The reptile book; a comprehensive popularised work on the structure and habits of the turtles, tortoises, crocodilians, lizards and snakes which inhabit the United States and northern Mexico
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Identifier: reptilebookcompr1915ditm (find matches)
Title: The reptile book; a comprehensive popularised work on the structure and habits of the turtles, tortoises, crocodilians, lizards and snakes which inhabit the United States and northern Mexico
Year: 1915 (1910s)
Authors: Ditmars, Raymond Lee, 1876-1942
Subjects: Reptiles -- North America
Publisher: New York, Doubleday, Page
Contributing Library: MBLWHOI Library
Digitizing Sponsor: MBLWHOI Library
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DESERT TORTOISE, Testudo agassiziiInhabits the deserts of the southwestern United States
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PLASTRON OF THE DESERT TORTOISE, Testudo agassizii THE REPTILE BOOK PLATE XXV 1
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Included On The Following Pages:
- Life
- Cellular
- Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
- Opisthokonta (opisthokonts)
- Metazoa (animals)
- Bilateria
- Deuterostomia (deuterostomes)
- Chordata (Chordates)
- Vertebrata (vertebrates)
- Gnathostomata (jawed fish)
- Osteichthyes (bony fish)
- Sarcopterygii (Lobe-finned fishes)
- Tetrapoda (terrestrial vertebrates)
- Amniota (amniote)
- Reptilia (Reptiles)
- Diapsida (diapsid)
- Testudinata (turtles)
- Cryptodira
- Testudinidae (tortoises)
- Gopherus (Gopher Tortoises)
- Testudines (turtle)
- Gopherus agassizii (Desert tortoise)
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