Bangkok Snake Farm Brochure
The visitor’s brochure from the Queen Saovabha Memorial Institute and Snake Farm in Bangkok, Thailand: Also from the brochure, on...
Category: Reptiles
Snakes, Crocodiles and Purses
Things to do with snakes in Cambodia – Sleep on them.
Turtle or Tortoise?
Hawksbill Turtle
Gavial, Gharial, the Fish-Eating Crocodile
Slender Snouted Gavial
Galapagos Tortoise – The World’s Largest Tortoise
Galapagos Tortoise – Saddle-back subspecies
Thorny Devil Lizard – Prickly Desert Ant-Eater
Australian Horned Lizard or Thorny Devil
The thorny devil is covered in spiny, warty protuberances. Narrow channels between the scales act to draw precious droplets of dew or rain to its mouth by capillary action. This is an amazing adaptation that allows them to remain in such a dry environment taking advantage of all possible moisture. The thorns or horns are mostly hollow modified scales.
The Jesus Lizard running on water
The Jesus Lizard running on water
The Jesus Lizard is called that because it can indeed walk on water just like Jesus. Its real name is Basilisk and it hails from sunny Central America and is related to the Iguana.