saubas

A curious snake, with something the character of the English slow-worm, the amphisbaena -- called by the natives Mai das Saubas, or the mother of the saubas -- is frequently found in these mounds.

The Western World Picturesque Sketches of Nature and Natural History in North and South America William Henry Giles Kingston 1847

Directly Duppo saw it he entreated us not to touch it, as it was fearfully poisonous, and called it the mother of the saubas.

On the Banks of the Amazon William Henry Giles Kingston 1847

_saubas_ later in this volume, I shall leave them now, merely mentioning that during the entire night we were unable to sleep owing to those brutes.

Across Unknown South America Arnold Henry Savage Landor 1894