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A cestode from a Python, probably <I>Bothridium pythonis</I>.

The heads and upper palates with fangs of two snakes. Engraving, ca. 1796.

A salesman in Rome with a snake selling amulets as antidotes or prophylactics against snake-bite to a crowd of people. Etching by B. Pinelli, 1821.

Snake, grey-green in colour. Watercolour by Bhawani Das, 1782.

A parody astrological diagram showing opposing aspects of the life of settlers in Jamaica: langorous noons and the hells of yellow fever. Coloured aquatint after A.James, 1800.

Two roundels: above, a man supported by his wife and children prays before an altar of Aesculapius; below, a garland of medicinal plants, and angels representing pharmacy and botany. Coloured engraving by P. Lenormand, ca. 1830, partly after N. Guérin.

Carpentry: a lathe, with an assortment of tools and a snake (above). Engraving after L.J. Goussier.

Moses with his rod and his brazen serpent. Engraving by J. Hall, 1793, after B. West.

Snake. Etching, 18--?.

An Indian snake, Bodroo Pam. Coloured engraving by W. Skelton, ca. 1796.

Snake charmer with wife holding the snake. Gouache drawing.

Shiva trampling on animal sages accompanied by deer, during Daksha's sacrifice, Parvati stands to one side. Chromolithograph.

A prize medal of the Medical Society of London; on the front is Queen Charlotte and on reverse is Hygieia with a serpent. Engraving by R.G. Reeve.

The life- history of British serpents and their local distribution in the British Isles / by Gerald R. Leighton.

Flower and roots of a red lily (Lilium carolinianum) and a whampum snake (Coluber fasciatus). Etching by M. Catesby, c.1731, after himself.

Monograph of the sea-snakes (Hydrophiidae) / by Malcolm Smith.

Giftschlangen und Schlangengift / von H. Hediger.

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Snakes

Images about Snakes

Works

A prize medal of the Medical Society of London; on the front is Queen Charlotte and on reverse is Hygieia with a serpent. Engraving by R.G. Reeve.

The life- history of British serpents and their local distribution in the British Isles / by Gerald R. Leighton.

Flower and roots of a red lily (Lilium carolinianum) and a whampum snake (Coluber fasciatus). Etching by M. Catesby, c.1731, after himself.

Monograph of the sea-snakes (Hydrophiidae) / by Malcolm Smith.

Giftschlangen und Schlangengift / von H. Hediger.

Snakes

Images about Snakes

Works

A prize medal of the Medical Society of London; on the front is Queen Charlotte and on reverse is Hygieia with a serpent. Engraving by R.G. Reeve.

The life- history of British serpents and their local distribution in the British Isles / by Gerald R. Leighton.

Flower and roots of a red lily (Lilium carolinianum) and a whampum snake (Coluber fasciatus). Etching by M. Catesby, c.1731, after himself.

Monograph of the sea-snakes (Hydrophiidae) / by Malcolm Smith.

Giftschlangen und Schlangengift / von H. Hediger.

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