American Crocodile illustrated

American Crocodile 

American Crocodile (Crocodylus acutus). #SciArt by Jean Gabriel-Prêtre for Ramón de la Sagra, Histoire Fisica, Politica y Natural de la Isla de Cuba(1855).   

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Histoire Fisica, Politica y Natural de la Isla de Cuba(1855). 

We almost missed #WorldCrocDay, but fear not...

This lovely rendering of an American Crocodile has saved our biodiversity special day cred! 

Thanks to the Peter H. Raven Library at Missouri Botanical Garden (@mobotgarden) for contributing this work.

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