Reptiles and Amphibians

Sticking with the desert theme this week – this is the only type of rattlesnake found in the Pacific Northwest.  It’s a heavy bodied snake with large dark spots, a triangular shaped head, a distinct eye stripe, and of course a rattle at the end of the tail.  The largest specimen recorded in WA was […]

I’ve heard them described as “tiny dinosaurs”.   This is a male and he is particularly vivid green so it looks like it’s breeding time.   There’s a slight swelling at the underside base of the tail indicating his, ummmm, readiness to mate.  Females are not quite so green and get a series of red bands along

A young reader of OOTH (Cash) asked about Nile crocodiles – but since I have never seen one of these we had to settle for this large critter. This species is found throughout the Amazon Basin but its range does extend further north.   The species occurs in Bolivia, Brazil, Columbia, Ecuador, Guyana, Peru, Venezuela and