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Merian sur. Meriam (sic), Mario Sibyllam. (Merian, Mario Sibilla or Mario Sybilla ) 1705. 
Dissertatio de generatione et metamorphosibus insectorum Surinamensium: in qua . His 
adjunguntur bufonis, lacerti, sepentes, aranea... .Amstelodami.Geraldum Valk. The figure for Rana 
paradoxa is on p. 71 as cited but no plate number 71 as cited by Linnaeus. 
Merian surln. Same as Merian sur. 
It Mus. Ad. Fr. Linnao, Car. (Linnaeus) 1754. Museum S:ae R:ae M:tis Adolphi Friderici 
Regis....in quo animalia rariora. Tom. I. Holmiae,Typography Regia. 
Mus. De Geer Refers to the collection of Carl de Geer, a German entomologist. 
#Nieremb. Nat. Nierembergii, Joannis Evsebii (Juan Eusebio Nieremberg) 1635. Historia 
naturae, maxime peregrinae, libris XVI distincta . Antverpiae. 
#Olear. mus. Olearium , Adam (Olearius) 1674. Gottorffische Kunst-Kammer vorinnen 
Allerhand ungemeine Sachen, So theiis die Natur..... Schlesswig, Gottfriedt Schulkens . National 
Union Catalog says G. Schultzen but Alwyne Wheeler 1980.The sources of Linnaeus' knowledge 
of fishes. In G. Broberg (ed.) Linnaeus: progress and prospects in Linnaean research. Almquist 
and Wiksell, Stockholm, says Schulkens. But the old style German lettering that appears to be "Iz" 
actually is a form that represents ”ss", thus I interpret the publisher as "Schussens". I found the 
statement "Auff Gotfriedt Schussens Kosten" to be interesting; it literally means "At the cost of 
Gottfriedt Schussens." The work was first published in 1666 (Gottorffische Kunst-Kammer..... 
Schlesswig. Johan Holwein), but according to Wheeler the 1674 edition contains the most 
accurate references, albeit some are in error. The British Library Catalog erroneously shows 
"Kunst-Cammer." 
#Osb. iter. Osbeck, Per 1757. Dagbok dfwer en Ostindisk resa Aren 1750- 1751, 1752... Lor. 
Ludv. Grefing, Stockholm. 
Ovied. amer. Oviedo y Valdes, Gongalo Fernandez de 1547. Coronica delas Indias. La 
hystoria general de Las Indias agora nueuaamente impressa corregida emendada. Primera Parte.. 
Usually filed under Fernandez de Oviedo y Valdes.This edition describes in Libro 13, chapter 3 a 
lizard, and an illustration on the third page of text of that account it pictures a lizard with a long, 
serrated dorsal crest, but the name "iguana" does not appear. 
#Pis. bras. Piso, Willem (Guiliemi Pisonis). See Marcg. bras. But Piso’s part actually is 
1658...See Bont. jav. for details of the 1658 work. 
#Raj. quad. Raio, Joanne (John Ray) 1693. Synopsis methodica animalium quadrupedum et 
serpentini generis. S. Smith and B. Walford, Londini. London. 
#Rhed. Exp. Redi, Francisci 1675. Experimenta circa resdiversas naturales, speciatim i lias, 
quae ex Indiis adferentur.... Amstelodami, A. Frisii. 
Roes. ran. Roesel von Rosenhof, Avgvstvs lohannes (August Johann ) 1758. Historia 
natvralis ranarvm nostrativm.... Norimbergae, l.l. Fleischmanni. 
Rolander Daniel Rolander, a pupil of Linnaeus’s who collected in Surinam. 
Scheuch. sacr. Schevchzer, Joh. Jacob (Johannes Jacob Scheuchzer) 1731-35. 
Kupfer=Bibel/ In welcher Die PHYSICA SACRA, Oder Geheiligte NaturWissenschafft.. .Augspurg 
(sic) und Ulm, C. U. Wagner. This comprises 4 volumes, bound in 6 (parts 3 and 4 each divided 
into two parts). The reference to Boa scytale appears in vol. 4 but Scheuchzer called it Serpens 
Surinanmensis further on in the text. Vol. 4 is 1735. But note that apparently the same work is 
listed in the National Union Catalog as "Physica sacra, iconibvs aeneis Ulus, procurante & sumtus 
suppediante Johanne Andrea Pfeffel. Avgvstae Vindelicon/m, 1731-1735. " This latter probably 
is the Latin version, presumably issued simultaneously. 
