The Digital Ark: Early Modern Collections of Curiosities in England and Scotland, 1580-1700
Thomas Erastus (7 Sep 1524 - 31 Dec 1583)
Other biography: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Erastus Authority - early modernReferences in Documents:
Grew, Musaeum Regalis (1685) The SWAPTAIL LIZARD .
Calceolarius 's
there is a curious
Picture hereof, under the Name
of CROCODILUS TERRESTRIS. As also in
Besler .
Gesner , from
Thomas Erastus , hath very
copiously
describ'd him, especially his Tail.
Uromastix, vel Cau
diverbera. Called also CORDILUS. In
diverbera
Musæum
of CROCODILUS TERRESTRIS. As also in
describ'd him, especially his Tail.