TABLE 1 in What snake bit Philoctetes? A zoological commentary on the ancient Greek myth

TABLE 1. — The snakes that Pierre Belon (1553) recorded on Lemnos Island according to his work Les observations de plusieurs singularitez & choses memorables, trouvées en Grèce, Asie, Judée, Egypte,Arabie, & autres pays estranges, and their current taxonomic names.The species list is based onStrachinis & Roussos (2016).
Pierre Belon’s names (16th century A. D.)Common (“vulgar”) nameAncient nameTaxonomic nameCommentsCenchriti(s) [ΚΕΧρίτης]Cenchris [ΚΕΓΧρίς]Malpolon insignitus Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1827See in text: Fig. 3. Merle (2001) states that Cenchris is the Nore-horned viper, Vipera ammodytes but there is no viper species on Lemnos (see below).Laphiati(s) [ΛαΦιάτης]Elaphis [ἘλαΦίς](colubrid) Dolichophis caspius Gmelin, 1789Laphiatis (or Lafiatis) refers to Elaphe quatuorlineata but the species is not present on Lemnos (Strachinis & Roussos 2016).Ochendra [ΌΧΕντρα]Echis/Echidna [ἜΧις/ἜΧιδνα](viper?) Natrix natrix Linnaeus, 1758; Eryx jaculus Linnaeus, 1758There is no viper species on Lemnos; confused with Natrix natrix or Eryx jaculus because of the colouration (Strachinis & Roussos 2016).Sagittari [Σαϊττάρι]Iaculus/Acontias [Ἀκοντίας]Platyceps najadum Eichwald, 1831See depiction of Saetta/Sagitta in Belon (1553: 88).Tephliti(s)/Tephlotis [ΤΥΦλίτης/ΤΥΦλώτης]Tiphlini(s) [ΤΥΦλίνης]Pseudopus apodus Pallas, 1775Legless lizard but considered as a snake by Belon (1553).Nerophid(i)a [ΝΕροΦίδα]—Natrix natrixNerophida (ΝΕροΦίδα) = Water-snakeAmphisbena [ΑΜΦίσβαινα]Amphisbena [ἈΜΦίσβαινα]Eryx jaculusAmphisbaena (ΑΜΦίσβαινα) refers to worm lizards due to their tail that looks like a second head but here, Belon (1553) might refer to Eryx jaculus because of the same characteristic.