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Photo: An Iraqi spiny-tailed lizard (Saara loricata) at Prague Zoo. This is the male.

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An Iraqi spiny-tailed lizard (Saara loricata) at Prague Zoo. This is the male. It can use its thick tail as a form of defense. It spends most of the year underground and is only active during the spring.

Photo: Two Balsas splitfins (Ilyodon whitei) at Zoo Plzeň.

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Two Balsas splitfins (Ilyodon whitei) at Zoo Plzeň. This species is from Mexico. The larger fish is male, the other female.

Photo: A southern tamandua (Tamandua tetradactyla nigra) at Tierpark Berlin.

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A southern tamandua (Tamandua tetradactyla nigra) at Tierpark Berlin.

Photo: A golden-handed tamarin (Saguinus midas) at the Miller Park Zoo

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A golden-handed tamarin (Saguinus midas) at the Miller Park Zoo

Photo: A blue-breasted kingfisher (Halcyon malimbica) at the Houston Zoo.

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A blue-breasted kingfisher (Halcyon malimbica) at the Houston Zoo.

Photo: American alligators (Alligator mississippiensis) in swamp.

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American alligators (Alligator mississippiensis) in swamp.

Photo: A female RiedelÕs eclectus parrot, Eclectus roratus riedeli, at Loro Parque Fundacion.

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A female RiedelÕs eclectus parrot, Eclectus roratus riedeli, at Loro Parque Fundacion.

Photo: YarrowÕs spiny lizard or mountain spiny lizard (Sceloporus jarrovi) at the Los Angeles Zoo.

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YarrowÕs spiny lizard or mountain spiny lizard (Sceloporus jarrovi) at the Los Angeles Zoo.

A federally endangered, female Northern plains gray langur (Semnopithecus entellus) at the Chattanooga Zoo.

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A federally endangered, female Northern plains gray langur (Semnopithecus entellus) at the Chattanooga Zoo.

Picture of the tail of a Mexican hairy dwarf porcupine (Sphiggurus mexicanus) at the Knoxville Zoo.

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The tail of a Mexican hairy dwarf porcupine (Sphiggurus mexicanus) at the Knoxville Zoo.

Picture of a great anglehead lizard (Gonocephalus grandis) from a private collection.

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A great anglehead lizard (Gonocephalus grandis) from a private collection.

Picture of a four-horned chameleon (Chamaeleo quadricornis quadricornis) at the Saint Louis Zoo.

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A four-horned chameleon (Chamaeleo quadricornis quadricornis) at the Saint Louis Zoo.

Picture of the tail of a yellow stingray (Urobatis jamaicensis) at Omaha's Henry Doorly Zoo and Aquarium.

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The tail of a yellow stingray (Urobatis jamaicensis) at Omaha’s Henry Doorly Zoo and Aquarium.

Picture of a Venezuela lancehead (Bothrops venezuelensis) at the Sedgwick County Zoo.

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A Venezuela lancehead (Bothrops venezuelensis) at the Sedgwick County Zoo.

Picture of a four-horned chameleon (Chamaeleo quadricornis quadricornis) at the Saint Louis Zoo.

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A four-horned chameleon (Chamaeleo quadricornis quadricornis) at the Saint Louis Zoo.

An endangered (IUCN) and federally endangered snow leopard (Panthera uncia) at the Miller Park Zoo.

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An endangered (IUCN) and federally endangered snow leopard (Panthera uncia) at the Miller Park Zoo.

A blue-breasted kingfisher (Halcyon malimbica) at the Houston Zoo.

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A blue-breasted kingfisher (Halcyon malimbica) at the Houston Zoo.

Picture of a western mud snake (Farancia abacura reinwardtii) at the Oklahoma City Zoo.

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A western mud snake (Farancia abacura reinwardtii) at the Oklahoma City Zoo.

Picture of a western mud snake (Farancia abacura reinwardtii) at the Oklahoma City Zoo.

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A western mud snake (Farancia abacura reinwardtii) at the Oklahoma City Zoo.

Picture of a two-year-old male Northern tamandua (Tamandua mexicana) named Samba at the Summit Municipal Park in Gamboa, Panama.

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A two-year-old male Northern tamandua (Tamandua mexicana) named Samba at the Summit Municipal Park in Gamboa, Panama.

Picture of a two-year-old male Northern tamandua (Tamandua mexicana) named Samba at the Summit Municipal Park in Gamboa, Panama.

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A two-year-old male Northern tamandua (Tamandua mexicana) named Samba at the Summit Municipal Park in Gamboa, Panama.

A tammar wallaby (Macropus eugenii) at the Lincoln Children's Zoo.

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A tammar wallaby (Macropus eugenii) at the Lincoln Children’s Zoo.

A tammar wallaby (Macropus eugenii) at the Lincoln Children's Zoo.

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A tammar wallaby (Macropus eugenii) at the Lincoln Children’s Zoo.

A Southern ridge-nosed rattlesnake (Crotalus willardi meridionalis).

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A Southern ridge-nosed rattlesnake (Crotalus willardi meridionalis).

The tail end of a Southern ridge-nosed rattlesnake (Crotalus willardi meridionalis).

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The tail end of a Southern ridge-nosed rattlesnake (Crotalus willardi meridionalis).

A Southern ridge-nosed rattlesnake (Crotalus willardi meridionalis).

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A Southern ridge-nosed rattlesnake (Crotalus willardi meridionalis).

Picture of the tail of a male black-naped fruit dove (Ptilinopus melanospila) at the Oklahoma City Zoo.

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The tail of a male black-naped fruit dove (Ptilinopus melanospila) at the Oklahoma City Zoo.

Sand shrimp, Crangon septemspinosa, at the Sedge Island Natural Resource Education Center in the Sedge Islands Marine Conservation Zone, Barnegat Bay, New Jersey.

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Sand shrimp, Crangon septemspinosa, at the Sedge Island Natural Resource Education Center in the Sedge Islands Marine Conservation Zone, Barnegat Bay, New Jersey.

Sand shrimp, Crangon septemspinosa, at the Sedge Island Natural Resource Education Center in the Sedge Islands Marine Conservation Zone, Barnegat Bay, New Jersey.

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Sand shrimp, Crangon septemspinosa, at the Sedge Island Natural Resource Education Center in the Sedge Islands Marine Conservation Zone, Barnegat Bay, New Jersey.

A veiled Chameleon (Chamaeleo calyptratus) in Lincoln, Nebraska.

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A veiled Chameleon (Chamaeleo calyptratus) in Lincoln, Nebraska.

A veiled Chameleon (Chamaeleo calyptratus) in Lincoln, Nebraska.

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A veiled Chameleon (Chamaeleo calyptratus) in Lincoln, Nebraska.

A veiled Chameleon (Chamaeleo calyptratus) in Lincoln, Nebraska.

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A veiled Chameleon (Chamaeleo calyptratus) in Lincoln, Nebraska.

Picture of a veiled chameleon (Chamaeleo calyptratus), Lincoln, Nebraska.

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A veiled Chameleon (Chamaeleo calyptratus) in Lincoln, Nebraska.

Indian blue peafowl (Pavo cristatus) at the Lincoln Children's Zoo.

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Indian blue peafowl (Pavo cristatus) at the Lincoln Children’s Zoo.

Indian blue peafowl (Pavo cristatus) at the Lincoln Children's Zoo.

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Indian blue peafowl (Pavo cristatus) at the Lincoln Children’s Zoo.

Indian blue peafowl (Pavo cristatus) at the Lincoln Children's Zoo.

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Indian blue peafowl (Pavo cristatus) at the Lincoln Children’s Zoo.

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