Recent Snakes

Here are some somewhat-recent snakes.

Red-tailed rat snake and skin. Columbus Zoo, January 2, 2024

 

 

 

A red-tailed rat snake's tail. WikiPedia says the tail is sometimes red but is usually brown. Columbus Zoo, March 25, 2025

Lake Erie water snake. Columbus Zoo, January 2, 2024.

Canebrake rattlesnake. Columbus Zoo, February 11, 2024. Focus stack of 5 images

Red spitting cobra. Columbus Zoo, February 11, 2024. Focus stack of 5 images.

Mandarin trinket snake. Columbus Zoo, April 23, 2024

Scrub pythons. Columbus Zoo, November 6, 2024

Arizona black rattlesnake. Toledo Zoo, March 1, 2025. Focus stack of 3 images

Russell's viper. Toledo Zoo, March 1, 2025

King cobra. Columbus Zoo, February 11, 2025:

January Reptiles

I visited the Columbus Zoo's reptiles a couple times in January.

Burton (Burt) the Magnificent! Grand Cayman iguana. Focus stack of two images.

Weber's sailfin lizard

smooth-fronted caiman

green basilisk

red-tailed rat snake. Focus stack of two images

scrub python

Malagasy leaf-tailed gecko

Columbus Reptiles

I went to the Columbus Zoo August 19 and visited the reptiles.

My pal Burt, a Grand Cayman iguana. The Zoo has acquired a female, and the hope is for happy marriage when she is older.

Note the flat, square head of this smooth-fronted caiman.

male green basilisk

northern copperhead

red-tailed rat snake

eastern Massasauga rattlesnake

Malagasy leaf-tailed gecko

2020 part 1

Here are photos I want to show you here at the end of 2020. Some are favorites, some are good, some are interesting, and some are included for variety. I didn't crop any of these, which means I framed the subjects decently, and that doesn't always happen!

Pacific sea nettle (Toledo Zoo, January 4). I think the 3-D effect is related to the blue background.

gouramy (Toledo Zoo, January 4)

crested coua (Toledo Zoo, January 4)

Borealis (looking at you) and Crystal (Toledo Zoo, January 18). The boy turned two this month, and I have pictures of the him nursing in September; that duration of nursing is apparently normal. Crystal and mate Marty have produced a number of offspring.

 

The famous Hippo Heads. These were part of an arch at the entrance to Tembo Trail, which leads to the Hippoquarium™ at the Toledo Zoo. January 18

The Toledo Zoo hosts an annual orchid show. February 22.

axolotl (Columbus Zoo, February 24). I was lucky to get a picture of these two. They're almost always hidden when I visit.

red-tailed rat snake (Columbus Zoo, February 24)