Hatchling cuvier's dwarf caimans are adorable little beasts. Photo by Tara Rain.

Bush vipers look like real life dragons.

As if spiders could get any sexier.

Plantation glass frog from Costa Rica.

Idonauton apicalis, nicknamed “Supernova” for its wild colors and spiky, starburst-like body! Found in Southeast Asia.

This is an uncomfortable truth that even many conservationists don't want to accept. The biggest driver of biodiversity loss is habitat loss and the biggest driver of habitat loss is the conversion of wildlands into ag lands, primarily for meat production.

Some geckos reflect uv light.

Opossum: the most interesting cat in the world.

Checkout the colors on this green thornytail iguana, a reclusive species found in the Amazon. Not my pic.

This is probably one of the coolest reptiles. The tentacled snake is an aquatic southeast Asia native. It uses its tentacles to sense prey.

Brazilian jewel tarantula (Typhochlaena seladonia)

Fried egg jellyfish. A short-lived species that's harmless to humans.

Psychedelic frogfish

McCoy's elf skink from northeastern Australia. Look at those stubby little arms, likely an adaptation to its burrowing lifestyle.

Mantis spp in the genus Empusa, I believe

A beautiful boelen's python

Pinocchio anole. A rarely seen species from Ecuador.

This is what happens when a frog and a giraffe have too much to drink. Not my picture. Dendropsophus reticulata

This might be the most metal beetle I've ever seen.

Very cool antlion species

Not my picture. I just love frilled dragons.

Susan's tongue is impressive.

Amphibians are the most endangered class of vertebrates, yet only recieve 3% of conservation funds. This is the end result.

Panther chameleon

Green tree python

Finally some good news. It'll be interesting to see how this affects the US. www.iisd.org/articles/dee...

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