# Historia animalium 5.34

Aristotle, Historia animalium, Book 5. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/aristotle/historia-animalium/5.34

Τῶν δὲ ὄφεων ὁ μὲν ἔχις ζῳοτοκεῖ ἔξω, ἐν αὑτῷ πρῶτον ᾠοτοκήσας· τὸ δ’ ᾠόν, ὥσπερ τῶν ἰχθύων, μονόχρουν ἐστὶ καὶ μαλακόδερμον. Ὁ δὲ νεοττὸς ἄνω ἐπιγίνεται, καὶ οὐ περιέχει φλοιὸς ὀστρακώδης, ὥσπερ οὐδὲ τὰ τῶν ἰχθύων. Τίκτει δὲ μικρὰ ἐχίδια ἐν ὑμέσιν, οἳ περιρρήγνυνται τριταῖοι· ἐνίοτε δὲ καὶ τὰ ἔσω διαφαγόντα αὐτὰ ἐξέρχεται. Τίκτει δ’ ἐν μιᾷ ἡμέρᾳ καθ’ ἕν, τίκτει δὲ πλείω ἢ εἴκοσιν· οἱ δ’ ἄλλοι ὄφεις ᾠοτοκοῦσιν ἔξω, τὰ δ’ ᾠὰ ἀλλήλοις συνεχῆ ἐστὶν ὥσπερ αἱ τῶν γυναικῶν ὑποδερίδες· ὅταν δὲ τέκῃ εἰς τὴν γῆν, ἐπῳάζει. Ἐκλέπεται δὲ καὶ ταῦτα τῷ ὑστέρῳ ἔτει.

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Aristotle, Historia animalium, ed. Immanuel Bekker. Text: The Greek Library, from the Perseus Digital Library and other open sources, CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: apostrophes normalised and the text divided into reading sections by Interlinea.
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