Mark Catesby - Tree Frog

Mark Catesby was an English naturalist who studied flora and fauna in the New World. Between 1729 and 1747 Catesby published his Natural History of Carolina, Florida and the Bahama Islands, the first published account of the flora and fauna of North America. It included 220 plates of birds, reptiles, amphibians, fish, insects, mammals and plants.

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Novacula, The Blue Fish.

Novacula, The Blue Fish. (1754)

Mark Catesby (English, 1683 – 1749)
Piscium, serpentum, insectorum, aliorumque nonnullorum animalum nec non plantarum quarundam imagines Pl.022

Piscium, serpentum, insectorum, aliorumque nonnullorum animalum nec non plantarum quarundam imagines Pl.022 (1777)

Mark Catesby (English, 1683 – 1749)
The Globe Fish (Tetrodon lagocephalus)

The Globe Fish (Tetrodon lagocephalus) (1731-1743)

Mark Catesby (English, 1683 – 1749)
Piscium, serpentum, insectorum, aliorumque nonnullorum animalum nec non plantarum quarundam imagines Pl.033

Piscium, serpentum, insectorum, aliorumque nonnullorum animalum nec non plantarum quarundam imagines Pl.033 (1777)

Mark Catesby (English, 1683 – 1749)
Piscium, serpentum, insectorum, aliorumque nonnullorum animalum nec non plantarum quarundam imagines Pl.041

Piscium, serpentum, insectorum, aliorumque nonnullorum animalum nec non plantarum quarundam imagines Pl.041 (1777)

Mark Catesby (English, 1683 – 1749)
Piscium, serpentum, insectorum, aliorumque nonnullorum animalum nec non plantarum quarundam imagines Pl.043

Piscium, serpentum, insectorum, aliorumque nonnullorum animalum nec non plantarum quarundam imagines Pl.043 (1777)

Mark Catesby (English, 1683 – 1749)
The Yellow and Black Pye (Oriolus Icterus)

The Yellow and Black Pye (Oriolus Icterus) (1731-1743)

Mark Catesby (English, 1683 – 1749)
Anona maxima &c.; Phalæna magna, The largest Carolina Moth; The Caterpillar of this Moth.

Anona maxima &c.; Phalæna magna, The largest Carolina Moth; The Caterpillar of this Moth. (1754)

Mark Catesby (English, 1683 – 1749)
Piscium, serpentum, insectorum, aliorumque nonnullorum animalum nec non plantarum quarundam imagines Pl.065

Piscium, serpentum, insectorum, aliorumque nonnullorum animalum nec non plantarum quarundam imagines Pl.065 (1777)

Mark Catesby (English, 1683 – 1749)
The Viper-mouth (Silurus cataphractus)

The Viper-mouth (Silurus cataphractus) (1731-1743)

Mark Catesby (English, 1683 – 1749)
Piscium, serpentum, insectorum, aliorumque nonnullorum animalum nec non plantarum quarundam imagines Pl.011

Piscium, serpentum, insectorum, aliorumque nonnullorum animalum nec non plantarum quarundam imagines Pl.011 (1777)

Mark Catesby (English, 1683 – 1749)
Accipiter minor, The little Hawk.

Accipiter minor, The little Hawk. (1754)

Mark Catesby (English, 1683 – 1749)
Piscium, serpentum, insectorum, aliorumque nonnullorum animalum nec non plantarum quarundam imagines Pl.021

Piscium, serpentum, insectorum, aliorumque nonnullorum animalum nec non plantarum quarundam imagines Pl.021 (1777)

Mark Catesby (English, 1683 – 1749)
Quercus sempervirens foliis oblongis non sinuatis, Live Oak; Picus maximus crista-tubra, The large red crested Woodpecker.

Quercus sempervirens foliis oblongis non sinuatis, Live Oak; Picus maximus crista-tubra, The large red crested Woodpecker. (1754)

Mark Catesby (English, 1683 – 1749)
The Yellow Throated Creeper

The Yellow Throated Creeper (1754)

Mark Catesby (English, 1683 – 1749)