked, and the spots mi the neckand (it the uuule of the mouth have been• MiuUnt, and in most cases very plain. THE KINO El) pu intalus.— Linn a. us. Description.—Color above uniformbluish brown, approaching to black insome specimens; beneath yellow; mar-gin of the upper jaw, lower jaw and bandround the neck, yellowish white ; a rowof small black spots along each side id theabdomen at the meeting of the dark colorabove with the light c
. History of Vermont, natural, civil, and statistical, in three parts, with a new map of the state, and 200 engravings . that of the belly isvery marked, and the spots mi the neckand (it the uuule of the mouth have been• MiuUnt, and in most cases very plain. THE KINO El) pu intalus.— Linn a. us. Description.—Color above uniformbluish brown, approaching to black insome specimens; beneath yellow; mar-gin of the upper jaw, lower jaw and bandround the neck, yellowish white ; a rowof small black spots along each side id theabdomen at the meeting of the dark colorabove with the light color below; usuallya similar row of spots along the middle of(he abdomen from the chin to the vent,but this is wanting in the specimen beforeinc. Head ftatlish. about the width of thebody, neck but little smaller than thebody. Length 13 inches, tail 3, plates1G4, scales 60 pair. History.—This snake is of a timid dis-position, being seldom seen abroad, butis often met with in different parts of thestate, concealed under stones, logs, andthe bark of old, decayed trees. Its foodconsists principally of THE CHE UN vernulis.—Di: —Color above beautifulgrass green ; beneath greenish, or yellow- ish white ; margin of the upper jaw yel-lowish ; pupil black, upper edge of theiris yellow, below grayish brown. Scalesnot keeled, smooth, rhomboidal, with theacute angles truncated, giving them theappearance of unequal sided flattened and covered with HI plates,one at the snout, two pair behind these,then 3 plates between the eyes, J largerones behind these upon the occiput, up-per jaw bordered by 1) scales, includingthe one at the snout; nostril circular, andnear the end of the snout. Length of thespecimen before me inches, head i in,from the snout to the vent l\.\, tail (i.,width of the head .3. Tail terminated ina sharp, horn-colored spine. Abdominal| plates I3l,sub-caudal 170 in the two —This beautiful a
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