From Aeliani de natura animalium libri XVII, VIII.viii (p121). In Gesner's translation, from the Jacobs edition of 1832:
VIII. Nicander amphisbaenae pellem inquit bacillo circumjectam omnes serpentes pellere, et reliquas etiam animantes quae non morsu, sed ictu venenato interimunt.
This page is maintained by James Eason.