A rattlesnake. Coloured etching.

Two snakes: a rattlesnake and a boa. Engraving, ca. 1778.

Two species of rattlesnake and the rattle of one of them. Engraving, ca. 1778.

A banded rattlesnake (Crotalus horridus) and boa constrictor (Boa constrictor) with diagrams of their open mouths. Engraving, ca. 1823.

Skeletons of various reptiles: seven figures, illustrating the skeletons of an alligator, a turtle, a python, a rattlesnake, a frog, an iguana and a chameleon. Line engraving, 1830/1870?.

America: A grizzly bear fights with bisons. Coloured lithograph.

A lachesis snake. Etching by Heath.

Six different species of serpents, including pythons and cobras, killing their prey, cattle, by strangulation. Coloured etching by J. Bishop after J. Stewart.

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