Lacerta laevis troodica - werner, Reptiles of Cyprus Thematic Issue, Republic of Cyprus

Lacerta laevis troodica - werner, Reptiles of Cyprus Thematic Issue, Republic of Cyprus

Postage stamps--Cyprus--History

Γραμματόσημα--Κύπρος--Ιστορία

Travelers visiting Cyprus in the 15th, 18th, and 19th centuries recalled how the land from Limassol to the Cape of Cats (Cape Gata) produced so many reptiles and snakes about two or three feet long whose bite was said to be mortal, that the inhabitants, even the poorest were obliged to wear boots all the time. Reapers fixed bells on their sickles to frighten away the snakes. They reported the genus Coluber and Lacerta were rich in the number of their species of which the asp was the most venomous. The Black snake whose color was indeed suspicious was said to be perfectly harmless; one traveler was informed by the physician of Larnaca that among the country people it was an object of affection; that they suffer it to twist itself in the hair round the heads of their children as a remedy for "Tinea capitis".
(Extract from: Excerpta Cypria pp. 48, 333, 410)

Cyprus Post, Republic of Cyprus

Κυπριακά Ταχυδρομεία, Κυπριακή Δημοκρατία

Cyprus Post, Republic of Cyprus

Κυπριακά Ταχυδρομεία, Κυπριακή Δημοκρατία

Library of Cyprus University of Technology

Digital Heritage Research Lab of Cyprus University of Technology

14th September 1992

Cyprus Post, Republic of Cyprus

Κυπριακά Ταχυδρομεία, Κυπριακή Δημοκρατία

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