Summary
Lithographic colour proof of a Blackish Australian Worm-Snake, Typhlops nigrescens depicting the snake and scale pattterns, by John James Wild, published as Plate 103 in the Prodromus of the Zoology of Victoria by Frederick McCoy.
Description of Content
Blind Snake, Ramphotyphlops nigrescens (Gray) by John James Wild. Colour proof, lithographic ink and pencil on paper, 29cm x 20cm. Published as Plate 103 in The Prodromus of the Zoology of Victoria by Frederick McCoy.
More Information
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Publisher
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Artist
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Lithographer
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Technique
Illustration
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Plate Number
103
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State
Colour proof
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Primary Inscriptions
Proof for revision of colour
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Classification
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Taxon Name
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Author and date of publication
(Gray, 1845)
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Preferred Common name
Blackish Blind Snake
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Subphylum
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Species Name
nigrescens
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Type of item
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Overall Dimensions
20 cm (Width), 29 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.
