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A large Veracruz Neotropical Rattlesnake (Crotalus mictlantecuhtli) from a trip to Mexico a few years ago. This species was recently recognized as a separate lineage of the Neotropical Rattlesnakes, described in 2020, about a year before this photograph was taken.

Carbajal Márquez, Rubén & Cedeño-Vázquez, José & Martinez, Arely & Neri, Edgar & Machkour-M’Rabet, Salima. (2020). Accessing cryptic diversity in Neotropical rattlesnakes (Serpentes: Viperidae: Crotalus) with the description of two new species. Zootaxa. 4729. 451-481. 10.11646/zootaxa.4729.4.1.

Photos taken Summer of 2026.

This big old snapper is extremely friendly and fully unafraid of me. It's been at my fishing spot year after year for 4 years so far.

Its really interested in what I'm doing and basically sits and stares at me the entire time I fish.

It's so doscile I've picked leaches off it's shell with my knife and it didn't try to bite me, or even get away. Extremely weird behavior but it seems healthy enough.

Twin Spotted Rattlesnakes (Crotalus pricei) are small, high-elevation rattlesnakes that are found in a handful of mountain ranges in the Sky Islands region of Arizona and northern Mexico. They are occasionally seen by hikers on high saddles and trails, where they are quick to flee with a departing buzz. A person would really have to pick one up or be hiking barefoot to get bitten by one, if they're even lucky enough to see one or have it stick around long enough for that to happen.

Photos taken in Summer of 2026.

Just kidding....I caught him before he slipped through! ChuChuh is always looking for a way out. 🐢 💕

She has a good method for coping with this heatwave

Photos taken in Summer of 2026.

Torre de Guatel Arborial Alligator Lizard (Abronia meledona) in Guatemala we found a few years ago.

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Why do they do this?

When approached, they immediately get defensive, spring their frills, under their necks, and their first instincts is to charge directly at whatever is a threat to them while finding something to climb onto something when cornered. And that would usually a tree to get away from.

A native to Australia, they inhabit most of the treetops and rest on these trees, including for survival and as a defense mechanism, if possible.