Black and white indian snake. "This snake, George Edwards informs us, was brought from the East Indies. It was the property of Mr. Sclater, a druggist in London, who had obliged him with the use of this and other Indian snakes, preserved in spirits of wine.". Handcoloured copperplate engraving from "The Naturalist's Pocket Magazine; or, Complete Cabinet of the Curiosities and Beauties of Nature" (1798~1802) published by Harrison, London.