The Life- History of British Serpents and Their Local Distribution in the British IslesW. Blackwood and sons, 1901 - 383 páginas |
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... mentioned , the scales under the tail numbered thirty - six pairs instead of the sixty- five or more in the normal tail . The end of the tail assumes the spine - like character it had originally , but the tail does not grow again to the ...
... mentioned , the scales under the tail numbered thirty - six pairs instead of the sixty- five or more in the normal tail . The end of the tail assumes the spine - like character it had originally , but the tail does not grow again to the ...
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... mentioned also that amongst the foods . supplied by the rivers and streams water - voles are conspicuous , several of which have been found in the stomach of this snake at the same time ( see adder- food later ) .2 1 Aflalo , Natural ...
... mentioned also that amongst the foods . supplied by the rivers and streams water - voles are conspicuous , several of which have been found in the stomach of this snake at the same time ( see adder- food later ) .2 1 Aflalo , Natural ...
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... mentioned or in something else taken to that locality . 3. It is just possible that some person introduced them intentionally , and has been enjoying the joke ever since October 8. However unlikely one may deem this explanation , it ...
... mentioned or in something else taken to that locality . 3. It is just possible that some person introduced them intentionally , and has been enjoying the joke ever since October 8. However unlikely one may deem this explanation , it ...
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... mention in general works on British Reptiles , it is thought by some authorities to be identical with a very young obscure example described and figured many years ago by Sowerby as a new species- Coluber dumfrisiensis - found near ...
... mention in general works on British Reptiles , it is thought by some authorities to be identical with a very young obscure example described and figured many years ago by Sowerby as a new species- Coluber dumfrisiensis - found near ...
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... . " Even supposing that the farmer exaggerated the numbers a little , there is no doubt that the men did come across a very large congregation of adders hiber- nating in a mass . The second incident mentioned by 64 BRITISH SERPENTS .
... . " Even supposing that the farmer exaggerated the numbers a little , there is no doubt that the men did come across a very large congregation of adders hiber- nating in a mass . The second incident mentioned by 64 BRITISH SERPENTS .
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The Life- History of British Serpents and Their Local Distribution in the ... Gerald Rowley Leighton Visualização integral - 1901 |
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18 inches 24 inches adder averages adders and ring animals Author average length bite bitten Blackwood 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 ground 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 naturalist neighbourhood Newcastle Emlyn North number of young numerous Illustrations observed occur OLIPHANT once Ophidia oviduct 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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