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  • A snake, slender and pale brown in colour, with large dark brown oblong-shaped markings running along its back: includes an outline drawing of the tail. Watercolour, ca. 1795.
  • A snake, dark green/brown in colour, with dark brown oval-shaped markings or cross-bands edged in white. Watercolour, ca. 1795.
  • A snake, dark brown in colour, with black cross-bands and two yellow lines running along the length of the back. Watercolour, ca. 1795.
  • A snake, black or dark grey in colour, with white cross-banded markings. Watercolour, ca. 1795.
  • A snake, slender and dark brown in colour, with pale patches between two white dotted lines, which run along the length of the back. Watercolour, ca. 1795.
  • A snake, tan in colour, with brown spotted markings connected by thin diagonal bars. Watercolour, ca. 1795.
  • A snake, slender and light brown in colour, with pale triangular patches edged with black, running along its back. Watercolour, ca. 1795.
  • A snake, dark in colour, with a yellowish stripe running along its side, a green underbelly and a white tail with patchy black markings. Watercolour, ca. 1795.
  • A snake, very small and slender, pale yellow in colour, with dark brown oval-shaped markings or cross-bands. Watercolour, ca. 1795.
  • A snake, dark blue-grey in colour, with brown, black and pale blue flecked markings. Watercolour, ca. 1795.
  • A snake, slender and green in colour, with a darker zig-zag marking along its back and bands of pink running along each side of the upper body. Watercolour, ca. 1795.
  • A snake, slender and dark brown in colour. Watercolour, ca. 1795.
  • A snake, light brown in colour, with dark brown patches edged in black. Watercolour, ca. 1795.
  • A snake, slender and green in colour with a small black marking, edged with white, near the tail: includes a detail of the underside of the tail. Watercolour, ca. 1795.
  • A snake, slender and brown in colour, with black and tan speckled markings between two blue lines, which run the length of the back. Watercolour, ca. 1795.
  • A snake, (bungarus caeruleus?) yellow and tan in colour, with brown and black diamond-shaped markings. Watercolour, ca. 1795.
  • A snake, slender and grey in colour, with white marking on the head. Watercolour, ca. 1795.
  • A poisonous snake (bungarus caeruleus), dark in colour, with narrow white cross-banded markings: includes two outline drawings of the head and one of the tail. Watercolour, ca. 1795.
  • A snake, bright green in colour with a pale underbelly (?). Watercolour, ca. 1795.
  • Two poisonous snakes (Indian cobras): four figures showing the snakes' hoods, seen from above and below, indicating the distinctive 'spectacle'and 'V-shaped' markings. Watercolour, ca. 1795.
  • A snake, slender and brown in colour, with dark narrow cross-banded markings on the upper body. Watercolour, ca. 1795.
  • A snake, (bungarus caeruleus?) slender and pale grey in colour, with small white lozenge-shaped markings flecked with black. Watercolour, ca. 1795.
  • A poisonous snake, yellow in colour, with broad grey cross-banded markings: includes a detail of the tail and two outline drawings of the head. Watercolour, ca. 1795.
  • A snake: two outline drawings, one showing the head and the other the underside of the tail of a snake. Ink drawing, ca. 1795.
  • A poisonous snake, dark brown in colour with darker oblong patches edged with white: includes three outline drawings of the head. Watercolour, ca. 1795.
  • A snake, pale buff in colour, with dark brown patches edged in white and a white underbelly. Watercolour, ca. 1795.
  • A snake, dark brown in colour. Watercolour, ca. 1795.
  • A snake, slender and brown in colour, with yellow, black and purple stripes running along the length of its back: includes a detail of the underside of the tail. Watercolour, ca. 1795.
  • A snake, dark brown in colour and stout in shape. Watercolour, ca. 1795.
  • A snake, dark brown in colour with yellow markings on either side of the eyes: two figures, showing the head, and the lower part of the body. Watercolour, ca. 1795.