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Two Mandarin trinket snakes (Euprepiophis mandarinus) at Dvůr Králové Zoo. This color morph was found in China.
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A Mandarin trinket snakes (Euprepiophis mandarinus) at Dvůr Králové Zoo. This color morph was found in Vietnam.
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A Mandarin trinket snake (Euprepiophis mandarinus) at Dvůr Králové Zoo. This color morph was found in Vietnam.
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A smooth snake (Coronella austriaca) at Prague Zoo. This species can be reliably identified by it’s distinctive crown marking on the top of it’s head.
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An East African egg-eating snake (Dasypeltis medici) at Prague Zoo. This species lives along the coastal forests of eastern Africa and eats nothing but bird eggs. This means it is able to feed heavily during the bird nesting season of two to three months, then often will go without eating for the rest of the year until the birds nest again.
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An East African egg-eating snake (Dasypeltis medici) at Prague Zoo. This species lives along the coastal forests of eastern Africa and eats nothing but bird eggs. This means it is able to feed heavily during the bird nesting season of two to three months, then often will go without eating for the rest of the year until the birds nest again.
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A Madagascar tree boa (Sanzinia volontany) at Prague Zoo.
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A spotted whip snake (Hemorrhois ravergieri) at Prague Zoo.
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A spotted whip snake (Hemorrhois ravergieri) at Prague Zoo.
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Two endangered Milos vipers (Macrovipera schweizeri) at Zoo Plzeň. These snakes are from the Greek Island of Milos. Two color morphs, red and gray, are shown.
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An Armenian Steppe viper (Vipera eriwanensis) at St. Louis Zoo.
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A painted bronzeback (Dendrelaphis pictus) at the Plzen Zoo in the Czech Republic.
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A Pampas cat or colocolo (Leopardus colocolo braccatus) at Fundacao Jardim Zoologico de Brasilia. This species is listed as vulnerable by IUCN. Habitat loss and poaching for the skin are two threats to the species. All wildcats in Brazil have the same problems with both these issues. This animal’s name is Paihaço, which means clown.
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A Pampas cat or colocolo (Leopardus colocolo braccatus) at Fundacao Jardim Zoologico de Brasilia. This species is listed as vulnerable by IUCN. Habitat loss and poaching for the skin are two threats to the species. All wildcats in Brazil have the same problems with both these issues. This animal’s name is Paihaço, which means clown.
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A Madagascar night snake (Madagascarophis colubrinus pastoriensis) at the Plzen Zoo in the Czech Republic.
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A Madagascar night snake (Madagascarophis colubrinus pastoriensis) at the Plzen Zoo in the Czech Republic.
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A Neuwied’s lancehead (Bothrops neuwiedi) at Fundacao Jardim Zoologico de Brasilia.
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An undescribed Anolis species from the Gran Piedra Mountains in Cuba. Photographed at a private collection in the Czech Republic.
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A Yunnan bamboo pitviper (Trimeresurus yunnanensis) from a private collection.
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A Yunnan bamboo pitviper (Trimeresurus yunnanensis) from a private collection.
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A Yunnan bamboo pitviper (Trimeresurus yunnanensis) from a private collection.
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A Tlaloc’s rattlesnake (Crotalus tlaloci) from a private collection.
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A common viper, Vipera berus berus, at Wildwood Trust near Canterbury, England.
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A Scottish wildcat, Felis silvestris grampia, at Wildwood Trust near Canterbury, England. This is a 5-year-old female, named Isla.
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A Scottish wildcat, Felis silvestris grampia, at Wildwood Trust near Canterbury, England. This is a 5-year-old female, named Isla.
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A Biak tree monitor (Varanus kordensis) at Taman Safari.
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A radiated ratsnake (Coelognathus radiatus) at the Assam State Zoo cum Botanical Garden in Guwahati, Assam, India.
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A white-tipped island pitviper (Trimeresurus insularis) at Taman Mini Indonesia Indah.
This green animal is from central Java.
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A rainbow water monitor (Varanus yuwonoi) at Taman Mini Indonesia Indah.
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A peach throat monitor (Varanus jobiensis) at Taman Mini Indonesia Indah.
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A yellow-spotted monitor (Varanus panoptes horni) at Taman Mini Indonesia Indah.
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A Javan water monitor (Varanus salvator bivittatus) at Taman Mini Indonesia Indah.
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A Thai bamboo rat snake (Elaphe porphyracea coxi) at Miller Park Zoo.
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A common brown lemur (Eulemur fulvus) at Omaha’s Henry Doorly Zoo and Aquarium.
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A Siberian tiger at the Omaha Zoo.
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A a pair of endangered gray gibbons (Hylobates muelleri muelleri) at the Miller Park Zoo.
