whip-snake

There is something frightful in the disposition of certain ophidians, as the whip-snake, which darts at the eyes of cattle without any apparent provocation or other motive.

The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 06, No. 34, August, 1860 Various

It was when out hunting these animals one day that I saw a fine specimen of the bright-green whip-snake.

Head Hunters of the Amazon: Seven Years of Exploration and Adventure 1923

Another snake of the same length is a handsome green whip-snake, graceful in its movements, but ferocious and aggressive in its habits, although quite harmless.

The Heart of Nature or, The Quest for Natural Beauty Francis Edward Younghusband 1902

I remember a terrible fright a large picnic party, at which I assisted, was thrown into while lunching in the garden of a villa, almost in the town of Rio, by a lady jumping up from her seat with a deadly whip-snake hanging on her dress.

Sketches From My Life Pasha, Hobart 1887

The real shrew is like the puff-adder or the whip-snake -- she tries to bite impartially all round; and she is often able to bite in comparative silence, but with a most deadly effect.

Side Lights James Runciman 1871

I remember a terrible fright a large picnic party, at which I assisted, was thrown into while lunching in the garden of a villa, almost in the town of Rio, by a lady jumping up from her seat with a deadly whip-snake hanging on her dress.

Sketches From My Life By The Late Admiral Hobart Pasha Augustus Charles Hobart-Hampden 1854

America, on first seeing a whip-snake rapidly approaching, will, with sensations of alarm, urge on their steeds to escape -- for it appears fully capable of springing up and inflicting mortal injury; but, from having no fangs, it is unable to harm any one.

The Western World Picturesque Sketches of Nature and Natural History in North and South America William Henry Giles Kingston 1847

Of the venomous species, there are the golden snake, the whip-snake, and the tamagas -- the bite of which is considered deadly.

The Western World Picturesque Sketches of Nature and Natural History in North and South America William Henry Giles Kingston 1847