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Title: General guide to the exhibition halls of the American Museum of Natural History
Year: 1911 (1910s)
Authors: American Museum of Natural History Sherwood, George Herbert, 1876-1937 Lucas, Frederic A. (Frederic Augustus), 1852-1929 Miner, Roy Waldo, 1875-1955
Subjects: American Museum of Natural History Natural history museums
Publisher: New York, N.Y. : American Museum of Natural History
Contributing Library: American Museum of Natural History Library
Digitizing Sponsor: IMLS / LSTA / METRO

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cies, Concealing Coloration and Form. andParallel Evolution. Other exhibits are devoted to snakevarus, the structure of reptile skeletons,and snake poisons and their treatment. On the left of the hall, in an enclosedcorridor, is a series of habitat groups por-traving the home life of American rep-tiles and amphibians. The subjects ofthese in order from the front of the cor-ridor are: — The Leatherback Tortoise;The Giant Salamander; The Bullfrog;A New England Marshland in Spring;West Indian Tree Frogs; Reptiles of theSouth West; Galapagos Iguana; Rhi-noceros Iguana; Gila Monster; and theFlorida Cypress Swamp. A few of theseare described brieflv. The Rhinoceros Iguana Group illus-trates the complete life history of a typicallizard. It inhabits the desert regions ofSanto Domingo and is the most powerfullizard in the Americas. It is a terrestrial animal, living in bur-rows which it digs through banks of lime-stone. The eggs are deposited duringJuly in hills dug by the females in ad- (77
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A CYPRESS SWAMP IN NORTHERN FLORIDA. Detail of a group in the Reptile Hall joining sand flats. The young iguanashatch out and frequently pull their eggshells with them to the surface. TheRhinoceros Iguana, like most otherlarge iguanas, is a vegetarian, feeding onAcacia beans, Saona berries, and otherproducts of the desert. The group depicts the western shoreof Lake Enriquilla, a dead sea in SantoDomingo, over 130 feet below the surfaceof the ocean. The Reptiles and Amphibians of aCypress Swamp. The primeval cypressswamps of northern Florida afford ahome for the alligator, numerous turtles,lizards, snakes, and frogs. The large alli-gator on the left is a female guardingher nest (shown in cross section). Youngturtles arc hatching from eggs whichhave been hidden bv the mot her in the alligators nest. The group is a reproduc-tion of a Florida cypress swamp andriver cove in September. It portrays thefeeding habits of several snakes, thebreeding habits of various turtles andtoads, and many

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