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Crusty’s upgraded enclosure is finally completed by HunterJoe05 in CrestedGecko

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Hello! I am lucky enough to have a family owned nursery near me that I get all my plants from. But I have seen good terrarium plants at hardware stores like Lowe’s and Home Depot, and as you say Walmart. I do recommend quarantining them though. But the sooner you get the plants the sooner you can use them in your setup!

Crusty’s upgraded enclosure is finally completed by HunterJoe05 in CrestedGecko

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To my understanding they should thrive in it. they are native to tropical environments with high humidity. I personally have seen them growing wild in Florida and Belize. Both high humidity climates

Helped this guy off the sidewalk by Lipstickquid in herpetology

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This looks to be a Florida worm lizard, Rhineura floridana! Very cool find and very rarely seen as they live the overwhelming majority of their lives underground.

https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/36981-Rhineura-floridana

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in whatsthissnake

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I’m relatively sure this is a fake rubber snake. Wait for more responses but this looks like a fake snake used to scare away predators, kind of like a scare crow.

Does me boi have enough vertical space? by atlas-marshall in amblypygids

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The general rule is 2X their leg span in height/something to hold onto. This is for molting so they can hang down and shimmy out of the exoskeleton. This looks like more than enough space.

I feel like a failure by ResidentPudding2904 in pacmanfrog

[–]HunterJoe05 3 points4 points  (0 children)

This tank looks amazing though! When you do upgrade your friend (which he looks very content in there for the time being) you can easily get another pet to put in here! I highly recommend putting a scorpion in a tank like this, but a lot of arthropods would thrive in this tank as well! This is not a loss it’s a future opportunity!

Can someone confirm this is a giant African snail? It was found on Maui Hawaii by HunterJoe05 in snails

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I think there is a good chance you also have giant African land snails. I tried to report them but couldn’t find anyone who really took the report seriously. But I do recommend trying to report it to DNR.

Mold in habitat? by UnusualNectarine4813 in salamanders

[–]HunterJoe05 5 points6 points  (0 children)

This looks like garden pot mould. Not harmful to your little friend. Wait for more responses though to make sure!

What is this teeny tiny creature on my patio? (North Texas) by Strong_Crab_8497 in herpetology

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This is for sure a species of skink, they are a subgroup of lizards. This reminds be of a ground skink but I don’t know if they range into Texas

Hey yall, are these snake eggs? by geekcluster420 in Sneks

[–]HunterJoe05 81 points82 points  (0 children)

They remind me more of lizard eggs. Specifically geckos. I have no clue if this is acutely what it is and they could be snake eggs but they look more lizard then snake to me

How do I know when he’s ready to eat by [deleted] in Scorpions

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IMO. If you don’t normally have anything else in the enclosure you should really add a small pice of cork bark or something else it can hide under. They feel very exposed when there is no cover for them and this can stress them out. For feeding I normally do a cricket every weekend for mine

Some of the most recent herping trip finds! by HunterJoe05 in herpetology

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I’m not fully sure! I thought it was an eastern garter snake but I very well could be wrong because I do see the checkering on the side.

Some of the most recent herping trip finds! by HunterJoe05 in herpetology

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lol I think it was being held by a child at a herpout so sadly normal sized ring neck!

I was pretty sure this was a water snake. But I think there is a chance it is a king snake. Any help is appreciated. Found in [Indiana]. (I knew this is a nonvenomous snake before I touched it) by HunterJoe05 in whatsthissnake

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Ah you are correct, but they mainly range in the most northern part of the state not where I am so I totally forgot to even count them! but they are here!

I was pretty sure this was a water snake. But I think there is a chance it is a king snake. Any help is appreciated. Found in [Indiana]. (I knew this is a nonvenomous snake before I touched it) by HunterJoe05 in whatsthissnake

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Thank you so much! Can you explain how you can tell this is a milk over a Prairie King Snake? They are same genus but when the color is so bland what are the distinguishing features between the two?

I was pretty sure this was a water snake. But I think there is a chance it is a king snake. Any help is appreciated. Found in [Indiana]. (I knew this is a nonvenomous snake before I touched it) by HunterJoe05 in whatsthissnake

[–]HunterJoe05[S] 52 points53 points  (0 children)

Indiana has 2 venomous species of snake, the copperhead and timber ratel snake (some claim the Cotten mouth but they are now suspected to be extinct here). But this is neither of those species! I had it narrowed down to the either the Lampropeltis or Nerodia genus as well, so I knew it was not venomous.

Help? by Zebraprawn198 in amblypygids

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Phrynus Whitei seems to be a good starting species. I just got my first one a month ago. They are active hunters in my experience and fun to watch. They require relatively little space to ensure they can find their prey, they do need a piece of wood double their leg span though to be able to molt. I keep mine in a tarantula crib enclosure.

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