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Reptile Awareness Day & a back tour of the herp building...

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at the Rio Grande Zoo.

Reptile Awareness Day:

Sand Dune Lizard display:
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American Alligator:
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Cockatoo:
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Josh giving a talk about Komodo Dragons:
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Banded Rock Rattlesnake:
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Crocodile Skink:
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Talk about snakes:
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Some herps from the displays:

Mexican Lance-headed Rattlesnake eating - thanks for the ID Tuataurifer:
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Green Mambas:
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Back area tour

Mangrove Snake:
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Cobra:
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Chinese Alligator:
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Komodo Dragon:
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Narrow-headed Garter Snakes rescued from the Gila National Forest in anticipation of being choked out by the ashes from the fires upstream. They are trying to breed them. Most will be released when conditions improve:
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Cobra:
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Thai Bamboo Ratsnake:
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This Desert Tortoise was wandering around the break room:
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Rhino ratsnake (Rhynchophis boulengeri) thanks for the ID gila-91:
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Thanks for looking!
Josh
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herpseeker1978 wrote:I can't remember what kind of snake this is, but it is really cool!:
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Rhino ratsnake (Rhynchophis boulengeri)
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gila-91 wrote:Rhino ratsnake (Rhynchophis boulengeri)
Thanks!
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and the rattle snake is a C. polystictus: cool post, haven't made it out to that zoo yet. Looks like they have a decent collection.
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