Magdalena River Turtle
Tracy Karplus
The Magdalena River Turtle (Podocnemis lewyana) is a Colombian endemic classified as Critically Endangered on the IUCN Red List.
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Kirtland’s Snake
Kirtland’s Snakes are perhaps most well-known for their microhabitat associations with burrowing crayfishes, where they traverse the aquatic-fossorial and predator-prey boundary in the dark, flooded underground labyrinths excavated by their crayfish hosts.
Timber Rattlesnake
Timber rattlesnakes are a species of conservation concern throughout much of their distribution. The reasons for this range from habitat loss to direct persecution.
Carolina Pygmy Rattlesnakes
Pygmy Rattlesnakes range throughout the southeastern United States, occupying densely vegetated areas within flatwoods, sandhills, and wetland ecotones. -Samantha Dillon
Sonoran Desert Toad
This Sonoran Desert Toad (Incilius alvarius) was photographed on a monsoon night in Arizona. If you look closely, you can still see the legs of an Desert Blonde Tarantula sticking out of its mouth.
Spotted Turtle
Views:206 views “On a sunny day back in mid-April, I was hiking through one of Virginia’s remaining pond-pine…
Aruba Island Rattlesnake
Views:921 views “In the summer of 2022 a few friends and I took a trip to the Dutch…
Blanding’s Turtle
An endangered female Blanding’s turtle in a Massachusetts vernal pool. I took a risk taking this shot, but thankfully I was able to pull it off by just dipping the front end of my fisheye lens under the surface of the water.