Project for Kent State MLIS Program - Cultural Heritage Informatics Fall 2019

Take a look at the depictions of the Eastern Spadefoot toad from J. Sera's lithography to some of the first photographs of the toad published.

Scaphiopus solitarius

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Smithsonian First Edition

Scaphiopus solitarius

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Image ID: https://flic.kr/p/adgCKt

View Description: A scanned copy of the Scaphiopus solitarius lithograph from the first edition of North American Herpetology by John Edwards Holbrook, published in 1836. This particular scan comes from a copy held by the Smithsonian and is presented here through the Biodiversity Heritage Library's Flickr.

View Type: front view [AAT: 300264744]

View Date: 08/15/2011

Related Work: Scaphiopus solitarius; J. Sera illustrator; 1836; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (United States) – KSU:012

Source: https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35765112

Hermit Spade-foot

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Hermit Spade-foot

Hermit Spade-foot

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Image ID: https://www.archive.org/download/zoologyofnewyork03adeka/page/n50_w449

View Description: A scanned copy of plate 19 from Zoology of New York by De Kay, published in 1842. The "Hermit Spade-foot" is the middle figure (Fig. 47) on the plate. This particular scan comes from a copy held by the Marine Biological Laboratory (MBL) and Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) Library.

View Type: front view [AAT: 300264744]

View Date: 12/17/2007

Related Work: De Kay, James E. 1842. Zoology of New York; or, The New York Fauna. Part 3, Reptiles-Plates. Albany, NY: W. & A. White & J. Visscher: Carroll and Cook.

Source: https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2001793

Scaphiope solitare

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Scaphiope solitare

Scaphiope solitare

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Image ID: https://www.archive.org/download/erptologiegn00dum/page/n248_w345

View Description: A scanned copy of a plate 97 from Erpétologie générale, ou, Histoire naturelle complète des reptiles. by C. Duméril, published in 1854. It features an illustration of the dorsal view of a "Scaphiope solitare" along with sketches of its hind feet and mouth. This particular scan comes from a copy held by the Smithsonian.

View Type: front view [AAT: 300264744]

View Date: 07/29/2010

Related Work: Duméril, C. 1854. Erpétologie générale, ou, Histoire naturelle complète des reptiles. Paris: Roret.

Source: https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31895970

Solitary Frog

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Solitary Frog

Solitary Frog

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Image ID: b21779405_0003_0173.jpg

View Description: A scanned copy of an illustration of a "Solitary Frog" from The Illustrated Natural history by J. G. Wood, published in 1869. This particular scan was digitized by the Wellcome Library.

View Type: front view [AAT: 300264744]

View Date: 02/19/2015

Related Work: Wood, J. G. 1869. The Illustrated Natural History. New York: Routledge.

Source: https://archive.org/details/b21779405_0003/page/162

Holbrook's Spadefoot

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Holbrook's spadefoot

Holbrook's Spadefoot

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Image ID: https://www.archive.org/download/handbookoffrogst00wrig/page/n57_w390

View Description: A scanned copy of the Holbrook's Spadefoot page from Handbook of frogs and toads by A. A. Wright and A. H. Wright, published in 1933. This particular scan comes from a copy held by the Marine Biological Laboratory (MBL) and Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) Library.

View Type: front view [AAT: 300264744]

View Date: 06/11/2008

Related Work: Wright, A. A. & Wright, A. H. 1933. Handbook of Frogs and Toads. Ithaca, N.Y.: Comstock Pub. Co.

Source: https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6221528

Eastern Spadefoot

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eastern spadefoot observation by floridensis on iNaturalist.org

Eastern Spadefoot

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Image ID: https://static.inaturalist.org/photos/38344828/original.jpg?1557337947

View Description: An image uploaded to iNaturalist of an eastern spadefoot (Scaphiopus holbrookii) taken by iNaturalist user floridensis. This image is associated with an observation floridensis made of the eastern spadefoot in Volusia County, Florida on May 20, 2015.

View Type: three-quarter view [AAT: 300117363]

View Date: 05/08/2019

Source: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/24793788

The Many Faces of the Eastern Spadefoot

Take a look at the depictions of the Eastern Spadefoot toad from J. Sera's lithography to some of the first photographs of the toad published.

Scaphiopus solitarius

Click Image to Zoom

Smithsonian First Edition

Image ID: https://flic.kr/p/adgCKt

View Description: A scanned copy of the Scaphiopus solitarius lithograph from the first edition of North American Herpetology by John Edwards Holbrook, published in 1836. This particular scan comes from a copy held by the Smithsonian and is presented here through the Biodiversity Heritage Library's Flickr.

View Type: front view [AAT: 300264744]

View Date: 08/15/2011

Related Work: Scaphiopus solitarius; J. Sera illustrator; 1836; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (United States) – KSU:012

Source: https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35765112

Hermit Spade-foot

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Hermit Spade-foot

Image ID: https://www.archive.org/download/zoologyofnewyork03adeka/page/n50_w449

View Description: A scanned copy of plate 19 from Zoology of New York by De Kay, published in 1842. The "Hermit Spade-foot" is the middle figure (Fig. 47) on the plate. This particular scan comes from a copy held by the Marine Biological Laboratory (MBL) and Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) Library.

View Type: front view [AAT: 300264744]

View Date: 12/17/2007

Related Work: De Kay, James E. 1842. Zoology of New York; or, The New York Fauna. Part 3, Reptiles-Plates. Albany, NY: W. & A. White & J. Visscher: Carroll and Cook.

Source: https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2001793

Scaphiope solitare

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Scaphiope solitare

Image ID: https://www.archive.org/download/erptologiegn00dum/page/n248_w345

View Description: A scanned copy of a plate 97 from Erpétologie générale, ou, Histoire naturelle complète des reptiles. by C. Duméril, published in 1854. It features an illustration of the dorsal view of a "Scaphiope solitare" along with sketches of its hind feet and mouth. This particular scan comes from a copy held by the Smithsonian.

View Type: front view [AAT: 300264744]

View Date: 07/29/2010

Related Work: Duméril, C. 1854. Erpétologie générale, ou, Histoire naturelle complète des reptiles. Paris: Roret.

Source: https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31895970

Solitary Frog

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Solitary Frog

Image ID: b21779405_0003_0173.jpg

View Description: A scanned copy of an illustration of a "Solitary Frog" from The Illustrated Natural history by J. G. Wood, published in 1869. This particular scan was digitized by the Wellcome Library.

View Type: front view [AAT: 300264744]

View Date: 02/19/2015

Related Work: Wood, J. G. 1869. The Illustrated Natural History. New York: Routledge.

Source: https://archive.org/details/b21779405_0003/page/162

Holbrook's Spadefoot

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Holbrook's spadefoot

Image ID: https://www.archive.org/download/handbookoffrogst00wrig/page/n57_w390

View Description: A scanned copy of the Holbrook's Spadefoot page from Handbook of frogs and toads by A. A. Wright and A. H. Wright, published in 1933. This particular scan comes from a copy held by the Marine Biological Laboratory (MBL) and Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) Library.

View Type: front view [AAT: 300264744]

View Date: 06/11/2008

Related Work: Wright, A. A. & Wright, A. H. 1933. Handbook of Frogs and Toads. Ithaca, N.Y.: Comstock Pub. Co.

Source: https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6221528

Eastern Spadefoot

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eastern spadefoot observation by floridensis on iNaturalist.org

Image ID: https://static.inaturalist.org/photos/38344828/original.jpg?1557337947

View Description: An image uploaded to iNaturalist of an eastern spadefoot (Scaphiopus holbrookii) taken by iNaturalist user floridensis. This image is associated with an observation floridensis made of the eastern spadefoot in Volusia County, Florida on May 20, 2015.

View Type: three-quarter view [AAT: 300117363]

View Date: 05/08/2019

Source: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/24793788