Sailfin lizard Kuznetsova A cloud of dust rises

A cloud of dust rises up behind them as they speed round the track

possibly the Sand Lizard Lacerta agilis

In Queen Victoria's Golden Jubilee Year

24 [NGC 4565] in Coma Berenices

To the right is the threatening figure of Communism

Sailfin lizard Kuznetsova A cloud of dust risesZoological study of the sailfin lizard, here styled Lacerta amboinensi now Hydrosaurus amboinensis, in a natural landscape. The Amboina sailfin lizard is a reptile native to Papua New Guinea, Indonesia and the Philippines. Plate from the monograph Brief van Johannes Albertus Schlosser Behelzende eene naauwkeurige Beschrijving der Amboinsche haagdis (Amsterdam 1768). Inscribed: 'G. Dadelbeek delineavit. S. Fokke sculpsit.' Jan Albert Schlosser (1733