Reptile Collection (page 13)

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

Plesiosaurus dolichodeirus: Head only
From the Lower Jurassic, Lyme Regis, Dorset. This specimen is the first articulated plesiosaur ever found and one of Mary Annings greatest discoveries

LS Plate 96 from the John Reeves Collection (Zoology)
LS Plate 96 from the John Reeves Collection of Zoological Drawings from Canton, China 1774-1856

Ardeosaurus brevipes, a Jurassic lizard
A cast of the type skeleton of Ardeosaurus brevipes a fossil reptile from the Lithographic Limestone, Kimmeridgian, Workerstzell, Bavaria, Germany. Dating back the Upper Jurassic period about 150 mya

LS Plate 110 from the John Reeves Collection (Zoology)
LS Plate 110 from the John Reeves Collection of Zoological Drawings from Canton, China 1774-1856

Plesiosaurus dolichodeirus: Head and neck
From the Lower Jurassic, Lyme Regis, Dorset. This specimen is the first articulated plesiosaur ever found and one of Mary Annings greatest discoveries

Sharovisaurus karatauensis
Fossil lizard from Kara Tau, Kasakhstan, USSR. Cast

Rhamphorynchus longiceps
A fossil Jurassic pterosaur from the Lithographic Stone, Eichstatt, Germany

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

LS Plate 106 from the John Reeves Collection (Zoology)
LS Plate 106 from the John Reeves Collection of Zoological Drawings from Canton, China 1774-1856

From M. G. Perecca to G. A. Boulenger
A letter from M.G. Perecca to G.A. Boulenger featuring an illustration of a chameleon. 27 January 1906. DF 235/18/6/38

Eretmochelys imbricata, Hawksbill turtle
George Forster illustration of Hawksbill turtle. Plate 169

Plate 97 from the John Reeves Collection (Zoology)

Rhynchosaurus skull
This skull measuring 78mm belongs to an extinct genus of reptile called Rhynchosaurus. It lived during the Triassic period and fossils have been found in Africa, Europe and Brazil

Columber kargi

Plesiosaurus dolichodeirus skeleton
From the Lower Jurassic, Lyme Regis, Dorset. This is the first articulated plesiosaur ever found and one of Mary Annings greatest discoveries. Length 2.9 meters

Excavating a Mosasaur skull
Title page picture from Histoire Naturelle de la Montagne de St Pierre de Maestricht by Faujas de Saint Fond, 1799. Mosasaur was a carnivorous marine reptile from the Cretaceous period

Geosaurus gracilis
The fossil skeleton of the Geosaurus gracilis, an extinct aquatic crocodylian which lived during the Upper Jurassic and Lower Cretaceous periods

Pliosaurus ferox tooth
A fossil tooth that once belonged to the extinct carnivorous marine reptile, Pliosaurus ferox that lived during the Jurasic period

Asps 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

Passenger pigeon 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

Namyda agassizii, soft shelled tortoise of Georgia
Drawing 46 (Ewan 24) from the Botanical and zoological drawings (1756-1788) by William Bartram

Dinosaur skeletons comparing hip pelvic structure
The pelvis consists of three bones on each side. Top, a Saurischian dinosaur. Middle, an early Ornithischian dinosaur. Bottom, a Later Ornithischian dinosaur

The Central Hall of the Waterhouse Building
The Waterhouse Buiding at the Natural History Museum, London was designed by Alfred Waterhouse (1830-1905) and first opened its doors on Easter Monday 1881

Calotes versicolor, agamid lizard
This agamid lizard is a common species in the lowlands of Sri Lanka, particularly in the drier parts of the island

Detail of terracotta moulding of a snake in the Waterhouse B
The Waterhouse Buiding at the Natural History Museum, London was designed by Alfred Waterhouse (1830-1905) and first opened its doors on Easter Monday 1881

Side view of a Gharial skull
The Gharial is a modern fish-eating crocodile that is found in India. Photographed by Harry Taylor

Side view of a Baryonyx snout
Baryonyx was a carnivorous dinosaur that lived during the Lower Cretaceous period around 125 million years ago. Photographed by Phil Crabb

Pre-historic creature by Benjamin Hawkins
Watercolour by Benjamin Waterhouse Hawkins

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