- 1Epigraph — Dedication
- 2Introduction
- 3Chapter I — Seeing a Snake Feed
- 4Chapter II — Snakes of Fiction and of Fact
- 5Chapter III — Ophidian Taste for Birds’ Eggs
- 6Chapter IV — Do Snakes Drink?
- 7Chapter V — The Tongue of a Snake
- 8Chapter VI — The Tongue of a Snake
- 9Chapter VII — The Tongue of a Snake
- 10Chapter VIII — The Glottis
- 11Chapter IX — Breathing and Hissing of Snakes
- 12Chapter X — Hibernation
- 13Chapter XI — The Tail of a Snake
- 14Chapter XII — Ophidian Acrobats: Construction and Constriction
- 15Chapter XIII — Fresh-Water Snakes
- 16Chapter XIV — The Pelagic or Sea Snakes
- 17Chapter XV — ‘The Great Sea Serpent’
- 18Chapter XVI — Rattlesnake History
- 19Chapter XVII — The Rattle
- 20Chapter XVIII — The Integument — ‘Horns,’ and Other Epidermal Appen…
- 21Chapter XIX — Dentition
- 22Chapter XX — Viperine Fangs
- 23Chapter XXI — The Crotalidæ
- 24Chapter XXII — The Xenodons
- 25Chapter XXIII — Ophidian Nomenclature and Vernaculars
- 26Chapter XXIV — Do Snakes Incubate Their Eggs?
- 27Chapter XXV — Anaconda and Anguis Fragilis
- 28Chapter XXVI — ‘Lizzie’
- 29Chapter XXVII — Do Snakes Afford a Refuge to Their Young?
- 30Chapter XXVIII — Serpent Worship, ‘Charming,’ etc.
- 31Chapter XXIX — The Venoms and Their Remedies
- 32Chapter XXX — Notes From the Zoological Gardens
Snakes: Curiosities and Wonders of Serpent Life
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