Book/Printed Material Reptiles and amphibians; an illustrated natural history,
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Image 1 of Reptiles and amphibians; an illustrated natural history, V fff ,/l/* W- ■1 r M Y/\ .vW. j.l/J f) r V r x •i tv 7 j /A ■t I I i j: vV l ‘j M Jv V/ *i\tt…- Contributor: Federal Art Project (New York, N.Y.) - Federal Writers' Project. New York (City)
- Date: 1939
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Image 2 of Reptiles and amphibians; an illustrated natural history,- Contributor: Federal Art Project (New York, N.Y.) - Federal Writers' Project. New York (City)
- Date: 1939
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Image 3 of Reptiles and amphibians; an illustrated natural history,- Contributor: Federal Art Project (New York, N.Y.) - Federal Writers' Project. New York (City)
- Date: 1939
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Image 4 of Reptiles and amphibians; an illustrated natural history,- Contributor: Federal Art Project (New York, N.Y.) - Federal Writers' Project. New York (City)
- Date: 1939
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Image 5 of Reptiles and amphibians; an illustrated natural history, REPTILES AND AMPHIBIANS- Contributor: Federal Art Project (New York, N.Y.) - Federal Writers' Project. New York (City)
- Date: 1939
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Image 6 of Reptiles and amphibians; an illustrated natural history, Ralph De Sola, Federal Writers’ Project. GIGANTIC GALAPAGOS TORTOISE- Contributor: Federal Art Project (New York, N.Y.) - Federal Writers' Project. New York (City)
- Date: 1939
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Image 7 of Reptiles and amphibians; an illustrated natural history, REPTILES AND AMPHIBIANS AN ILLUSTRATED NATURAL HISTORY Prepared by WORKERS OF THE FEDERAL WRITERS’ PROJECT OF THE WORKS PROGRESS ADMINISTRATION IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK With Decorations by The WPA Federal…- Contributor: Federal Art Project (New York, N.Y.) - Federal Writers' Project. New York (City)
- Date: 1939
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Image 8 of Reptiles and amphibians; an illustrated natural history, COPYRIGHT, 1939 BY THE GUILDS’ COMMITTEE FOR FEDERAL WRITERS’ PUBLICATIONS, INC. q Franklin P. Adams, Bruce Bliven, Herschel Brickell, Van Wyck Brooks, Henry S. Canby, Malcolm Cowley, Morris Ernst, John Erskine, Clifton…- Contributor: Federal Art Project (New York, N.Y.) - Federal Writers' Project. New York (City)
- Date: 1939
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Image 9 of Reptiles and amphibians; an illustrated natural history, EDITORIAL STAFF For the Federal Writers’ Project, New York City: Ralph De Sola, Editor Staff: Harry Davis, Milton Friedman, Edward Malkin, Ralph Manheim, Walter Relis, Joseph Rosner, Joseph Sigrist. Associates: Alexis Chern,…- Contributor: Federal Art Project (New York, N.Y.) - Federal Writers' Project. New York (City)
- Date: 1939
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Image 10 of Reptiles and amphibians; an illustrated natural history,- Contributor: Federal Art Project (New York, N.Y.) - Federal Writers' Project. New York (City)
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Image 11 of Reptiles and amphibians; an illustrated natural history, FOREWORD Reptiles and amphibians are perhaps the most engaging of all animals, and the least appreciated. Man has made friends with most of his other fellow animals. Dogs, cats and birds have…- Contributor: Federal Art Project (New York, N.Y.) - Federal Writers' Project. New York (City)
- Date: 1939
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Image 12 of Reptiles and amphibians; an illustrated natural history, Of course, there are snakes and crocodiles which cannot by any stretch of the imagination be regarded as house pets. Some of them are dangerous almost as dangerous when frightened or annoyed…- Contributor: Federal Art Project (New York, N.Y.) - Federal Writers' Project. New York (City)
- Date: 1939
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Image 13 of Reptiles and amphibians; an illustrated natural history, Dr. Roy Chapman Andrews, Director of the American Museum of Natural History; Dr. W. Reid Blair, Director of the New York Zoological Park; F. W. Bond of the Zoological Society of London;…- Contributor: Federal Art Project (New York, N.Y.) - Federal Writers' Project. New York (City)
- Date: 1939
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Image 14 of Reptiles and amphibians; an illustrated natural history,- Contributor: Federal Art Project (New York, N.Y.) - Federal Writers' Project. New York (City)
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Image 15 of Reptiles and amphibians; an illustrated natural history, CONTENTS REPTILES CROCODILIANS .21 Alligators. 24 Caymans.. Crocodiles.34 Gavials 42 THE TUATARA .45 LIZARDS .51 Geckos.54 Skinks.58 Old and New World Lizards.64 Worm-like Lizards 70 Monitors. 74 Poisonous Lizards 80 Iguanas.82 Agamas.90…- Contributor: Federal Art Project (New York, N.Y.) - Federal Writers' Project. New York (City)
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Image 16 of Reptiles and amphibians; an illustrated natural history, TURTLES 161 Snapping Turtles 1^6 Musk and Mud Turtles 1^2 Water Turtles 1^6 Land Tortoises.186 Sea Turtles.196) Snake-necked Turtles 200 Soft-shelled Turtles .202 AMPHIBIANS WORM-LIKE AMPHIBIANS .209 SALAMANDERS AND NEWTS .213 Giant…- Contributor: Federal Art Project (New York, N.Y.) - Federal Writers' Project. New York (City)
- Date: 1939
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Image 17 of Reptiles and amphibians; an illustrated natural history, REPTILES AND AMPHIBIANS- Contributor: Federal Art Project (New York, N.Y.) - Federal Writers' Project. New York (City)
- Date: 1939
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Image 18 of Reptiles and amphibians; an illustrated natural history,- Contributor: Federal Art Project (New York, N.Y.) - Federal Writers' Project. New York (City)
- Date: 1939
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Image 19 of Reptiles and amphibians; an illustrated natural history, REPTILES (Crocodilians, The Tuatara, Lizards, Snakes and Turtles) “Reptile” is still a horrid word to many despite the fact that comparatively few species are deadly, and that most of these do not…- Contributor: Federal Art Project (New York, N.Y.) - Federal Writers' Project. New York (City)
- Date: 1939
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Image 20 of Reptiles and amphibians; an illustrated natural history, the balance of nature. The harmless and unoffending snake which feeds on troublesome insects and rodents is frequently a victim of ignorance and unreasoning fear. Reptiles provide excellent leathers for fancy luggage…- Contributor: Federal Art Project (New York, N.Y.) - Federal Writers' Project. New York (City)
- Date: 1939
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Image 21 of Reptiles and amphibians; an illustrated natural history, crocodilians, slid back to the less competitive and sluggish life of the sea. The pterosaurs were unique even among the odd specimens which the early ages developed from the initial reptiles, for…- Contributor: Federal Art Project (New York, N.Y.) - Federal Writers' Project. New York (City)
- Date: 1939
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Image 22 of Reptiles and amphibians; an illustrated natural history, shell-covered eggs; in some cases their young are brought forth alive. ORDERS: CROCODILIA —the crocodilians (alligators, caymans, crocodiles and gavials). These are four-limbed reptiles of medium or large size, four to thirty…- Contributor: Federal Art Project (New York, N.Y.) - Federal Writers' Project. New York (City)
- Date: 1939
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Image 23 of Reptiles and amphibians; an illustrated natural history, the sun’s heat or the heat resulting from the fermentation of decaying plant matter. In the amphibians a three-chambered heart propels the blood, but in reptiles there has emerged a four-chambered organ.…- Contributor: Federal Art Project (New York, N.Y.) - Federal Writers' Project. New York (City)
- Date: 1939
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Image 24 of Reptiles and amphibians; an illustrated natural history,- Contributor: Federal Art Project (New York, N.Y.) - Federal Writers' Project. New York (City)
- Date: 1939
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Image 25 of Reptiles and amphibians; an illustrated natural history, CROCODILIANS (Alligators, Caymans, Crocodiles and Gavials) The rivers, swamps and marshes of the tropical world are the homes of the crocodilians, longest of living reptiles, except possibly certain specimens of the regal…- Contributor: Federal Art Project (New York, N.Y.) - Federal Writers' Project. New York (City)
- Date: 1939
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Image 26 of Reptiles and amphibians; an illustrated natural history,- Contributor: Federal Art Project (New York, N.Y.) - Federal Writers' Project. New York (City)
- Date: 1939
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Image 27 of Reptiles and amphibians; an illustrated natural history, The most remarkable feature in their physiology is related to their aquatic life. One look at the skull of a crocodilian will show that the posterior nostrils are set so far back…- Contributor: Federal Art Project (New York, N.Y.) - Federal Writers' Project. New York (City)
- Date: 1939
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Image 28 of Reptiles and amphibians; an illustrated natural history, ALLIGATORS AMERICAN ALLIGATOR With its short legs hugging its thick, scaly body, the American alligator can propel itself through the water by means of its powerful tail and body more rapidly than…- Contributor: Federal Art Project (New York, N.Y.) - Federal Writers' Project. New York (City)
- Date: 1939
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Image 29 of Reptiles and amphibians; an illustrated natural history, E. A. Mcllhenny. AMERICAN ALLIGATOR GUARDING NEST (Alligator mississippiensis). Length: 12 feet. Range: Southern United States. Its tail is a formidable weapon. A nine-foot specimen, previously thought to be dead, once snapped…- Contributor: Federal Art Project (New York, N.Y.) - Federal Writers' Project. New York (City)
- Date: 1939
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Image 30 of Reptiles and amphibians; an illustrated natural history, when there were fewer hunters and civilization had not overrun almost every available habitat, specimens were taken averaging more than twenty feet. As recently as 1889, sixteen feet was given as the…- Contributor: Federal Art Project (New York, N.Y.) - Federal Writers' Project. New York (City)
- Date: 1939
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Image 31 of Reptiles and amphibians; an illustrated natural history, FREE RIDE (SIZ) Ralph De Sola, Federal Writers’ Project. and permits them to escape. Baby alligators are only eight inches long when hatched. One of the earliest and most colorful accounts of…- Contributor: Federal Art Project (New York, N.Y.) - Federal Writers' Project. New York (City)
- Date: 1939
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Image 32 of Reptiles and amphibians; an illustrated natural history, had he known that the fierce-looking “dragons” were rather harmless to man. Since Bartram’s time, American alligators have been wantonly hunted and exterminated. From 1880 to 1894, more than two million were…- Contributor: Federal Art Project (New York, N.Y.) - Federal Writers' Project. New York (City)
- Date: 1939
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Image 33 of Reptiles and amphibians; an illustrated natural history, ALLIGATOR AND CROCODILE COMPARED From Ditmars’ REPTILES OF TIIE WORLD. The superficial characteristics of the crocodilians are very much alike. However, some have long flat snouts, while other species have short heavy…- Contributor: Federal Art Project (New York, N.Y.) - Federal Writers' Project. New York (City)
- Date: 1939
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Image 34 of Reptiles and amphibians; an illustrated natural history, CHINESE ALLIGATOR Smaller than its American cousin, the Chinese alligator spends its days quietly, but at night moves about a good deal and bellows lustily. The bellowing is accomplished by a rapid…- Contributor: Federal Art Project (New York, N.Y.) - Federal Writers' Project. New York (City)
- Date: 1939
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Image 35 of Reptiles and amphibians; an illustrated natural history, i$. C. Dunton, New York Aquarium. CHINESE ALLIGATOR (Alligator sinensis). Length: 6 feet. Range: Lower Yangtze River Valley of China. it a virtuous act to buy alligators from their captors and set…- Contributor: Federal Art Project (New York, N.Y.) - Federal Writers' Project. New York (City)
- Date: 1939
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Image 36 of Reptiles and amphibians; an illustrated natural history, CAYMANS BLACK CAYMAN In the dry season, the voracious black cayman (jacare-assu largest and fiercest of the seven species of caymans, slips down into the jungle-lined rivers of northern South America. There…- Contributor: Federal Art Project (New York, N.Y.) - Federal Writers' Project. New York (City)
- Date: 1939
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Image 37 of Reptiles and amphibians; an illustrated natural history, (NYA) Ralph De Sola, Federal Writers’ Project. SPECTACLED CAYMAN (Caiman sclerops Length: 8 feet. Range: Northern South America. is the smallest of crocodilians. When passing ships disturb the water in the Panama…- Contributor: Federal Art Project (New York, N.Y.) - Federal Writers' Project. New York (City)
- Date: 1939
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Image 38 of Reptiles and amphibians; an illustrated natural history, CROCODILES NILE CROCODILE The man-eating Nile crocodile, ranging through Palestine, Madagascar and nearly all of Africa has the most venerable recorded history of all crocodilians. Well known to the ancient Egyptians, who…- Contributor: Federal Art Project (New York, N.Y.) - Federal Writers' Project. New York (City)
- Date: 1939
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Image 39 of Reptiles and amphibians; an illustrated natural history, New York Zoological Society. MAN-EATING NILE CROCODILE (Crocodylus niloticus). Length: 20 feet. Range: Africa, Syria and Madagascar. is from fourteen to sixteen feet, although record specimens have been known to attain twenty-five…- Contributor: Federal Art Project (New York, N.Y.) - Federal Writers' Project. New York (City)
- Date: 1939
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Image 40 of Reptiles and amphibians; an illustrated natural history, the approach of danger, the plover warns its cold-blooded friend by taking flight. An instant later the crocodile slithers off into the murky water. The crocodiles possess two musk glands, which serve…- Contributor: Federal Art Project (New York, N.Y.) - Federal Writers' Project. New York (City)
- Date: 1939