#curly tail lizard

[cassandralexxx]

bro there is a lizard stuck inside the screens of my patio so my mom and I were trying to free him to the yard. Tell me why bro ran over my foot when trying to get away 😭😭😭

[have-you-seen-this-animal]

hiiii can i request the northern curlytail lizard (Leiocephalus carinatus)

Of course!

[herpsandbirds]

Northern Curly-tailed Lizard (Leiocephalus carinatus), family Leiocephalidae, Evergreen Cemetery, Fort Lauderdale, Broward county, Florida, USA

Introduced into southern Florida, from the Caribbean. Native range is Cuba, The Bahamas, and the Caymans.

photograph by Brian Henderson

[alottasin]

Breakfast for the lizard family before it storms.

[spinus-pinus]

Northern Curly-tailed Lizard Leocephalus carinatus

6/14/2022 Everglades National Park, Florida

Unfortunately these guys are not native to Florida, but they sure are cool looking!

[daisies-on-a-cup]

saw a huge lizard today. HUGE. absolute MAN of a beast...

[tricyclecellanemia]

N A T U R E

[csolarstorm]

Today, on "Critters I saw in Florida":

Lizards. The Brown Anole, and the Curly Tailed Lizard...which eats the Brown Anole. Also, both of them are invasive species. So I have to assume the Curly Tailed Lizards also ate all of the native Floridian lizards.

The Curly Tailed Lizard reminds me of a Helioptile.

Muscovy Ducks. Weird ducks. They look like they could beat up the mallard ducks back home. Also, these are invasive too. Is Florida's ecosystem okay?

Apple Snail. As you know, you should never touch weird eggs, just in case you're in a movie or a character in Rick and Morty. They might give you rat lungworm*, like the eggsac of the Apple Snail, which my mom peeled off the side of a canal wall to see what it was. In her defense, it looked like gum.

(*Wash your hands after touching weird eggs. The shell can also be contaminated, so sterilize it if you want to keep it.)

Do not reach for the forbidden gum.

Tadpoles! Tadpoles tadpoles tadpoles! Look at them go! They swim to and fro! ♪ The ultimate mosquito control! ♪

[gabessquishytum]

I think Hob is a born and bred (hehe) monsterfucker.

I think Dream would turn himself into a dragon just to let Hob get his medieval "slaying laying the dragon" fantasies.

Yessss. Okay. I love european medieval dragons so much. Unlike their funky benevolent asian cousins, european dragons are fucked up little lizard creatures determined to cause as much havoc as possible.

Like look at these guys, they're so funny to me. We know that medieval people couldn't draw cats, but they also couldn't draw dragons very well (at least they had the excuse that they'd never actually seen one).

So imagine Hob being like "I know this is weird but could you make yourself into a weird two legged lizard with wings and a curly tail? I have a very specific fantasy based on a church wall painting I saw when I was 15..." and Dream can never deny his beloved's request so he does as asked. And they make sweet sweet love and it looks a little something like this:

Hob is really into the tongue. And Dream... well, he likes it more than he imagined. Maybe he'll make himself an even bigger dragon, next time...

(If you want more really funny pictures of medieval dragons, check out this site with an illustrated list of bestiary dragons.)

[raintailed]

monk fans come get yalls juice!!!!!!!!!!

Like many other members of Gourmand's colony, Monk has fluff, dark splotches, and white markings. Plus he has sparkles thanks to distant nightcat ancestry (the sparkles can persist for generations)! The heterochromia matches both Survivor and Saint too :]

The whole karma flower thing is bc this fluffy boy is Attuned!! He doesn't have flowers as a pup because he's not connected to the cycle yet at that age (by the time Monk's campaign starts, he's old enough to respawn after death and all that)

transcript under the cut, plus a version without flowers (and left arm lol)

Notes transcript:

Sunrise, "The Monk;" he/him

Left Side

whiskers are optional

kinda short

soft, curly fur

always has a karma flower tucked behind ear

plump tail

Center

right ear leans forward

sometimes wears a ponytail

grows more flowers when karma is ≥ (greater than or equal to) 5 or is reinforced

flower growth is concentrated on tail

Right Side

sparkles glow in the dark

back pattern

pup version has no sparkles or flowers

The doodle in the upper right says "lizards deserve a lil kissy on the snoot :]"

[imaginalstudio]

[teecupangel]

Was looking at Pokémon that are red cause of reasons, don’t ask it doesn’t make sense, and then had the thought: Desmond reborn as Charmander. And just imagining him growing up into a Charizard. Like, especially in an au where Desmond comes from a universe without Pokémon into this one, he’s just adjusting to “oh fuck I’m an animal?!” into “oh fuck I can breathe fire?!?!” and juuuuust when he’s getting over the concept and feeling of evolving, he becomes a Charizard and has a moment of “Wait…I have wings…I’M A DRAGON?!?!”

Meanwhile, Ezio/Altaïr/Ratonhnhake:ton (whoever you wanna put him with) just watch on in pure confusion as their partner Pokémon has a breakdown.

Okay, what if it was a First Gen Pokemon AU where Desmond is one of the three starter Pokemons in Monteriggioni, the first ‘town’ in the continent they are in and the headquarters of the Brotherhood.

They’re just called the Brotherhood, not the Assassin Brotherhood, and they’re rivals with the Order.

So three teenagers come to age and gets to pick their starter Pokemon before going on a journey across the continent to battle gym leaders and be legible to join the tournament held annually during the end of the year.

These young teenagers?

In Desmond’s eyes, they look exactly like Altaïr, Ezio and Ratonhnhaké:ton.

Oh.

And apparently he was now a lizard with a flaming tail.

What the fuck.

The last thing he remembers is emptiness that made him sleepy.

When he woke up, he was there, in the middle of a large circular scifi looking table with a blue turtle with a curly tail and some kind of animal with a large closed plant on its back and…

Holy shit.

What the hell is this place?

He could see his reflection from one of the nearby monitors and he was a red lizard with a flaming tail.

He began to flap his tail, accidentally smacking the turtle who let out an indignant “Squirtle!” and smacked him back with his own tail.

Desmond, still not used to his new center of balance, staggered and accidentally slammed against the plant animal on his other side who went “Bulba-saur!” and…

All three stared at the sudden all out brawl happening on the presentation table as Ezio asked, “Uuhhh, Tio…?”

“Such lively Pokemons.” Mario simply laughed it off, “Don’t worry. We’ll heal them once you picked your first Pokemons!”

“Are you telling us to pick now?” Ratonhnhaké:ton asked with a frown.

“Yes. And…” Mario grinned at them, “As your first duty as a Pokemon trainer, you three should stop them from fighting too.”

“You just don’t want to get between that fight yourself.” Altaïr dryly said.

Mario just laughed instead of denying it.

(You decide who gets Desmond. By this point, you guys know me enough to know which one I would pick hahahahaha)

[multi-lefaiye]

Gelf Crittery Traits Thoughts

tagging @corvus-rose @skitzo-kero @anexor @chaieyestea and @vacantgodling bc i wish to curse y'all

this is a mix of ideas by me and cal, because we wanted to hit the gelflings with a Get Crittery beam

gonna list general descriptors for the species as a whole, then for specific clans. as a note, they are all still the same species. gelflings just have a shitton of diversity in appearance and biology.

all gelfling traits:

- little bit of a snoot, black nose but a more humanoid mouth

- large, pointed ears, positioned kinda high up on their head, can move and swivel independently of each other

- digitigrade legs, but not really paws or toe beans--their legs are just shaped differently.

- t a i l s

- three fingers + opposable thumb on each hand, and four toes on each foot

- in canon female gelflings have wings, but i usually ignore that, and instead say that some clans have wings while others usually don't. gelflings have like no sexual dimorphism. good luck.

- female gelflings are usually taller, but not always.

--

grottan clan:

- usually have wide, dark eyes, and very poor vision--extremely sensitive to light, it takes time to adjust to being outside the caves.

- huge ears and excellent hearing.

- skin is usually some shade of grey, green, or blue.

- hair is usually very light, often some shade of blond or grey. usually long, but short hair is fine and dandy.

- the shortest of the clans on average. absolutely itty bitty.

- they have wings! their wings are similar to moth wings in material and shape, and they can use them to fly for short distances.

- long, skinny tails like little mice, sometimes tufted with fur.

- mouse-coded but also moth-coded, and a little bat-like.

--

dousan clan:

- usually have brown or tan skin and dark hair, not a lot of body hair aside from their head and tail. short hair is rare but acceptable.

- culturally, tattoos are extremely common. most of them are tattooed with elaborate designs in blue, purple, or black ink, though some may instead use white or gold.

- some of them have horns, usually small and curving up from their temples.

- look like they have four ears--in reality, they just have two ears that are split in a way that *looks* like they have four. the increased sueface area helps them thermoregulate and hear better.

- can also close their ears to keep sand from getting in during storms.

- tend to be pretty tall with long limbs, usually have kinda small, narrow eyes.

- don't typically have wings.

- usually very long tails, sometimes tipped with feathers or fur.

- sometimes have patches of scales, usually localized around their shoulders, back, and face.

- slightly more pronounced muzzles than the other clans, sharp features are common in general.

- somewhere between lizard-coded, fox-coded, and vulture-coded.

--

drenchen clan:

- naturally usually have brown skin, but many of them are green tinted or have green markings as well as camouflage in the swamp.

- aquatic, with fins and gills. they do also have lungs and can breathe on land just fine, but many prefer the water.

- and if they dry out too much or spend too much time away from the water, it can seriously hurt them. need to keep their skin moist to stay healthy.

- some of them have whiskers/barbels like a catfish, helping them hunt underwater.

- they also have that third eyelid shit alligators do to be able to swim with their eyes open.

- often have very thick, dark, hair, usually very curly as well. long hair is most common--it's rare that you'd see a drenchen cut their hair unless necessary to maintain it or for health reasons.

- generally tall and beefy, clearly built as ambush predators.

- thick, finned tails to help with swimming in the water, and webbed hands and feet.

- some have wings! but their wings usually aren't suited for flying at all, and are actually meant to help them propel themselves faster when swimming. they can also glide as needed.

- alligator-coded and also shark-coded.

--

stonewood clan:

- wide range of skin tones, usually somewhere in the tan-brown range, but many have blue or green markings, usually splotches of color or spots.

- tallest and beefiest clan on average, they build muscle and fat very easily.

- usually have dark, straight hair, sometimes with streaks of blue or green in it. often worn long and in braids.

- hairy motherfuckers--typically have manes around their necks and down their backs, hairy arms and legs, etc. thick, furry tails, too, sometimes tufted like a lion's.

- often have big claws and sharp teeth--more than any other clan, a stonewood doesn't *need* weapons to fuck you up.

- ears are often tipped with fur, like a lynx.

- no wings. these fuckers run. and they run fast.

- wolf-coded, but also kinda lion-coded and bear-coded. basically, stonewoods are the big predators.

--

spriton clan:

- deer-coded and goat-coded, to the highest degree, with a bit of rabbit as well.

- skin tones range from very pale to dark brown, often have freckles or dappled spots like a fawn.

- usually have dark, straight hair, which they wear in braids. some may have lighter or blond hair, but this is rare. long hair is common, as with the stonewoods and the drenchen.

- also no wings. they do, however, have hooved feet, and long legs designed to run fast.

- horns!!! female gelfs have longer horns that look more like antlers, male gelfs have lil horns like antelopes.

- usually kinda short--built to be fast and stealthy, to hide from predators.

- also put on fat and muscle pretty easily, but not quite as easily as many stonewoods.

- short lil puffball tails, like rabbits. and yes, they wag.

--

sifa clan:

- the most diverse in appearance, as the sifa clan will take in outsiders and exiles from other clans, and they don't have any rules or reservations about taking mates in other clans.

- that being said, "pure blood" sifas vary widely in appearance still. a wide range of skin tones and hair colors are common, and other traits more commonly associated with the other clans are also common.

- red hair is most common among the sifa, though.

- whether or not they have wings is kind of a mixed bag, for reasons i've already established.

- with how varied they are, they don't have a single animal inspiration, but in my brain they're kinda monkey-like, if that makes sense. all lanky limbs and with long, prehensile tails.

- many sifa are physically very lean and strong, hungry from long weeks out at sea relying on rations, fit from all the hard work it takes to keep the ship afloat. not all of them, but many.

--

vapra clan:

- generally very short, often have very pale skin and light hair--their hair is sometimes straight up white, not just blond.

- darker hair isn't like. unheard of though. it still happens. and same for darker skin tones.

- they also put on fat very easily, in part b/c they live in the cold mountains and need that insulation to survive.

- lots of patches of feathers on their body, especially on their chests, shoulders, and hips. very bird-coded. some even have ruffs of feathers around their necks.

- and along that vein, vapra bones aren't *quite* hollow, but definitely less dense than the other clans' in general. this is to make them lighter so they can fly more easily.

- long claws, especially on their feet, like talons--good for both defense and landing after a flight.

- they've got wings! and their wings are larger and stronger than the other clans'. still kinda like moth wings, but with feathers as well, if that makes sense. vapra tend to be the strongest fliers on average.

- vapra tails are usually either like. straight up tail feathers, or they have prehensile tails that are just tipped with feathers. usually one or the other.

- usually have round faces and flatter, less pronounced snoots. also large eyes.

[herpsandbirds]

Cuban Curly-tailed Lizard (Leiocephalus cubensis), family Leiocephalidae, Varadero, Cuba

photograph by Michael Klotz

[puzzled-pegasus]

Fun WoF character design thingies for if you want to make an OC

Tusks for IceWings, MudWings, or SandWings.

Brightly colored fins for reef SeaWings.

Silver freckles for NightWings.

Stripes, patches, points.

Faint leopard patterns for SandWings.

LeafWings with wings shaped like the leaf of your favorite plant.

Curly SandWing frills.

SeaWing fins that are so long they flop over.

MudWing horns that curve forward like a bull's.

MudWings with a snout that is lighter than their body, reminiscent of an American black bear.

SandWings inspired by your favorite snake--stripes, scale patterns, bright colored underbellies. You could also use a lizard species. Go nuts!

Scale colors or patterns inspired by your favorite dog coat color/pattern. Merles, tricolors, socks, patches. This would work especially well for SilkWings.

Additionally, SilkWing fuzz in any place you want. Tail tufts, chest puffs, fuzzy manes, puffs on the legs like a poodle, neck collars.

Horse face markings---stripes, blazes, snips, stars, diamonds.

Additionally, dark striped legs, dorsal lines, or dark frills on SandWings, reminiscent of mustang horses. Darker snouts and ears as well.

SeaWings that are light colored and splotched with darker blue and/or green, like a domestic koi fish.

LeafWings with a flower-like growth(s) somewhere on their body. Can be any color and help with camouflage.

Irregular, knotted horns for LeafWings, like branches.

Metallic silver or blue IceWings that reflect nearly all light with a dazzling mirror effect.

Long, thin RainWings that are very flexible.

Conversely: large, solid, muscular RainWings. Uncommon, but possible. Very good at lifting rocks for other RainWings so they can collect bugs to eat.

RainWings with hooks on their wings that help them climb.

HiveWings that shimmer iridescently like beetles.

Pink HiveWings.

SilkWings with exceptionally long antennae. Half as long as their body or more. Bonus if they're feathery.

HiveWing horns that jut out in front like insect mandibles.

Transparent winged SilkWings.

Chimera SilkWings----one wing set that is one color patten, and the other is completely different.

Swallowtailed SilkWings.

Albino HiveWings.

Scorpion-barbed HiveWings. Double tailed HiveWings.

Open ocean SeaWings that are silver like a schooling fish.

SeaWings OR MudWings that are patterned like a lake fish.

NightWings (or hybrids) with gold or coppery stars.