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@ron-kichurchak.bsky.social

I'm a wetland ecologist and conservation biologist with the NYS DEC. Obsessed with reptiles, amphibians, spiders, insects, and other creepy crawlies.

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Pygmy rattlesnake?

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They're pretty docile. They just hang out in the water pretending to be leaves.

02.03.2026 14:20 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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This is probably one of the coolest reptiles. The tentacled snake is an aquatic southeast Asia native. It uses its tentacles to sense prey.

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They're pretty much harmless.

23.02.2026 17:06 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Brazilian jewel tarantula (Typhochlaena seladonia)

22.02.2026 18:53 — 👍 22    🔁 2    💬 1    📌 0

Everything is edible at least once.

20.02.2026 22:45 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Fried egg jellyfish. A short-lived species that's harmless to humans.

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Psychedelic frogfish

15.02.2026 19:34 — 👍 69    🔁 8    💬 0    📌 0
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McCoy's elf skink from northeastern Australia. Look at those stubby little arms, likely an adaptation to its burrowing lifestyle.

07.02.2026 18:18 — 👍 603    🔁 67    💬 16    📌 11
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Mantis spp in the genus Empusa, I believe

05.02.2026 11:47 — 👍 36    🔁 6    💬 0    📌 0

It's not my pic, but they're found in New Guinea. This one is likely a pet, though.

03.02.2026 18:24 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
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A beautiful boelen's python

02.02.2026 13:51 — 👍 67    🔁 11    💬 4    📌 0

I love furry critters, too. But I also love scaley, slimy, and creepy crawly creatures. They're all fascinating.

29.01.2026 19:50 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
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Pinocchio anole. A rarely seen species from Ecuador.

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This is what happens when a frog and a giraffe have too much to drink. Not my picture. Dendropsophus reticulata

21.01.2026 16:28 — 👍 52    🔁 1    💬 1    📌 0

They have a safe word.

18.01.2026 18:58 — 👍 6    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Hispa atra, I believe. It's found throughout Eurasia.

18.01.2026 18:56 — 👍 4    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
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This might be the most metal beetle I've ever seen.

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Gaboon viper, I believe. Or possibly a rhino viper. They're in the same genus.

13.01.2026 17:57 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Very cool. The world needs more entomologists, especially ones with a conservation mindset.

13.01.2026 17:55 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Very cool antlion species

12.01.2026 16:30 — 👍 41    🔁 3    💬 3    📌 2
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Not my picture. I just love frilled dragons.

06.01.2026 14:22 — 👍 45    🔁 6    💬 1    📌 1
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Traitor on a grater.

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