Excerpt from American Herpetology: Or Genera of North American Reptilia, With a Synopsis of the Species There are few departments of natural science which, to American naturalists, have given rise to more investigation than the history of the reptiles of our widely-extended country. Within a very few years, most important facts have been elicited, and many new and interesting species have been added to a list, formerly extensive. The great obscurity and confusion peculiarly prevalent in the descriptions of Authors who have ...
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Excerpt from American Herpetology: Or Genera of North American Reptilia, With a Synopsis of the Species There are few departments of natural science which, to American naturalists, have given rise to more investigation than the history of the reptiles of our widely-extended country. Within a very few years, most important facts have been elicited, and many new and interesting species have been added to a list, formerly extensive. The great obscurity and confusion peculiarly prevalent in the descriptions of Authors who have written on this subject, though gradually dissipating, are by no means sufficiently cleared. To the student of Herpetology, whether general or local, a systematic arrangement of all the N. A. Genera, with scientific descriptions of their species, cannot but be a desirable object. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at ... This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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