. Our reptiles and batrachians; a plain and easy account of the lizards, snakes, newts, toads, frogs and tortoises indigenous to Great Britain. .v . - 53 67 THE VIPER, OR (Pelias Berus.) Fortunately for us, the present is the onlyvenomous species which inhabits our island, and thisis by no means equal to the venomous little reptilesof tropical countries in poisonous power. In Scot-land, the Adder is common, whilst the Ringed Snakeis but little known, and in England and Wales it isas abundant as any could wish. Of course it is un-known in Ireland. Whether Saint Patrick did ordid not ban
. Our reptiles and batrachians; a plain and easy account of the lizards, snakes, newts, toads, frogs and tortoises indigenous to Great Britain. .v . - 53 67 THE VIPER, OR (Pelias Berus.) Fortunately for us, the present is the onlyvenomous species which inhabits our island, and thisis by no means equal to the venomous little reptilesof tropical countries in poisonous power. In Scot-land, the Adder is common, whilst the Ringed Snakeis but little known, and in England and Wales it isas abundant as any could wish. Of course it is un-known in Ireland. Whether Saint Patrick did ordid not banish them, matters little ; it is, however,certain that in these latter times no snake-like reptile is to be found there. The Viper (Plate 5), or F 2 (Jg OUR REPTILES. Adder, for in some districts it is known by one nameand in some by the other, is not such a lover, ofwater as the snake, and may generally be found indry woods and heaths, in sandy banks, and similarlocalities. It has been said that they are more thanusually common in the dry woods on the chalky soilof Kent, and they certainly come nearly within thesound of Bow bells, for they have been met with inthe little
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