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Title: The zoology of the voyage of H.M.S. Beagle, [vol. 5 of 5]

Reptiles

Author: Thomas Bell

Editor: Charles Darwin


Release date: July 6, 2026 [eBook #79041]

Language: English

Original publication: London: Smith, Elder & Co, 1839

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THE
ZOOLOGY
OF
THE VOYAGE OF H.M.S. BEAGLE,
UNDER THE COMMAND OF CAPTAIN FITZROY, R.N.,
DURING THE YEARS
1832 TO 1836.

PUBLISHED WITH THE APPROVAL OF
THE LORDS COMMISSIONERS OF HER MAJESTY’S TREASURY.
Edited and Superintended by
CHARLES DARWIN, ESQ., M.A., F.R.S., V.P.G.S.,
NATURALIST TO THE EXPEDITION.
PART V.
REPTILES,
BY
THOMAS BELL, ESQ., F.R.S., F.L.S., &c.
PROFESSOR OF ZOOLOGY IN KING’S COLLEGE.
LONDON:
PUBLISHED BY SMITH, ELDER AND CO., 65, CORNHILL.
MDCCCXLIII.
London:
Printed by Stewart and Murray,
Old Bailey.