North American herpetology; or, A description of the reptiles inhabiting the United States

John Edwards Holbrook

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iuil I >:i ir'^^'^'- oioL^^aeiDi HARVARD UNIVERSITY LIBRARY OF THE MUSEUM OF COMPARATIVE ZOOLOGY orBeqitest SAMUEL GARMAX DEC 13272 7 NORTH AMERICAN HEEPETOLOGY; OR, A DESCRIPTION OF THE REPTILES mHABITING THE UNITED STATES. BY JOHN EDWARDS M. D.HOLBROOK, PROFESSOR OF ANATOMY IN THE MEDICAL COLLEGE OF THE STATE OF SOUTH MEMBER OF THECAROLINA; ROYAL MEDICAL SOCIETY OF EDINBURGH; CORRESPONDING MEMBER OF THE AMERICAN PHILOSOPHICAL OF THE ACADEMY OFSOCIETY; NATURAL SCIENCES OF OF THEPHILADELPHIA; OFNEW YORK LYCEUM AND OF THE BOSTONHISTORY, NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY. Vol. I. :PHILADELPHM J. 106 CHESTNUT STREET.DOBSON, LONDON: ROBERT BALDWIIVf, PATERNOSTER ROW.—PARIS: HECTOR BOSSANGE, NO. 11 VOLTAIRZ.—HAMBURG: BESSER & MAUKE.QUAI PERTHES, 1842. if •H 'nla :::> E. G. DORSEY, PRINTER, LIBRARY STREET. TO GEORGE EDWARDS, ESQ., OF SOUTH CAROLINA,CHARLESTON, IS RESPECTFULLYTHIS WORK DEDICATED, BY HIS NEPHEW, HOLBROOK.JOHN EDWARDS PUBLISHER'S NOTICE. In of the number of new received theconsequence Autlior,great Reptiles by and the demand for the first three it became either tovolumes, necessary reprint —or to make a new edition the latter course has been thusthem, preferred, the Author to introduce the new animals in their and toenabling proper places, —add a number of new it be that of the Plates have beenadded,plates; may many andre-engraved improved. SO N.J. D OB CONTENTS PAGE. - - - - - - -Introduction, -17--.-._Testudo1. 25polypJiemus, - - - - - -2. Cistuda Carolina, -31......3.

Sujets

• Amphibian
• United States
• Reptiles

Informations

• Publié par: les_archives_du_savoir
• Nombre de lectures: 11
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 10 Mo

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oioL^^aeiDiHARVARD UNIVERSITY
LIBRARY
OF THE
MUSEUM OF COMPARATIVE ZOOLOGY
orBeqitest
SAMUEL GARMAXDEC 13272 7
NORTH AMERICAN
HEEPETOLOGY;
OR,
A DESCRIPTION
OF THE
REPTILES mHABITING THE UNITED STATES.
BY JOHN EDWARDS M. D.HOLBROOK,
PROFESSOR OF ANATOMY IN THE MEDICAL COLLEGE OF THE STATE OF SOUTH MEMBER OF THECAROLINA; ROYAL
MEDICAL SOCIETY OF EDINBURGH; CORRESPONDING MEMBER OF THE AMERICAN PHILOSOPHICAL
OF THE ACADEMY OFSOCIETY; NATURAL SCIENCES OF OF THEPHILADELPHIA;
OFNEW YORK LYCEUM AND OF THE BOSTONHISTORY,
NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY.
Vol. I.
:PHILADELPHM
J. 106 CHESTNUT STREET.DOBSON,
LONDON: ROBERT BALDWIIVf, PATERNOSTER ROW.—PARIS: HECTOR BOSSANGE,
NO. 11 VOLTAIRZ.—HAMBURG: BESSER & MAUKE.QUAI PERTHES,
1842.
if
•H'nla :::>
E. G. DORSEY, PRINTER,
LIBRARY STREET.TO
GEORGE EDWARDS, ESQ.,
OF
SOUTH CAROLINA,CHARLESTON,
IS RESPECTFULLYTHIS WORK DEDICATED,
BY HIS NEPHEW,
HOLBROOK.JOHN EDWARDS