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Last update: 2017-07-27
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Sea turtle hatchling in hand (Costa Rica)
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Turnip-tailed Gecko (Thecadactylus rapicauda) [suriname_0418] (Suriname)
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Parson's chameleon [madagascar_masoala_0150] (Madagascar)
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Iguanas (Costa Rica)
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Bright green male anole lizard on canopy tower (Peru)
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Lizard in the Gymnoptalmidae family in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon (Ecuador)
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Skink [costa_rica_5244] (Costa Rica)
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Anole lizard on vine (Peru)
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Orange eyelash viper (0)
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Large black caiman in an oxbow lake (Colombia)
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Hatchling Olive ridley sea turtle headed out to sea [costa_rica_5704] (Costa Rica)
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Green garden lizard (Ameiva ameiva) [suriname_2445] (Suriname)
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Juvenile Furcifer pardalis chameleon [madagascar_nosy_komba_0038] (Madagascar)
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Camouflaged grey anolis lizard high in the forest canopy of the Amazon (Colombia)
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Lined Day Gecko (Phelsuma lineata chloroscelis) [madagascar_perinet_0470] (Madagascar)
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Sea turtle hatchlings [cr_4263] (Costa Rica)
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Mossy leaf-tail gecko [madagascar_perinet_0195] (Madagascar)
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Common Slender Anole (Anolis limifrons) (Costa Rica)
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Sea turtle hatchlings [cr_4265] (Costa Rica)
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Rescued baby sea turtles (Costa Rica)
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Elephant eared chameleon (Calumma brevicornis) (Madagascar)
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Rainbow skink (Colombia)
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Thecadactylus rapicauda gecko [costa-rica-d_0427] (Costa Rica)
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Panther chameleon (Furcifer pardalis) [madagascar_herps_0059] (Madagascar)
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Green-headed lizard, perhaps a juvenile green basilisk (Costa Rica)
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Cicada and anole lizard sharing a tree trunk (Peru)
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Black caiman (Melanosuchus niger) in an ox-bow lake in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon (Ecuador)
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Brown Gonatodes humeralis gecko with red markings (Colombia)
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Gecko's eye (Suriname)
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Uroplatus phantasticus [madagascar_herps_0030] (Madagascar)
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Camouflaged anole (Costa Rica)
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Panther chameleon (Furcifer pardalis) [madagascar_herps_0118] (Madagascar)
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Mother caiman protecting her young [costa-rica_0181] (Costa Rica)
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Panther chameleon (Furcifer pardalis) [madagascar_herps_0073] (Madagascar)
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Colorful skink (Costa Rica)
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New Guinea Crocodile Skink (Tribolonotus gracilis) (0)
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Young green iguana [costa_rica_la_selva_0698] (Costa Rica)
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Lizard in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon (Ecuador)
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Chunk-headed Snakes (Imantodes cenchoa) (i.e. Brown snake with dark brown markings) (Costa Rica)
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Hatchling Olive ridley sea turtle headed out to sea [costa_rica_5708] (Costa Rica)
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Anaconda in the Amazon (Colombia)
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Lined Day Gecko (Phelsuma lineata) [madagascar_masoala_0733] (Madagascar)
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Turtle [costa_rica_la_selva_0348] (Costa Rica)
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Calumma brevicornis chameleon (female) (Ranomafana N.P.) (Madagascar)
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American Crocodiles in the Tarcoles river [costa_rica_6064] (Costa Rica)
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Panther chameleon (Furcifer pardalis) [madagascar_herps_0103] (Madagascar)
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Orange-headed lizard (Gonatodes albogularis) (Costa Rica)
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Yellow spotted Side-necked turtle (Podocnemis sp.) on log (Peru)
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Black Iguana (Ctenosaura similis) [cr_4189] (Costa Rica)
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Parson's chameleon [madagascar_perinet_0044] (Madagascar)
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American Crocodiles in the Tarcoles river [costa_rica_6061] (Costa Rica)
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Yellow, green, blue, and gray lizard [suriname_2520] (Suriname)
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Adult male green iguana [costa-rica_0015] (Costa Rica)
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Pardalis chameleon [madagascar_masoala_0005] (Madagascar)
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American Crocodile (Crocodylus acutus) showing its teeth (Costa Rica)
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American Crocodiles in the Tarcoles river [costa_rica_6062] (Costa Rica)
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Spiny-tailed iguana (Costa Rica)
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Panther chameleon (Furcifer pardalis) [madagascar_herps_0086] (Madagascar)
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Lined Day Gecko (Phelsuma lineata chloroscelis) [madagascar_perinet_0474] (Madagascar)
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Green tree python with turquoise spots (Morelia viridis) (0)
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Pardalis chameleon [madagascar_masoala_0001] (Madagascar)
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Slender anole [costa_rica_la_selva_0498] (Costa Rica)
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Black caiman (Guyana)
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Sea turtle hatchlings [cr_4214] (Costa Rica)
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Parson's chameleon [madagascar_perinet_0199] (Madagascar)
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Sea turtle hatchlings [cr_4252] (Costa Rica)
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Black Iguana (Ctenosaura similis) [cr_4182] (Costa Rica)
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A brilliantly colored lizard in Los Haitises National Park in the Dominican Republic. (Dominican Republic)
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Green iguana climbing a tree [costa_rica_la_selva_1255] (Costa Rica)
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Anole [costa_rica_la_selva_0559] (Costa Rica)
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Uroplatus sikorae [madagascar_perinet_0451] (Madagascar)
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Eye of a black caiman (Melanosuchus niger) in an ox-bow lake in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon (Ecuador)
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Thecadactylus rapicauda gecko [costa-rica-d_0430] (Costa Rica)
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Hatchling Olive ridley sea turtle headed out to sea [costa_rica_5696] (Costa Rica)
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Sea turtle hatchlings [cr_4199] (Costa Rica)
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Sea turtle hatchlings [cr_4253a] (Costa Rica)
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Panamanian Gecko (zoomed) (Panama)
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Green Basilisk (Basiliscus plumifrons) [costa-rica_0064] (Costa Rica)
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Peyrieras' Pygmy Chameleon [madagascar_masoala_0574] (Madagascar)
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Male anole lizard on trunk of Kapok tree (Peru)
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Fijian iguana (Brachylophus bulabula) (0)
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Sea turtle hatchlings [cr_4255a] (Costa Rica)
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Anole lizard showing its bright orange dewlap in a territorial display (Peru)
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Lizard [costa_rica_la_selva_0630] (Costa Rica)
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Chunk-headed Snakes (Imantodes cenchoa) [costa_rica_5575] (Costa Rica)
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Green iguana climbing a tree [costa_rica_la_selva_1249] (Costa Rica)
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Anole [costa-rica_1058] (Costa Rica)
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Turtle in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon (Ecuador)
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Nose-horned Chameleon (Calumma nasutum) [madagascar_perinet_0128] (Madagascar)
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Anole [costa_rica_la_selva_1415] (Costa Rica)
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Rescued baby sea turtles [costa_rica_5647] (Costa Rica)
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Group of green iguanas in a tree [costa-rica_0007] (Costa Rica)
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Hatchling Olive ridley sea turtle [costa_rica_5687] (Costa Rica)
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Basilisk (Mexico)
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Lined Day Gecko (Phelsuma lineata chloroscelis) [madagascar_perinet_0476] (Madagascar)
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Hatchling Olive ridley sea turtle headed out to sea [costa_rica_5709] (Costa Rica)
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Baby chameleon covered in parasites (Madagascar)
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Yellow form (with brown and white markings) of the green tree python (Morelia viridis) (0)
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Newly hatched sea turtle on a beach (Costa Rica)
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Common chunk headed snake - Imantodes cenchoa [costa_rica_5508] (Costa Rica)
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Sea turtle hatchlings [cr_4235] (Costa Rica)
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Mottled anole [costa_rica_4810] (Costa Rica)
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Panther chameleon (Furcifer pardalis) [madagascar_herps_0101] (Madagascar)
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Hatchling Olive ridley sea turtle [costa_rica_5689] (Costa Rica)
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Turniptail Gecko or Turnip-tailed Gecko (Thecadactylus rapicauda) on tree trunk in Peru (Peru)
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Green garden lizard (Ameiva ameiva) [suriname_1536] (Suriname)
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House gecko (Panama)
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Black Iguana (Ctenosaura similis) (Costa Rica)
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Mottled anole [costa_rica_4813] (Costa Rica)
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Snake (Suriname)
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Black caiman (Guyana)
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Black Iguana (Ctenosaura similis) in a tree [costa_rica_5320] (Costa Rica)
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Chameleon [madagascar_perinet_0406] (Madagascar)
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Rainbow Ameivas (Cnemidophorus deppei) in Colombia (Colombia)
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Hatchling Olive ridley sea turtle headed out to sea [costa_rica_5698] (Costa Rica)
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Green iguana climbing a tree [costa_rica_la_selva_1254] (Costa Rica)
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Lizard with its back arched and it tail and head up (Suriname)
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Green anaconda underwater (Colombia)
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American Crocodile (Crocodylus acutus) (Costa Rica)
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Shedding anole [costa_rica_la_selva_1356] (Costa Rica)
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Panther chameleon (Furcifer pardalis) [madagascar_herps_0070] (Madagascar)
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Rainbow lizard (Colombia)
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Black caiman (Melanosuchus niger) at night on the Tiputini River in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon (Ecuador)
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Green Basilisk (Basiliscus plumifrons) (Costa Rica)
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Blue-tailed skink in Tayrona (Colombia)
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Hatchling Olive ridley sea turtle (Costa Rica)
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Spiny-tailed iguana [costa_rica_5737] (Costa Rica)
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Turnip-tailed Gecko (Thecadactylus rapicauda) [suriname_8822] (Suriname)
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Yellow, green, blue, and gray lizard (Suriname)
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Panther chameleon (Furcifer pardalis) [madagascar_herps_0062] (Madagascar)
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Lined Leaf-Tail Gecko (Uroplatus lineatus) in captivity (Madagascar)
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Sea turtle hatchlings [cr_4192] (Costa Rica)
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Baby sea turtle on a beach (Costa Rica)
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Caiman hatchlings (Costa Rica)
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Parson's chameleon [madagascar_masoala_0163] (Madagascar)
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Red-Eyed Bush Crocodile Skink (Tribolonotus gracilis) (0)
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Green garden lizard (Ameiva ameiva) [suriname_1538] (Suriname)
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Sea turtle hatchlings [cr_4252a] (Costa Rica)
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Gold dust day gecko (Phelsuma laticauda) [madagascar_nosy_komba_0064] (Madagascar)
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Parson's chameleon [madagascar_masoala_0160] (Madagascar)
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American Crocodiles in the Tarcoles river [costa_rica_6053] (Costa Rica)
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Amazon tortoise (Colombia)
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Parson's chameleon [madagascar_masoala_0151] (Madagascar)
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American Crocodiles in the Tarcoles river [costa_rica_6066] (Costa Rica)
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Brown anole lizard (Peru)
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Baby Olive ridley sea turtle headed out to sea (Costa Rica)
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Giant leaf-tailed gecko, Uroplatus fimbriatus [madagascar_maroantsetra_0199] (Madagascar)
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Green anole in Parque Tayrona (Colombia)
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The Green Basilisk (Basiliscus plumifrons) is found on the Caribbean slope of Costa Rica (Costa Rica)
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Black Iguana (Ctenosaura similis) in a tree [costa_rica_5313] (Costa Rica)
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Headless and bloated anaconda corpse (Suriname)
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Mossy leaf-tailed gecko (Uroplatus sikorae) [madagascar_perinet_0644] (Madagascar)
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Lined Day Gecko (Phelsuma lineata chloroscelis) (Madagascar)
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Male Green Anolis lizard in canopy (Peru)
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Common chunk headed snake - Imantodes cenchoa [costa_rica_5511] (Costa Rica)
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Uroplatus fimbriatus gecko [madagascar_maroantsetra_0047] (Madagascar)
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Yellow mushrooms (Peru)
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Chunk-headed Snakes (Imantodes cenchoa) (Costa Rica)
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Uroplatus gecko (Madagascar)
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Green basilisk [costa_rica_la_selva_0636] (Costa Rica)
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Parson's chameleon [madagascar_masoala_0169] (Madagascar)
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Yellow form (with brown and white markings) of the green tree python (Morelia viridis) (0)
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Maroon-spotted brown lizard (Suriname)
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Pardalis chameleon [madagascar_masoala_0009] (Madagascar)
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Panther chameleon (Furcifer pardalis) [madagascar_herps_0091] (Madagascar)
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Hatchling Olive ridley sea turtle headed out to sea [costa_rica_5693] (Costa Rica)
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Striped or banded green iguana (Costa Rica)
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Black Iguana (Ctenosaura similis) [cr_4178] (Costa Rica)
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Colorful skink [costa_rica_5946] (Costa Rica)
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Rainbow Ameivas in Colombia (Colombia)
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Parson's chameleon [madagascar_perinet_0204] (Madagascar)
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Group of green iguanas in a tree (Costa Rica)
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Forest lizard (Suriname)
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Green tree snake (Suriname)
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Green garden lizard (Ameiva ameiva) [suriname_8993] (Suriname)
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Gaboon viper (Bitis gabonica) (0)
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Brownish-green anole [costa_rica_4568] (Costa Rica)
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Cat-eyed snake [costa_rica_siquirres_0244] (Costa Rica)
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Anole [costa_rica_la_selva_0554] (Costa Rica)
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Snake [costa_rica_siquirres_0256] (Costa Rica)
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Baby Olive ridley sea turtle headed out to sea [costa_rica_5719] (Costa Rica)
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Panther chameleon (Furcifer pardalis) [madagascar_herps_0075] (Madagascar)
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Green iguana climbing a tree [costa_rica_la_selva_1237] (Costa Rica)
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Cat-eyed snake [costa_rica_siquirres_0369] (Costa Rica)
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Uroplatus phantasticus [madagascar_herps_0032] (Madagascar)
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Panther chameleon (Furcifer pardalis) [madagascar_herps_0102] (Madagascar)
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Anole [costa_rica_siquirres_1084] (Costa Rica)
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Lizard in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon (Ecuador)
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Anole [cr_4121] (Costa Rica)
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Juvenile green iguana [costa_rica_osa_0998] (Costa Rica)
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Panther chameleon (Furcifer pardalis) [madagascar_herps_0105] (Madagascar)
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Green garden lizard (Ameiva ameiva) [suriname_2446a] (Suriname)
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Giant leaf-tailed gecko, Uroplatus fimbriatus [madagascar_maroantsetra_0196] (Madagascar)
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Brown Agouti (Dasyprocta variegata) on clay lick (Peru)
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Boa constrictor camouflaged among leaves on the forest floor in Costa Rica [costa_rica_osa_0291] (Costa Rica)
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Green basilisk [costa_rica_siquirres_0026] (Costa Rica)
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Parson's chameleon (Calumma parsonii) [madagascar_herps_0132] (Madagascar)
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Black caiman (Melanosuchus niger) in an ox-bow lake in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon (Ecuador)
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Anole [costa_rica_osa_0393] (Costa Rica)
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Anole [costa_rica_siquirres_0829] (Costa Rica)
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Uroplatus lineatus in captivity [madagascar_herps_0024] (Madagascar)
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Panther chameleon (Furcifer pardalis) [madagascar_herps_0090] (Madagascar)
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Caiman hatchlings [costa-rica_0183] (Costa Rica)
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Giant leaf-tailed gecko, Uroplatus fimbriatus [madagascar_maroantsetra_0198] (Madagascar)
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Sunning American Crocodile (Crocodylus acutus) near the Tarcoles Bridge (Costa Rica)
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Peyrieras' Pygmy Chameleon (Brookesia peyrierasi) [madagascar_masoala_0571] (Madagascar)
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Lined Day Gecko (Phelsuma lineata chloroscelis) [madagascar_perinet_0475] (Madagascar)
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Turnip-tailed Gecko (Thecadactylus rapicauda) [suriname_0423] (Suriname)
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Anole [costa_rica_la_selva_0556] (Costa Rica)
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Cat-eyed snake [costa_rica_siquirres_0365] (Costa Rica)
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Rusty eyelash viper (0)
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Parson's chameleon [madagascar_perinet_0207] (Madagascar)
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Panther chameleon [madagascar_masoala_0886] (Madagascar)
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Peyrieras' Pygmy Chameleon (Brookesia peyrierasi) [madagascar_masoala_0575] (Madagascar)
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Gold dust day gecko (Phelsuma laticauda) (Madagascar)
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Calumma gastrotaenia chameleon [madagascar_perinet_0414] (Madagascar)
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Panther chameleon (Furcifer pardalis) [madagascar_herps_0089] (Madagascar)
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Uroplatus sikorae being handled by a tourist (Madagascar)
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Sea turtle hatchlings [cr_4194] (Costa Rica)
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Anole on a red plant stem [cr_3788] (Costa Rica)
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Caiman hatchlings [costa-rica_0185] (Costa Rica)
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Boa constrictor hidden among leaves on the forest floor in Costa Rica [costa_rica_osa_0282] (Costa Rica)
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Sea turtle hatchlings [cr_4243] (Costa Rica)
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Gold dust day gecko (Phelsuma laticauda) [madagascar_nosy_komba_0063] (Madagascar)
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Green basilisk [costa_rica_la_selva_0634] (Costa Rica)
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Lizard [costa_rica_la_selva_0612] (Costa Rica)
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Parson's chameleon (Calumma parsonii) [madagascar_herps_0127] (Madagascar)
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Slender Anole (Norops limifrons) [costa_rica_la_selva_1278] (Costa Rica)
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Snake [costa_rica_la_selva_1657] (Costa Rica)
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Boa constrictor hidden among leaves on the forest floor [costa_rica_osa_0272] (Costa Rica)
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Anole [costa_rica_siquirres_0924] (Costa Rica)
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New Guinea Crocodile Skink (Tribolonotus gracilis) (0)
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Caiman Lizard (Dracaena Guianensis) (0)
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Spectacled Caiman (Caiman crocodilus) [costa_rica_osa_0939] (Costa Rica)
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Panther chameleon (Furcifer pardalis) [madagascar_herps_0078] (Madagascar)
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Ebenavia inunguis gecko [madagascar_masoala_1007] (Madagascar)
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Anole [costa_rica_osa_1006] (Costa Rica)
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Gold dust day gecko (Phelsuma laticauda) [madagascar_nosy_komba_0031] (Madagascar)
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Anole with a blood-sucking tick on its neck [costa_rica_siquirres_0265] (Costa Rica)
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Uroplatus lineatus in captivity [madagascar_herps_0023] (Madagascar)
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Brown basilisk [costa_rica_osa_0413] (Costa Rica)
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Boa constrictor camouflaged among leaves on the forest floor in Costa Rica [costa_rica_osa_0267] (Costa Rica)
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Lizard in the anolis genus in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon (Ecuador)
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Parson's chameleon [madagascar_perinet_0170] (Madagascar)
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Uroplatus fimbriatus gecko [madagascar_masoala_0409] (Madagascar)
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Giant leaf-tailed gecko, Uroplatus fimbriatus (Madagascar)
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Brown basilisk [costa_rica_osa_0415] (Costa Rica)
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Uroplatus gecko [madagascar_herps_0029] (Madagascar)
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Rescued baby sea turtles [costa_rica_5637] (Costa Rica)
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Parson's chameleon [madagascar_masoala_0161] (Madagascar)
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Chameleon shooting its tongue at an insect [madagascar_herps_0048] (Madagascar)
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Greenish-yellow walking stick insect (Peru)
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Anole eating an insect [costa_rica_osa_0177] (Costa Rica)
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Black caiman (Melanosuchus niger) with fly in an ox-bow lake in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon (Ecuador)
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Sea turtle hatchlings [cr_4264] (Costa Rica)
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Short-horned chameleon (Madagascar)
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Cat-eyed snake [costa_rica_siquirres_0379] (Costa Rica)
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Anole [costa_rica_la_selva_1820] (Costa Rica)
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Brown basilisk [costa_rica_osa_0418] (Costa Rica)
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Peyrieras' Pygmy Chameleon (Brookesia peyrierasi) [madagascar_masoala_0577] (Madagascar)
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Adult green iguana [costa_rica_siquirres_0035] (Costa Rica)
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American Crocodiles in the Tarcoles river [costa_rica_6063] (Costa Rica)
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Panther chameleon (Furcifer pardalis) [madagascar_herps_0085] (Madagascar)
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Black Iguana (Ctenosaura similis) in a tree [costa_rica_5321] (Costa Rica)
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Pardalis chameleon [madagascar_masoala_0010] (Madagascar)
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Cat-eyed snake [costa_rica_siquirres_0228] (Costa Rica)
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Asian forest chameleon (Gonocephalus chamaeleontinus) (0)
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Green basilisk [costa_rica_la_selva_0255] (Costa Rica)
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Slender anole [costa_rica_la_selva_0024] (Costa Rica)
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Uroplatus fimbriatus gecko [madagascar_masoala_0411] (Madagascar)
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Lined Day Gecko (Phelsuma lineata) [madagascar_masoala_0732] (Madagascar)
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Shadow of an anole lizard through a leaf (Costa Rica)
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House gecko near a light (Costa Rica)
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Peyrieras' Pygmy Chameleon (Brookesia peyrierasi) [madagascar_masoala_0569] (Madagascar)
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Juvenile cobra (unidentified species) along the road entering Tabin Wildlife Reserve in Sabah, Malaysia (Malaysia)
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Lined Day Gecko (Phelsuma lineata chloroscelis) [madagascar_perinet_0469] (Madagascar)
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Parson's chameleon [madagascar_perinet_0206] (Madagascar)
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Mossy leaf-tailed gecko (Uroplatus sikorae) [madagascar_perinet_0642] (Madagascar)
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Juvenile green basilisk [costa_rica_la_selva_0623] (Costa Rica)
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Anole [costa_rica_la_selva_1819] (Costa Rica)
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Cat-eyed snake [costa_rica_siquirres_0374] (Costa Rica)
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Mottled anole [cr_3725] (Costa Rica)
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Baby Calumma nasutum chameleon covered in parasites (Madagascar)
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Satanic Leaf-tail Gecko (Uroplatus phantasticus) [madagascar_perinet_0434] (Madagascar)
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Sea turtle hatchlings [cr_4254a] (Costa Rica)
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Phelsuma lineata day gecko on a mobile phone (Madagascar)
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Peyrieras' Pygmy Chameleon (Brookesia peyrierasi) (Madagascar)
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Boa constrictor hidden among leaves on the forest floor [costa_rica_osa_0280] (Costa Rica)
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Boa constrictor in Costa Rica [costa_rica_osa_0266] (Costa Rica)
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Lizard [costa_rica_siquirres_0227] (Costa Rica)
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Uroplatus sikorae [madagascar_perinet_0449] (Madagascar)
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Green garden lizard (Ameiva ameiva) [suriname_1541] (Suriname)
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Anole [costa_rica_la_selva_0555] (Costa Rica)
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Snake [costa_rica_la_selva_1653] (Costa Rica)
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Green iguana climbing a tree [costa_rica_la_selva_1246] (Costa Rica)
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Slender anole [costa_rica_la_selva_0497] (Costa Rica)
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Green iguana climbing a tree [costa_rica_la_selva_1260] (Costa Rica)
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Anole [costa_rica_la_selva_0552] (Costa Rica)
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Calumma gallus chameleon (Madagascar)
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Turtle in Costa Rica (Costa Rica)
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