Aanteekeningen over de anatomie van Cryptobranchus japonicus

Pp. vi, 66, 12 color tinted lithographic plates (3 are large and folding).  Publisher’s original dark blue wrappers, original printed white title/author label attached to the upper spine (taken from inside endpaper), lg 4to.  From the series: Natuurkundige Verhandelingen van de Hollandsche Maatschappij der Wetenschappen te Haarlem, tweede verzameling, vol. 19, no 2.  This monograph presents a detailed anatomical analysis of the Japanese giant salamander, Cryptobranchus japonicas (= Andrias japonicus (Temminck, 1836).  With a length of up to almost 1.5 m (5 ft), it is the second-largest salamander in the world, only being surpassed by the very similar and closely related Chinese giant salamander (A. davidianus). There are only three known members of the Cryptobranchidae family: the Japanese and Chinese giant salamanders and the North American Eastern hellbender (modified after Wiki).  Most text pages uncut and unopened.