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Image number: RS.10137
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Two lizards of North America
Date
1835
Creator
After
Jean Gabriel Prètre (1760, French) , Painter
Object type
Library reference
Tracts/X58/2
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Technique
Dimensions
height (print): 260mm
width (print): 210mm
width (print): 210mm
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Content object
Description
Zoological studies of two lizards from the south-western United States of America and Mexico, with two details. Figure 1 Iguana (Cyclura) acanthura, the North-eastern spinytail iguana [modern taxonomy Ctenosaura acanthura]. Figure 2 Callisaurus dragonoides the Zebra-tailed lizard. Figures 1A and 2A are details of the pelvis of each reptile.
Plate 24 from the monograph “Description de quelques espèce de reptiles de la Californie…“, by H M D de Blainville from Nouvelles Annales du Museum d'Histoire Naturelle, vol. 4 (1835).
The plate is inscribed: “Nouv. Annales du Museum 1835. Pl: 24. Prètre pinxt. Impr: Lith. De Thierry Freres. Franke delt. 1. Cyclura acanthura. 2. Callysaurus draconoides.“
Henri Marie Ducrotay de Blainville (1777-1850), French zoologist and anatomist, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1832.
Plate 24 from the monograph “Description de quelques espèce de reptiles de la Californie…“, by H M D de Blainville from Nouvelles Annales du Museum d'Histoire Naturelle, vol. 4 (1835).
The plate is inscribed: “Nouv. Annales du Museum 1835. Pl: 24. Prètre pinxt. Impr: Lith. De Thierry Freres. Franke delt. 1. Cyclura acanthura. 2. Callysaurus draconoides.“
Henri Marie Ducrotay de Blainville (1777-1850), French zoologist and anatomist, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1832.
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