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[Letter requesting identification of provided snake specimen]
Record no:
2378
Author:
Clifton, G.
;
Woodward, Bernard Henry, 1846-1916
Year:
[1914?]
Description:
2 p.
Subject:
Sea snakes - Western Australia
;
Snakes - Western Australia - Identification
;
Notes:
From Gordon Clifton, The Beacon, Swanbourne Terrace, Cottesloe to The Director, W.A. Museum.
Handwritten.
Pencilled identification as Pelamydrus platurus and Hydrus platurus new.
See: A220-75-3 Natural science - Enquiries and requests. 1912 - 1914
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Abstract:
Writer requests identification of provided snake specimen killed on Cottesloe Beach and suggests based on a "propelling tail and sword like body" and lack of fangs that it may be a sea snake.
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