Credit: © The Royal Society
    Image number: RS.10768

    Toc-Kaie (Tokay gecko)

    Date
    1688
    Creator
    Unknown, Artist
    Object type
    Library reference
    41414
    Material
    Technique
    Dimensions
    height (print): 235mm
    width (print): 281mm
    Subject
    Biology
       > Zoology
    Content object
    nature
       > animal
          > lizard
    Description
    Zoological study of the Tokay gecko (Gecko gecko) the lizard native to South-East Asia. With anatomical details of the bones and paw.

    The accompanying text reads: ‘Le Toc-Kaie est une espece de Lezard fort commun dans le Royaume de Siam, deux fois plus gros que les Lezards verts qu’on voit en France...’ [The Toc-Kaie is a very common species of lizard in the Kingdom of Siam, twice as big as the green lizards we see in France].

    Plate 3 from the book Observations physiques et mathematiques, pour servir a l'histoire naturelle & a la perfection de l'astronomie & de la geographie, envoyees de Siam...by Pere Gouye (Paris, 1688).
    Associated place
    <The World>
       > Asia
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