Saurian Demigod's Blog

𝟐𝟕, 𝑷𝒂𝒍𝒆𝒐-𝒁𝒐𝒐𝒍𝒐𝒈𝒊𝒔𝒕 🐊𝑪𝒆𝒍𝒆𝒃𝒓𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒐𝒇 𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈𝒔 𝑺𝒂𝒖𝒓𝒊𝒂𝒏🦢 He/him 🔞

[antiqueanimals]

Keith Hope Shackleton (1923-2015), Golden Eagle, 1958, oil on board

[michaelnordeman]

Kew Gardens, London, UK (1 july 2025).

[antiqueanimals]

Alfred Joseph Casson (Canadian, 1898 - 1992) Green Winged Teal, circa 1930. Colour silkscreen on paper.

Mayberry Fine Art

[aberrantologist]

Hupehsuchus does... whatever by some stromatolites.

[dilong]

It’s been far far too long since I’ve shown my art publicly so here is an artwork that I am especially proud of, a paleo accurate reconstruction of a Yutyrannus hauli. I hope all of you like it too:)

[herpsandbirds]

Nile Monitor (Varanus niloticus), family Varanidae, Pilanesberg National Park, South Africa

photograph by Ruth Rising

[thebeastsofindia]

Bengal Monitor (Varanus bengalensis), family Varanidae, order Squamata, Kerala, India

Photo by Ummer K

[herpsandbirds]

Asian Water Monitors (Varanus salvator), hug and kiss very sweetly, family Varanidae, Singapore

OK, well, actually they are fighting.

photograph by Neil Miner

[taysanimaladventures]

[herpsandbirds]

Black Roughneck or Roughneck Monitor Lizard (Varanus rudicollis), family Varanidae, Kuching, Sarawak, Malaysia

photograph by James Jolokia 

[fimbry]

I love roughneck monitors and I love that they look like birds. Beak-ish noses.

Ref’d off google images.

[herpsandbirds]

Black Roughneck or Roughneck Monitor Lizard (Varanus rudicollis), family Varanidae, SE Asia

photograph by Rupert Grassby-Lewis

[antiqueanimals]

Last of the Wild: Vanished and Vanishing Giants of the Animal World. Written by Robert McClung. Illustrated by the author and Bob Hines. 1997.

[antiqueanimals]

The Kingdom of Animals. Written by David Taylor. Illustrated by David Quinn. 1990.

[joitiks]

quarantine anomaly

[antiqueanimals]

Wildlife in North Carolina, February 1974. Illustration by Al Kocan.

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[antiqueanimals]

Wildlife in North Carolina, September 1968. Illustration by Wade Walker.

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