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Image number: RS.10139
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Three snakes 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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Description
Zoological studies of three snakes from the south-western United States of America and Mexico, with five details. Figure 1 Rouleau de Botta (Tortrix Bottae), the Northern rubber boa [modern taxonomy Charina bottae]. Figure 2 La Couleuvre porte-chain (Coluber catenifer) the Gopher snake [modern taxonomy [Pituophis catenifer]. Figure 3 La C. infernale (C. infernales) the California red-sided garter snake [modern taxonomy Thamnophis sirtalis infernalis]. Figures 1 A-B, 2 A-B and 3A are details of the head of each reptile.
Plate 26 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: 26. Prètre pinxt. Impr: Lith. De Thierry Freres. Franke delt. 1. Tortrix Bottae. 2. Coluber catenifer. 3. Coluber infernalis.“
Henri Marie Ducrotay de Blainville (1777-1850), French zoologist and anatomist, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1832.
Plate 26 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: 26. Prètre pinxt. Impr: Lith. De Thierry Freres. Franke delt. 1. Tortrix Bottae. 2. Coluber catenifer. 3. Coluber infernalis.“
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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