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Rhacophorus, Tree frogTree Frog from Sarawak. Drawing of a tree frog by Alfred Russel Wallace - hand coloured. Drawn looking down onto the back of the frog spread out showing webbed feet
A Mussoorie Specimen of the common Toad of all IndiaWatercolour by Olivia Fanny Tonge 1858-1949. 180 x 260mm. From one of sixteen sketchbooks presented to the Museum in 1952
Bombina bombina, european fire-bellied toadWatercolour on paper by Joan Beauchamp Procter (1897-1931). Held in the Library and Archives
Amoeba proteus, amoebaeA glass model of amoebae, created by Leopold and Rudolf Blaschka in the late nineteenth century and held at the Natural History Museum, London
Hyla nasuta, rocket frogBMNH 1947.2.22.81, formerly 1936.12.3.192. F, adult. Spirit specimen. Collected by John Gilbert at Port Essington [1840-1841]. Designated holotype of Pelodytes nasutus Gray, 1842
Leiopelma hamiltoniHamiltons frog is probably one of the rarest frogs in the world. Donated in 1922 by the Dominion Museum in New Zealand
Frog-spawn, tadpoles and adultPlate 14 from Ranarum (1758) by Roesel von Rosenhof depicting frog-spawn, tadpoles and adult
Litoria aurea, golden bell frogPlate 26 from Zoological drawings by Ferdinand Bauer (1760-1826)
Rana aquatica, water frogHand coloured etching from The Natural History of Carolina, Florida and the Bahama islands (1731) Vol. 2 by Mark Catesby
Green Tree FrogHand coloured etching from The Natural History of Carolina, Florida and the Bahama islands (1731) Vol. 2 by Mark Catesby
Karachi FrogWatercolour by Olivia Fanny Tonge 1858-1949. 180 x 260mm. From one of sixteen sketchbooks presented to the Museum in 1952
Rana pueyoi, fossil frogAn 8-6 million year old specimen of a fossil frog from the Late Miocene, Teruel, Spain
A ToadWatercolour by Olivia Fanny Tonge 1858-1949. A small specimen of a huge Toad that comes out to feed after a shower of rain
Philautus maia, shrub frog
Apateon pedestris, amphibian larvaA seven-centimetre-long larval amphibian
Bloodstone or heliotrope carvingsThese frogs were carved from bloodstone by Paul Dreher. Bloodstone is green agate containing speckles of red jasper. All these derive from the cryptocrystalline quartz group
Frog illustrationPlate 4 from 298 water-colour drawings of insects and larvae, Frankfurdt 1622 by Flegel, C
Nyctibatrachus major, frogsX-ray of frog specimens held at the Natural History Museum, London
Brooding female caecilian with her young
Proteus illustrationPlate X11 from Observations de Zoologie et d Anatomie Comparee (1811) Vol 1, by Humboldt & Bonpland. Entitled Proteus, seu larva salamandrae, Mexicanis axolotl
Plate 105 from the John Reeves Collection (Zoology)Plate 105 from the John Reeves Collection of Zoological Drawings from Canton, China 1774-1856
Boulengerula taitanus, taita caecilian toothTooth of the young specialized for peeling mothers skin
South American frogs and toadsIncluding Phryniscus nigricans, found by Charles Darwin. From Zoology of the Voyage of the Beagle Vol 1-3
Salamander illustration
Rana species, fossil frogSpecimen originates from soft Miocene shale from Spain. Skeletal anatomy preserved in its entirety with an outline of the soft parts clearly visible. This specimen measures 12 cms long
Tanzanian leaf folding frogThe right hand of a Tanzanian leaf folding frog. The size of the toe discs can vary from specimen to specimen. These frogs were first discribed in 1928 but there has been no agreement on how many
Rana esculenta, edible frogPlate 55 of three edible frogs from Proc. Zoological Society London, 1884. Held in the Zoology Library at the Natural History Museum, London
Mantella pulchra, frogThis small frog specimens tissues have been cleared and the skeleton stained with alizarin. Specimen held at the Natural History Museum, London
Land FrogHand coloured etching from The Natural History of Carolina, Florida and the Bahama islands (1731) Vol. 2 by Mark Catesby
Toad illustrationTop left figure of plate 26 from Ranarum (1758) by Roesel von Rosenhof
Alytes obstetricans, midwife toadThis male midwife toad is carrying an egg string. Specimen held at the Natural History Museum, London
FrogOne of the 140 frog species known from the island of Sri Lanka. Many of these frogs have only been discovered in the last decade or so
SalamandersPlate 8 from 298 water-colour drawings of insects and larvae (1622) by C. Flegel
Nycticorax nycticorax, black-crowned night heronPlate 236 from John James Audubons Birds of America, original double elephant folio (1834-35), hand-coloured aquatint. Engraved, printed and coloured by R. Havell (& Son), London
Buteo lineatus, red-shouldered hawkPlate 71 from John James Audubons Birds of America, original double elephant folio (1827-30), hand-coloured aquatint. Engraved, printed and coloured by R. Havell (& Son), London
Bogus mating fossil frogsThis image shows bogus mating fossil frogs. It was figured in J.B.A Beringer (1726) plate 12. Photographed by Paul Taylor