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  • Haeckel's Evolution of Man. This plate represents the embryos of two of the lower, and two of the higher Vertebrates in three different stages: of a fish (F); of an amphibian (salamandar,S); of a reptile (tortoise,T); and of a bird (chick,A).
  • Three large snakes in the gardens of the Zoological Sociey, Regent's Park. Wood engraving, ca. 1850.
  • Five types of lizard, including the large spotted ground lizard and brown lizard. Engraving, ca. 1778.
  • Snake. Etching, 18--?.
  • Two snakes: a rattlesnake and a boa. Engraving, ca. 1778.
  • Six snakes of the cobra family, including a rhomboidal and diamondbacked species. Engraving, ca. 1778.
  • Two species of rattlesnake and the rattle of one of them. Engraving, ca. 1778.
  • Six species of tortoise, including the african land tortoise. Engraving, ca. 1778.
  • Two snakes of the boa family: a rat-eating snake and goat-eating snake. Engraving, ca. 1778.
  • Three snakes: a horned viper; a Madagascan langaha; a grass snake. Engraving, ca. 1778.
  • A cayman and its young emerging from an egg. Engraving, ca. 1778.
  • Five snakes of the cobra family, one a coral snake eating a lizard. Engraving, ca. 1778.
  • A chameleon on a branch with landscape background. Etching.
  • Four snakes of the cobra family. Engraving, ca. 1778.
  • A banded rattlesnake (Crotalus horridus) and boa constrictor (Boa constrictor) with diagrams of their open mouths. Engraving, ca. 1823.
  • Two types of lizard, including the large spotted ground lizard. Engraving, ca. 1778.
  • One cobra and four colubrid snakes, including possibly an oriental whip snake and the primitive worm-like species, Leptotyphlops humilis. Engraving, ca. 1778.
  • Two snakes: a rattlesnake and a boa. Engraving, ca. 1778.
  • Snakes and lizards. Etching, 18--?.
  • A witch placing a scorpion into a pot in order to make a potion. Etching by F. Landerer after M. Schmidt.
  • A witch placing a scorpion into a pot in order to make a potion. Etching by F. Landerer after M. Schmidt.
  • Three chameleons on a shelf (top); one chameleon with larvae (bottom left); a large rodent eating a mouse (bottom right). Etching.
  • Snake anatomy: ventral view of snake with scales; ventral view of internal organs; view of open mouth. Engraving, ca. 1778.
  • Eight snakes, including a reticulated python, a slow worm, a thirst snake, a Russell's viper and a mythical two-headed serpent. Engraving, ca. 1778.
  • Saint Christine: she is condemned to be bitten by snakes in a prison cell, but persuades them not to attack her. Engraving by Niccolò Mellini after V. Pizzoli.
  • Nutritional osteodystrophy - x-ray, iguana
  • Abscess on leg on an Iguana
  • Crabstick wounds on a snake.
  • Lesions on the rostrum of a snake.
  • Iguana with amputed leg