What is oVert? oVert, short for openVertebrate, is a new initiative to provide free, digital 3-D vertebrate anatomy models and data to researchers, educators, students and the public. Over the next four years, the oVert team will CT scan 20,000 fluid-preserved specimens from U.S. museum collections
Michigan Daniel Rabosky University of Texas, Austin David Cannatella University of Washington
To the Maya, throwing away the bones of hunted animals is as wasteful as throwing away the entire animal itself. In fact, it’s pretty much one and the same. When you finish your chicken dinner, your next step is most likely to toss the leftover bones in the garbage. And if you hunt, you probably
of 2007, Emery and her colleague Linda Brown, an ethnoarchaeologist from George Washington
NON-VENOMOUS Other common names Brown Water Snake Basic description Most adult Brown Watersnakes are about 30-60 inches (76-152 cm) in total length. These stout-bodied snakes are light tan with squarish darker brown blotches down the middle of the back. Dark squarish markings also extend upwards
Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington, DC. 668 pp. Gibbons, J.W. and M.E.
NON-VENOMOUS Other common names Eastern Hognose Snake, Puff Adder, Hissing Adder, Spreading Adder, Blow Viper, Hissing Sand Snake Basic description Most adult Eastern Hog-nosed Snakes are about 20-33 inches (51-84 cm) in total length. These are stout-bodied snakes with slightly upturned, pointed
Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington, DC. 668 pp. Krysko, K.L., K.M.
The Honduras Ceramic Collection The Honduras Collection was donated to the Florida Museum of Natural History (FLMNH) in 1929 and 1930 by G.W. Van Hyning and the N. Geraci Fruit Company, a Banana Company operating in Honduras during the 1930s. Most of the specimens were collected by G.W. Van Hyning
Smithsonian Institution, Washington DC.
Their mission? To extract an ice core from a polar ice cap and inspect its geological markers for climate change indicators.
Washington, noting excitedly that he was a scientist who actually looked like him
NON-VENOMOUS Other common names Gulf Coast Indigo Snake, Indigo Snake, Racer Basic description Most adult Eastern Indigo Snakes are about 60-82 inches (152-213 cm) in total length. These large and thick-bodied snakes are glossy black and have iridescent purple or blue highlights when viewed in s
Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington, DC. 668 pp. Folt, B., J. Bauder, S.
NON-VENOMOUSÂ Other common names Cornsnake, Corn Snake, Chicken snake, Red ratsnake, Eastern Cornsnake Basic description Most adult cornsnakes are about 30-48 inches (76-122 cm) in total length. Adults are orangish-brown with black bordered orange, red, or brownish blotches. There is a spear-sha
Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington, DC. 668 pp. Krysko, K.L., K.M.
Florida Collections
Washington D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press. 1992b Guale Indian Pottery: A Georgia
NON-VENOMOUS Other common names None Basic description Most adult Florida Crowned Snakes are about 7-9 inches (18-23 cm) in total length. These small and thin snakes are tan to reddish brown with a dark brown or black head and neck. Juveniles are similar in coloration to adults. Range in Fl
Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington, DC. 668 pp. Krysko, K.L., K.M.
