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African Snake-eaters
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African Snake-eaters

Polemon

Polemon (or Polemo) is the name of eminent ancient Greeks:

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14 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 14 known species

Cameroon Snake-Eater

speciesPolemon notatus

Black Snake-eater

speciesPolemon ater

Collared Snake-eater

speciesPolemon collaris

Reinhardt's Snake-eater

speciesPolemon acanthias

Yellow-necked Snake-Eater

speciesPolemon fulvicollis

Zaire Snake-eater

speciesPolemon robustus

Bocourt's Snake-eater

speciesPolemon bocourti

Gaboon Snake-eater

speciesPolemon gabonensis

Eastern Snake-eater

speciesPolemon christyi

Grauer's Snake-Eater

speciesPolemon graueri

Cameroon Snake-eater

speciesPolemon griseiceps

Ivory Coast Snake-eater

speciesPolemon neuwiedi

Graceful Snake-eater

speciesPolemon gracilis

Guinea Snake-eater

speciesPolemon barthii

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Recorded sightings

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In the old herbals & bestiaries

African Snake-eaters in Six Groups of the History of Plants

Six Groups of the History of Plants

Rembert Dodoens · 1583 · p.192

African Snake-eaters in Hortus Eystettensis

Hortus Eystettensis

Basilius Besler · 1640 · p.22

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 116649.