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Category:Egyptian hieroglyphs: birds (8) H § Parts of birds: Category:Egyptian hieroglyphs: parts of birds (1) I § Amphibious animals, reptiles, etc. Category:Egyptian hieroglyphs: amphibious-animals-reptiles-etc (4) K § Fishes and parts of fishes: Category:Egyptian hieroglyphs: fishes and parts of fishes (0) L § Invertebrata and lesser animals
According to Plutarch, the Egyptian queen Cleopatra, in preparing for her own suicide, tested various deadly poisons on condemned people and concluded that the bite of the asp (from the Greek word aspis, usually meaning an Egyptian cobra in Ptolemaic Egypt, and not the European asp) was the least terrible way to die; the venom brought ...
This is a list of extant snakes, given by their common names. Note that the snakes are grouped by name, and in some cases the grouping may have no scientific basis. Contents:
These include the Egyptian cobra, false smooth snake and horned viper. There are also numerous species of lizards. [9] Above the Aswan Dam, the shores of Lake Nasser are largely barren, but the lake does support the last remaining Nile crocodiles and African softshell turtle in Egypt. [10]
The Reptiles of the Western Palearctic. 1. Annotated Checklist and Distributional Atlas of the Turtles, Crocodiles, Amphisbaenians and Lizards of Europe, North Africa, Middle East and Central Asia. (Monographs of the Societas Herpetologica Italica). Latina, Italy: Edizioni Belvedere. 580 pp. ISBN 978-88-89504-14-7. Wilms T, Böhme W (2000).
Reptiles will also need the perfect-sized terrarium and toys for enrichment, along with the right handling and the correct substrate. To find out the best types of reptiles you can keep as a pet ...
The Egyptian plover is found across equatorial Africa and along the Nile River. It has a mutualistic relationship with Nile crocodiles by eating food and parasites from their opened mouths. This is also reflected in the Ancient Egyptian name of the bird according to a Demotic dreambook (papyrus Vienna D 6104): b3k msh "servant of the crocodile".