#pipe snake

[herpsandbirds]

Sri Lankan Pipe Snake (Cylindrophis maculatus), family Cylindrophiidae, endemic to Sri Lanka

Photograph by Ramesh Karunanayaka

[podartists]

The Painted Snake | The Naturalist's Miscellany v.1 | Biodiversity Heritage Library | Flickr

[magickpancakes]

Yaayyyy its done!! So pretty ^w^

[cutestbabyanimalbracket]

Please vote for whichever baby animal is cuter, not whichever one you like more!

[johnnyshrine]

★ 029 // “Worm on a String”

[hyperbali]

Also, big news

It took me. A solid. Week and a half. Because disability + energy + time + frustration

But guess

Who finally

Unclogged that fucking sink last night

[vandaliatraveler]

I snuck in a late spring hike in Cheat River Canyon yesterday, before the dreaded heat dome builds in early next week. Between Brazil's Pantanal going up in flames and the massive heat spikes in North America and elsewhere, I wonder what will be left of this planet's beautiful wild places in twenty to thirty years. For now, I celebrate and cherish every day the glorious diversity of living things that nature has gifted us. This includes the magnificent poke milkweed (Asclepias exaltata), a shade tolerant member of the dogbane family, which feeds and hosts a great many of those living things, such as the extraordinary Himmelman's plume moth (Geina tenuidactylus). Or the comical-looking rock harlequin (Corydalis sempervirens), which clings to the rocky outcrops of the canyon. And the exquisite downy skullcap (Scutellaria incana), a gregarious summer mint that associates with wild bergamot and tall thimbleweed at forest edges. And how about the peculiar dangling flowers of Indian cucumber (Medeola virginiana) or the pale, ghostly stems and bracts of the parasitic Indian pipe (Monotropa uniflora), just now emerging from the forest floor? In a couple of weeks, the rhododendron bloom will start in the canyon and summer will be in full swing.

[xitty]

Nagisa had a dream where Eden was fighting demons in Seisoukan courtyard and the weapons of choice were: magical stick for Hiyori (like a magical girl wand), nail bat for Jun and golden bazooka for Ibara. 😂😂 Nagisa was a bard-like support, singing.

[omg-snakes]

At long last, Sneggwatch 2023 is coming to a close with BDJB23B as our grand finale!

This first little sprout is 95% eyeball.

[k4ijynxx2]

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[herpsandbirds]

Are there any amphibians/reptiles/birds that are considered living fossils? or are like sorta close to being such. Itd be neat to see methinks =^]?

Living Fossils:

So, I am usually leery of using the phrase "living fossil", because it elides the fact that all creatures living today are equally the products of ~3.5-4 billion years of evolution.

However, I get the idea... animals that seem to be from older groups (many of which are no longer around) and seem to have not changed too much over millions of years, get labelled "Living Fossils".

Crocodilians are sometimes referred to in this way, but the reptile that usually gets this is from an ancient group, called the Rhynchocephalia.

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 Houston Chandler

photograph by Sid Mosdell

photograph by Chung-Wei Logan You  

EAT A TASTY WETA!!!

photograph by Ryan Photographic

ANOTHER SPECIES OF REPTILE THAT IS CONSIDERED "PRIMITIVE" IN ITS ANATOMY:

American Pipe Snake aka False Coral Snake (Anilius scytale), family Aniliidae, Peru

This family is monotypic, containing only this species.

This species is considered to be quite primitive, in its anatomy, amongst snakes.

Coral snake mimic.

photograph by Nick Volpe

photographs by Vincent Prémel

[ask-luciavampire]

new pet that lucia has now

[socially-reluctant]

I may not be much of a liquid snake fan but I relate with him on one thing

I've also been garbage since the day I was born ^-^

[soulsoffairlight]

Hey guys remember when I said something about turning Lips into a snake

I was serious how we feeling mud gang

[nagitoedit]

my mom has a nefarious machine in the kitchen and i dont like it

[evelyn3377]

Snake I made out of pipe cleaners :3