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... length of the adult may be said to be from 30 to 36 inches ( though when a snake becomes an adult precisely is very ... inches , from the New Forest . Such a length is of course most exceptional , and it is very rarely that specimens of ...
... length of the adult may be said to be from 30 to 36 inches ( though when a snake becomes an adult precisely is very ... inches , from the New Forest . Such a length is of course most exceptional , and it is very rarely that specimens of ...
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... measure more than eight inches in length . The hole from which they were observed to issue was in the back wall some 18 inches from the foundations , and led to the outside , there being no obstacle to the passage of the reptiles . When ...
... measure more than eight inches in length . The hole from which they were observed to issue was in the back wall some 18 inches from the foundations , and led to the outside , there being no obstacle to the passage of the reptiles . When ...
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... inches in length . " The only view I can form as to how this snake came to Ireland , is that possibly the eggs might have come over amongst some fruit - trees which I pur- chased in England three or four years ago , and being planted in ...
... inches in length . " The only view I can form as to how this snake came to Ireland , is that possibly the eggs might have come over amongst some fruit - trees which I pur- chased in England three or four years ago , and being planted in ...
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... inch short of 28 inches . ” a It This is a very important point , as the general idea of the size of the adder is ... length . 2. Markings . The markings of adders are very well defined , and serve at once to distinguish them from the ...
... inch short of 28 inches . ” a It This is a very important point , as the general idea of the size of the adder is ... length . 2. Markings . The markings of adders are very well defined , and serve at once to distinguish them from the ...
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... size ) shows some of these variations . The figures under each drawing refer to the length of the adder to which the marking belongs , measured in inches . These specimens were taken haphazard out of my collection , and they show well ...
... size ) shows some of these variations . The figures under each drawing refer to the length of the adder to which the marking belongs , measured in inches . These specimens were taken haphazard out of my collection , and they show well ...
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