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Lissamphibian Collection

Background imageLissamphibian Collection: Rhacophorus, Tree frog

Rhacophorus, Tree frog
Tree 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

Background imageLissamphibian Collection: A Mussoorie Specimen of the common Toad of all India

A Mussoorie Specimen of the common Toad of all India
Watercolour by Olivia Fanny Tonge 1858-1949. 180 x 260mm. From one of sixteen sketchbooks presented to the Museum in 1952

Background imageLissamphibian Collection: Bombina bombina, european fire-bellied toad

Bombina bombina, european fire-bellied toad
Watercolour on paper by Joan Beauchamp Procter (1897-1931). Held in the Library and Archives

Background imageLissamphibian Collection: Amoeba proteus, amoebae

Amoeba proteus, amoebae
A glass model of amoebae, created by Leopold and Rudolf Blaschka in the late nineteenth century and held at the Natural History Museum, London

Background imageLissamphibian Collection: Hyla nasuta, rocket frog

Hyla nasuta, rocket frog
BMNH 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

Background imageLissamphibian Collection: Leiopelma hamiltoni

Leiopelma hamiltoni
Hamiltons frog is probably one of the rarest frogs in the world. Donated in 1922 by the Dominion Museum in New Zealand

Background imageLissamphibian Collection: Frog-spawn, tadpoles and adult

Frog-spawn, tadpoles and adult
Plate 14 from Ranarum (1758) by Roesel von Rosenhof depicting frog-spawn, tadpoles and adult

Background imageLissamphibian Collection: Litoria aurea, golden bell frog

Litoria aurea, golden bell frog
Plate 26 from Zoological drawings by Ferdinand Bauer (1760-1826)

Background imageLissamphibian Collection: Rana aquatica, water frog

Rana aquatica, water frog
Hand coloured etching from The Natural History of Carolina, Florida and the Bahama islands (1731) Vol. 2 by Mark Catesby

Background imageLissamphibian Collection: Green Tree Frog

Green Tree Frog
Hand coloured etching from The Natural History of Carolina, Florida and the Bahama islands (1731) Vol. 2 by Mark Catesby

Background imageLissamphibian Collection: Karachi Frog

Karachi Frog
Watercolour by Olivia Fanny Tonge 1858-1949. 180 x 260mm. From one of sixteen sketchbooks presented to the Museum in 1952

Background imageLissamphibian Collection: Rana pueyoi, fossil frog

Rana pueyoi, fossil frog
An 8-6 million year old specimen of a fossil frog from the Late Miocene, Teruel, Spain

Background imageLissamphibian Collection: A Toad

A Toad
Watercolour by Olivia Fanny Tonge 1858-1949. A small specimen of a huge Toad that comes out to feed after a shower of rain

Background imageLissamphibian Collection: Philautus maia, shrub frog

Philautus maia, shrub frog

Background imageLissamphibian Collection: Apateon pedestris, amphibian larva

Apateon pedestris, amphibian larva
A seven-centimetre-long larval amphibian

Background imageLissamphibian Collection: Bloodstone or heliotrope carvings

Bloodstone or heliotrope carvings
These 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

Background imageLissamphibian Collection: Frog illustration

Frog illustration
Plate 4 from 298 water-colour drawings of insects and larvae, Frankfurdt 1622 by Flegel, C

Background imageLissamphibian Collection: Nyctibatrachus major, frogs

Nyctibatrachus major, frogs
X-ray of frog specimens held at the Natural History Museum, London

Background imageLissamphibian Collection: Brooding female caecilian with her young

Brooding female caecilian with her young

Background imageLissamphibian Collection: Proteus illustration

Proteus illustration
Plate X11 from Observations de Zoologie et d Anatomie Comparee (1811) Vol 1, by Humboldt & Bonpland. Entitled Proteus, seu larva salamandrae, Mexicanis axolotl

Background imageLissamphibian Collection: Plate 105 from the John Reeves Collection (Zoology)

Plate 105 from the John Reeves Collection (Zoology)
Plate 105 from the John Reeves Collection of Zoological Drawings from Canton, China 1774-1856

Background imageLissamphibian Collection: Boulengerula taitanus, taita caecilian tooth

Boulengerula taitanus, taita caecilian tooth
Tooth of the young specialized for peeling mothers skin

Background imageLissamphibian Collection: South American frogs and toads

South American frogs and toads
Including Phryniscus nigricans, found by Charles Darwin. From Zoology of the Voyage of the Beagle Vol 1-3

Background imageLissamphibian Collection: Salamander illustration

Salamander illustration

Background imageLissamphibian Collection: Rana species, fossil frog

Rana species, fossil frog
Specimen 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

Background imageLissamphibian Collection: Tanzanian leaf folding frog

Tanzanian leaf folding frog
The 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

Background imageLissamphibian Collection: Rana esculenta, edible frog

Rana esculenta, edible frog
Plate 55 of three edible frogs from Proc. Zoological Society London, 1884. Held in the Zoology Library at the Natural History Museum, London

Background imageLissamphibian Collection: Mantella pulchra, frog

Mantella pulchra, frog
This small frog specimens tissues have been cleared and the skeleton stained with alizarin. Specimen held at the Natural History Museum, London

Background imageLissamphibian Collection: Land Frog

Land Frog
Hand coloured etching from The Natural History of Carolina, Florida and the Bahama islands (1731) Vol. 2 by Mark Catesby

Background imageLissamphibian Collection: Toad illustration

Toad illustration
Top left figure of plate 26 from Ranarum (1758) by Roesel von Rosenhof

Background imageLissamphibian Collection: Alytes obstetricans, midwife toad

Alytes obstetricans, midwife toad
This male midwife toad is carrying an egg string. Specimen held at the Natural History Museum, London

Background imageLissamphibian Collection: Frog

Frog
One 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

Background imageLissamphibian Collection: Salamanders

Salamanders
Plate 8 from 298 water-colour drawings of insects and larvae (1622) by C. Flegel

Background imageLissamphibian Collection: Nycticorax nycticorax, black-crowned night heron

Nycticorax nycticorax, black-crowned night heron
Plate 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

Background imageLissamphibian Collection: Buteo lineatus, red-shouldered hawk

Buteo lineatus, red-shouldered hawk
Plate 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

Background imageLissamphibian Collection: Bogus mating fossil frogs

Bogus mating fossil frogs
This image shows bogus mating fossil frogs. It was figured in J.B.A Beringer (1726) plate 12. Photographed by Paul Taylor


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