Endangered geometric tortoise, Psammobates

Endangered geometric tortoise, Psammobates geometricus, and mata mata turtle, Chelus fimbriatus.. Handcolored copperplate stipple engraving from Jussieu's Dictionnaire des Sciences Naturelles 1816-1830. Illustration by J.G. Pretre, engraved by Massard, directed by Turpin, and published by F. G. Levrault. Jean Gabriel Pretre (1780-1845) was painter of natural history at Empress Josephine's zoo and later became artist to the Museum of Natural History

1780 1845 1780-1845 1816 1830 1816-1830 Dictionnaire Endangered Fimbriatus Geometric Geometricus Josephines Jussieus Levrault Massard Mata Naturelles Pretre Psammobates Stipple Tortoise Turpin Turtle

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