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Title: The Snakes of Europe

Author: George Albert Boulenger


Release date: August 15, 2014 [eBook #46590]
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Language: English

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THE SNAKES OF EUROPE

UNIFORM WITH THIS VOLUME

THE LIFE OF CRUSTACEA
BRITISH FRESHWATER FISHES
THE OX AND ITS KINDRED
THE LIFE OF THE MOLLUSCA

THE
SNAKES OF EUROPE

BY

G. A. BOULENGER

LL.D., D.Sc., Ph.D., F.R.S., F.Z.S.
WITH FOURTEEN PLATES AND FORTY-TWO FIGURES IN THE TEXT
METHUEN & CO. LTD.
36 ESSEX STREET W.C.
LONDON
First Published in 1913