Reptile Collection (page 12)

Advert for Mayflowa crocodile, ostrich and lizard shoes 1926
Complete range of Mayflowa women reptile shoes. Available from The House of Abbott, in Regents and Oxford Street, London. 1926

Snake charmer, North Africa. Date: circa 1870

Advert for Mayflowa town walking womens shoes 1923
Mayflowa shoes. Every ladys wardrobe should contain one or more pairs of the shoes shown in our new brochure. Date: 1923

Toddler with frog by Muriel Dawson
Toddler with a frog by Muriel Dawson. Date: 1920s

Advert for Gorringes reptile shoes
Lizard skin shoes for women, sport shoe with low leather heel and welted sole, and buckle to the side, graceful court style is made in black

Advert for Mayflowa reptile women shoes 1926
Mayflowa reptile shoes. A seletion of mid 1920s lizard, leopard, snake, crocodile skins. 1926

Dicynodon leoniceps
Right side of skull with damaged tooth, eye and nasal aperture. From Gats River in the Sneewberg mountain range, South Africa and collected by W Guybon Atherstone

Cynognathus crateronotus
A fossil skull that belonged to the extinct mammal-like reptile, Cynognathus. It lived during the Triassic period, 245 to 208 million years ago. Typical length of entire creature 1.8 metres

Ichthyosaur
A plastic toy model of the extinct marine reptile, Ichthyosaur, created by Invicta Ltd. These reptiles lived during the Jurassic and Triassic periods, becoming extinct around 90 million years ago

Ophisaurus sp. glass snake & Chrysanthemum americanum
Hand coloured etching from The Natural History of Carolina, Florida and the Bahama islands (1731) Vol. 2 by Mark Catesby. Entitled The Glass Snake

Lizard embryo
Model of a lizard embryo

Geochelone elephantopus, giant tortoise

Ichthyosaurus. Illustration taken from the Richard Owen coll
Illustration 117a, annotated by William Clift asNo 4. Profile of Mr Johnsons Fossil found at Lyme

Amblyrynchus cristatus
Illustration (p.411) from Charles Darwins Journal of Researches, first illustrated edition 1890

Sopa, giant tortoise, 1933
The Zoos oldest inhabitant - Sopa the 150 year old giant tortoise - has died, a victim of influenza. Photo and caption by Central News, 2nd Feb 1933

Various carved specimens
A collection of carved specimens including ivory, coral, shell, jet & tortoise shell. A collection of carved specimens including ivory, coral, shell, jet & tortoise shell

Testudo abingdonii, Galapagos Islands
Illustration (p.397) from Charles Darwins Journal of Researches, first illustrated edition 1890

Lizard, Sri Lanka
A lizard resting on a fern in Sri Lanka, photographed by Harry Taylor

Visitors at the Natural History Museum, London
Visitor viewing an a skeleton of a Dinosaur in the Gobi Desert exhibition at the Natural History Museum, London 1997

Dr. Paul Barrett
Dr Paul Barrett, Palaeontologist at the Natural History Museum checking dinosaur replicas for accuracy. The dinosaur replicas were made under licence for the Natural History Museum by Toyway Ltd

Green Turtle
Figure 18 from By L.D. Brongersma, Publication 659

Steneosaurus bollensis
A replica fossil specimen of Steneosaurus bollensis, an extinct reptile that looked similar to the modern day crocodile. It lived during the Upper Jurassic period

Python molurus, tiger python
Skeleton of a tiger python (Python molurus) from Southeast Asia, now part of the collections of the Natural History Museum, London

Amblyrhynchus cristatus, marine iguana design
Drawing 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

Snake and plant design
Drawing 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

Proganochelys quenstedti (Baur, 1887) skull
A fossil skull that once belonged to the oldest known extinct turtle, Proganochelys quenstedti. This specimen is from the Keuper at Wurttemberg. Cast on the right, original specimen on the left

Rhomdeosaurus cramptoni [Kettleness specimen]
Close-up of of a section of foot belonging to the Pliosaur, Rhomdeosaurus cramptoni. This carnivorous marine reptile descended from the plesiosaur

Trimeresurus albolabris, bamboo pit viper
Photograph of a bamboo pit viper (Trimeresurus albolabris) wrapped around a tree branch

Dinosaur eggshell
Scanning electron microscope image on display in the Darwin Centre

Chamaeleo jacksonii, Jacksons chameleon
Jacksons 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 lizard
This agamid lizard is very common in gardens of the wet zone in Sri Lanka

Ortocryptis weigmani, lizard
A young lizard. This lizard is widely distributed in the forested parts of the lowlands, Sri Lanka

Philothamnus irregularis, western green snake
Western 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

Animated model of Tyrannosaurus rex made by Kokoro, and exhibited in the North Hall in June 1999

LS Plate 103 from the John Reeves Collection (Zoology)
LS Plate 103 from the John Reeves Collection of Zoological Drawings from Canton, China 1774-1856

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

LS Plate 108 from the John Reeves Collection (Zoology)
LS Plate 108 from the John Reeves Collection of Zoological Drawings from Canton, China 1774-1856

Gastroliths, stomach stones
Swallowed by dinosaurs these stones remained in the stomach where they assisted in grinding the toughest food to a more easily digested paste. Largest is 72mm long

Homoeosaurus maximiliani
A fossil specimen of Homoeosaurus maximiliani, a Sphenodontid lizard which dates back to the Triassic period. This specimen was discovered at the Kimeridgian Lithographic stone, Kelheim, Bavaria

Dinosaur footprints
Trackway evidence. A track from Lark Quarry, Australia showing footprints of some smaller dinosaurs covering one of a big hunter. Specimen block measures 78cm x 90cm

LS Plate 102 from the John Reeves Collection (Zoology)
LS Plate 102 from the John Reeves Collection of Zoological Drawings from Canton, China 1774-1856

Plate 99 from the John Reeves Collection (Zoology)
Plate 99 from the John Reeves Collection of Zoological Drawings from Canton, China 1774-1856

LS Plate 104 from the John Reeves Collection (Zoology)
LS Plate 104, snakes illustration from the John Reeves Collection of Zoological Drawings from Canton, China 1774-1856

Watling Drawing 194
Caption describing a lizard in New South Wales, Australia

Elginia

LS Plate 107 from the John Reeves Collection (Zoology)
LS Plate 107 from the John Reeves Collection of Zoological Drawings from Canton, China 1774-1856

Sauropod excavation, 1982

LS Plate 101 from the John Reeves Collection (Zoology)
LS Plate 101 from the John Reeves Collection of Zoological Drawings from Canton, China 1774-1856

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