FIG. 1 in Status of Early 19th-Century Names Authored in Parallel by Wied and Schinz for South American Reptiles and Amphibians, with Designations of Three Nomina Protecta

FIG. 1. "Die Borckische Eidechse," a lizard described in 1809 by Blasius Merrem and much later given the Latin name Centropyx borckiana by Wilhelm Peters. Hoogmoed (1973: 292–293) cleared up confusion associated with the name of this species, which currently is known as the Guayanan Kentropyx borckiana (Peters, 1869). The dorsal surfaces probably were partially green in life, the blue color resulting from preservation in spirits. (Hand-painted plate reproduced ×0.90 from Merrem, 1809, courtesy of Harvard University Botany Libraries.)