Living the Scientific Life (Scientist, Interrupted)

AMNH Subway Art #44

Posted by "GrrlScientist" on February 17, 2008
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Is this a rainbow snake, Farancia erytrogramma?
Snake, as portrayed in tiles on the walls of the NYC uptown subway stop (A-B-C)
at 81st and Central Park West. (ISO, no zoom, no flash).

Image: GrrlScientist 2008. [wallpaper size].


Read more about the AMNH tile artworks and see the AMNH tile artworks photographic archives — with all the animals identified.

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  1. #1 carolyn13
    February 18, 2008

    I suspect this is a farancia erytrogramma or a rainbow snake though I think the artist took some liberties. The rainbow snake is a figure of myth in many cultures, so it’s kind of a natural for artistic expression.