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Title: Natural history – Animal kingdom – Reptiles and Snakes
Original Title: Histoire naturelle – Règne animal – Reptiles et serpens
Volume and Page: Plates vol. 6 (1765)
Author: Unknown
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Citation (MLA): "Natural history – Animal kingdom – Reptiles and Snakes." The Encyclopedia of Diderot & d'Alembert Collaborative Translation Project. Ann Arbor: Michigan Publishing, University of Michigan Library, 2010. Web. [fill in today's date in the form 18 Apr. 2009 and remove square brackets]. <http://hdl.handle.net/2027/spo.did2222.0001.516>. Trans. of "Histoire naturelle – Règne animal – Reptiles et serpens," Encyclopédie ou Dictionnaire raisonné des sciences, des arts et des métiers, vol. 6 (plates). Paris, 1765.
Citation (Chicago): "Natural history – Animal kingdom – Reptiles and Snakes." The Encyclopedia of Diderot & d'Alembert Collaborative Translation Project. Ann Arbor: Michigan Publishing, University of Michigan Library, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/2027/spo.did2222.0001.516 (accessed [fill in today's date in the form April 18, 2009 and remove square brackets]). Originally published as "Histoire naturelle – Règne animal – Reptiles et serpens," Encyclopédie ou Dictionnaire raisonné des sciences, des arts et des métiers, vol. 6 (plates) (Paris, 1765).

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Reptiles and Snakes.

Plate XXVII: Natural History, Fig. 1. The Crocodile. Fig. 2. A Crocodile Egg. Fig. 3. The Tokay Gecko.


Plate XXVIII: Natural History, Fig. 1. The Skink. Fig. 2. The Cylindrical Skink. Fig. 3. The Viper.


Plate XXIX: Natural History, Fig. 1. The Rattle Snake. Fig. 2. The Tail of a Ratttle Snake. Fig. 3. The Blue Racer. Fig. 4. The Naja.