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A seps is a legendary snake from medieval bestiaries. They were said to have extremely corrosive venom that liquefied their prey. The seps is described as "a small snake which consumes with its poison not just the body but the bones" in the medieval Aberdeen Bestiary. Lucan's Pharsalia refers to its appearance and the effects of its poison. Shelley in Prometheus Unbound writes: ...all my being,Like him whom the Numidian seps did thawInto a dew with poison, is dissolved...

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  • A seps is a legendary snake from medieval bestiaries. They were said to have extremely corrosive venom that liquefied their prey. The seps is described as "a small snake which consumes with its poison not just the body but the bones" in the medieval Aberdeen Bestiary. Lucan's Pharsalia refers to its appearance and the effects of its poison. Shelley in Prometheus Unbound writes: ...all my being,Like him whom the Numidian seps did thawInto a dew with poison, is dissolved... (en)
  • Seps est le nom vernaculaire de plusieurs espèces de lézard de la famille des Scincidés (les scinques), ou des reptiles mythiques et venimeux du Moyen Âge, de l'Asie mineure au Xe siècle jusqu'en Europe au XIIIe siècle. Les espèces identifiées par ce nom sont : * Seps tridactyle (Chalcides chalcides) * Seps striés (Chalcides striatus) * ou les genres Chalcidoseps, Scolecoseps, Sigaloseps, Chalcidoseps, Leptoseps, Melanoseps, Sepsina. (fr)
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  • A seps is a legendary snake from medieval bestiaries. They were said to have extremely corrosive venom that liquefied their prey. The seps is described as "a small snake which consumes with its poison not just the body but the bones" in the medieval Aberdeen Bestiary. Lucan's Pharsalia refers to its appearance and the effects of its poison. Shelley in Prometheus Unbound writes: ...all my being,Like him whom the Numidian seps did thawInto a dew with poison, is dissolved... (en)
  • Seps est le nom vernaculaire de plusieurs espèces de lézard de la famille des Scincidés (les scinques), ou des reptiles mythiques et venimeux du Moyen Âge, de l'Asie mineure au Xe siècle jusqu'en Europe au XIIIe siècle. Les espèces identifiées par ce nom sont : * Seps tridactyle (Chalcides chalcides) * Seps striés (Chalcides striatus) * ou les genres Chalcidoseps, Scolecoseps, Sigaloseps, Chalcidoseps, Leptoseps, Melanoseps, Sepsina. (fr)
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