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Reptile Collection (page 19)

Background imageReptile Collection: Crotalus sp. water viper

Crotalus sp. water viper
Hand coloured etching from The Natural History of Carolina, Florida and the Bahama islands (1731) Vol. 2 by Mark Catesby. Entitled The Water Viper

Background imageReptile Collection: Chelonia mydas, green turtle

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

Background imageReptile Collection: Farancia sp. mud snake

Farancia sp. mud snake
Hand coloured etching from The Natural History of Carolina, Florida and the Bahama islands (1731) Vol. 2 by Mark Catesby. Entitled Wampum Snake

Background imageReptile Collection: Crotalus sp. brown viper

Crotalus sp. brown viper

Background imageReptile Collection: Searching for dinosaur fossils, Tendaguru, 1924

Searching for dinosaur fossils, Tendaguru, 1924
A team of scientists from the British Museum of Natural History travelled to Tendaguru, Tanganyika territory, Tanzania after the end of World War One in order to locate and collect dinosaur fossils

Background imageReptile 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 imageReptile Collection: Crotalus sp. rattlesnake

Crotalus sp. rattlesnake
Hand coloured etching from The Natural History of Carolina, Florida and the Bahama islands (1731) Vol. 2 by Mark Catesby. Entitled The Rattlesnake

Background imageReptile Collection: Thamnophis sauritus, spotted ribbonsnake

Thamnophis sauritus, spotted ribbonsnake
Hand coloured etching from The Natural History of Carolina, Florida and the Bahama islands (1731) Vol. 2 by Mark Catesby. Entitled The Spotted Ribbon-Snake

Background imageReptile Collection: Masticophis flagellum, coachwhip snake

Masticophis flagellum, coachwhip snake
Hand coloured etching from The Natural History of Carolina, Florida and the Bahama islands (1731) Vol. 2 by Mark Catesby. Entitled The Coach-Whip Snake

Background imageReptile Collection: Crotalus sp. black viper

Crotalus sp. black viper
Hand coloured etching from The Natural History of Carolina, Florida and the Bahama islands (1731) Vol. 2 by Mark Catesby. Entitled The Black Viper

Background imageReptile Collection: Serpentes (suborder), snake

Serpentes (suborder), snake
Watercolour 39 by the Port Jackson Painter from Banks Manuscript 34, (c. 1790)

Background imageReptile Collection: Storeria sp. brown snake

Storeria sp. brown snake
Hand coloured etching from The Natural History of Carolina, Florida and the Bahama islands (1731) Vol. 2 by Mark Catesby. Entitled Little Brown Bead Snake

Background imageReptile Collection: Toad illustration

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

Background imageReptile Collection: Lizard specimen held in the Darwin Centre

Lizard specimen held in the Darwin Centre
Lizard specimen in a spirit jar held in the Darwin Centre at the Natural History Museum, London

Background imageReptile Collection: Specimens in spirit jars

Specimens in spirit jars
A variety of zoological specimens in spirit jars held at the Darwin Centre at the Natural History Museum, London

Background imageReptile Collection: Nerodia sipedon, water snake

Nerodia sipedon, water snake
A group of North American water snakes neatly coiled to fit into a storage jar. Specimens held at the Natural History Museum, London

Background imageReptile Collection: Letter addressed to Lord Rothschild

Letter addressed to Lord Rothschild
Paula the Famous Reptile Conqueror letter writing paper. The sensational attraction of the Royal Aquarium, London. The only act of its kind in the world

Background imageReptile Collection: The Central Hall of the Natural History Museum, London

The Central Hall of the Natural History Museum, London

Background imageReptile Collection: Iguana delicatissima, West Indian iguana

Iguana delicatissima, West Indian iguana
West Indian iguana in a specimen jar held at the Natural History Museum, London

Background imageReptile Collection: Eurhinosaurus longirostris, ichthyosaur

Eurhinosaurus longirostris, ichthyosaur
Close up of the skull and eye socket of an ichthyosaur specimen on display at The Natural History Museum, London

Background imageReptile Collection: Tyrannosaurus rex, Upper Cretaceous dinosaur

Tyrannosaurus rex, Upper Cretaceous dinosaur
Model of the animatronic scavenger T. rex manufactured by Kokoro Dreams, Tokyo. T. rex The Killer Question exhibition at The Natural History Museum, London

Background imageReptile Collection: Salamanders

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

Background imageReptile Collection: Hylomous lyelli

Hylomous lyelli
Fossil from the Natural History Museum s, Palaeontology Department

Background imageReptile Collection: Velociraptor

Velociraptor
An animatronic model of the dinosaur Velociraptor created by Kokoro for the Natural History Museum

Background imageReptile Collection: Excavating at Charmouth

Excavating at Charmouth
A team of palaeontologists from the Natural History Museum excavating an Ichthyosaur at Charmouth beach. December 2004

Background imageReptile Collection: Gastroliths, dinosaur stomach stones

Gastroliths, dinosaur 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

Background imageReptile Collection: Bardick Snake

Bardick Snake
One of 67 original water colour drawings of Mammals, Reptiles and Fish found at King Georges Sound, Western Australia, and in its neighbourhood; accompanied by manuscript notes by Neill, Robert

Background imageReptile Collection: Coluber laticaudatus, colubrine amphibious sea snake

Coluber laticaudatus, colubrine amphibious sea snake
Ff. 170. Watercolour painting by George Forster annotated coluber laticaudatus and made during Captain James Cooks second voyage to explore the southern continent (1772-75)

Background imageReptile Collection: Opthalmosaurus & Stenosaurus

Opthalmosaurus & Stenosaurus
Extinct fossil marine reptiles, Opthalmosaurus icenicus (above) and Stenosaurus leedsi (below) from the Upper Jurassic Oxford Clay at Peterborough. On display at the Natural History Museum, London

Background imageReptile Collection: Ichthyosaurus communis (Conybear)

Ichthyosaurus communis (Conybear)
A fossil specimen of an Ichthyosaurus from the Lower Lias, Lyme Regis, Dorset. On display at The Natural History Museum, London

Background imageReptile Collection: Rhamphorhynchus

Rhamphorhynchus
A model of the Rhamphorhynchus, a Pterosaur, an extinct giant flying reptile. They lived around 150 million years ago during the Jurassic period

Background imageReptile Collection: Dinosaur excavation, Niger 1988

Dinosaur excavation, Niger 1988
Hessian bandage, cut into strips and lightly coated in a thin mixture of plaster, being applied to the tissue covered bone

Background imageReptile Collection: Baryonyx

Baryonyx
Restoration of Baryonyx

Background imageReptile Collection: Polacanthus skin nodule

Polacanthus skin nodule
These nodules were mixed in with the overlapping plates on Polacanthus skin similar to those in modern reptiles. Polacanthus lived 132 to 100 million years ago during the lower Cretaceous period

Background imageReptile Collection: Baryonyx excavation, 1983

Baryonyx excavation, 1983
Palaeontologists from the Natural History Museum, London excavate fossils of Baryonyx walkeri from the crazy paving of blocks that hold the fossils, Surrey, England, 1983

Background imageReptile Collection: Varanus komodoensis, Komodo dragon

Varanus komodoensis, Komodo dragon
Specimen of a Komodo dragon, the largest species of lizard in the world on display at the Natural History Museum at Tring, part of the Natural History Museum, London

Background imageReptile Collection: Dinosaur egg

Dinosaur egg
Found at the Kallankurichi Limestone Mine, India. Was V26861

Background imageReptile Collection: Stylemys nebrascensis, tortoise carapace

Stylemys nebrascensis, tortoise carapace
Depicted here is the carapace or shell of the Oligocene tortoise (Stylemys nebrascensis). Specimen originates from Western U.S.A

Background imageReptile Collection: Excavations, Antarctica

Excavations, Antarctica
Palaeontologists from the Natural History Museum engage in excavating dinosaur fossils on Vega Island, Antarctica

Background imageReptile Collection: Fossil crocodile jaw

Fossil crocodile jaw
Six million year old section of fossilised crocodile jaw found in the Emirate of Abu Dhabi. Scale in mms

Background imageReptile Collection: Desert lizard, Abu Dhabi

Desert lizard, Abu Dhabi
A desert lizard sitting on a bush photographed in the Emirate of Abu Dhabi

Background imageReptile Collection: Dinosaur bones in the rock

Dinosaur bones in the rock
From a Palaeontology field trip in Tangjia He valley, China

Background imageReptile Collection: Excavations, Niger

Excavations, Niger
Palaeontologists from the Natural History Museum, London prepare the dinosaur fossils for transportation that have just been excavated in Niger, Northwest Africa

Background imageReptile Collection: Dinosaur vertebrae

Dinosaur vertebrae
From a Palaeontology field trip in Niger, West Africa

Background imageReptile Collection: Eretmosaurus rugosus

Eretmosaurus rugosus
A plaster cast of the original fossil specimen of the extinct Plesiosaur (marine reptile), Eretmosaurus rugosus, on display at the Natural History Museum, London

Background imageReptile Collection: Bradysaurus baini

Bradysaurus baini
A mounted fossil skeleton of Bradysaurus baini, a 258 million year old specimen from the Late Permian, Cape Province, South Africa

Background imageReptile Collection: Ichthyosaurus intermedius

Ichthyosaurus intermedius
Fossil specimens of the extinct marine reptile Ichthyosaurus intermedius, on display at the Natural History Museum, London

Background imageReptile Collection: Clay Toy Turtles and spiders

Clay Toy Turtles and spiders
Watercolour by Olivia Fanny Tonge (1858-1949). Captioned: Clay Toy Turtles with Heads and Legs that waggle costing one anna. Cawnpore



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