Diamondback Terrapin (Malaclemys terrapin)
(bottom figure)
Hand-colored lithograph, with outlines made by camera lucida, after
J. W. Hill
From: James Ellsworth DeKay, Zoology of New York, or the New York
Fauna…. Vol. 1.5 of 6 vols. in 5 (New York State. Geological
Survey. Natural History of New York. Parts 1–6) (Albany, 1842–44)
NYPL, Rare Books Division, Stuart Collection
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