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Neobatrachia Collection

Background imageNeobatrachia 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 imageNeobatrachia 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 imageNeobatrachia 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 imageNeobatrachia 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 imageNeobatrachia 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 imageNeobatrachia 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 imageNeobatrachia 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 imageNeobatrachia 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 imageNeobatrachia Collection: Philautus maia, shrub frog

Philautus maia, shrub frog

Background imageNeobatrachia 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 imageNeobatrachia 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 imageNeobatrachia 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 imageNeobatrachia 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 imageNeobatrachia 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


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