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-' NORTH AMERICAN -^^ 



HERPETOLOGY; 



OR, 



A DESCRIPTION 



OF THE 



REPTILES INHABITING THE UNITED STATES. 



BY JOHN EDWARDS HOLBROOK, M. D. 



PROFESSOR OF ANATOMY IN THE JIEDICAL COLLEGE OF THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA ; MEMBER OF THE ROYAL 



MEDICAL SOCIETY OF EDINBURGH ; CORRESPONDING IMEMBER OF THE AMERICAN PHILOSOPHICAL 



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



NEW YORK LYCEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY, AND OF THE BOSTON 



NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY. 



Vol. I. 



PHILADELPHM : 



J. DOBSON, 106 CHESTNUT STREET. 



LONDON: ROBERT BALDWIN, PATERNOSTER ^OW.— PARIS: HECTOR BOSSANGE, 

 NO. 11 QUAI VQUVf^m^.— HAMBURG: PERTHES, BESSER & MAUKE. 



1842. 



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