June 16th, 2012
rhamphotheca: Painted Coral Snake (Elaps corallinus, now MIcrurus corallinus) from Bilder-Atlas zur wissenschaftlich-populären Naturgeschichte der Wirbelthiere Wien :K.K. Hof-und Staatsdruckerei,1867. (via: Biodiversity Library)

rhamphotheca:

Painted Coral Snake (Elaps corallinus, now MIcrurus corallinus)

from Bilder-Atlas zur wissenschaftlich-populären Naturgeschichte der Wirbelthiere Wien :K.K. Hof-und Staatsdruckerei,1867.

(via: Biodiversity Library)

(via scientificillustration)

163 notes Source: rhamphotheca #coral snake#elapid#snake#venomous#reptile#south america
November 11th, 2011
adventures-of-the-blackgang: Friday.  Crab Day. scientificillustration: n466_w1150 by BioDivLibrary on Flickr. Voyage dans l’Amérique Méridionale. v.9.Paris: Pitois-Levrault, 1835-47.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/50740

adventures-of-the-blackgang:

Friday.  Crab Day.

scientificillustration:

n466_w1150 by BioDivLibrary on Flickr.

Voyage dans l’Amérique Méridionale. v.9.
Paris: Pitois-Levrault, 1835-47.
biodiversitylibrary.org/item/50740

120 notes Source: scientificillustration #Description and travel#South America#Harvard University#MCZ#Ernst Mayr Library#crab#Brachyura#Decapoda
November 11th, 2011
rhamphotheca: “Giant Land Crab” aka Blue Land Crab (Cardisoma guanhumi) A huge (15+ cm) land crab along a path in the Pine Flatwoods of Jonathan Dickinson State Park, FL, USA, no where near salt water! (photo/text: Bob Peterson) * Like most land crabs, this species is an opportunistic omnivore, and they must return to the sea to mate. Their larvae live in the ocean until they develop enough to come onto land. They are wide spread along the atlantic coast from southern florida to south america.

rhamphotheca:

“Giant Land Crab” aka Blue Land Crab (Cardisoma guanhumi)

A huge (15+ cm) land crab along a path in the Pine Flatwoods of Jonathan Dickinson State Park, FL, USA, no where near salt water!

(photo/text: Bob Peterson)

* Like most land crabs, this species is an opportunistic omnivore, and they must return to the sea to mate. Their larvae live in the ocean until they develop enough to come onto land. They are wide spread along the atlantic coast from southern florida to south america.

(via adventures-of-the-blackgang)

279 notes Source: rhamphotheca #Animals#land crab#crustacean#crab#north america#caribbean#central america#south america#ocean
November 2nd, 2011

(via TYWKIWDBI (“Tai-Wiki-Widbee”): Curious eyes of the “glass frog”)

The “glass frogs” of Central and South American are remarkable for their translucent skin, but I find their eyes equally fascinating.  The photo above is from National Geographic Daily, and the one below fromAnimal Planet.

[hypno-toad…]

116 notes Source: tywkiwdbi.blogspot.com #glass#frog#eyes#south america#photo#nature
October 31st, 2011
biomedicalephemera: “The Black-Collared Ai”: Three toed sloth “The Unau”: Two-toed Sloth The Animal Kingdom, Arranged According to its Organization. Baron Cuvier, 1834.

biomedicalephemera:

“The Black-Collared Ai”: Three toed sloth

“The Unau”: Two-toed Sloth

The Animal Kingdom, Arranged According to its Organization. Baron Cuvier, 1834.

182 notes Source: biomedicalephemera #cuvier#1830s#1834#natural history#south america#animal kingdom#baron cuvier#three-toed sloth#two-toed sloth