Dracones Mundi

My name's Charlotte and I am writing a dragon book! Guide to dragons of the world covering mythology and natural history of each dragon species. Dragons are crocodile relatives!

[barksbog]

big gecko restock + 4 new flavours!!!

magnetic peets

extremely soft

many flavours of geck available

adopt one from my shop -> barks-bog.com

[sawyerleeart]

The Bannerthane spits flaming, boiling acid at dragonhide to break through the iron scales and access the meat within. Imagine what it can do to the poor, traveling merchant! This species inhabits open country, striding on long limbs. It is stiff both in body and attitude, as the Bannerthane believes that everything belongs to it: be it Wingrunner settlement, dragon lair, or a particular basking rock, all roads lead to the loud, gaudy Bannerthane, who wears its heraldry on its skin.

[barksbog]

two Trans Pride Crocs are looking for homes now!

75cm/2.5ft long

weighted belly

holographic eyes

star embossed belly

free international shipping

made by me, a little trans bear man

you can adopt them from my shop -> barks-bog.com

[ametat-arts]

The dragon of wantley

[ametat-arts]

Bisterne Dragon

[courtesycalling]

Happy mušḫuššu monday everybody

(Photo credit: Osama Shukir Muhammed Amin FRCP(Glasg), CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons)

[gnarlyghost]

River Monster

(Commission)

[herpsandbirds]

Three-toed Amphiuma (Amphiuma tridactylum), family Amphiumidae, found in the SE United States

Amphiumas are large eel-like aquatic salamanders.

The three-toed amphiuma can grow up to 41 inches long.

They have 4 tiny legs with 3 toes on each limb.

photograph by Niemiller Nature 

[deathandmysticism]

Zoroaster Clavis Artis, 1738

[portalibis]

Chants royaux du Puy Notre-Dame d'Amiens, c. 1518

[arminreindl]

HAPPY WORLD CROC DAY

It's June 17th, world crocodile day, a day to appreciate these amazing yet endangered animals. They are my personal favourite group of animals period and just endlessly fascinating to me, both those we have today and those that lived in the ancient past. Tho I'm no professional by any means, I strive to learn about them and spread this knowledge. So here's some photos, art and skeletals of fossil crocs (using the term rather liberally I know). Feel free to drop your favourites in the reblogs, doesn't matter if extinct or not.

[kaijutegu]

Happy World Crocodile Day!

What's your favorite crocodile? Mine is the Cuban crocodile.

There are 23-26 species of crocodilia (depending on how you split a couple of species) in three families: Alligatoridae, which has the American and Chinese alligators and all the caimans; Gavialidae, which has the gharial and tomistoma, and Crocodylidae, which contans the true crocodiles.

Cuban crocs have been my favorite of the true crocodiles for many years, ever since I got to work with the pair at Louisville Zoo when I was... much younger.

They were such babies back then...

I love that they gallop!

This is footage from the now-defunct Smooth Waters Wildlife Park, not a pet.

You probably love them too, even if you don't know it- if you've been around the internet long enough, you've likely seen this video.

These are baby Cuban crocodiles being hand-raised as part of a conservation project at the Dragonwood Conservancy, not pets.

Those laser noises are baby Cuban crocs making an affiliative call (not a distress call) when their caretaker shows up!

While I love all species of crocodilian, Cuban crocodiles are definitely my favorite of the true crocs. What's your favorite?

[rosieandthemoon]

Jugendstil (Art Nouveau) building in Riga, Latvia

[davidgahan]

Little Dragons in Medieval Marginalia💚💙❤️💜 so tiny and monstrous🖤

[angrybiter]

@draconesmundi

[behane]

Two-winged chiwen

[herpsandbirds]

Madurai Shieldtail Snake (Uropeltis marudensis), family Uropeltidae, Munnar, Kerala, India

photograph by Francis Seow Choen

[herpsandbirds]

Beautiful little Southern Alligator Lizard I saw on my walk at Griffith Park! (Los Angeles, CA)

What a cutie!