Rough green snake, Opheodrys aestivus, painted bronzeback, Dendrelaphis pictus, and forest flame snake, Oxyrhopus petolarius. Summer-loving viper, Coluber aestivus, painted viper, Coluber pictus, and pethola viper, Coluber pethola. After an illustration by Albertus Seba. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from William Smellie's English translation of George Buffon's Natural History, General and Particular, and Henry Chambers' History of Birds, Fishes, Reptiles and Insects, Thomas Kelly, London, 1828. Artist unknown. William Smellie (1740-1795) was a prolific Scottish author, naturalist and tra

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Rough green snake, Opheodrys aestivus, painted bronzeback, Dendrelaphis pictus, and forest flame snake, Oxyrhopus petolarius. Summer-loving viper, Coluber aestivus, painted viper, Coluber pictus, and pethola viper, Coluber pethola. After an illustration by Albertus Seba. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from William Smellie's English translation of George Buffon's Natural History, General and Particular, and Henry Chambers' History of Birds, Fishes, Reptiles and Insects, Thomas Kelly, London, 1828. Artist unknown. William Smellie (1740-1795) was a prolific Scottish author, naturalist and translator. His two-volume translation of Buffon first appeared in 1781.

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