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Last update: 2017-07-27
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Jungle dragon
(Sri Lanka)
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Snake [costa_rica_la_selva_1653]
(Costa Rica)
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Western jesus christ lizard [colombia_4040]
(Colombia)
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Green iguana climbing a tree [costa_rica_la_selva_1246]
(Costa Rica)
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Geckolepis maculata
(Madagascar)
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Namib Rock Agamid [namibia_1282]
(Namibia)
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Red-headed basilisk [colombia_4343]
(Colombia)
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Slender anole [costa_rica_la_selva_0497]
(Costa Rica)
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Blue, orange, and red butterfly
(Ecuador)
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Green iguana climbing a tree [costa_rica_la_selva_1260]
(Costa Rica)
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Pufferfish
(Ecuador)
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Green anole (Anolis carolinensis)
(0)
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Asian water monitor
(Sri Lanka)
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Anole [costa_rica_la_selva_0552]
(Costa Rica)
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Madagascar crocodile [madagascar_perinet_0651]
(Madagascar)
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Water monitor
(Sri Lanka)
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Flying gecko in the wild
(Indonesia)
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Flying dragon lizard [sabah_kinabatangan_0353]
(Malaysia)
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Turtle
(0)
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Williams Electric Blue Gecko (Lygodactylus williamsi)
(0)
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Nile crocodiles
(0)
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Caiman [colombia_4755]
(Colombia)
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Wild freshwater turtle in Sumatra [sumatra_0520]
(Indonesia)
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Carolina anole in Hawaii
(United States)
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Calumma gallus chameleon
(Madagascar)
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Turtle in Costa Rica
(Costa Rica)
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Snapping turtle (Chelydra serpentina) [costa-rica_0667]
(Costa Rica)
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Sea turtle hatchlings [cr_4267]
(Costa Rica)
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Water monitor lizards
(Malaysia)
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Green lizard eating an insect [west-papua_5202]
(Indonesia)
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Turnip-tailed Gecko (Thecadactylus rapicauda) [suriname_8813]
(Suriname)
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Sally Lightfoot Crab (Grapsus grapsus)
(Ecuador)
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Green sea turtle [sabah_underwater_0682]
(Malaysia)
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Water monitor in a clear river [sumatra_1403]
(Indonesia)
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Gecko
(Indonesia)
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Crocodiles and an Asian openbill
(Sri Lanka)
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Turniptail Gecko or Turnip-tailed Gecko (Thecadactylus rapicauda) on tree trunk in Peru [manu-Manu_1023_2533]
(Peru)
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Snake [sabah_tawau_0051]
(Malaysia)
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Common Basilisk (Basiliscus basiliscus) [colombia_1513]
(Colombia)
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Williams Electric Blue Gecko (Lygodactylus williamsi)
(0)
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Heliconia
(Ecuador)
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Green basilisk [costa_rica_siquirres_0030]
(Costa Rica)
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Giant marsh crocodile
(India)
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Water monitor lizard
(Sri Lanka)
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Colorful chameleon on a leaf
(Uganda)
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Tokay Gecko (Gekko gecko)
(Indonesia)
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Southern Leaftail Gecko (Uroplatus sikorae) [madagascar_0372]
(Madagascar)
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Kuhl's Flying Gecko (Ptychozoon kuhli)
(0)
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Common Green Basilisk (Basiliscus plumifrons) [costa-rica_0067]
(Costa Rica)
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House gecko on a man's hand [sabah_sepilok_0104]
(Malaysia)
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Brookesia antakarana [madagascar_3651]
(Madagascar)
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Uroplatus phantasticus [madagascar_herps_0031]
(Madagascar)
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Panther chameleon (Furcifer pardalis) [madagascar_0234]
(Madagascar)
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Orange, white, black, and gray lizard [colombia_1516]
(Colombia)
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St. Vincent's Anole (Anolis trinitatis)
(0)
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Gecko
(Indonesia)
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Skink [kalbar_1855]
(Indonesia)
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Sea turtle in Malaysia [sabah_underwater_0344]
(Malaysia)
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Nile crocodiles on a beach
(Kenya)
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Green Jesus Christ lizard [costa_rica_siquirres_0027]
(Costa Rica)
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Sally Lightfoot Crab
(Ecuador)
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Turtle
(0)
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Anole [costa_rica_siquirres_1032]
(Costa Rica)
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Flying gecko
(0)
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Lizard
(Vietnam)
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Uroplatus lineatus in captivity
(Madagascar)
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Water monitor -- sabah_0150
(Malaysia)
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Sea turtle hatchlings [cr_4201]
(Costa Rica)
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Ornate Nile Monitor (Varanus ornatus)
(0)
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Radiated tortoise (Geochelone radiata)
(0)
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Puff adder (Bitis arietans)
(Tanzania)
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Collared lizard
(United States)
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Spear-tail Leaftail Gecko (Uroplatus ebenaui)
(Madagascar)
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Young green iguana [costa_rica_osa_0999]
(Costa Rica)
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Spiny-tailed house gecko (Hemidactylus frenatus)
(Thailand)
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Panther chameleon (Furcifer pardalis) [madagascar_herps_0087]
(Madagascar)
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Swallowtail gull
(Ecuador)
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Female agama lizard
(Kenya)
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Anole [costa-rica_1065]
(Costa Rica)
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Morlet's crocodile
(Mexico)
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Fer-de-lance snake
(Belize)
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Southern Leaftail Gecko (Uroplatus sikorae) [madagascar_0374]
(Madagascar)
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Flying Draco Lizard (Draco volans)
(Indonesia)
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House gecko (Hemidactylus frenatus) in Madagascar [madagascar_2977]
(Madagascar)
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Flying Draco Lizard (Draco volans)
(Indonesia)
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Juvenile frog in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon
(Ecuador)
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Giant green anole [manu_0930]
(Peru)
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Gold dust day gecko (Phelsuma laticauda) [madagascar_nosy_komba_0062]
(Madagascar)
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Well-camoflauged frog in the Pristimantis genus in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon
(Ecuador)
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Namibian Rock Agamid [namibia_1311]
(Namibia)
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Anole with a blood-sucking tick on its neck [costa_rica_siquirres_0269]
(Costa Rica)
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Mongabay Latam team
(Ecuador)
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Cinnamon flycatcher (Pyrrhomyias cinnamomeus)
(Ecuador)
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Black sea turtle
(0)
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Mangrove Snake (Boiga dendrophila)
(0)
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Hatchling Olive ridley sea turtle [costa_rica_5686]
(Costa Rica)
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Collared lizard
(United States)
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Amazon race runner (Ameiva ameiva) [colombia_0742]
(Colombia)
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Bromeliads in cattle pasture
(Ecuador)
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Tree viper
(Indonesia)
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Sea lion
(Ecuador)
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Green snake with red markings
(Indonesia)
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Male iguanas fighting [colombia_6349]
(Colombia)
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Gecko [java_0653]
(Indonesia)
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Spiny-tailed Oplurus (Oplurus cuvieri)
(Madagascar)
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Young green basilisk [costa_rica_la_selva_0622]
(Costa Rica)
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Geckos having sex
(Indonesia)
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Petter's Chameleon (Furcifer petteri) [female] [madagascar_3420]
(Madagascar)
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Lizard [costa_rica_siquirres_0870]
(Costa Rica)
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Knight Anole (Anolis equestris)
(0)
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Damaraland Banded Gecko (Pachydactylus fasciatus) [namibia_0784]
(Namibia)
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World's longest poisonous snake, the King cobra (Ophiophagus hannah)
(0)
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Banded cat-eyed snake (Leptodeira annulata)
(Costa Rica)
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Blue, orange, and green Calumma crypticum chameleon [male] [madagascar_5057]
(Madagascar)
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Adult female Komodo dragon
(Indonesia)
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Nazca booby with chick
(Ecuador)
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Burmese python
(0)
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Boa constrictor camouflaged among leaves on the forest floor [costa_rica_osa_0269]
(Costa Rica)
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Garter snake (Thamnophis atratus) eating a rat in Big Sur
(United States)
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Male iguanas fighting [colombia_6369]
(Colombia)
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Gecko shadow on a palm fron
(Indonesia)
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Pair of tortoises on a lawn
(Uganda)
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Parson's chameleon [madagascar_masoala_0173]
(Madagascar)
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Shadow of a lizard on the underside of a leaf
(0)
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American Crocodiles in the Tarcoles river [costa_rica_6054]
(Costa Rica)
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Giant leaf-tail gecko (Uroplatus fimbriatus)
(0)
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Forest dragon lizard [sabah_tawau_0132]
(Malaysia)
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Lined leaf-tail gecko (Uroplatus lineatus)
(0)
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Monitor lizard in Sri Lanka
(Sri Lanka)
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Giant Leaf-tail Gecko (Uroplatus fimbriatus) [madagascar_1899]
(Madagascar)
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Basilisk
(Costa Rica)
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Kuhl's Flying Gecko (Ptychozoon kuhli)
(0)
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Common green anole
(0)
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Furcifer oustaleti chameleon (juvenile-bright green) [madagascar_7325]
(Madagascar)
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Female Oustalet's chameleon
(Madagascar)
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Gliding Draco Lizard (Draco volans)
(Indonesia)
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Lizard [colombia_6275]
(Colombia)
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Neon Blue Day Gecko (Lygodactylus williamsi)
(0)
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Golden Fish-scaled Gecko (Geckolepis maculata)
(Madagascar)
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Common Basilisk running on water
(Colombia)
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Crocs along the Mara river
(Kenya)
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Lined Day Gecko (Phelsuma lineata) in a Pandanus palm [madagascar_0763]
(Madagascar)
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Green, orange, yellow, and white chameleon
(Uganda)
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Female Furcifer balteatus shooting out her tongue to grab an insect
(Madagascar)
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Pardalis chameleon [madagascar_masoala_0002]
(Madagascar)
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Peyrieras' Pygmy Chameleon (Brookesia peyrierasi) on a woman's hand
(Madagascar)
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Snake [colombia_3080]
(Colombia)
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Amazon race runner (Ameiva ameiva) in Peru
(Peru)
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Flat-tailed house gecko (Cosymbotus platyurus)
(Thailand)
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Green sea turtle limb--killed by a jaguar
(Suriname)
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Lace Monitor lizard
(0)
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Green iguanas in a tree
(Costa Rica)
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Domergue's Leaf Chameleon (Brookesia thieli)
(Madagascar)
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Uroplatus fimbriatus gecko [madagascar_maroantsetra_0045]
(Madagascar)
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Green sea turtle [sabah_underwater_0710]
(Malaysia)
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Chameleon shooting its tongue at an insect [madagascar_herps_0054]
(Madagascar)
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Anilius scytale held by an Amerindian guide
(Colombia)
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Solomon Islands skink (Corucia zebrata)
(0)
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Green tree python (Morelia viridis) [australia_fnq_0704]
(Australia)
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Adult female Komodo dragon
(Indonesia)
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Sally Lightfoot Crab (Grapsus grapsus)
(Ecuador)
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Green snake with red markings
(Indonesia)
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Petter's Chameleon (Furcifer petteri) [female] [madagascar_3427]
(Madagascar)
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Flying dragon
(Malaysia)
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Elongate Leaf Chameleon (Brookesia nasus)
(Madagascar)
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Brookesia peyrierasi chameleon [madagascar_masoala_0573]
(Madagascar)
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Garden fence lizard (Calotes versicolor)
(Thailand)
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Namib Rock Agama [namibia_1288]
(Namibia)
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Flying dragon extending its dewlap [sabah_kinabatangan_0343]
(Malaysia)
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Green tree python (Morelia viridis) [australia_fnq_0703]
(Australia)
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Water monitor in a clear river [sumatra_1387]
(Indonesia)
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Common chunk headed snake - Imantodes cenchoa [costa_rica_5510]
(Costa Rica)
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Snake [sabah_tawau_0045]
(Malaysia)
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Shedding anole [costa_rica_osa_0097]
(Costa Rica)
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Big-nosed chameleon (Calumma nasutum) [madagascar_5213]
(Madagascar)
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Lined Leaf-Tail Gecko (Uroplatus lineatus) [madagascar_0389]
(Madagascar)
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Red-footed booby
(Ecuador)
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Hatchling Olive ridley sea turtle headed out to sea [costa_rica_5706]
(Costa Rica)
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Lizard [colombia_4319]
(Colombia)
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Red-footed booby
(Ecuador)
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Thornytail canopy iguana (Uracentron flaviceps) [colombia_0282]
(Colombia)
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Caiman [colombia_5811]
(Colombia)
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Water monitor lizard walking on river rocks [sumatra_1405]
(Indonesia)
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Red-headed basilisk [colombia_4054]
(Colombia)
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Crocodile [australia_fnq_0817]
(Australia)
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Skink
(Malaysia)
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Amber Mountain Panther chameleon (Furcifer pardalis)
(Madagascar)
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House gecko
(Indonesia)
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Sally Lightfoot Crab (Grapsus grapsus)
(Ecuador)
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Turtle
(0)
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Tortoise
(0)
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Eyelash viper
(0)
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Green lizard eating an insect [west-papua_5207]
(Indonesia)
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Mother marsh crocodile with offspring
(India)
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Snake [costa_rica_siquirres_0261]
(Costa Rica)
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Amber Mountain chameleon (Calumma ambreense) [madagascar_3806]
(Madagascar)
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Lizard [costa_rica_siquirres_0536]
(Costa Rica)
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Macleary's water snake
(Australia)
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Sakalava's Velvet Gecko (Homopholis sakalava) [madagascar_ankarana_0280]
(Madagascar)
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Giant ameiva (Ameiva ameiva)
(Peru)
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Cat-eyed snake [costa_rica_siquirres_0376]
(Costa Rica)
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Aldabra Giant Tortoise (Geochelone gigantea) in captivity [animals_zh_056]
(Madagascar)
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Lined Day Gecko (Phelsuma lineata chloroscelis) [madagascar_perinet_0467]
(Madagascar)
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Lizard [panama_0134]
(Panama)
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Komodo dragon
(Indonesia)
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Lizard [australia_fnq_0874]
(Australia)
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Skink [sabah_sepilok_0184]
(Malaysia)
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Big-nosed Chameleon, Calumma nasutum
(Madagascar)
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Crocodiles and an Asian openbill
(Sri Lanka)
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Slender anole [costa_rica_la_selva_0500]
(Costa Rica)
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Young sea lion
(Ecuador)
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Oustalet's chameleon (Furcifer oustaleti) [madagascar_ankarafantsika_0436]
(Madagascar)
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Lizard
(United States)
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Brookesia chameleon
(Madagascar)
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Namibian Rock Agamid [namibia_1313]
(Namibia)
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Timor python (Python timoriensis)
(0)
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Nile monitor (Varanus niloticus) [south_africa_kruger_0000]
(South Africa)
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Malaysian freshwater turtle [sabah_tawau_0535]
(Malaysia)
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Blue-nosed Chameleon (Calumma boettgeri) in leaf litter [madagascar_3549]
(Madagascar)
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Green iguana on a river bank [colombia_3324]
(Colombia)
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Vietnamese viper (Cryptelytrops albolabris)
(Vietnam)
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Male iguanas bloodied during a fight [colombia_6387]
(Colombia)
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American Crocodile (Crocodylus acutus) with its mouth open [costa_rica_6043]
(Costa Rica)
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Uroplatus fimbriatus
(0)
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Nazca booby with chick
(Ecuador)
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0
(Malaysia)
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Parson's chameleon [madagascar_masoala_0168]
(Madagascar)
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Forest dragon [sabah_tawau_0483]
(Malaysia)
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Giant Leaf-tail Gecko (Uroplatus fimbriatus) [madagascar_0363]
(Madagascar)
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Sea turtle in Malaysia [sabah_underwater_0343]
(Malaysia)
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Alien lizard
(0)
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Scientist and volunteer counting leatherback sea turtle eggs
(Suriname)
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Pacific green sea turtle
(United States)
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Flying dragon displaying its wings
(Indonesia)
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Madagascar spiny tailed iguana (Oplurus cuvieri)
(Madagascar)
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Tokay Gecko (Gekko gecko)
(Indonesia)
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Common Chuckwalla (Sauromalus ater)
(0)
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Slender anole [costa_rica_la_selva_0023]
(Costa Rica)
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Fer de lance (Bothrops asper) [costa_rica_osa_0555]
(Costa Rica)
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Collared lizard
(United States)
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Sea lion
(Ecuador)
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Oriental Whipsnake (Ahaetulla prasina)
(Indonesia)
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Red-headed black lizard
(Colombia)
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Tourists in a boat in the Galapagos
(Ecuador)
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Lizard eating an insect
(Panama)
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Abbott's Day Gecko (Phelsuma abbotti) [madagascar_diego_suarez_0009]
(Madagascar)
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Plica plica or Plica umbra (South American 'chameleon'). Identification by Alexander Gostner.
(Colombia)
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Water monitor -- sabah_0158
(Malaysia)
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Asian vine snake
(0)
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Snake [costa_rica_la_selva_1654]
(Costa Rica)
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Common Caiman (Caiman crocodilus) with its mouth open
(Costa Rica)
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Female Komodo dragon
(Indonesia)
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Penguins on Chinese Hat Island
(Ecuador)
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Uroplatus fimbriatus gecko
(Madagascar)
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Red-headed basilisk [colombia_4041]
(Colombia)
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Flat-tailed house gecko (Cosymbotus platyurus)
(Thailand)
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Mertens' monitor lizard
(0)
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Ancient Aldabra Giant Tortoise (Geochelone gigantea)
(Madagascar)
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Trachylepis aureopunctata lizard
(Madagascar)
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Gecko [java_0616]
(Indonesia)
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Williams Electric Blue Gecko (Lygodactylus williamsi)
(0)
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King's Skink (Egernia kingii)
(0)
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Water monitor swimming
(0)
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Jesus Christ Lizard running across water
(Colombia)
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Brown skink with white spots
(Uganda)
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White-tipped reef shark
(Ecuador)
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Malayan softshell turtle (Dogania subplana)
(0)
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0
(Malaysia)
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Sailfinned Lizard (Hydrosaurus amboinensis)
(0)
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Madagascar giant hognose snakes
(Madagascar)
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Sally Lightfoot Crab (Grapsus grapsus)
(Ecuador)
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European Legless Lizard (Ophisaurus apodus)
(0)
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Eastern kingsnake (Lampropeltis getula)
(0)
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Trachylepis elegans
(Madagascar)
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Monitor lizard on Sapi Island
(Malaysia)
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Forest dragon [sabah_tawau_0484]
(Malaysia)
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Green iguana climbing a tree [costa_rica_la_selva_1250]
(Costa Rica)
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Lizard in New Guinea [west-papua_6340]
(Indonesia)
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Camouflaged Uroplatus gecko [madagascar_ankarana_0179]
(Madagascar)
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Orange Headed Gecko (Gonatodes albogularis)
(Colombia)
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Radiated tortoise (Geochelone radiata)
(0)
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Lined Day Gecko (Phelsuma lineata) [madagascar_1858]
(Madagascar)
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Mossy Leaftail Gecko (Uroplatus sikorae) [madagascar_3739]
(Madagascar)
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Female Oustalet's chameleon [madagascar_ankarana_0152]
(Madagascar)
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Green snake with red markings
(Indonesia)
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Turtle
(0)
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Water monitor in a clear river [sumatra_1395]
(Indonesia)
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Nile monitor [south_africa_kruger_0005]
(South Africa)
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Red spitting cobra (Naja pallida)
(0)
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Sea turtle [sabah_underwater_0080]
(Malaysia)
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Giant Ameiva (Ameiva ameiva)
(Colombia)
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Water monitor swimming
(0)
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Chamaeleo ellioti chameleon looking straight ahead
(Uganda)
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Snake [costa_rica_siquirres_0254]
(Costa Rica)
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Camouflaged Uroplatus gecko [madagascar_ankarana_0175]
(Madagascar)
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Nile crocodiles in Lake Ravelobe [madagascar_ankarafantsika_0671]
(Madagascar)
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Juvenile Malagasy giant chameleon (Furcifer oustaleti)
(Madagascar)
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Blue butterfly with orange and yellow spots
(Ecuador)
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Sea turtle hatchlings [cr_4254]
(Costa Rica)
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Lizard
(United States)
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