The Life- History of British Serpents and Their Local Distribution in the British IslesW. Blackwood and sons, 1901 - 383 páginas |
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... long attenuated body are two rows of irregularly shaped black patches , one row on either side of the body . Above ... inches ( though when a snake becomes an adult precisely is very difficult to say ) . Much larger ones , however , have been ...
... long attenuated body are two rows of irregularly shaped black patches , one row on either side of the body . Above ... inches ( though when a snake becomes an adult precisely is very difficult to say ) . Much larger ones , however , have been ...
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... inch long when found , and the bulk of a pigeon's egg . The eggs are laid in the late spring or early summer , and having selected the spot for their deposition , the female apparently cares no more about the future of her offspring ...
... inch long when found , and the bulk of a pigeon's egg . The eggs are laid in the late spring or early summer , and having selected the spot for their deposition , the female apparently cares no more about the future of her offspring ...
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... inches long , which had been half - swallowed from the tail forwards by a ring snake . The latter was about 3 feet long . The ring snake itself was dead , whether suffocated or poisoned I am unable to say . I killed the adder , and on ...
... inches long , which had been half - swallowed from the tail forwards by a ring snake . The latter was about 3 feet long . The ring snake itself was dead , whether suffocated or poisoned I am unable to say . I killed the adder , and on ...
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... feet from the ground - floor . They then made a search and found a dozen more , and again in another place found several small ones . The ... inches long , had been killed . с a short time before . The twenty - two killed THE RING SNAKE . 33.
... feet from the ground - floor . They then made a search and found a dozen more , and again in another place found several small ones . The ... inches long , had been killed . с a short time before . The twenty - two killed THE RING SNAKE . 33.
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... inches long . Thus there were within the space of a few feet some 1200 young ring snakes . Mr Lewis further informs me that for some years the snakes have been getting more numerous near the houses , and that scores have been killed ...
... inches long . Thus there were within the space of a few feet some 1200 young ring snakes . Mr Lewis further informs me that for some years the snakes have been getting more numerous near the houses , and that scores have been killed ...
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