Scientific Illustration

Catalogue of shield reptiles in the collection of the British Museum by BioDivLibrary on Flickr.

London :Printed by order of the Trustees,1855-1872..
biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4388535

Tagged: Amphisbaenia Catalogs and collections Chelonia (Genus) England London Reptiles Testudinidae Turtles Harvard University MCZ Ernst Mayr Library tortoise turtle skull

Posted on April 6, 2013 with 75 notes

Testudo planiceps by BioDivLibrary on Flickr.

Catalogue of shield reptiles in the collection of the British Museum /.
London :Printed by order of the Trustees,1855-1872..
biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4388533

Tagged: Amphisbaenia Catalogs and collections Chelonia (Genus) England London Reptiles Testudinidae Turtles Harvard University MCZ Ernst Mayr Library Testudo planiceps tortoise

Posted on April 4, 2013 with 28 notes

Anatome testudinis Europaeae by BioDivLibrary on Flickr.

Vilnae :Impensis auctoris, typis Josephi Zawadzki,1819-1821..
biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2969639

Tagged: Anatomy Turtles Harvard University MCZ Ernst Mayr Library tortoise

Posted on March 26, 2013 with 128 notes

Testudo bellii by BioDivLibrary on Flickr.

Synopsis reptilium :.
London :G.B. Sowerby :1831..
biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33482443

Tagged: Natural History Museum Library London tortoise reptile

Posted on February 6, 2013 with 75 notes

thecottonabyss:

Galapagos at Headline Shirts

Tagged: charles-darwin tortoise ride galapagos islands darwin evolution turtle science rodeo

Posted on February 5, 2013 via The Cotton Abyss with 795 notes

compendium-of-beasts:

The hairy water tortoise. (1878)

via NYPL

Tagged: tortoise turtle hairy water tortoise animal zoology vintage vintage illustration

Posted on November 30, 2012 via Bestiary with 432 notes

n215_w1150 by BioDivLibrary on Flickr.

Verzameling van uitlandsche en zeldzaame vogelen :.
Amsterdam :J.C. Sepp,1772-1781..
biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6678981

Tagged: Pictorial works Zoology Missouri Botanical Garden Peter H. Raven Library tortoise

Posted on October 28, 2012 with 98 notes

Thanks for the submission Dan!

Tagged: turtle tortoise submission

Posted on October 19, 2012 with 28 notes

Source: danhallett

lostbeasts:

MeiolaniaPrehistoric totoises that survived into the Holocene from the Oligocene- becoming extinct only around 2,000 years ago! They were around 8.2 feet in length.

lostbeasts:

Meiolania

Prehistoric totoises that survived into the Holocene from the Oligocene- becoming extinct only around 2,000 years ago! They were around 8.2 feet in length.

Tagged: Oligocene Holocene restoration tortoise Meiolania

Posted on May 23, 2012 via lost beasts with 319 notes