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Paper, 'Observations on the class of animals called by Linnaeus, amphibia; particularly on the means of distinguishing those serpents which are venomous from those which are not so' by Edward Whitaker Gray

Reference number: L&P/9/107

Date: 1788

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Subject: Zoology

Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'Observations on the class of animals called, by Linnæus, Amphibia; particularly on the means of distinguishing those serpents which are venomous, from those which are not so'

Read 18 December 1788

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Edward Whitaker Gray, Paper, 'Observations on the class of animals called by Linnaeus, amphibia; particularly on the means of distinguishing those serpents which are venomous from those which are not so' by Edward Whitaker Gray, 1788, L&P/9/107, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_9_107/paper-observations-on-the-class-of-animals-called-by-linnaeus-amphibia-particularly-on-the-means-of-distinguishing-those-serpents-which-are-venomous-from-those-which-are-not-so-by-edward-whitaker-gray, accessed on 14 May 2025

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