Lizards=serotonin

Isaac/Hehim/23

[dailybeardie]

[tallandartsy]

Jörmungandr, the Bearded Dragon Blacksmith has joined my world of characters. Swinging his hammer in the forge brings a new meaning to Fire breathing dragon!

I wanted to challenge myself with a few special effects and object source lighting for this one, and I’m quite pleased with how it turned out!

[hannahlockillustration]

Commission of Prismo for Danny's fiancé' s birthday! This was my first time drawing a bearded dragon and I had such fun drawing Prismo 🥰

Cool reminder my commissions are open for February! Email me at [email protected] if interested. I have five slots left 😘

[yeahponcho]

he's a bwee

[rambrandt-the-painter]

quick tegu/anole sketch because I'm tired and trying to get back on my feet with art

[idontmatter2you]

The summoning worked!!

[yeahponcho]

the little creature

[likeadeadbattery]

Good morning to you too handsome 😚

(I accidentally posted this in a 3DS community I’m in and it was so embarrassing….)

[martianmanmilker]

STAY AWAY FROM MY CORNDOGS

[herpsandbirds]

Yellow Sea Snake (Hydrophis platurus xanthos), family Elapidae, Costa Rica

Venomous.

This is an all yellow subspecies of the Yellow-bellied or Pelagic Sea Snake.

photograph by Alejandro Solórzano

[kaijutegu]

From the Rattlecam project- "The first baby garter snake has arrived at the den! It immediately found the perfect pillow."

More rattlesnake snuggles, from the same location.

I know a lot of the time in captive care settings, we warn keepers that their snakes aren't cuddling- that they're competing for resources. And I'm of the opinion that for the vast majority of captive snakes, they don't benefit from prolonged, enforced conspecific contact.

But it's fascinating to watch these rattlesnake cams because rattlesnakes do benefit from prolonged conspecific contact. Rattlesnakes den together, and several of them are highly social species. If I was designing an exhibit for rattlesnakes, I'd certainly put more than one animal in there, because when you observe them in the wild they spend so much time together- which we didn't know until we started setting up cameras to observe them. It just goes to show that you really need to pay attention to the particular needs of individual species. What's good for rattlers and garters isn't necessarily good for ball pythons and cornsnakes.

[coolcarteam]

Marine iguana

[vincentpchriswolf]

Green lizard

[bullsharkz]

I love all reptiles

should I put on shirt and give me more animals

[aquariumpacific]

Skink Dinner 🥬

Prehensile-tailed skinks Monkey and Banjo share a snack! 🥬

These animals have been longtime ambassadors while living behind the scenes, but they are now on exhibit for the first time in AOP history! They also welcomed their first baby together last year, MoJo. Stop by our new Frogs: Facing a Changing World exhibit to see this adorable family! 👨‍👩‍👦

Video by Animal Care Specialist Nicole

[shinolavolume1-deactivated20240]

[fury-and-beardies]

More exploration of research 🧐