Gallery›Wellcome Collection›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 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.
Wellcome Collection

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.

1795

CC0 — Public Domain
Wellcome Collection

Lettering: Gedi paragoodoo ; venemous. Lettering includes the name of the snake written in the Teluga language of South East India. Bears number: I.

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