#taeniura

[herpsandbirds]

Blue-spotted Ribbontail Ray (Taeniura lymma), family Dasyatidae, order Myliobatiformes, off of Tioman Island, Malaysia

photograph by Andy Murch

[yeeshastone]

'The Taeniura have very interesting sleep schedules for a Serpentes. They will often find themselves needing to take short rests at seemingly random times. They still stay awake or the same number of hours as animalian, but they just don't rest in large chunks. When I asked why they do it all of them said the same thing, that its the 'beauty sleep' and without it their scales would fade and they wouldn't look as put together. Im not sure what intermittent sleeping has to do with any of that, but they seem convinced that naps are the way to go, perhaps ill give it a try one of these days and see if it works. more information about the Taeniura can be found in the Animalian Alamanc

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[boiga]

A bluespotted ribbontail ray (Taeniura lymma) off the coast of Safaga, Egypt

by Kary Mar

[crochetbabe]

Bluespotted Ribbontail Ray- Taeniura lymma

I haven’t been so excited about a new crochet design in ages! I’m in love with this cutie, although it took ages to get the shape and tail length right. Planning a trip to go scuba diving in Indonesia before graduate school, so I have been watching documentaries about the sea creatures there. This beautiful ray is one of them and I knew I had to crochet one! They range in color from beige to yellow to brownish green, so I’m going to make a beige one as well. 

After the holidays I’ll make an Etsy listing for this little friend! 

[animalids]

Bluespotted ribbontail ray (Taeniura lymma)

Photo by Loh Kok Sheng

[herpsandbirds]

Blue-spotted Ribbontail Ray (Taeniura lymma), family Dasyatidae, order Myliobatiformes, off the coast of Egypt

photograph by Diego Delso

[yeeshastone]

Beauty is Everything

There aren't many subspecies that I know of that take beauty quite as far as the Taeniura (Beauty rat snake). I was traveling through a town with a high population of Taeniura and saw that they were holding some kind of beauty contest. Intrigued, I went to it and watched as all of the Serpentes there tried to outdo each other in both scale color and outfits. I suppose that it's only in their nature to want to show off as long ago their ancestors stole patterns from other snakes to become more beloved, I just didn’t expect their competitive nature to still be so strong today that competitors almost strangling one another was considered normal.

More information about the Taeniura can be found in the Animalia Almanac.

Artists: https://toyhou.se/CocoaDraws https://x.com/EBeeTheFirst

[animalids]

Bluespotted ribbontail ray (Taeniura lymma)

Photo by Loh Kok Sheng