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Reptile wranglers find an odd-looking snake in Arizona

George B Vieto @Deepizzaguy (122195) • Lake Charles, Louisiana 11 Jun 25

Rattlesnake Soultions who are a business that is located in Scottdale Arizona answered a call from a resident in the same city on Friday May 9 about a Western Diamondback Rattlesnake that was seen in the backyard of a home. The...

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An orange colored iguana face to face

Pitstop @pitstop (15551) • Australia 22 Oct 22

We visited a reptile zoo a couple of days ago and entered this enclosure where we could see a few iguanas face to face. This orange iguana captured our attention. It is beautiful, but a little scary isn't it?! It's toes are long...

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can you touch snake ..no way

Parveen @REMO46 (791) • India 20 Aug 20

i love all the natural animals and birds . but one raptile makes me very very scared . its snake . i can never want to touch any snake in my life. it doesnot look like a cute reptile . i have seen snakes many times but did not...

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There's a Lizard in the Blizzard!

LindaOH @LindaOHio (222534) • United States 17 Jan 20

Yesterday after we got home from my doctor's appointment I was sitting in my chair when I heard my husband say, "Come look at the lizard!" I got so excited because I like any kind of wildlife; so I hobbled over toward the...

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Famous tortoises "break up" after 90 some years together

Faye @FayeHazel (40230) • United States 25 Jun 19

This is normally the type of thing I post around Valentine's Day, but when I saw this article I couldn't resist sharing it. The article which I'll like to below features a story about to Galapagos Tortises named Bibi and Poldi...

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A pleasant unexpected visit

Raúl Reyes @karibe (686) • Venezuela 21 Mar 19

Recently, a small iguana visited my house, one of my grandchildren, very excited, called me to go to see the iguana that his father had trapped. Then I looked for the camera to capture these images that I share with you. This...

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Pub Sign Study The Lazy Toad Droylsdon Manchester

Arthur Chappell @arthurchappell (44941) • Preston, England 8 Feb 19

The toad doesn’t look lazy at all to me, just relaxed and possibly gigantic unless he is in a very small pub. He is sitting on a wooden bar stool, and enjoying a pint. Probably preferable to sitting on a lily pond catching flies...

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National Serpent Day - Meet Stanley

Judy Evans @JudyEv (382240) • Rockingham, Australia 1 Feb 19

While we were visiting Peel Zoo on our house-boat sojourn, I had the chance to meet Stanley, the Stimson python (Antaresia stimsoni). These are only found in Australia and can be kept as pets in some states. These are...

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I Would Not Kiss a Reptile

@n.J @Iam_jauntyjen (5452) 5 Sep 18

What on earth has gotten into this guy's mind? Many animal lovers like to smooch their pets. But I would not kiss a reptile even if I were an animal lover. Fortunately, this guy was uninjured. Do you kiss your pet?

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Animals with unique markings

Pearl Rosa @pearlrosa (139) • United States 24 Apr 18

A few years ago my daughter found a tiny baby turtle. There were many remarks that it's belly markings looked like a peace sign. We kept it as a pet for many years then it had escaped the outdoor pen we had it in. I was glad to...

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Baby Turtle

Jared D. @loki1982 (780) • Dallas, Texas 12 Oct 17

Last year in Texas during some of our heavy rains, several baby turtles were washed down into our ditch. This was one of the.

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Juvenile Diamondback Water Snake

Jared D. @loki1982 (780) • Dallas, Texas 20 Sep 17

This is a photograph I took of a Juvenile Diamondback Water Snake. These are harmless, but very aggressive. They will bite when provoked.

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Movie Review – The Reptile

Arthur Chappell @arthurchappell (44941) • Preston, England 17 Nov 15

1966 – Hammer Horror – spoiler alerts The 2015 Festival of Fantastic Films had this creepy classic as its closing movie presentation on November 1st. It is a film I have seen several times now. It concerns newlyweds in 1900...

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Tiny baby gecko

Jared D. @loki1982 (780) • Dallas, Texas 24 Sep 15

Caught this guy last night in the house. Did a short photoshoot with him. He was a good subject and patient. Released him back into the wild.

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Rough Greensnake

Jared D. @loki1982 (780) • Dallas, Texas 8 Sep 15

This is another snake I caught a few years back. This species is called a Rough Green Snake. There are two species of Green Snake, the Rough and the Smooth. The Rough Green Snake has keeled scales and is slightly rough to the...

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Baby Turtles

Jared D. @loki1982 (780) • Dallas, Texas 4 Sep 15

During the heavy rains earlier in the year in Texas a pond flooded. The flood waters brought baby turtles down into our yard. We caught 11 of these little guys.

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Gecko eye up close

Jared D. @loki1982 (780) • Dallas, Texas 3 Sep 15

This is a photograph I took of a Mediterranean Gecko upclose. I find these geckos around the light outside each night. They are an invasive species that have spread on vessel to over 130 countries.

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Diamondback Watersnake

Jared D. @loki1982 (780) • Dallas, Texas 1 Sep 15

This is a photograph I took of a Diamondback Watersnake just outside of Austin Texas. My family takes a trip every summer to Fredericksburg. While there I always find and catch dozens of snakes. This is one of the most common...

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Chameleons as pets

Catkin @Catkin (480) • United States 6 Mar 13

I want to start this off simply stating that I do not encourage keeping chameleons as pets, but they can indeed be found in the pet trade. Have you or anyone you known kept (or attempted to keep) a chameleon as a pet? For 5 or...

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Reptiles For Pet

Artemeis @artemeis (4189) • China 26 Jan 13

I am really not a fan or keen supporter with keeping reptiles for pet but I think I have heard of people keeping reptiles from lizards (various species), snakes and now crocodiles even. I don't know what are on the minds of...

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