Summary
Illustration for Plate 13 in The Prodromus of the Zoology of Victoria by Frederick McCoy.
Description of Content
Carpet Snake, Morelia spilota variegata Gray by Ludwig Becker. Unnumbered drawing a, pencil, watercolour, indian ink and varnish on paper, 13cm x 20cm. Drawing for Plate 13 in The Prodromus of the Zoology of Victoria by Frederick McCoy.
More Information
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Collection Names
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Collecting Areas
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Publisher
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Artist
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Plate Number
13
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Drawing Number
Unnumbered
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State
Drawing
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Primary Inscriptions
[Dimensions, description of colour, texture of scalesalso interesting note, re split scale near anus]
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Secondary Inscriptions
L Becker
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Tertiary Inscriptions
[verso Beckers notes]
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Classification
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Taxon Name
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Author and date of publication
Gray, 1842
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Preferred Common name
Carpet Python
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Kingdom
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Phylum
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Subphylum
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Class
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Subclass
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Order
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Suborder
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Superfamily
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Family
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Genus
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Species Name
spilota
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Subspecies
variegata
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Category
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Discipline
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Type of item
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Overall Dimensions
20 cm (Width), 13 cm (Height)
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References
[Book Series] McCoy, Frederick. 1878-1890. Natural History of Victoria: Prodromus of the Zoology of Victoria or Figures and Descriptions of the Living Species of All Classes of the Victorian Indigenous Animals. 1-2.
[Article] Yen, Alan L., et al. 2001. McCoy's Prodromus of the Zoology of Victoria: an unfinished task. Vic. Nat. 118 (6): 242-255.
