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The Pair-non-Pair Cave is located near the village of Prignac-et-Marcamps, Aquitaine:Gironde (33) department in France. [1] Only discovered in 1881 it is known for remarkable prehistoric parietal engravings - petroglyphic representations of wild animals (horses, ibexes, cervidae, bovines and mammoths), "which rank among the most ancient examples of art made by prehistoric" humans, dating back ...
Adult Elaphe spp. primarily prey on rodents (i.e., mice and chipmunks), bird eggs, and young birds. Juveniles feed on small lizards, young mice, and occasionally small frogs (i.e., tree frogs). Elaphe spp. hunt by waiting motionless in a fixed position until the prey comes near enough to attack. Then, they strike the prey and bite it.
Nymph of Fontainebleau at the Louvre (H. 2.05 m; L. 4.09 m) [1]. The Nymph of Fontainebleau (French: Nymphe de Fontainebleau), also known as the Nymph of Anet (French: Nymphe d'Anet) or the Nymph with the Stag (French: Nymphe au cerf), is a c.‑1543 bronze relief (Paris, Louvre, MR 1706 [1]), created by the Italian sculptor Benvenuto Cellini for the Château de Fontainebleau in France.
Elaphe xiphodonta, the Qin Emperor rat snake or blade-toothed rat snake, is a species of non-venomous snake in the family Colubridae. The species is found in China. [1]
Elaphe urartica, the Urartian rat snake, is a species of non-venomous snake in the family Colubridae. The species is found in Turkey , Georgia , Armenia , Azerbaijan , Iran , and Russia . [ 1 ]
Elaphe quatuorlineata (common names: four-lined snake, Bulgarian ratsnake [3]) is a member of the family Colubridae. [4] The four-lined snake is a non- venomous species and one of the largest of the European snakes.
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New York: American Museum of Natural History. lii + 604 pp., 28 figures, Plates I–XXVII. (Elaphe davidi, pp. 238–240, Figure 52). Sauvage H-E (1884). "Sur quelques Reptiles de la collection du Muséum d'histoire naturelle". Bulletin de la Société Philomathique de Paris, Septième Série [Seventh Series] 18 : 142–147.