Herpetology
Anolis veridis and anolis gracilis from Wied's Abbildungen zur Naturgeschichte Brasiliens
Platydactyle Homalocephale (ptychozoon kuhli) and extremite du tronc et origin de la queue en dessous from Duméril's Erpétologie générale
Coluber formosus from Wied's Abbildungen zur Naturgeschichte Brasiliens
Hydra, lizard, and birds, illustration from Seba's Locupletissimi rerum naturalium thesauri accurata descriptio
Ceratophrys dorsata fem. from Wied's Abbildungen zur Naturgeschichte Brasiliens
Frontispiece with fire newt, sand lizard, and frogs from Rösel von Rosenhof's Historia naturalis ranarum nostratium
The development of the spadefoot from Rösel von Rosenhof's Historia naturalis ranarum nostratium
Python sebae with views of head and eye from Duméril's Erpétologie générale
Geochelone sulcata and Pyxis arachnoides from Duméril's Erpétologie générale
This image showing what appears to be two lizard species is a composite plate from Prince Maximilian zu Wied's Abbildungen zur Naturgeschichte Brasiliens discussed by AMNH curator emeritus of the AMNH Herpetology Department in the Division of Vertebrate Zoology, Charles W. Myers. What Wied believed were two distinct lizards, were actually, Myers writes, male and female of the same species.
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