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Myths and Legends About Italian Snakes

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The author writes about some legends that he heard during years of researching Italian snakes. Although it is not a strictly scientific chapter, these events strengthen the knowledge of ophiofauna in a country and are inevitably a necessary and valuable part of folklore.

[…] Ride the Snake, ride the snake, To the lake, the ancient lake, baby the snake is long, seven miles ride the snake… he’s old, and his skin is cold […]

(The Doors, The End. 1967)

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  1. Department of Ecology and Botany, University of Camerino, Camerino, MC, Italy

    Gabriele Achille

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Achille, G. (2015). Myths and Legends About Italian Snakes. In: Snakes of Italy. SpringerBriefs in Animal Sciences. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-14106-0_14

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