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Slender Whip Snake (Platyceps najadum), family Colubridae, Samothraki Island, Greece

Photograph by Doru Panaitescu

#whip snake #snake #platyceps #colubridae #reptile #herpetology #europe #animals #nature

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Angolan Python (Python anchietae), family Pythonidae, Kunene Region, Namibia

photograph by Otto Bylén Claesson

#python #snake #pythonidae #reptile #herpetology #animals #nature #africa

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Pig-nosed Turtle (Carettochelys insculpta), juvenile, family Carettochelyidae, found in northern Australia and southern New Guinea

ENDANGERED.

These turtles have no scales, and thus have a leathery shell. Its shell is made of bone, however, unlike “softshell turtles” in the family Trionychidae.

photograph by Wildlife Conservation Society Bronx Zoo

#softshell turtle #turtle #carettochelys #carettochelyidae #reptile #herpetology #animals #nature #australia #new guinea

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Giant Monkey Frog aka Waxy Leaf Frog (Phyllomedusa bicolor), family Hylidae, found in the Amazon rainforest of South America

photograph by Dick Bartlett

#monkey frog #leaf frog #tree frog #frog #phyllomedusa #phyllomedusine #hylidae #amphibian #herpetology #animals #nature #south america

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Helmethead Gecko (Tarentola chazaliae), family Phyllodactylidae, Sidi R'bat, Morocco

photograph by Søren Nøhr Tang

#gecko #tarentola #phyllodactylidae #lizard #reptile #herpetology #africa #animals #nature

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Bazaruto Blind Legless Skink (Acontias aurantiacus bazarutoensis), family Scincidae, Benguera Island, Mozambique

Subspecies of Golden Bling Legless Skink.

Legless lizard

photograph by Johan Marais

#legless lizard #skink #scincidae #acontias #lizard #reptile #herpetology #animals #nature #africa

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Northern Spring Salamander (Gyrinophilus porphyriticus), family Plethodontidae, Western MD, USA

photograph by Brady O'brien 

#spring salamander #salamander #gyrinophilus #plethodontidae #amphibian #herpetology #animals #nature #north america

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Carrizo's Tree Frog (Boana riojana), family Hylidae, Bolivia

photograph by Eduardo Navia

#tree frog #frog #amphibian #boana #hylidae #herpetology #animals #nature #south america

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Northern Caiman Lizard (Dracaena guianensis), family Teiidae, found across NW and north central South America

Aquatic, feeds on large snails

photograph by BryGuy Reptiles

#dracaena #teiidae #caiman lizard #lizard #reptile #herpetology #animals #nature #south america

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Read Pierrot (Talicada nyseus), family Lycaenidae, Karnataka, India

photograph by Dr. Bishan Monnappa

#pierrot #lycaenidae #butterfly #talicada #lepidoptera #insect #entomology #animals #nature #india

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African Garter Snake (Elapsoidea sundevallii), family Elapidae, Makgabeng Plateau, South Africa

Venomous.

photograph by Marius Burger

#garter snake #elapsoidea #elapidae #venomous #snake #reptile #herpetology #africa #animals #nature

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Highveld Garter Snake (Elapsoidea sundevallii media), family Elapidae, Mpumalanga, South Africa

Venomous.

Subspecies of the African Garter Snake.

photograph by Johan Marais

#garter snake #elapidae #snake #elapsoidea #venomous #reptile #herpetology #animals #nature #africa

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Smooth Newts (Lissotriton vulgaris), males in breeding form, family Salamandridae, Sweden

photograph by Pontus Hjelm

#newt #salamander #lissotriton #salamandridae #animals #nature #europe #amphibian #herpetology

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Tuatara (Sphenodon punctatus), family Sphenodontidae, order Rhynchocephalia, endemic to New Zealand

There were once 2 recognized species of Tuatara, but now they are considered to be just one species.

This is not a lizard.

This is the only member of the reptile group Rhynchocephalia that is still around. All other species went extinct millions of years ago.

Tuataras were eradicated by humans and introduced species from the main islands of New Zealand, and now only occur on small islands near the North Island and far north of the South Island. (*There has been some modest success re-introducing them to the main islands.)

This is one of my very favorite animals!!!

photograph by Joey Markx

#tuatara #sphenodon #sphenodontidae #rhynchocephalia #animals #nature #new zealand

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Calabar Python (Calabaria reinhardtii), family Boidae, found in West and central Africa

Though it is referred to as a python, this snake is actually in the Boa family.

photographs by Dick Bartlett

#python #calabaria #boidae #boa #snake #reptile #herpetology #animals #nature #africa

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Black-and-gold Flat Millipede (Apheloria virginiensis), family Xystodesmidae, eastern U.S.

Poisonous.

photograph by Erin Huggins/USFWS

#millipede #myriapod #entomology #apheloria #xystodesmidae #animals #nature #north america

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Sierra Nevada Ocellated Lizard (Timon nevadensis), family Lacertidae, Málaga, Spain

photograph by Jesús Jiménez González (@jesusjg.wildphotography)

#lizard #lacertidae #timon #reptile #herpetology #animals #nature #europe