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Name/Title

Fern press

Wooden fern press with one leather binding strap (the other is missing) containing 44 thick mount cards with specimens affixed and labelled and 8 loose specimens in paper fold-over folders. The press is wraped in soft foam for protection.

Accession No

A97.002

Name/Title

Skink

A Striped skink specimen (Leidopisma striatum) preserved in formalin. It has a brown back with grey dorsolateral bands. Ventral side speckled. Tail is cream. Appears to have become discoloured - probably due to the lizard having shed its tail and regrown another.

Accession No

A70.736

Name/Title

Eggs, Tuatara (?)

Two eggs in formalin in a glass specimen jar. The eggs have been tentatively identified as Tuatara eggs.

Accession No

A70.691

Name/Title

Frog, Hochstetter's

A Hochstetter's frog ( Leiopelma hochstetteri ) specimen preserved in formalin and contained in a glass specimen jar. The specimen has a dark brown back and its ventral side is dark brown and speckled. The outer layer appears to be flaking off. Toes partially webbed.

Accession No

A70.685

Name/Title

Snake, Sea

A yellow bellied sea snake (Pelamus platurus) specimen preserved in formalin and held in a tubular plastic container. The snake appears a mixture of light yellow and dark yellow. An accompanying handwritten note with the specimen reads " Pelamus platurus (Yellow bellied sea snake) /No data but probably one of 5 found on Taranaki coast during the summer of 1933 (Philips 1941). "

Has been transfered to glass jar with white lid and filled with 70% ethanol

Accession No

A70.680

Name/Title

"Ferns of New Zealand" (Whangamomona)

Red leather album with gold embossed title: "Ferns of N Z, Whangamomona 17/4/10". Arranged ferns and moss have been glued onto card pages with pink interleaves. Of the 19 arrangements, only five include labels.

Accession No

A70.613

Name/Title

Pressed fern arrangement

An arrangement of pressed ferns presented in an ornate gilt frame.

Accession No

A66.457