Serpentes Collection

Ahaetulla prasina, Short-nosed vine snake
Hand-coloured engraving from An account of Indian Serpents collected on the coast of Coromandel. The Patrick Russell Collection 1796 Date: 1796

Bungarus fasciatus, Banded Krait
Snake skin mounted on paper, The Patrick Russell Collection c.1790 Date: circa 1790

Snake skeleton by Albertus Seba
Tab 107 illustrating a section of snake skeleton from Thesaurus, by Albertus Seba

Ejecting an intruder
Plate opposite page 297 from The Malay Archipelago by Alfred Russel Wallace, London 1874

Snakes by Albertus Seba
Tab 106, an illustration of a pair of snakes from Thesaurus, by Albertus Seba

Python sebae, African rock python
Hand coloured lithograph from final volume of Erpetologie Generale ou Histoire Naturelle complcte des Reptiles (1854) by A.M.C. Dumeril, G. Bibron, and A. Dumeril

Snake illustration by Albertus Seba
Tab 81, a snake illustration from Thesaurus Vol 2, by Albertus Seba

Rock Python skin
Dr Colin McCarthy examining a Rock Python skin in the Zoology department of The Natural History Museum, London

Naja naja
Hand-coloured engraving from the Patrick Russell Collection

Hydrophis cyanocinctus, Annulated sea snake
Hand-coloured engraving from An account of Indian Serpents collected on the coast of Coromandel. The Patrick Russell Collection 1796 Date: 1796

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

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

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

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

Columber kargi

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

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

Snake by Albertus Seba
Tab 54, depicting a snake from Thesaurus, by Albertus Seba

Snake skin

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Crotalus sp. brown viper

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

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

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

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

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

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

Tangara chilensis, paradise tanager and snake
Hand coloured engraving, by George Edwards (1694- 1773), 1759. Paper size: 285 x 120 mm. Original artwork held by the Natural History Museum

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The Apostle of Ireland St. Patrick: born A. D. 372, died A. D
The Apostle of Ireland St. Patrick: born A.D. 372, died A.D

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