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Chameleons

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  • Three chameleons on a shelf (top); one chameleon with larvae (bottom left); a large rodent eating a mouse (bottom right). Etching.
  • A chameleon on a branch with landscape background. Etching.
  • A camel surrounded by various named animals, flowers and insects, including a giraffe and flying dragon. Engraving by D. Loggan, 1663, after W. Hollar.
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    A camel surrounded by various named animals, flowers and insects, including a giraffe and flying dragon. Engraving by D. Loggan, 1663, after W. Hollar.

    Hollar, Wenceslaus, 1607-1677. | Date: [1674] | Reference: 24373i
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    On the chameleon's retina : a further contribution to the minute anatomy of the retina of reptiles / by J. W. Hulke.

    Hulke, J. W. | Date: [1866]
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    A chameleon on a branch with landscape background. Etching.

    | Reference: 42609i
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    Two chameleons with different colourations and a chameleon skeleton. Engraving, ca. 1778.

    | Date: 1778 | Reference: 41923i
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    Three chameleons on a shelf (top); one chameleon with larvae (bottom left); a large rodent eating a mouse (bottom right). Etching.

    | Reference: 42610i
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