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... snake is Tropidonotus natrix ( the Latin natrix meaning a water snake ) . In English we hear and see this species spoken and written of as the ring snake or as the grass snake , the former term having reference to the peculiar marking ...
... snake is Tropidonotus natrix ( the Latin natrix meaning a water snake ) . In English we hear and see this species spoken and written of as the ring snake or as the grass snake , the former term having reference to the peculiar marking ...
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... grass , too , of the marshy land offers great temptations in the shape of food - supply : where the lizards and amphibians congregate , there also will the ring snake be found . On grassy banks , in undulating fields , it may be ...
... grass , too , of the marshy land offers great temptations in the shape of food - supply : where the lizards and amphibians congregate , there also will the ring snake be found . On grassy banks , in undulating fields , it may be ...
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... snake . The latter was about 31 feet long . The ring snake itself was dead ... snakes are not found more frequently ? For , after all , it comes as a surprise to meet ... grass unless the observer is quite close . But , granting all these ...
... snake . The latter was about 31 feet long . The ring snake itself was dead ... snakes are not found more frequently ? For , after all , it comes as a surprise to meet ... grass unless the observer is quite close . But , granting all these ...
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... snake . Grass snake . Green snake . Hedge snake . Common snake . Water snake . All these terms will be found used to refer to the ring snake either by authors or as local names . 29 CHAPTER III . THE RING SNAKE - Continued . 28 BRITISH ...
... snake . Grass snake . Green snake . Hedge snake . Common snake . Water snake . All these terms will be found used to refer to the ring snake either by authors or as local names . 29 CHAPTER III . THE RING SNAKE - Continued . 28 BRITISH ...
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... grass , and sloping down to a marshy valley , where water is at all times obtainable . There , on some bare patch of sand , the snake lies , loosely coiled , and basks in the sun , and there it can , when thirsty , get water without any ...
... grass , and sloping down to a marshy valley , where water is at all times obtainable . There , on some bare patch of sand , the snake lies , loosely coiled , and basks in the sun , and there it can , when thirsty , get water without any ...
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