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Nature, animals, and plants from an enthusiast.
Alduin the World-Eater, harbinger of the new age, or a new year at least.
Black Pine Snake, Pituophis melanoleucus lodingi
#herps #pinesnake #melanistic #monochrome #colubrids #skyrim
Black Pine Snake, Pituophis melanoleucus lodingi
#herps #pinesnake #melanistic #monochrome #colubrids #skyrim
December 26, 2025 at 2:46 AM
Alduin the World-Eater, harbinger of the new age, or a new year at least.
Black Pine Snake, Pituophis melanoleucus lodingi
#herps #pinesnake #melanistic #monochrome #colubrids #skyrim
Black Pine Snake, Pituophis melanoleucus lodingi
#herps #pinesnake #melanistic #monochrome #colubrids #skyrim
Young male Stimson's Python, a species in the Antaresia group aka the "hobbit" pythons. Smaller and chiller than most of their snake cousins from a land infamous for its dangerous serpents, Australia.
#herps #antaresia #pythons #australianherps #golden #dwarf #hobbit #basking
#herps #antaresia #pythons #australianherps #golden #dwarf #hobbit #basking
November 28, 2025 at 11:29 PM
Young male Stimson's Python, a species in the Antaresia group aka the "hobbit" pythons. Smaller and chiller than most of their snake cousins from a land infamous for its dangerous serpents, Australia.
#herps #antaresia #pythons #australianherps #golden #dwarf #hobbit #basking
#herps #antaresia #pythons #australianherps #golden #dwarf #hobbit #basking
Aza just being handsome and maybe also wants to share the Knowledge of Good and Evil 🍎 ?
Dominican Red Mountain Boa (Chilabothrus striatus), juvenile male
#herps #drmb #boa #devil #snake #iridescence #red #genesis #chilabothrus
Dominican Red Mountain Boa (Chilabothrus striatus), juvenile male
#herps #drmb #boa #devil #snake #iridescence #red #genesis #chilabothrus
November 28, 2025 at 2:37 AM
Aza just being handsome and maybe also wants to share the Knowledge of Good and Evil 🍎 ?
Dominican Red Mountain Boa (Chilabothrus striatus), juvenile male
#herps #drmb #boa #devil #snake #iridescence #red #genesis #chilabothrus
Dominican Red Mountain Boa (Chilabothrus striatus), juvenile male
#herps #drmb #boa #devil #snake #iridescence #red #genesis #chilabothrus
Just a Satanic leaf tailed gecko pair slow dancing while hanging upside down.
#uroplatusphantasticus #geckos #couplegoals #cryptic #leaves #satanic #cuddles # herps
#uroplatusphantasticus #geckos #couplegoals #cryptic #leaves #satanic #cuddles # herps
July 25, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Just a Satanic leaf tailed gecko pair slow dancing while hanging upside down.
#uroplatusphantasticus #geckos #couplegoals #cryptic #leaves #satanic #cuddles # herps
#uroplatusphantasticus #geckos #couplegoals #cryptic #leaves #satanic #cuddles # herps
Callisto bides her time.
Foolish humans.
#uroplatusebenaui #herps #gecko #rbf #cuteandangry #gothic #villainvibes
Foolish humans.
#uroplatusebenaui #herps #gecko #rbf #cuteandangry #gothic #villainvibes
July 24, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Callisto bides her time.
Foolish humans.
#uroplatusebenaui #herps #gecko #rbf #cuteandangry #gothic #villainvibes
Foolish humans.
#uroplatusebenaui #herps #gecko #rbf #cuteandangry #gothic #villainvibes
Sunset colors, all day all night.
Juvenile Dominican Red Mountain Boa (Chilabothrus striatus striatus) head profile.
Arboreal boas tend be bitey, but not this fella who is a sweetheart.
#herps #chilobothrus #boas #red #sneks #blacktongue #smaug #babysnake
Juvenile Dominican Red Mountain Boa (Chilabothrus striatus striatus) head profile.
Arboreal boas tend be bitey, but not this fella who is a sweetheart.
#herps #chilobothrus #boas #red #sneks #blacktongue #smaug #babysnake
June 27, 2025 at 1:35 AM
Sunset colors, all day all night.
Juvenile Dominican Red Mountain Boa (Chilabothrus striatus striatus) head profile.
Arboreal boas tend be bitey, but not this fella who is a sweetheart.
#herps #chilobothrus #boas #red #sneks #blacktongue #smaug #babysnake
Juvenile Dominican Red Mountain Boa (Chilabothrus striatus striatus) head profile.
Arboreal boas tend be bitey, but not this fella who is a sweetheart.
#herps #chilobothrus #boas #red #sneks #blacktongue #smaug #babysnake
Cat geckos earn their name through lots of quirky cat-like things, but the most adorable has to be their penchant for curling up into their tails when they nap, like this sub adult male here
#herps #Aeluroscalabotes #geckos #naptime #catgeckos #cute #malaysian #sleepy
#herps #Aeluroscalabotes #geckos #naptime #catgeckos #cute #malaysian #sleepy
June 10, 2025 at 3:03 AM
Cat geckos earn their name through lots of quirky cat-like things, but the most adorable has to be their penchant for curling up into their tails when they nap, like this sub adult male here
#herps #Aeluroscalabotes #geckos #naptime #catgeckos #cute #malaysian #sleepy
#herps #Aeluroscalabotes #geckos #naptime #catgeckos #cute #malaysian #sleepy
Here's a serious problem for carnivorous plants like the Venus flytrap: you eat insects but you also need them to pollinate your flowers and not die while doing so.
Part of their solution is to put their flowers way above the traps that capture bugs, hoping that pollinators that land on them...
Part of their solution is to put their flowers way above the traps that capture bugs, hoping that pollinators that land on them...
May 14, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Here's a serious problem for carnivorous plants like the Venus flytrap: you eat insects but you also need them to pollinate your flowers and not die while doing so.
Part of their solution is to put their flowers way above the traps that capture bugs, hoping that pollinators that land on them...
Part of their solution is to put their flowers way above the traps that capture bugs, hoping that pollinators that land on them...
This satanic leaf tailed gecko pair is starting a death metal band and needs help thinking of their name.
#herps #uroplatusphantasticus #natureismetal #geckos #couples #blackandwhite #malagasyherps
#herps #uroplatusphantasticus #natureismetal #geckos #couples #blackandwhite #malagasyherps
May 1, 2025 at 4:19 PM
This satanic leaf tailed gecko pair is starting a death metal band and needs help thinking of their name.
#herps #uroplatusphantasticus #natureismetal #geckos #couples #blackandwhite #malagasyherps
#herps #uroplatusphantasticus #natureismetal #geckos #couples #blackandwhite #malagasyherps
This gorgeous acid trip of a plant, Passiflora caerulea or blue passionflower, hails from South America.
I've found them hard to get started but hardy and prolific once they've sent down deep roots.
#passiflora #flower #purple #trippy #passionflower
I've found them hard to get started but hardy and prolific once they've sent down deep roots.
#passiflora #flower #purple #trippy #passionflower
April 15, 2025 at 6:43 PM
This gorgeous acid trip of a plant, Passiflora caerulea or blue passionflower, hails from South America.
I've found them hard to get started but hardy and prolific once they've sent down deep roots.
#passiflora #flower #purple #trippy #passionflower
I've found them hard to get started but hardy and prolific once they've sent down deep roots.
#passiflora #flower #purple #trippy #passionflower
Uroplatus henkeli. Their "beards", along with the most of the rest of their body, have a dermal fringe which is the skin flattening out to blend in with the surface they're hiding on.
And makes them look unreal, like something out of a Jim Henson workshop.
#herps #geckos #uroplatushenkeli #camo
And makes them look unreal, like something out of a Jim Henson workshop.
#herps #geckos #uroplatushenkeli #camo
April 12, 2025 at 1:37 AM
Uroplatus henkeli. Their "beards", along with the most of the rest of their body, have a dermal fringe which is the skin flattening out to blend in with the surface they're hiding on.
And makes them look unreal, like something out of a Jim Henson workshop.
#herps #geckos #uroplatushenkeli #camo
And makes them look unreal, like something out of a Jim Henson workshop.
#herps #geckos #uroplatushenkeli #camo
Oconee Azalea (Rhododendron flammeum) firing up for spring. Native to the Piedmont forests of South Carolina and Georgia, they burn brightly but quickly and return to a humble understory bush by the heat of summer.
#nativeplants #azaleas #fire #rhododendronflammeum #springtime #appalachianflora
#nativeplants #azaleas #fire #rhododendronflammeum #springtime #appalachianflora
April 7, 2025 at 11:46 PM
Oconee Azalea (Rhododendron flammeum) firing up for spring. Native to the Piedmont forests of South Carolina and Georgia, they burn brightly but quickly and return to a humble understory bush by the heat of summer.
#nativeplants #azaleas #fire #rhododendronflammeum #springtime #appalachianflora
#nativeplants #azaleas #fire #rhododendronflammeum #springtime #appalachianflora
The large mesmerizing eyes of uroplatus geckos are adapted to the dark of night- when they're on the hunt and also being hunted in the forest of Madagascar.
Uroplatus phantasticus, aka Satanic Leaf-tailed Gecko
#herps #uroplatus #geckos #beautifuleyes #malagasyherps
Uroplatus phantasticus, aka Satanic Leaf-tailed Gecko
#herps #uroplatus #geckos #beautifuleyes #malagasyherps
April 7, 2025 at 12:40 AM
The large mesmerizing eyes of uroplatus geckos are adapted to the dark of night- when they're on the hunt and also being hunted in the forest of Madagascar.
Uroplatus phantasticus, aka Satanic Leaf-tailed Gecko
#herps #uroplatus #geckos #beautifuleyes #malagasyherps
Uroplatus phantasticus, aka Satanic Leaf-tailed Gecko
#herps #uroplatus #geckos #beautifuleyes #malagasyherps
Good morning sunshine.
Cross Vine (Bignonia capreolata) ambling up an oak trunk.
Form matches function: when you see a colorful and tubular flower like this, it's safe bet that hummingbirds have a mutually beneficial food/pollination pact.
#crossvine #flowers #nativeplants #springflora #red
Cross Vine (Bignonia capreolata) ambling up an oak trunk.
Form matches function: when you see a colorful and tubular flower like this, it's safe bet that hummingbirds have a mutually beneficial food/pollination pact.
#crossvine #flowers #nativeplants #springflora #red
April 3, 2025 at 9:21 AM
Good morning sunshine.
Cross Vine (Bignonia capreolata) ambling up an oak trunk.
Form matches function: when you see a colorful and tubular flower like this, it's safe bet that hummingbirds have a mutually beneficial food/pollination pact.
#crossvine #flowers #nativeplants #springflora #red
Cross Vine (Bignonia capreolata) ambling up an oak trunk.
Form matches function: when you see a colorful and tubular flower like this, it's safe bet that hummingbirds have a mutually beneficial food/pollination pact.
#crossvine #flowers #nativeplants #springflora #red
Magnus is unimpressed.
A "silverback" Short-tailed Boa (boa constrictor amarali) from the southern Brazil and Bolivia regions, noted for their chill temperaments.
#herps #boaconstrictoramarali #boas #snakes #suntanning #silverback
A "silverback" Short-tailed Boa (boa constrictor amarali) from the southern Brazil and Bolivia regions, noted for their chill temperaments.
#herps #boaconstrictoramarali #boas #snakes #suntanning #silverback
March 28, 2025 at 9:11 PM
Magnus is unimpressed.
A "silverback" Short-tailed Boa (boa constrictor amarali) from the southern Brazil and Bolivia regions, noted for their chill temperaments.
#herps #boaconstrictoramarali #boas #snakes #suntanning #silverback
A "silverback" Short-tailed Boa (boa constrictor amarali) from the southern Brazil and Bolivia regions, noted for their chill temperaments.
#herps #boaconstrictoramarali #boas #snakes #suntanning #silverback
Uroplatus ebenaui, aka Spearpoint Leaf-Tail Gecko, named for being born with short stubby tails like a spear point...to stab their enemies with (citation needed).
The smallest of the uroplatus group, your thumb is probably comfortably larger than a fully grown ebenaui.
#geckos #uroplatusebenaui
The smallest of the uroplatus group, your thumb is probably comfortably larger than a fully grown ebenaui.
#geckos #uroplatusebenaui
March 25, 2025 at 12:57 AM
Uroplatus ebenaui, aka Spearpoint Leaf-Tail Gecko, named for being born with short stubby tails like a spear point...to stab their enemies with (citation needed).
The smallest of the uroplatus group, your thumb is probably comfortably larger than a fully grown ebenaui.
#geckos #uroplatusebenaui
The smallest of the uroplatus group, your thumb is probably comfortably larger than a fully grown ebenaui.
#geckos #uroplatusebenaui
Meet Alucard, Uroplatus phantasticus male.
Every leaf tailed gecko (uroplatus) has a camouflage specialty, and phantasticus are leaf mimics, hanging still from branches like dead leaves during the day.
#herps #uroplatusphantasticus
Every leaf tailed gecko (uroplatus) has a camouflage specialty, and phantasticus are leaf mimics, hanging still from branches like dead leaves during the day.
#herps #uroplatusphantasticus
March 18, 2025 at 3:45 AM
Meet Alucard, Uroplatus phantasticus male.
Every leaf tailed gecko (uroplatus) has a camouflage specialty, and phantasticus are leaf mimics, hanging still from branches like dead leaves during the day.
#herps #uroplatusphantasticus
Every leaf tailed gecko (uroplatus) has a camouflage specialty, and phantasticus are leaf mimics, hanging still from branches like dead leaves during the day.
#herps #uroplatusphantasticus
Peachy day with a juvenile male Argentine Boa.
Unlike most other boa constrictors which need steamy jungles, this species also thrives in the drier and colder "chaco" region at the intersection of Argentina, Paraguay, and Bolivia.
#boaconstrictoroccidentalis #boa #addherper #snake #flowers
Unlike most other boa constrictors which need steamy jungles, this species also thrives in the drier and colder "chaco" region at the intersection of Argentina, Paraguay, and Bolivia.
#boaconstrictoroccidentalis #boa #addherper #snake #flowers
March 16, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Peachy day with a juvenile male Argentine Boa.
Unlike most other boa constrictors which need steamy jungles, this species also thrives in the drier and colder "chaco" region at the intersection of Argentina, Paraguay, and Bolivia.
#boaconstrictoroccidentalis #boa #addherper #snake #flowers
Unlike most other boa constrictors which need steamy jungles, this species also thrives in the drier and colder "chaco" region at the intersection of Argentina, Paraguay, and Bolivia.
#boaconstrictoroccidentalis #boa #addherper #snake #flowers
Uroplatus henkeli, or Henkel's Leaf Tailed Gecko, from northwestern Madagascar. They're tree bark camouflage experts, disappearing in plain sight by matching the tree trunks they sleep on during the day.
#uroplatushenkeli #reptiles #malagasyfauna #camouflage #geckos #uroplatus #crazyeyes
#uroplatushenkeli #reptiles #malagasyfauna #camouflage #geckos #uroplatus #crazyeyes
March 11, 2025 at 11:18 PM
Uroplatus henkeli, or Henkel's Leaf Tailed Gecko, from northwestern Madagascar. They're tree bark camouflage experts, disappearing in plain sight by matching the tree trunks they sleep on during the day.
#uroplatushenkeli #reptiles #malagasyfauna #camouflage #geckos #uroplatus #crazyeyes
#uroplatushenkeli #reptiles #malagasyfauna #camouflage #geckos #uroplatus #crazyeyes
Meet Gomez, a Uroplatus phantasticus, aka satanic leaf-tailed gecko, named not for their temperament (they're tiny, mellow, and eat little bugs) but their devilish eye brows.
March 9, 2025 at 11:39 PM
Meet Gomez, a Uroplatus phantasticus, aka satanic leaf-tailed gecko, named not for their temperament (they're tiny, mellow, and eat little bugs) but their devilish eye brows.