A vertical arrangement of six reptiles in naturalistic detail occupies a cream ground, progressing from small striped lizards at top through spotted and banded varieties to two coiled snakes at the bottom. The composition employs earthy browns and greens with a striking blue accent on the lower serpent, rendered in the precise observational style of 18th-century natural history illustration. Bound with 52 pages of 70lb paper, lined or unlined, behind an anti-scuff matte cover with wraparound artwork, made to order. Notes and sketches kept behind an independent artist's work, not a plain composition cover.