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v/ent easier under r/ater, Lii»<~eg-g6 . After "beinE: swallov/ed, the 

 ec{;. bcoke inside -f the throat. The throat exjanded, the sVcin 

 stretched so. 



tliat once it oven crac'^ed and bloody wound ay-eared, 



liabits: Active in r.eated terraritin. Li]<:ed consideraMe v/arrnth. Tarne 



in caijtivity. Bit seldora. '/ild ■xfi^-'^flr Oaly after '.yinter sleep. 

 At the teraperature of h-5 C the snaice showed great activity. In sum- 

 raer, liji cooler, v;eather, or in late autunn a stron£. decline of ac- 

 _^ tivitj and of desire to attacJc '.vas ohservs'" oven in. hitin; s-ecies. 



olubor sauronat 3S . ,"^'- . ^aeä_ io-swati-owa ruinea pig, i-revion-sly '^illed hy it^-^But 



thejpiec^ v/as too lar^e. T L.and ydper;j as a rule, reject»d dead ani- 

 inal. :¥^-*««-(U.sputed prey aniraa/s, freshly killeö bjr their caf;e-r^om- 

 panioh. LJtiff cadavers v/ere /ejected. Sane was observed in Co- 

 luber f^uatuorlinqatus , lon-.issinus , dione (Suroy.e) ^.P'kz-^llll^^i^ 

 (China) Col. obsoletus . 'JpiVctes Gorais var. Couperi , Ophiholus pe - 

 tulus (iTorth America) SpilotW-J3<?rai s (Brasilia). Author cid not 

 recommend te- train>ijjthe sna'^ces iö, taiccijf^ freshly' kille'' food, espe- 

 ciaTN specimeiB. rofusing to eat. The food alive reruirec more in- 



'tensivo 



70r"/C of riuscle^ ar.d brains, 'vliäkjh in ca| tj-rHrt7'*73S-*^'""^T:' 

 i'TT^-'^^tSfe . lUnt-elnaJtter ate dead fish. 



Jpent alniost all hinter in v/ater. 



U'h^ 



3hain viper) 



'olmberfpäsypel- 

 is scabra. 





j^g-eater. y^jjSmld sv/ri_.icr.7 ei;f^s^'r/jjn ^.vith veryhard Shell, /':7ä& 

 attracted by the sn^ll of" the r-r ^rs^^-^-ör^b« He r^.. Qf iirds.. Did^ not 

 use the si£ht, but was ßuided by^fhe sense of snall too. Often was 

 observed ho^.v it tasted the egffTvith the tongue "before swallowing 

 it, Tho ton^ue tooK pl^e of brains. ^^^esid es rodejits. sna'Kres 



lived ön birds and»J»ut selrtpra, of> groi.vn^up liza^ 



?ond of "birds , Nev- 



oluber r;;tatuorll- 

 eatus . 



.ef'toüched a livi^Jaouse or rat, althou£ h^^sarae teft=3^*6€ anirtialS 

 [were ta.-:en -villfn^ly. 



Z-^rand cd över Gou^hem jarts of Italy, encountered in Sicily, ; 

 Istria, Dalruatia, Herzeeov/ina and Greece in dry s^fed ref.ions, as 

 well as in -.voodod and marshy places . 



l oluber '•■uat'uorli- Author possessed one feeble and lean specimen. Animal ate sever- 



eatu s Lacep. juv , 

 Junge Tierstrei- 

 ennattir ) . 



al 'Tiale lizards. Bitten by Lacerta Ser^a in the stomach, died dur- 

 ing sun-Tier, 



One srecimen iMie seen at liberty, on a dam between two mar- 

 shes. ■** glided into the waterj*5id not dive Tjut simply hid arnong 

 the reeds. 



Food: 



Ate Lacerta fiumana. Becond caught s^-eciien did not eat any 

 frogs, but threw itself inine< iately on Lacerta serpa « after it 

 was put into torraritiin. 



Often was observed how t^vo snaices disputed the prey animal. 

 Once the prey lizard was seized by the tail, V/restling, the ani- 

 mal bit deep in the tail^s end of the snake. üotwithstandine pain 

 the snake be^an to swallav the victira, hind part forv/ard. Lizard, 

 not loosin£ its grip, was followed by the snake's tail. Author 

 dra^geu the tail out of the snake's mouth, but lizard renained in 

 the stomach. 



