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MARIA SIBYLLA MERIAN (1647-1717)

Common or Spectacled Caiman with South American False Coral Snake

c.1705-10

RCIN 921218

The Spectacled Caiman (Caiman crocodilus) is found in many parts of South America. This illustration was included, along with that of the Golden Tegu, in a series of additional plates to an edition of the Metamorphosis issued after Merian’s death.

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