Reptile Facts

The World’s Longest Snake, the Reticulated Python

16 November, 2020
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Ranking in at number 1 for the world’s longest snake, it’s the reticulated python. These giant serpents are the 2nd heaviest snake, after the anaconda. They can be found in southern

The Giant Burmese Python

6 November, 2020
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Hailing from southeast Asia, the Burmese python is a beautiful and impressive constrictor to behold indeed. They are also called Asiatic rock pythons and tiger pythons

Beware the Indochinese Spitting Cobra

23 October, 2020
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Cobras, in and of themselves, are dangerous enough. But the Indochinese spitting cobra adds that special element of surprise and danger to the mix; and not just the Indochinese

All Hail the King Cobra

14 October, 2020
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Due to its size, temperament, venom, and overall reputation, the king cobra (not a true cobra, by the way) is a snake to be respected and feared. These snakes are more closely related to

The Flying Paradise Tree Snake

6 October, 2020
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You heard that right: flying paradise tree snake. And I don’t mean snakes on a plane. These snakes actually leap from tree to tree and glide through the air to get from place to place

The Deadly Blue Malayan Coral Snake

22 September, 2020
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Not all venomous snakes are created equally. Take the blue Malayan coral snake, for instance. These snakes are as deadly as they are beautiful. They live in the primary and secondary

The Rare and Unique Tuatara

17 August, 2020
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It’s not often that one gets to boast of surviving the age of the dinosaurs, but that’s just what the tuatara can do. They’ve been around for over 60 million years. This is why they

The African Spurred Tortoise

4 August, 2020
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The African spurred tortoise, aka sulcata tortoise or spur-thigh tortoise, is the 3rd largest tortoise after the Galápagos and Aldabra tortoises. Spurred tortoises are the biggest

The Massive and Gentle Leatherback Turtle

9 July, 2020
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Having the largest range of any turtle, the leatherback turtle travels the Pacific, Atlantic, and Indian oceans in an incredible migratory journey. Leatherbacks are also known as

The Ever Spiky Armadillo Lizard

16 June, 2020
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The armadillo lizard, aka armadillo girdled lizard, or armadillo spiny-tailed lizard, lives only in the Succulent Karoo biome in the Western and Northern Cape provinces of South Africa

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