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Kasner’s dwarf burrowing skink (
Scelotes kasneri
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While this peculiar reptile may look like a snake, it is actually a lizard. It lacks forelimbs but it does have tiny hindlimbs...
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1 Image
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Keeled box turtle (
Cuora mouhotii
)
This terrestrial Asian box turtle gets its name from the three large keels, or raised ridges, on its upper shell. Overall it is...
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3 Images
0 Videos
Kemp’s ridley turtle (
Lepidochelys kempii
)
Kemp’s ridley turtle is the most severely endangered marine turtle in the world; in the 1980s only a few hundred females were...
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16 Images
5 Videos
Kikuzato’s brook snake (
Opisthotropis kikuzatoi
)
Information on Kikuzato’s brook snake is currently being researched and written and will appear here shortly...
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King cobra (
Ophiophagus hannah
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The longest of all living venomous snakes, the magnificent king cobra has been the inspiration for a variety of myths and legends...
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0 Videos
King ratsnake (
Elaphe carinata
)
The king ratsnake is a large, impressive, heavy-bodied constrictor known by several curious common names; the ‘ratsnake’ refers to...
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Komodo dragon (
Varanus komodoensis
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The Komodo dragons are the largest lizards in the world, and with their ancient appearance and evocative name they conjure up the...
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9 Videos
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The basking shark is the second largest fish in the sea, reaching up to 10 metres in length.
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