Anolis garmani, the Green Venus

While canoodling about on the internet, I came across this delightful drawing of a green guana (Anolis garmani), which in turn led me to its source, Naturalist’s Sojourn in Jamaicapublished in 1851. Here’s the charming description of the species, including evidence that the art of lizard noosing has a long history. The description starts here:

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It then continues:

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and concludes:

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And here’s the title page:

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3 Comments

  1. Kevin de Queiroz

    Gosse, the author of Placopsis.

  2. Gosse and garmani — ah yes, when I was seventeen…!

  3. Wonderful. Thank you so much.

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