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Search Results For: Reptiles
In Madera Canyon
Title: In Madera Canyon

Contact: Rick Wheeler

Description: The children's book, "In Madera Canyon" was recently nominated by ForeWord Book Awards for best "children's picture book," 2010. An educational book focusing on the flora and fauna of Madera Canyon, Arizona. Illustrations are scratchboard/watercolor with additional pencil drawings. More information available at rickarts.com, bookoftheyearawards, and janeeholt.com. Available for purchase at Amazon.com
Eastern Ribbon Snake
Title: Eastern Ribbon Snake

Contact: Amelia Hansen

Description: Watercolor and pencil illustration of Thamnophis sauritus sauritus crawling through leaves and partridge berry (Mitchella repens).
Alligator snapping turtle luring minnow
Title: Alligator snapping turtle luring minnow

Contact: Emily Damstra

Description: Alligator snapping turtle (Macroclemys temminckii) lures a Fathead minnow Pimephales promelas . Gouache and Adobe Photoshop.
Turtle Flipper Anatomy
Title: Turtle Flipper Anatomy

Contact: Jennifer Fairman, CMI

Description: Airbrushed Watercolor and Film Pencil. For scientific publication, illustrating the muscular and boney anatomy of the Kemp's Ridley Sea Turtle flipper. Drawn from dissection. Recipient of the Association of Medical Illustrators Certificate of Merit, Editorial 1998 Annual Meeting, Toronto
Gopher Tortoise Burrow Ecology
Title: Gopher Tortoise Burrow Ecology

Contact: John Norton

Description:
Male River Cooter <i>Pseudemys concinna</i>
Title: Male River Cooter Pseudemys concinna

Contact: Emily Damstra

Description: Gouache and Adobe Photoshop painting of a male River Cooter, showing elongated front claws.
Pond Zonation
Title: Pond Zonation

Contact: Barbara Harmon

Description: Various zones within a freshwater pond, illustrating levels of organisms from microscopic diatoms and plankton to plants, a water bug, crayfish, mussels, painted turtle, green frog, minnows, sunfish, catfish and largemouth bass.
Western Diamondback Rattlesnake
Title: Western Diamondback Rattlesnake

Contact: Anthony Galvan III

Description: Western Diamond Rattlesnake Crotalus viridis watercolor. Illustration for back country hiking guide in Central California.
Dermal Chromatophores of The Chameleon
Title: Dermal Chromatophores of The Chameleon

Contact: Ikumi Kayama

Description: Visualization of the color-changing cell structure of the chameleon for the general audience.
Sea Turtles of the Sea of Cortez
Title: Sea Turtles of the Sea of Cortez

Contact: Rachel Ivanyi

Description: Leatherback, Dermochelys coriacea, with moon jelly, Aurelia sp., Loggerhead, Caretta caretta Olive ridley, Lepidochelys olivacea Black, a.k.a East Pacific Green Turtle, Chelonia mydas, in eel grass, Zostera marina Hawksbill, Eretmochelys imbricata, eating sea sponge, Haliclona sp.
Anole
Title: Anole

Contact: Gina Mikel

Description: Green Anole (Carolina anole, Anolis carolinensis), colored pencil
Florida Pleistocene Marine Habitat Group
Title: Florida Pleistocene Marine Habitat Group

Contact: Michael Rothman

Description: This is a underwater coastal scene depicting the fauna and flora of a Florida reef habitat in the late Pleistocene. The Caribbean Monk seal swimming just above the turtle grass has become extinct in recent times. Most of the other species depicted still survive into the present. TO SEE CLOSE UP DETAILS OF THIS PAINTING, PLEASE CLICK ON THE SEQUENTIAL ICONS POSTED ON MY GALLERY PAGE.
Dinosaur Dawn
Title: Dinosaur Dawn

Contact: Gary Raham

Description: New Mexico, 225 million years BPE. Two Coelophysis in the foreground keep a watchful eye on Postosuchus. Cover art for the book, The Deep Time Diaries, Fulcrum Publishing, 2000.
Common Garter snake - Thamnophis sirtalis
Title: Common Garter snake - Thamnophis sirtalis

Contact: Carlyn Iverson

Description: Reptile illustration, Common garter snake, Thamnophis sirtalis. This reptile has the Jacobson's organ, or vomeronasal organ for smelling it's surroundings, flicking it's tongue to pick up odors.
Rainforest Cube
Title: Rainforest Cube

Contact: Frank Ippolito

Description: One of six biomes earth cubes created for LifeUnderfoot poster series for Camridge Educational.
James River life
Title: James River life

Contact: Kim Harrell

Description: A typical plant and animal community found along the fall zone of the James River in Richmond, VA.
Florida Pleistocene Marine Habitat left side
Title: Florida Pleistocene Marine Habitat left side

Contact: Michael Rothman

Description: This is the Left side detail of the overall mural. A Caribbean Manatee and Goliath Grouper are the largest animals in this underwater coastal scene of a Florida reef habitat in the late Pleistocene era. Both the Manatee and the Grouper are endangered species.
Aquatic/Terrestrial Food Web
Title: Aquatic/Terrestrial Food Web

Contact: John Norton

Description:
Old Field Habitat
Title: Old Field Habitat

Contact: Consie Powell

Description: Cleared fields in North Carolina, when left untended, will ultimately revert back to forest. During succession back to forest, a number of organisms may be found. These include loggerhead shrikes, cottontail rabbits, red fox, bobwhite quail, spring azure butterflies and red-tailed hawks. Scratchboard illustration.
Gila Monster in Crevice
Title: Gila Monster in Crevice

Contact: Rachel Ivanyi

Description: Heloderma suspectum in rocky crevice.
Desert Cube
Title: Desert Cube

Contact: Frank Ippolito

Description: One of six biomes earth cubes created for LifeUnderfoot poster series for Camridge Educational.
Loggerhead Sea Turtle
Title: Loggerhead Sea Turtle

Contact: Kim Harrell

Description: Portrait of a loggerhead sea turtle.
Florida Pleistocene Marine Group - right side
Title: Florida Pleistocene Marine Group - right side

Contact: Michael Rothman

Description: This is a right side detail of the mural prepared for the University of Florida Museum of Natural History. This is a underwater coastal scene depicting the fauna and flora of a Florida reef habitat in the late Pleistocene. The Caribbean Monk seal seen swimming just above the turtle grass has become extinct in recent times. The Loggerhead sea turtle (just below the seal), is depicted hunting for mollusks. Most of the other species shown in the image still survive into the present.
Southestern Estuary
Title: Southestern Estuary

Contact: Barbara Harmon

Description: Animals of the estuary, including Wood Stork, Loggerhead Sea Turtle, Blue Crab, Barnacles, Cormorant, Bald Eagle, Spottail Bass, Shortnose Sturgeon, flounder, shrimp.
Detail: "Key Changes In Evolution" Timeline
Title: Detail: "Key Changes In Evolution" Timeline

Contact: Gail Guth

Description: Timeline illustrating key changes in evolution (detail). Created for the textbook "Biological Anthropology: The Natural History of Humankind", by Craig Stanford, John S. Allen, and Susan C. Anton; published by Prentice Hall. Textbook art developed and managed by Precision Graphics, Inc.
Cacao in the Brazilian Atlantic Forest
Title: Cacao in the Brazilian Atlantic Forest

Contact: Michael Rothman

Description:
Northern Florida Miocene Terrestrial Habitat
Title: Northern Florida Miocene Terrestrial Habitat

Contact: Michael Rothman

Description: This is a Miocene North Central Florida habitat group reconstruction, circa 25 mya. The area depicts the interface of two ecotomes: a grass /pine savannah like that of the present day Kissimee Region and a limestone/sinkhole region analogous to some environs near the Suwannee River. The mural was prepared for the University of Florida Museum of Natural History. TO SEE CLOSE UP DETAILS OF THIS PAINTING, PLEASE CLICK ON THE SEQUENTIAL ICONS POSTED ON MY GALLERY PAGE.
Miocene Florida Habitat (left side detail)
Title: Miocene Florida Habitat (left side detail)

Contact: Michael Rothman

Description: This is the Left side detail of a Miocene North Central Florida habitat group reconstruction, circa 25 mya. The area depicts the interface of two ecotomes: a grass /pine savannah like that of the present day Kissimee Region and a limestone/sinkhole region analogous to some environs near the Suwannee River. The mural was prepared for the University of Florida Museum of Natural History.
Angry Mamasaur
Title: Angry Mamasaur

Contact: Gary Raham

Description: Central Colorado, 68 million years BPE. An ornithomimid dinosaur (Ornithomimus) guards her nest from other hungry predators.
Forest stream mural
Title: Forest stream mural

Contact: Taina Litwak

Description:
Turtle Lifecycle
Title: Turtle Lifecycle

Contact: Barbara Harmon

Description: Life cycle of a marine turtle.
Florida Miocene Habitat (center detail)
Title: Florida Miocene Habitat (center detail)

Contact: Michael Rothman

Description: This is a Miocene North Central Florida habitat group reconstruction, circa 25 mya. The area depicts the interface of two ecotomes: a grass /pine savannah like that of the present day Kissimee Region and a limestone/sinkhole region analogous to some environs near the Suwannee River. The mural was prepared for the University of Florida Museum of Natural History.
Green Iguana (Iguana iguana)
Title: Green Iguana (Iguana iguana)

Contact: Erica Beade

Description: This is an image of an iguana, created using watercolor and colored pencil on hot press watercolor paper.
Bug Catchers
Title: Bug Catchers

Contact: Rachel Ivanyi

Description: The seven animal images were done for SBI/MarchFirst for the Quickturn Palladium advertisement in EE Times.
Inland Bearded Dragon
Title: Inland Bearded Dragon

Contact: Rosemarie Schwab

Description: Pogona vitticeps. From "Reptiles & Amphibians - An Explore Your World Handbook", Discovery Books, New York 2000.
Cretaceous seascape
Title: Cretaceous seascape

Contact: Gary Raham

Description: Pterosaurs gather near the Cretaceous seaway of central North America, 100 million years BPE.
Cactus Ferruginous Pygmy-owl
Title: Cactus Ferruginous Pygmy-owl

Contact: Rachel Ivanyi

Description: Glaucidium brasilianum cactorum eyeing a tree lizard, Urosaurus ornatus, in a flowering ironwood tree, Olneya tesota.
Saltmarsh Habitat Cutaway
Title: Saltmarsh Habitat Cutaway

Contact: Barbara Harmon

Description: Many of the key inhabitants of the Eastern Salt Marsh system: Green Heron, Blue Heron, Sharp-tailed Marsh Sparrow, Willet, ducks, Canada geese, Belted Kingfisher, Osprey, Red Fox, Raccoon, American Eel, Horseshoe Crab, Fiddler Crabs, Dragonfly, Ribbed Mussels, Plankton, minnows, snails, Seaside Lavendar, Ammophila brevigulata, Spartina patens, etc.
Cretaceous Firestorm
Title: Cretaceous Firestorm

Contact: Gary Raham

Description: Cretaceous Firestorm depicts Pteranodons and various dinosaurs fleeing a fire in forested wetlands in North America caused by debris from the impact of an asteroid at the end of the Cretaceous period.
"Madera Canyon"
Title: "Madera Canyon"

Contact: Rick Wheeler

Description: This piece was produced for the Santa Rita Lodge, located in Madera Canyon, Arizona. The canyon is known for its abundant bird and wildlife, and is a popular destination for birdwatchers from throughout the world.
Aesculapian Snake
Title: Aesculapian Snake

Contact: Rosemarie Schwab

Description: Elaphe longissima. From "Reptiles & Amphibians - An Explore Your World Handbook", Discovery Books, New York 2000.
Tree of life
Title: Tree of life

Contact: John Megahan

Description: Diversity of Life. Main page for interactive museum exhibit.
Green Forest
Title: Green Forest

Contact: Gary Raham

Description: Kansas, 295 million years BPE. Seymouria eyes a giant millipede as potential lunch, looking out from behind the stump of a lycopod tree.
Box Turtle Skull
Title: Box Turtle Skull

Contact: Sean Twiddy

Description: Skull of Box Turtle, in lateral view. Drawn in black and white line.
Frilled Lizard
Title: Frilled Lizard

Contact: Rosemarie Schwab

Description: Chlamydosaurus kingii. This Australian lizard unfolds its impressive collar when threatened. From "Reptiles & Amphibians - An Explore Your World Handbook", Discovery Books, New York 2000.
Box Turtle Carapace
Title: Box Turtle Carapace

Contact: Sean Twiddy

Description: Carapace of Box Turtle, drawn in black and white line.
How a Turtle Excluder Works
Title: How a Turtle Excluder Works

Contact: Ikumi Kayama

Description: Pamphlet Illustration describing how to protect diamondback terrapins from being trapped in a crab pot.
Hunting Mosasaurs
Title: Hunting Mosasaurs

Contact: Steven Melendrez

Description: Hunting Mosasaurs with Ammonoidea
American Crocodile in Mangrove Swamp
Title: American Crocodile in Mangrove Swamp

Contact: Rachel Ivanyi

Description: American Crocodile (Crocodylus acutus) in mangrove swamp with Reddish Egret (Egretta rufescens)
Dragonfly and Turtle Habitat
Title: Dragonfly and Turtle Habitat

Contact: Sean Twiddy

Description: This image is an environmental study containing species found in the Southern United States. A Dragonfly (Anax junias) lights upon a holly bush. In the background looms a comparatively huge Box Turtle (Terrapene carolinas.) The drawing was based on specimens and field sketches. It was drawn in black and white line, shaded and textured by stippling.
Land and Sea Turtles
Title: Land and Sea Turtles

Contact: Jennifer Fairman, CMI

Description:
Chuckwalla
Title: Chuckwalla

Contact: Katura Reynolds

Description: The scientific name of the Chuckwalla, Sauromalus obesus, translates to "fat evil lizard!" But these desert reptiles are actually rather mild-mannered, feeding on leaves, flowers, and fruits. The model for this sketch was a resident of the San Bernardino County Museum's live animal collection, and was a huge fan of eating fresh-picked dandelions.
Sidewinder
Title: Sidewinder

Contact: Rachel Ivanyi

Description: Crotalus cerastes
Northern Copperhead and Western Diamondback
Title: Northern Copperhead and Western Diamondback

Contact: Emily Damstra

Description: Rattle of Western Diamondback Crotalus atrox (cut-away to show individual segments) and head of Northern Copperhead Agkistrodon contortrix mokasen with fangs extended.
The Day the Dinosaurs Died
Title: The Day the Dinosaurs Died

Contact: Marjorie Leggitt

Description: Mixed media editorial art created for the cover of the Denver Museum of Nature and Science Museum Quarterly magazine to illustrate an article on the sudden extinction of dinosaurs 65 million years ago. Although whimsical, the full time-lapse illustration (of which this is only half) represents a 15 million year span from before, during, and after the K-T boundary. Each animal, plant and reptile represents a particular individual or group of fauna and flora.
Northern Copperhead Snake
Title: Northern Copperhead Snake

Contact: Amelia Hansen

Description: Northern Copperhead (Agkistrodon contortrix mokasen) resting on a rocky shelf. Pen and ink.
Rosenberg's goanna
Title: Rosenberg's goanna

Contact: Sarah Drummond

Description: Varanus rosenbergi, watercolor on paper, 12 x 16 inches
Diamondback Terrapin in a salt marsh
Title: Diamondback Terrapin in a salt marsh

Contact: Consie Powell

Description: Malaclemys terrapin eating a snail in its salt marsh habitat. Scratchboard and watercolor illustration from the book “A Day in the Salt Marsh”by Kevin Kurtz, published by Sylvan Dell Publishers, 2007.
Bothremys
Title: Bothremys

Contact: Frank Ippolito

Description: Restoration of extinct turtle Bothremys. Commissioned by the American Museum of Natural History.
Animal Diversity Web
Title: Animal Diversity Web

Contact: John Megahan

Description: This illustration was done for University of Michigan's Animal Diversity Web:(http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/) It is an acrylic painting (13" x 8.5")done on illustration board.
Swimming Dinosaur Trackways
Title: Swimming Dinosaur Trackways

Contact: Katura Reynolds

Description: Researcher Debra Michelson discovered a fascinating series of fossil footprints created by bipedal dinosaurs wading into a shallow sea and then swimming into deeper water. I enjoyed working with her to create this diagram, showing how the footprints changed as the water deepened. Read more in this Scientific American article: tinyurl.com/9uzrbh
Labrostochelys
Title: Labrostochelys

Contact: Frank Ippolito

Description: Restoration of extinct turtle Labrostochelys. Commissioned by the American Museum of Natural History.
Desert Tortoise<i>Gopherus agassizi</i>
Title: Desert TortoiseGopherus agassizi

Contact: Anthony Galvan III

Description: Desert Tortoise Gopherus agassizi
Black Rat Snakes
Title: Black Rat Snakes

Contact: Consie Powell

Description: Ink and watercolor illustration of adult (black) and juvenile (patterned) Elaphe obsolete
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