HOLBROOK NORTH AMERICAN HERPETOLOGY ARTWORK ONLINE
The New York Public Library has posted online all of the artwork from John Edward Holbrook's North American Herpetology. The artwork is for sale to those wishing to purchase a single rendering or the entire set. Go to
http://digitalgallery.nypl.org/nypldigital/
and type in
North American Herpetology
to view the artwork of the Father of North American Herpetology. The names in the captions beneath each drawing are sometimes misplaced, but each piece of artwork displayed on the web site has the correct (for that time) scientific name as applied by Holbrook.
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Attitude, rather than disposition is more definitive of serpent behavior. From the moment they emerge into this world until they complete their life cycle, their attitude is "Don't tread on me. I am well equipped to defend myself, but content to pass through life unnoticed. I mean no harm to anything or anyone that our creator has not provided as my bill of fare; I am self sustaining and I like it that way, please pass me by." - W.E. Haast
