The Life- History of British Serpents and Their Local Distribution in the British IslesW. Blackwood and sons, 1901 - 383 páginas |
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... frequently ? For , after all , it comes as a surprise to meet one of them in a walking tour , not to say in an afternoon stroll . Squirrels and stoats , and many other varieties of animals not nearly so prolific as ring snakes , are ...
... frequently ? For , after all , it comes as a surprise to meet one of them in a walking tour , not to say in an afternoon stroll . Squirrels and stoats , and many other varieties of animals not nearly so prolific as ring snakes , are ...
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... frequently happens that the young are not hatched out in the autumn , but lie unde- veloped till the following spring . During a very severe winter many eggs may quite conceivably be frozen beyond recovery , and so , in spite of the ...
... frequently happens that the young are not hatched out in the autumn , but lie unde- veloped till the following spring . During a very severe winter many eggs may quite conceivably be frozen beyond recovery , and so , in spite of the ...
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... frequently and captured it occasionally , in order to have always by me one or two preserved specimens for friends who have wanted it either for their own or for public collections . In the year 1879 it was un- usually frequent on ...
... frequently and captured it occasionally , in order to have always by me one or two preserved specimens for friends who have wanted it either for their own or for public collections . In the year 1879 it was un- usually frequent on ...
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... frequent in the same localities inhabited by the snake , though , as proved by Dr Blackmore ( Zool . , ' 9735 ) , it will freely devour our other lizard , Zootoca vivipara , which is also found in some of the situations affected by ...
... frequent in the same localities inhabited by the snake , though , as proved by Dr Blackmore ( Zool . , ' 9735 ) , it will freely devour our other lizard , Zootoca vivipara , which is also found in some of the situations affected by ...
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... frequent on our heaths than it was when I first discovered it there ; and I often hear of its being seen by others . Its usual habitat is , no doubt , dry sandy spots , but I have on several occasions met with it in marshy ground 52 ...
... frequent on our heaths than it was when I first discovered it there ; and I often hear of its being seen by others . Its usual habitat is , no doubt , dry sandy spots , but I have on several occasions met with it in marshy ground 52 ...
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18 inches 24 inches adder averages adders and ring animals Author average length bite bitten British serpents captured Cefncaeau Cheap Edition common snake Coronella austriaca Crown 8vo Demy 8vo dissection distribution district Edinburgh eggs embryo Fcap feet female adder Forest frequently frog Garway Hill grass snake gullet head heaths Herefordshire hibernation inches in length inches long killed large number largest letter lizard LL.D locality MALE ADDER Maps markings measured Monmouthshire Monnow Valley Museum Natural History naturalist neighbourhood Newcastle Emlyn North number of young numerous Illustrations observed occur OLIPHANT once Ophidia Pontrilas Portraits Post 8vo Professor PROVINCE rare reptile ring snake Scotland Second Edition side slough slow-worm small red viper smooth snake South species specimen spot swallow their young tail taken Third Edition tion Tropidonotus natrix University of Edinburgh venomous Vipera berus vols Wales woods young adders
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