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Historical Bibliography Updated: June 17, 2026

The thanatophidia of India. Being a Description of the venomous snakes of the Indian Peninsula, with an account of the influence of their poison on life and a series of experiments

Publication Details

London: J. & A. Churchill, 1872 CE.

Considered the first systematic work on venomous snakes. Describes all the venomous snakes of India. Digital facsimile from the Internet Archive at this link.

Catalog MetadataReference Information
Entry Number#2105
Permanent Linkhttps://hom-sveltekit.fly.dev/entry/2604
Author Bio LinkWikipedia ↗
External URLthe-thanatophidia-of-india

Geographic Context

Publication place: London