Spectacled or Binocellate Cobra ‘Naja naja’ Original inscriptions: ‘Cobra Capello. Madras 1803’ Further inscriptions: Artist: Medium: Pencil Size: Note: A pencil sketch highlighting the hood.
Buffstriped Keelback ‘Amphiesma stolata’ Original inscriptions: ‘143 scales – Baalai wudaca (Canara).’ ‘Scales 147 length 18 Inch Circumference about the middle ----- Color dark brown above, two levell stripes run its whole length, lower part white, yellow on the sides near the head. Eyes la...
A species of Skink Original inscriptions: ‘Sept. 1805’ [with dimensions] Further inscriptions: Artist: Medium: Watercolour Size: Note: Possibly the Spotted Supple Skink or Snake Skink, ‘Lygosoma punctatus’
An Agamid Lizard Original inscriptions: ‘Kilpauk Gardens Madras 19 April 1816’ ‘1. A light yellow for the first ----- at color 2. With Umber to be shown separately each scale towards the end lighter 3. The Head of Umber with a little lake & blue 4. The Ear of a white color but still keepin...