Object Status:
Unlocated
Accession Date:
February 1797
Primary Source Reference:
Palisot de Beauvois, “Memoir on Amphibia,” Transactions of the American Philosophical Society 4 (1799): 362–381; paper read February 1797 / https://doi.org/10.2307/1005115
Additional Source Text:
"This reptile, which Mr. Peale has likewise preserved alive, has eaten the flies, insects, and frogs (the rana arborea, Linn. among others) which were presented to it."
Specimen Type:
Live/living (presumably eventually taxidermied/preserved)
Current Common Name:
Northern black racer
Current Scientific Name
Crotalus constrictor
