Eyes in the Trees

*Big Eyed Tree Frog*

These beautiful frogs are known as big-eyed tree frogs.

Tree dwellers like these spend their whole life time in trees where it is safe.

These guys originate from Africa.

Tree frogs are small green frogs, who become more of a brown color as they mature.

The only time they will ever descend from the trees is to mate or lay their eggs.

Both male and females grow to only be 2 to 2 1/2 inches in length, females being slightly larger.

Males throats are a bit looser and can be a bluish shade of color.

The way males attract females is they will make a chirping or croaking sound.

Tree frogs are insectivorous, meaning they eat insects such as: small crickets, fruit flies, meal worms, wax worms, and any other small insect that is easy to ingest.

Big-eyed tree frogs have been recorded to living up to as long as 13 years.

*Photo Courtesy of:* http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benutzer:Werner,_Deutschland

A Serpent of a Different Color

*Indigo Snake*

Indigo snakes come from Florida, coastal plain of Southern Georgia, South Alabama, and Southeast Mississippi. 


These snakes are known to be the largest native snake species in the U.S. 
The largest one was measured to be 9 feet long.


Indigo's are known to frequent in multiple habitats such as: flat wood land areas, high pines, dry prairie, fresh water marshes, and human-altered habitats.


Indigo snakes are non-venomous, and are immune to venomous snakes like the rattlesnake.
The indigo snake gets it's name obviously from it's colorization.


They come in a blue-black color.
Some also come in a reddish-orange to tan color on the throat, cheek, and chin.


What these snakes feed on: turtles, toads, small birds, eggs, fish, frogs, toads, lizards, other snakes, and small mammals.


Female indigo's can lay about 4-12 eggs.
Here's something I didn't know, they are able to store sperm and delay fertilization. Indigo snakes are certainly an interesting reptile. Don't you think?
*Photo Courtesy of:* http://www.stewart.army.mil/dpw/fish/indigoaorlongDIRK2.jpg

Romeo

A Dear Friend that will be Missed


My little Buddy passed away yesterday morning around 3 am..the same day my father passed last year.
Keep dad company Romeo!


You will be missed my friend..

Rest In Peace Little Guy

The Art of Reptiles

Can you draw?


Our gallery doesn't just have to consist of photos of your reptiles. How about digging deep into your artistic side and send us some reptilian art!


You don't think you can draw well? I beg to differ.
Not everyone is Pablo Picasso.


I will even draw one myself! So, I look forward to seeing YOUR art.
Email me your picture-photo Sammysbaby725@gmail.com

To see my doodle go to our gallery ^.^ Hope you like it!

Don't Go Near That Clutch!

-*-Snakehead Fish-*-

Snakehead's originate from South and Southeast Asia.
They have a long dorsal fin, large mouth, and shiny teeth.


Most can grow to be 2-3 feet, "dwarf Snakeheads" grow to 10 inches.
This particular snakehead grows to be 1 meter long, that's a whole lot of fish.


Adults are dark brown, and has faint black bands across it's entire body.
Babies are reddish-orange. 


When still in egg form both parents guard them until they hatch.
Both parents make a nest out of vegetation during breeding time.


The female can lay up to 2,500 eggs and it takes 24 hours for them to hatch.
When anything comes to close to the clutch of eggs the parents will attack.


Snakehead fish eat frogs, water bugs, and smaller fish.


These guys are also oxygen breathing fish. 
They can last up to four days out of the water! 


Snakehead's use something called a subrabranchial organ, or a labyrinth organ.
This enables them to breath oxygen.


*Tidbit* During the dry season snakehead fish burrow themselves in mud.
*Photo Courtesy of:*
Wie146
*Thank you reader for your comment!! Anyone feel free to email me if you have an animal you wanna know about or if you have a strange fact you wanna share: Sammysbaby725@gmail.com*