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A fantasy illustration of marine reptilesThe Sea-Dragons as they lived. Frontispiece by John Martin from The Book of the Great Sea-Dragons by Thomas Hawkins, 1840
Ahaetulla prasina, Short-nosed vine snakeHand-coloured engraving from An account of Indian Serpents collected on the coast of Coromandel. The Patrick Russell Collection 1796 Date: 1796
Crystal Palace Dinosaur ModelsModels sculpted by Benjamin Waterhouse Hawkins, working closely with Joseph Paxton and Richard Owen, were installed in the worlds first dinosaur park which opened at Crystal Palace Park in 1854
Ptychozoon kohli, flying geckoHand coloured lithograph from final volume of Erpetologie Generale ou Histoire Naturelle complcte des Reptiles (1854) by A.M.C. Dumeril, G. Bibron, and A. Dumeril
Sceloporus asper, spiny lizardIllustration of a spiny lizard from Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London (1897). This illustration is on display in the Darwin Centre at the Natural History Museum, London
Mosasaur: Platycarpus ictericusGiant marine reptile. 83-81 million year old specimen from the Late Cretaceous, Kansas, USA
Bungarus fasciatus, Banded KraitSnake skin mounted on paper, The Patrick Russell Collection c.1790 Date: circa 1790
Plate 102 from the John Reeves Collection (Zoology)Plate 102 from the John Reeves Collection of Zoological Drawings from Canton, China 1774-1856
Snake skeleton by Albertus SebaTab 107 illustrating a section of snake skeleton from Thesaurus, by Albertus Seba
Restorations of secondary period animalsOriginal artwork by Benjamin Waterhouse Hawkins, donated by his granddaughter Mary Hawkins
Tyrannosaurus rex skeletonA skeleton of the carnivorous dinosaur, Tyrannosaurus rex at the Natural History Museum. The Tyrannosaurus rex, which grew up to around 12 metres long lived 67 to 65 million years ago during
Ejecting an intruderPlate opposite page 297 from The Malay Archipelago by Alfred Russel Wallace, London 1874
Python sebae, African rock pythonHand coloured lithograph from final volume of Erpetologie Generale ou Histoire Naturelle complcte des Reptiles (1854) by A.M.C. Dumeril, G. Bibron, and A. Dumeril
Hatteria punctata, great fringed lizard of New Zealand. Illustration taken from The Lizards of Australian and New Zealand by Gray, John Edward (1800-1875)
Snakes by Albertus SebaTab 106, an illustration of a pair of snakes from Thesaurus, by Albertus Seba
Agkistrodon piscivorus, cottonmouth snakeDrawing 61 (Ewan 50) from the Botanical and zoological drawings (1756-1788) by William Bartram
Delphinus doris, plate 20Illustration of the skull of Delphinus doris taken from The Lizards of Australia and New Zealand by John Edward Gray (1800-1875)
Lacertilia, lizardsColoured lithograph by Ernst Haeckel from Kunstformen der Natur, 1899-1904. Date: 1904
Smooth-necked iguana designDrawing by Alfred Waterhouse for the ornamentation of the Natural History Museum, London, 1875-1876. Waterhouse designed the museum in the 1860s, and it first opened its doors on Easter Monday 1881
Brachiosaur neck vertebraA specimen of a neck vertebra that once belonged to a dinosaur from the Brachiosauridae family. This family of dinosaurs lived during the Jurassic and Cretaceous period
Annona glabra, pond apple
Snake illustration by Albertus SebaTab 81, a snake illustration from Thesaurus Vol 2, by Albertus Seba
Morelia spilota, Jaguar carpet pythonMorelia spilota are large snakes of the Pythonidae family
Rock Python skinDr Colin McCarthy examining a Rock Python skin in the Zoology department of The Natural History Museum, London
Tyrannosaurus rexA life size model of the head of Tyrannosaurus rex on display in the Natural History Museums Dinosaur gallery. Tyrannosaurus rex lived 67 to 65 million years ago during the Upper Cretaceous period
Naja najaHand-coloured engraving from the Patrick Russell Collection
Hydrophis cyanocinctus, Annulated sea snakeHand-coloured engraving from An account of Indian Serpents collected on the coast of Coromandel. The Patrick Russell Collection 1796 Date: 1796
Chamaeleo zeylanicus, Indian chameleonIllustration from the Thomas Hardwicke Collection; attributed to artist J. Hayes; 1819
Daspletosaurus teethFossil teeth from the Daspletosaurus, a large carnivorous dinosaur closely related to, but not as big as, the Tyrannosaurus
Ophisaurus sp. glass snake & Chrysanthemum americanumHand coloured etching from The Natural History of Carolina, Florida and the Bahama islands (1731) Vol. 2 by Mark Catesby. Entitled The Glass Snake
Lizard embryoModel of a lizard embryo
A Natural History of JamaicaTab 274 from A Natural History of Jamaica (1725) by Sir Hans Sloane
Amblyrynchus cristatusIllustration (p.411) from Charles Darwins Journal of Researches, first illustrated edition 1890
MamenchisaurusLiving about 150 million years ago the dinosaur Mamenchisaurus was 22 metres long, 4 metres wide and weighed up to 30 tonnes. It is the largest animal ever found in China
Lizard, Sri LankaA lizard resting on a fern in Sri Lanka, photographed by Harry Taylor
Python molurus, tiger pythonSkeleton of a tiger python (Python molurus) from Southeast Asia, now part of the collections of the Natural History Museum, London
Amblyrhynchus cristatus, marine iguana designDrawing 23 Vol 1 by Alfred Waterhouse for the ornamentation of panels in windows of first floor south front of the Natural History Museum, London, 1875
Iguana, delundung, racoon and gecko designFour springers in entrance hall. Drawing by Alfred Waterhouse for the ornamentation of the Natural History Museum, London, 1876
Pogona barbata, bearded dragonDrawing 362 from the Watling Collection titled Jew Lizard, Bid de wang by Thomas Watling, 1792-1797
Snake and plant designDrawing by Alfred Waterhouse for the ornamentation of the Natural History Museum, London, 1875-1876. Waterhouse designed the museum in the 1860s, and it first opened its doors on Easter Monday 1881
Telmatosaurus transylvanicusFossil remains of the lower part of the jaw once belonging to the dinosaur, Telmatosaurus transylvanicus, Transylvanian marsh lizard discovered by Baron Franz von Nopsca at Hunedoara, Romania
Morelia spilota, diamond pythonWatercolour 40 by the Port Jackson Painter from Banks Manuscript 34, (c. 1790)
Trimeresurus albolabris, bamboo pit viperPhotograph of a bamboo pit viper (Trimeresurus albolabris) wrapped around a tree branch
Chamaeleo jacksonii, Jacksons chameleonJacksons chameleon specimen in spirit jar held in the Darwin Centre at the Natural History Museum, London. This image is on display in the link corridor from the Life Galleries to the Darwin Centre
Calotes calotes, agamid lizardThis agamid lizard is very common in gardens of the wet zone in Sri Lanka
Ortocryptis weigmani, lizardA young lizard. This lizard is widely distributed in the forested parts of the lowlands, Sri Lanka
Philothamnus irregularis, western green snakeWestern Green Snake specimen in spirit jar held in the Darwin Centre at the Natural History Museum, London. This image is on display in the link corridor from the Life Galleries to the Darwin Centre