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HERPETOLOGY; 



OR, 



A DESCRIPTION 



OF THE 



REPTILES INHABITING THE UNITED STATES. 



BY JOHN EDWARDS HOLBROOK, M. D. 



PROFESSOR OF ANATOMY IN THE MEDICAL COLLEGE OF THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA; MEMBER OF 



THE ROYAL MEDICAL SOCIETY OF EDINBURGH; CORRESPONDING MEMBER OF THE AMERICAN 



PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY ; OF THE ACADEMY OF NATURAL SCIENCES OF PHILADELPHIA ; AND 



OF THE NEW YORK, BOSTON AND BALTIMORE LY'CEUMS OF NATURAL HISTORY 



Vol. IV. 



PHILJiDELPHM : 

 J. DOBSON, CHESTNUT STREET. 



9: 1840. 



