Pit viper[?] Size:Standard: 6 x 4in one flirting with a fan

one flirting with a fan

Capt Towers

' Figure 4: 'Solanum spinosum Novae Hollandiae Phylli foliis subrotundis

by Govard Bidloo (Amsterdam

Pit viper[?] Size:Standard: 6 x 4in one flirting with a fanFull body study of a pit viper [?] ('Trimeresurus carinatus') with two head studies and one body detail showing scalation, includes details of specimen size and a note 'Specimen in Indian Museum'. This painting forms plate 13 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 &