Herpetoculture

[bedupolker]

Isopod Culture vs Isopod Counterculture

[70sscifiart]

For Sci-Fi Dolphin Saturday, here’s Paul Lehr’s sun-dappled 1967 cover for Margaret St. Clair’s The Dolphins of Altair

[picsflip]

Fox visitor on my back porch

[keithcurrypochy]

Study of an American Alligator (Alligator mississippiensis)

Paynes Prairie Preserve State Park, FL

[herpetological-society]

Wow

I am glad to see I have actually gained followers during my massive period of blog neglect. Part of what made me lose posting motivation, is that setting up a blog like this one is very difficult, and I am trying to get everything organized. I have changed the theme of this blog, and am now working on the Navigation page, where I will list any major tags I use for easy browsing. The difficulty, of course, will be going through my 5 pages of posts and re-tagging some things, and actually adding tags to things that I completely missed. This blog is a project I do not have an intention of giving up on, I’ve just been going through some very stressful and difficult life events and video games are easier (oops). Starting today, I will make a real attempt to get this blog OFFICIALLY up and going for everyone’s enjoyment. Thanks to those that haven’t unfollowed me through my absence, and thank you to those that followed me despite my lack of activity.

EDIT: Thought I should mention I have 119 things in my drafts that I have been saving for when I have time that need to be tagged. I will try to do a few a day to get them posted (including more frogs/amphibians, as promised)

[ratsnakerevolution]

Juvenile yellow striped trinket snake (Coelognathus flavolineatus) (x)

[mcsprinkles]

Also Rum Raisin! She’s got such a chubby tummy <3

[typhlonectes]

The American Green Toad (Bufo or Anaxyrus debilis) is a small nocturnal toad found in the arid SW United States and Northern Mexico. There are 2 rcognized subspecies, the Eastern (sometimes called the Texas Green Toad) and Western Green Toads. They reach a snv (snout-vent length) of 44–54 mm (1.7–2.1 in). As with many desert amphibians, they are known to have explosive breeding events, coming out to bodies of water in the hundreds, after heavy spring and summer rains.

photographs (X) by Dick Bartlett and Patrick Alexander

[creatures-alive]

Staurois natator, Kalimantan, Borneo, Indonesia

photograph by Arddu

[happygeckostickysituation]

I LOVE Reptiles

Do Reptile art? Blog about reptiles? Reblog for a follow :)

[the-splendid-serpent-blog]

hi friend!

[herpetological-society]

Hello! Still working on starting up, not sure of the direction i even want to go in. I have a billion things as drafts, but I hope to get more officially set up soon!

[slitheringscales]

i  ♥ this girl :)

Luci - 0.1 Python Regius

[rainbowsnakes]

Planted bioactive vivariums. Top is for Levi the Russian Rat snake, Bottom is for Leon the Ridley’s cave racer.  

[tokays]

“Believe it or not, there’s a lot more to learn about your new reptile pet than can be read on an A4 care sheet you downloaded from the internet. Reptiles are not domesticated species, so it helps a lot in providing successful conditions in captivity if you understand their biology, habitat and habits in the wild. Research their scientific name, what other species they are related to, how they are perfectly adapted to their environment, what they feed on, what seasonal patterns they are exposed to and how they breed and interact with one another. By gaining an in depth knowledge of your preferred species in the wild, you will be better equipped to provide for it and understand it’s behaviour in captivity.”

[kaijutegu]

The golden dart frog (Phyllobates terribilis) is completely aware of what a magical creature it is.

[typhlonectes]

New lizard species discovered near Machu Picchu, in Peru!

by Corey Watts

A group of Peruvian and Spanish scientists, supported by rangers of Peru’s National Parks Service, have discovered a new lizard species, the Machu Picchu Andean lizard (Proctoporus machupicchu), living in the wet Puna montane forests between 2760 and 2800 metres above sea level. The reptile, which researchers propose naming the “Machu Picchu Andean lizard”, shows distinctive skin colouring and flaking patterns. The discovery was announced late this week by Drs Luis Mamani and Juan Carlos Chaparro of Cusco’s National University of San Antonio Abad, and Dr Naomi Goicochea of Spain’s National University of Natural Sciences… (read more: Peru This Week)

photograph by Andina

[gayy]

tbh snakes arnt that great

im glad i got your attention, heres your daily reminder to not use sand for your reptiles 

[rhamphotheca]

The Scott Bar Salamander (Plethodon asupak) are small lungless salamanders (family Plethodontidae) that are endemic to the Siskiyou Mountains of Northern California. The eggs are laid in moist terrestrial microhabitats, where they go through the larval stage within the egg. They emerge and go into loose soil and small burrows in the ground. Little is known about the habits and natural history of this animal.

photos by Dick Bartlett