Source: http://bit.ly/2D5MGoZ Public Domain Image Marine Iguana Facts The descriptive term of Marine Iguana serves as the most frequently used common name for this true marvel of evolution. It does go by other unofficial titles, though. These include the terms sea iguana, saltwater iguana, and Galapagos marine iguana. Among scientific professionals, however, it’s more typically […]Read More
Cantor’s Giant Softshell Turtle
Source: http://bit.ly/1JRMMOz Photo Credit: Dementia CC License: http://bit.ly/2xLZ0ap Cantor’s Giant Softshell Turtle Facts This impressive, not to mention distinctive, creature most frequently goes by the informative common name of the Cantor’s Giant Softshell Turtle. It also goes by several other alternate names, though, much like many species or reptile around the world. Its two other […]
Knysna Dwarf Chameleon
Knysna Dwarf Chameleon Facts Perhaps most notably, the Knysna Dwarf Chameleon remains one of the smallest of all known chameleon species. Many also consider it to be one of the most colorful of all its related species. That says a lot, given their well-deserved reputation. Admittedly, however, all its known extant relatives rank as comparatively […]
Spider Tailed Viper
Source: https://bit.ly/2udpcIj Photographer: Omid Mozaffari Public Domain Image Spider Tailed Viper Facts First of all, the descriptive term Spider Tailed Viper serves as the common name for a truly astonishing species of reptile. This fascinating creature also possesses one of the most remarkable and resourceful evolutionary adaptations ever seen in the entire animal kingdom. That’s […]
Mexican Mole Lizard
Source: http://bit.ly/2AZIIwJ Photographer: marlin harms CC License: http://bit.ly/2xQPH8p Mexican Mole Lizard Facts Most notably, despite its common name, the truly astonishing Mexican Mole Lizard represents neither a mole nor a lizard. However, this extremely unique and rare animal does hide a small secret. That’s due to the fact that it actually constitutes a very odd […]
Gharial
Source: http://bit.ly/1n8zWQk Photo: Jonathan Zander CCL: http://bit.ly/2P4R3Ic Gharial Facts The relatively simple term of Gharial serves as the most often used common name for an impressive variety of crocodilian. This amazing reptile also goes by other alternate names, though, including such terms as the gavial and the fish-eating crocodile. The scientific name for it, meanwhile, […]
American Crocodile
Source: http://bit.ly/2DnZ5p5 Photographer: Ken Mayer CC License: http://bit.ly/2xQPH8p American Crocodile Facts Perhaps most notably, the American Crocodile serves as the descriptive common name for a particular species of crocodilian found in the Neotropics. The amazing reptile also goes by the somewhat cumbersome scientific name of the Crocodylus acutus. The remarkable creature additionally holds yet annother […]
Komodo Dragon
Komodo Dragon Facts Most notably, the astounding Komodo Dragon remains the largest known living species of lizard on earth. This fact comes as no great surprise, however. That holds true because it is a member of the Family of monitor lizard. Due to the remoteness of its habitat range, it remained unknown to western researchers […]
Pinta Island Tortoise – Lonesome George
Pinta Island Tortoise Facts The Pinta Island Tortoise and its last survivor, Lonesome George, represented the rarest known creature on earth. Researchers discovered Lonesome George in 1971. They also chose to investigate the devastation of the native species by non-native wild goats that had been introduced to the islands. That devastation of the food supply […]