The natural history of fishes, amphibians, & reptiles, or monocardian animals . B. constrictor, Seba, i. pi. (fg. 122.). Eunectus Wag. Muzzle covered with plates insteadof scales. E. murina. Seba, ii. pi. 23. fig. 1. OPHIDES. ANGUID^. 367 Python. General characters of Boa, but the head ismore or less covered with small plates in front: Tro-pical India. Cenchrus Gray. Head obliquely cut behind; fronttruncate and covered with small plates, those beneaththe tail simple. C. regia. (Boa regia ^wcf.) Python Daud. Characters as above; but with the sub-caudal plates double. reticula
The natural history of fishes, amphibians, & reptiles, or monocardian animals . B. constrictor, Seba, i. pi. (fg. 122.). Eunectus Wag. Muzzle covered with plates insteadof scales. E. murina. Seba, ii. pi. 23. fig. 1. OPHIDES. ANGUID^. 367 Python. General characters of Boa, but the head ismore or less covered with small plates in front: Tro-pical India. Cenchrus Gray. Head obliquely cut behind; fronttruncate and covered with small plates, those beneaththe tail simple. C. regia. (Boa regia ^wcf.) Python Daud. Characters as above; but with the sub-caudal plates double. reticulata Sch. Peronii Cuv. Javanicus. Seba, pi. 62. punctatus Merr. GongylopMs Wag. Scales of the head and back simi-lar and carinated. B. ornata Daud. Russ. Serp. pi. 4. Erix Daud. Tail very short and obtuse; head short,not distinct from the body, and covered only withsmall scales ; anal spines wanting. Family 4. ANGUID^. Slow-worms. The entire head and body covered with smooth imbri-cate scales; head osseous; bones of the shoulder and ofthe pelvis generally existing in a rudimentary stateunder the skin. PsEUDOPUs Merr. A prominent tuberc
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