Five specimens of reptiles Size:M: 75 x 50cm This was the year also

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Five specimens of reptiles Size:M: 75 x 50cm This was the year alsoZoological studies of five types of lizards and snakes. Figure 1 'The Rattle Snake from the West Indies; taken from one of those preserv'd in the Museum of the Royal Society.' Figure 2 'A West Indian serpent; taken from the original in the same Museum.' Figure 3 'A Lizard from Sir Hans Sloane's Cabinet'. Figure 4 chameleon, 'The Camelion; from the Royal Society.' Figure 5 'A Flying Lizard from Amboina in the East Indies; from my own collection' [Ambon