#fl kingsnake

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he sits like a puppy sometimes

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i swore off bettas after opal passed, but this koi stole my heart..... i took her home. my fiancée and i named her stevie :-)

so far she's got a lot of personality. she's not at all afraid of my hands in the tank when i rearrange things. she hates my phone. she likes hanging out in corners a lot. weird beastie..

[herpsandbirds]

May I humbly request some native Florida amphibians/reptiles/whatever strikes your fancy

Florida Herps:

Yes, we can certainly handle that!

Scarlet Kingsnake (Lampropeltis elapsoides), family Colubridae, Florida, USA

Coral snake mimic.

photograph by Luke Smith

Ornate Diamondback Terrapin (Malaclemys terrapin macrospilota), juvenile, family Emydidae, Hernando county, Florida, USA

photograph by Jordan Schmitt

Rainbow Snake (Farancia erytrogramma), family Colubridae, Florida, USA

Fossorial, semi-aquatic, known for feeding on eels (but feed on other small creatures).

photograph by Kevin Enge/FWC

One-toed Amphiuma (Amphiuma pholeter), family Amphiumidae, Florida, USA

* Amphiumas are large aquatic eel-like salamanders, with 4 very small limbs.

photographs by Dick Bartlett

Florida Softshell Turtle (Apalone ferox), family Trionychidae, in a freshwater spring in Fl, USA

photograph by Isaac Szabo

Florida Redbelly Turtle (Pseudemys nelsoni) enjoy a tasty spatterdock flower, family Emydidae, Everglades National Park, Florida, USA

photograph by Robert Krayer (@natural_wanders on Instagram)

Striped Newts (Notophthalmus perstriatus), family Salamandridae, Florida, USA

photograph by Tommy Hamrick

Southern Toad (Anaxyrus terrestris) in defensive position, family Bufonidae, northern FL, USA

photograph by Dick Bartlett

[chimerabytes]

blue tailed skinks are endangered in florida & bluetail mole skinks are endemic to central fl so it was SO COOL getting to see a blue tailed skink! theyre so rare here and i just love how cute they look!

blue tailed skinks & sunbeam snakes are probs my favorite reptiles, theyre so unique and beautiful! as well as bush vipers! im also partial to california kingsnakes :)

i like the feeling of holding snakes in my hands.. theyre really nice and just have a good weight to them

[sonderei]

Snake parents! I’m looking for reputable breeders for any / all of the following species:

Mexican Black Kingsnake African House Snake Western Hognose They’re either nonexistent or very scarce at local reptile expos and morphmarket (and even those places you don’t know who’s really reputable) but I want to make sure I get a responsibly-bred captive born. I live in the US though (FL specifically) so they would need to be able to ship to me or I’d be willing to pick up in state.

Even if the breeder you know doesn’t have any snakes available at the moment still let me know about them! I’d like to eventually keep all three species, but I definitely won’t be getting all at the same time, so I’d still like to get in contact with any breeder about future clutches.

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hello there !

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my son.. (featuring quemada's terrarium in the background)

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echo and his new(ish) terrarium! a 40gal breeder. big guy's been settling in nicely over the past week :]

gonna get him more fake plants to provide additional clutter sometime soon :o

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the worms..

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moved back in w my parents today,, expect lots of creature pics soon. but not today. the 5.5 hour drive and then having to sort + unpack everything has turned my brain into soup and my body into sludge