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
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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.
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
Scientific Publications that have used the Vertebrate Paleontology Collections of the Florida Museum 1908 Sellards, E. H. 1908. Fossils contained in the Florida formations. Florida Geological Survey Annual Report 1:23—25. 1910 Sellards, E. H. 1910. A preliminary paper on the Florida phosphate
Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 98:314—320.
Undergraduate students are underlined 2023 VL Mathis and R Mathieu. Investigating the species status of Sherman’s short-tailed shrew (Blarina shermani): preliminary insights. Joint meeting of the 13th International Mammalogical Congress and the 102nd annual meeting of the American Society of Mamma
mammalogy collections. 99th annual meeting of the American Society of Mammalogists, Washington
Selected Sawfish References Adams, W. F. and Wilson, C. R. The status of the smalltooth sawfish, Pristis pectinata Latham 1794 (Rajiformes: Pristidae) in the United States. Unpublished manuscript. MS. Wilmington, N.C, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Baughman, J. L. 1943. Notes on sawfish Pristis p
Washington D.C., Center for Marine Conservation. Fowler, S. 1998.
NON-VENOMOUS Other common names Banded Watersnake, Florida Watersnake Basic description Most adult Southern Watersnakes are about 22-42 inches (56-107 cm) in total length. These are stout-bodied snakes with broad black, brown, or red crossbands (often bordered with black) down the back. The ligh
Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington, DC. 668 pp. Gibbons, J.W. and M.E.
NON-VENOMOUS Other common names Saltmarsh Watersnake, Atlantic Saltmarsh Watersnake, Gulf Saltmarsh Watersnake, Mangrove Saltmarsh Watersnake Basic description Most adult Saltmarsh Snakes are about 15-30 inches (38-76 cm) in total length. Color patterns of these snakes are extremely variable. Ad
Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington, DC. 668 pp. Gibbons, J.W. and M.E.
When the Gainesville Cultural Arts Coalition approached Florida Museum of Natural History school outreach coordinator Alberto Lopez in January to deliver a program at its science club for local children, he decided to do something different: a four-part series exploring the physics of nature called
Caring and Sharing Learning School, Boys & Girls Club of Alachua County and George Washington
