Surinam caiman, probably Paleosuchus palpebrosus, biting South American false coral snake, Anilius scytale, Maria Sybilla

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Surinam caiman (probably Paleosuchus palpebrosus) biting South American false coral snake (Anilius scytale), Maria Sybilla Meriaen Over de voortteeling en wonderbaerlyke veranderingen der Surinaemsche insecten, Merian, Maria Sibylla, 1647-1717, Sluyter, Peter, 1645-1722, Transfer engraving, hand-colored, 1719, From Metamorphosis insectorum Surinamensium (Insects of Suriname), Dutch edition. Caiman emerging from egg: Caiman crocodilus. Alligatoridae

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