Summary
Lithographic colour proof of a White-lipped Snake, Drysdalia coronoides, and a Little Whip Snake, Suta flagellum, published as Plate 11 in The Prodromus of the Zoology of Victoria by Frederick McCoy.
This plate forms part of the much larger Prodromus Collection. Many of the original illustrations in the collection informed the production of the two volume work 'The Prodromus of the Zoology of Victoria', Museum Victoria's first major publication commencing in 1878.
Description of Content
Suta flagellum (McCoy, 1878) by Arthur Bartholomew. Colour proof lithographic ink on paper, 30cm x 22cm. Published as Plate 11 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
Geological Survey Branch, Steam Press, Government Printing Office
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Artist
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Lithographer
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Plate Number
11
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State
Colour proof
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Classification
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Taxon Name
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Author and date of publication
(Günther, 1858)
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Preferred Common name
White-lipped Snake
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Phylum
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Subphylum
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Family
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Genus
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Species Name
coronoides
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Type of item
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Overall Dimensions
17 cm (Width), 26 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.
