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Artist
- Name:
- Unknown
Illustration
- Subject:
- Animals
- Technique:
- Lithograph
- Format:
- Landscape (wider)
- Source:
- The Ernst Mayr Library of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, the Internet Archive
Book
- Title:
- Bilder-Atlas zur wissenschaftlich-populären Naturgeschichte der Wirbelthiere
- Author(s):
- Fitzinger, Leopold Joseph Franz Johann
- Publisher:
- Vienna: k.k. Hof- und Staatsdruckerei, 1867
- Open Library:
- View record
Description
A boa constrictor (Boa constrictor) is coiled around a branch with its tongue out. This large snake in the family Boinae is native to the American continent. It is active at night and usually feeds on small mammals and birds.
The caption reads in the original German: Die Abgotts — oder gemeine Baum-Riesenschlange (Boa constrictor).
Keywords: 1860s, 19th century, Americas, Boidae, color, reference book, reptile, snake
