est etiam ille malus Calabris in saltibus anguis, squamea convolvens sublato pectore terga atque notis longam maculosus grandibus alvum, qui, dum amnes ulli rumpuntur fontibus et dum vere madent udo terrae ac pluvialibus Austris, stagna colit, ripisque habitans hic piscibus atram improbus ingluviem ranisque loquacibus explet; postquam exusta palus, terraeque ardore dehiscunt, exsilit in siccum, et flammantia lumina torquens saevit agris asperque siti atque exterritus aestu.
There is, too, that deadly serpent in Calabrias glades, wreathing its scaly back, its breast erect, and its long belly mottled with large spots. So long as any streams gush from their founts, so long as earth is wet with springs moisture and showery south winds, he haunts the pools, and, dwelling on the banks, there greedily fills his black maw with fish and croaking frogs. But when the fen is burnt up, and the soil gapes with heat, he springs forth to dry land and, rolling his blazing eyes, rages in the fields, fierce with thirst and frenzied with the heat.
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