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Title: Two papers on the vertebrata of the Lower Murray and Darling, and on the snakes of Sydney, read before the Philosophical Society of New South Wales, 10th September 1862 [and, On the manners and customs of the aborigines of the Lower Murray and Darling, read 2nd August 1865]

Author: Johann Ludwig Gerard Krefft

In: The Pamphlet Collection of Sir Robert Stout: Volume 6

Publication details: Victoria University of Wellington Library, Wellington

Part of: The Pamphlet Collection of Sir Robert Stout

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The Pamphlet Collection of Sir Robert Stout: Volume 6

25. Diemenia psammophis. — Grey Diemenia

25. Diemenia psammophis.

Grey Diemenia.

The present species so common near Sydney is not often met with on the Murray, only one specimen being secured during 6 months; its bite is not considered dangerous, causing only a slight irritation, not as bad as the sting of a bee; the total length seldom exceeds 3 feet.