Russell's viper Product:Postcard ' James Challis was elected

' James Challis was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1848

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A view of Saints Bay on the island of Guernsey

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Russell's viper Product:Postcard ' James Challis was electedFull body study of a Russell's viper ('Daboia russellii') with two head studies, includes details of specimen size. The reptile is noted as being drawn from life. This painting forms plate 11 of 'The Thanatophidia of India: being a description of the venomous snakes of the Indian peninsula, with an account of the influence of their poison on life, and a series of experiments', by Sir Joseph Fayrer FRS (1824 1907), J & A Churchill, London, 1872.