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Reptilia Collection (page 8)

Background imageReptilia Collection: Dinosaur footprint

Dinosaur footprint
Fossil footprints belonging to a three toed dinosaur (Tridactyl)

Background imageReptilia Collection: Turtle shell

Turtle shell
A close up image of turtle shell depicting the interlocking hexagonal plates

Background imageReptilia Collection: Snake skin

Snake skin

Background imageReptilia Collection: Varanus gouldii, Goulds monitor

Varanus gouldii, Goulds monitor
Plate 151 from Natural History of Victoria (1887) by Sir Frederick McCoy

Background imageReptilia Collection: Varanus eremius and Varanus gilleri

Varanus eremius and Varanus gilleri
Rusty desert monitor (Varanus eremius) and pigmy mulga monitor (Varanus gilleri). Plate 8 from Report of the Horn Expedition to Central Australia (1896)

Background imageReptilia Collection: Lacerta viridis, green lizard

Lacerta viridis, green lizard
Plate 38 from Proc. Zoological Society London, 1884 of various views of a green lizard. Held in the Zoology Library at the Natural History Museum, London

Background imageReptilia Collection: Dinosaurs Gallery

Dinosaurs Gallery
A wide-angle view of the Natural History Museums Dinosaur Galery

Background imageReptilia Collection: Ophthalmosaurus icenius, ichthyosaur

Ophthalmosaurus icenius, ichthyosaur
Close up of the eye socket of an extinct marine reptile from the Middle Jurassic (161-157 million years ago) on display in the Central Hall at the Natural History Museum, London

Background imageReptilia Collection: Ichthyosaurus communis, ichthyosaur

Ichthyosaurus communis, ichthyosaur
Close up of the jaw of an ichthyosaur specimen on display at The Natural History Museum, London. Specimen collected by Mary Anning

Background imageReptilia Collection: Emydoidea blandingi, Blandings terrapin

Emydoidea blandingi, Blandings terrapin
Small North American Blandings terrapins. Specimens held at the Natural History Museum, London

Background imageReptilia Collection: Reptile specimens in the Darwin Centre

Reptile specimens in the Darwin Centre
Various reptile specimens stored in spirit in the Darwin Centre, at the Natural History Museum, London

Background imageReptilia Collection: Crocodilus niloticus, Nile crocodile eggs

Crocodilus niloticus, Nile crocodile eggs
The Natural History Museums collections include examples of earlier life history stages as well as adults, and these are also preserved in spirit

Background imageReptilia Collection: Tropidolaemus wagleri, green pit viper

Tropidolaemus wagleri, green pit viper
Also known as the temple viper or Waglers pit viper. It is a tree dwelling snake found in South-east Asia. Specimen held at the Natural History Museum, London

Background imageReptilia Collection: Zoological specimens in the Darwin Centre

Zoological specimens in the Darwin Centre
Specimens in spirit jars stored in the Darwin Centre, at the Natural History Museum, London. Assembled over hundreds of years

Background imageReptilia Collection: Man wearing snake, 1930s

Man wearing snake, 1930s
This young man, possibly a junior member of the Zoology Department, is posing with a king cobra (Ophiophagus hannah) that presumably had just arrived at the Museum

Background imageReptilia Collection: Girl with dinosaur bone, 1920s

Girl with dinosaur bone, 1920s
In the Fossil Reptile gallery, this young woman holds a yardstick against a cast of the right humerus or upper arm bone of Tornieria africana, named in 1911 after German palaeontologist

Background imageReptilia Collection: Open case with snake skeleton, 1939. The Natural History Mu

Open case with snake skeleton, 1939. The Natural History Mu
This Indian python skeleton, Python molurus, is still on display today

Background imageReptilia Collection: Andrew Stimson

Andrew Stimson identifying marine turtles that have been confiscated by H.M. Customs

Background imageReptilia Collection: Opheodrys sp. green snake

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

Background imageReptilia Collection: Thamnophis sp. garter snake

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

Background imageReptilia Collection: Thamnophis sp. ribbon-snake

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

Background imageReptilia Collection: Nerodia erythrogaster, copperbelly snake

Nerodia erythrogaster, copperbelly snake
Hand coloured etching from The Natural History of Carolina, Florida and the Bahama islands (1731) Vol. 2 by Mark Catesby. Entitled The Copperbelly Snake

Background imageReptilia 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 imageReptilia 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 imageReptilia 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 imageReptilia Collection: Crotalus sp. brown viper

Crotalus sp. brown viper

Background imageReptilia 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 imageReptilia 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 imageReptilia 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 imageReptilia 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 imageReptilia 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 imageReptilia 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 imageReptilia 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 imageReptilia Collection: Toad illustration

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

Background imageReptilia 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 imageReptilia 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 imageReptilia 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 imageReptilia 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 imageReptilia 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 imageReptilia 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 imageReptilia Collection: Salamanders

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

Background imageReptilia Collection: Hylomous lyelli

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

Background imageReptilia 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 imageReptilia 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 imageReptilia 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 imageReptilia 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 imageReptilia 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



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