Rhino rat snakes are some of the strangest, yet most beautiful snakes. No one knows what the nose protrusion is for.

Big-headed turtle

The pattern on rhino vipers are some of the most beautiful in nature.

Thorny devil

I spent 3 hours searching for cottonmouths in a park in SC. After finding none , I gave up and turned around. As I was about to cross a stream, I saw this guy hunkered down in it.

Did you know female scorpions make excellent mothers.

Harpesaurus modiglianii Modigliani's nose-horned lizard. Sumatra, Indonesia. Not my photo.

Yes, dragons are real. Hairy bush viper.

Koi dart frog

Florida fighting conch looking gloriously derpy. Not my pic.

My dog thought she could fight a bee. Guess who won?

Perentie monitors are some of the most beautiful lizards.

Yum.

Too bad that's AI. Here is the real thing. www.youtube.com/watch?v=RN9B...

Poecilotheria subfusca 'lowland'.

Duck-billed tree frog endemic to Mexico

Not only can draco lizards fly-well, glide-they're also masters of camouflage. Who can find this one on the tree trunk?

Hump-nosed lizard from Sri Lanka. Photo by Steijn Pulles.

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.