'Istiurus pustulatus' [Philippine sailfin lizard] mb-artistname Samuel Cousins Derek Mountfield

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In pencil lower left '1697' an dlower right '3/-'

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'Istiurus pustulatus' [Philippine sailfin lizard] mb-artistname Samuel Cousins Derek MountfieldZoological study of the Philippine sailfin lizard (Hydrosaurus pustulatus), native to the Philippines. Plate 7 from the book Zoologischer Atlas, enthaltend Abbildungen und Beschreibungen neuer Thierarten wahrend des Flottcapitains von Kotzebue zweiter Reise um die Welt, by Friedrich Eschscholtz (Berlin, 1829). Inscribed '2 5 E. Bommer del. Prof. F. Guimpel sc. Istiurus pustulatus.' Johann Friedrich Eschscholtz (1793 1831) Livonian physician, botanist