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The 79th lithographic plate from Ernst Haeckel's Kunstformen der Natur (1904) depicts a variety of lizards, or Lacertilia. In terms of evolutionary relationships, these eight lizards demonstrate the diversity of the Lacertilia suborder, which has been replaced by an array of new suborders and infraorders in recent classifications. Unusual species of chameleon and gonocephalus are at the top; the second row has a flying dragon and a Texas horned lizard; the third row has a flying gecko and a common basilisk; on the bottom row are the aptly named frill-necked lizard and the Thorny Devil. As in many of Haeckel's prints, the colors and spatial composition are more of an aesthetic choice than a reproduction of nature; the lithographer Adolf Glitsch worked directly from Haeckel's sketches rather than from first-hand specimens.

Species

  1. Chamaeleon montium (now: Chamaeleo montium)
  2. Lophyrus tigrinus (now: Gonocephalus chamaeleontinus)
  3. Draconellus volans (now Draco volans)
  4. Phrynosoma cornutum
  5. Ptychozoon homalocephalum (aka Flying gecko)
  6. Basiliscus americanus (aka Basiliscus basiliscus)
  7. Chlamydosaurus kingii
  8. Moloch horridus

[edit] Reference

Olaf Breidbach, Visions of Nature: The Art and Science of Ernst Haeckel. Prestel Verlag: New York, 2006.

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current02:01, 1 March 20062,378×3,320 (2.12 MB)Ragesoss (improved scan, no little hair in the way)
22:08, 26 February 20062,378×3,321 (2.16 MB)Ragesoss (The 79th plate from Ernst Haeckel's ''Kunstformen der Natur'' (1904), depicting organisms classified as Lacertilia. Category:Ernst Haeckel)