Land tortoise species, endangered green sea turtle, Chelonia mydas, and Mediterranean chameleon, Chamaeleo chamaeleon. Tortue de terre; tortue de mer, le cameleon. Copperplate engraving by Antonio Baratti after Francois-Nicolas Martinet from Denis Diderot and Jean le Rond d’Alembert’s Encyclopedie, Histoire Naturelle (Encyclopedia: Natural History), Livourne, 1774. Francois-Nicolas Martinet (1731-1800) was a French draftsman and engraver.

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