Keyword: scales
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A jeweled splitfin (Xenotoca variata) at the Vasco da Gama Aquarium in Lisbon, Portugal.
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FIS039-00291
A jeweled splitfin (Xenotoca variata) at the Vasco da Gama Aquarium in Lisbon, Portugal.
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A bluespar darter (Etheostoma meadiae) at the Aquatic Wildlife Conservation Center in Marion, Virginia.
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FIS005-00167
A bluespar darter (Etheostoma meadiae) at the Aquatic Wildlife Conservation Center in Marion, Virginia.
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ANI111-00108
A black mamba (Dendroaspis polylepis) at Omaha’s Henry Doorly Zoo and Aquarium.
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ANI111-00107
A black mamba (Dendroaspis polylepis) at Omaha’s Henry Doorly Zoo and Aquarium.
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ANI111-00102
A black mamba (Dendroaspis polylepis) at Omaha’s Henry Doorly Zoo and Aquarium.
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ANI111-00104
A black mamba (Dendroaspis polylepis) at Omaha’s Henry Doorly Zoo and Aquarium.
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ANI111-00106
A black mamba (Dendroaspis polylepis) at Omaha’s Henry Doorly Zoo and Aquarium.
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ANI111-00103
A black mamba (Dendroaspis polylepis) at Omaha’s Henry Doorly Zoo and Aquarium.
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ANI111-00105
A black mamba (Dendroaspis polylepis) at Omaha’s Henry Doorly Zoo and Aquarium.
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ANI111-00101
A rare Eastern indigo snake, Drymarchon corais couperi, at Toledo Zoo.
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ANI102-00474
A Western lyre snake (Trimorphodon biscutatus), at the Phoenix Zoo.
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An endangered (IUCN) and federally endangered San Esteban chuckwalla (Sauromalus varius) at the Arizona Sonora Desert Museum.
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ANI077-00141
A prairie ringneck snake (Diadophis punctatus arnyi) from a private collection.
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ANI077-00130
A prairie ringneck snake (Diadophis punctatus arnyi) from a private collection.
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ANI077-00131
A prairie ringneck snake (Diadophis punctatus arnyi) from a private collection.
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ANI102-00399
A Prairie ringneck snake (Diadophis punctatus arnyi) from a private collection.
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ANI102-00398
A Prairie ringneck snake (Diadophis punctatus arnyi) from a private collection.
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ANI109-00200
The hand of a blue spiny lizard (Sceloporus serrifer) at the Houston Zoo.
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ANI109-00199
The hand of a blue spiny lizard (Sceloporus serrifer) at the Houston Zoo.
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ANI109-00198
The tail of a blue spiny lizard (Sceloporus serrifer) at the Houston Zoo.
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A close up of a chain pickerel (Esox niger) at the Fish Biodiversity Lab at Auburn University.
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ANI102-00117
Copper-headed trinket snake, Coeglanathus radiatus, at the Assam State Zoo in Guwahati, Assam, India.
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ANI102-00116
Copper-headed trinket snake, Coeglanathus radiatus, at the Assam State Zoo in Guwahati, Assam, India.
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ANI102-00115
Copper-headed trinket snake, Coeglanathus radiatus, at the Assam State Zoo in Guwahati, Assam, India.
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ANI102-00106
A Moroccan black cobra (Naja haje legionis) at the Dallas Zoo.
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ANI102-00094
A green bush rat snake (Gonyosoma prasinum) at the Dallas Zoo.
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ANI102-00093
A green bush rat snake (Gonyosoma prasinum) at the Dallas Zoo.
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ANI062-00339
A vulnerable baby white-bellied pangolin (Phataginus tricuspis) clings to her mother’s back at a facility in Florida. At just 70 days old, this captive-born baby was a first in captivity! This vulnerable species, like many other pangolin species, is illegally taken from the wild. Unfortunately, it is falsely believed that the protective keratin scales have curative properties.
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ANI097-00153
A brown tree snake (Boiga irregularis).
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ANI073-00506
An Arizona chuckwalla (Sauromalus ater tumidus) at the Tulsa Zoo.
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ANI073-00507
An Arizona chuckwalla (Sauromalus ater tumidus) at the Tulsa Zoo.
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ANI073-00508
An Arizona chuckwalla (Sauromalus ater tumidus) at the Tulsa Zoo.
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ANI073-00509
An Arizona chuckwalla (Sauromalus ater tumidus) at the Tulsa Zoo.
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A blue spiny lizard (Sceloporus serrifer cyanogenys) at the Tulsa Zoo.
