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LIBRARY > Digital edition: Lib. Cat. No. RAY1693 > “Chamaeleo, The Chamelion.” In Synopsis methodica animalium quadrupedum et serpentini generis. Vulgarium notas characteristicas, rariorum descriptiones integras exhibens: cum historiis & observationibus anatomicis perquam curiosis. Praemittuntur nonnulla de animalium in genere, sensu, generatione, divisione, &c. Auctore Joanne Raio, S.R.S. Imprimatur, Robert Southwell, R.S.P. 15 June, 1693. Londini: Impensis S. Smith & B. Walford Societatis Regiae Typographorum ad Insignia Principis in Coemeterio D. Pauli, 1693. 276–283. By John Ray (1627–1705).

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Revised (substantive): 9 May 2021

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