Creatura Blog
NZ’s jewelled gecko has some bizarre colour patterns
Meet the lovely jewelled gecko, a rare and unusual reptile found only on the South Island of New Zealand.
Tag: reptile
Creatura Blog
Earless monitor lizards look like cartoon dinosaurs
There’s something simultaneously menacing and goofy about the earless monitor.
Creatura Blog
This bizarre tentacled snake is like nothing else on Earth
Just when you thought you’d seen it all, nature dishes up a snake with tentacles.
Wildlife
In pictures: the seemingly judgemental glare of the thorny devil
Australia’s thorny devils (Moloch horridus) are incredible animals. Their spiky armour is, as you might have guessed, used for defence. Their is dotted with tiny grooves that suck up dew on the surface and water from the ground through capillary action, passing it to the devil’s mouth without the lizard having to lift a finger. So it’s probably not a look judgement this little devil has on its face, rather, it’s one of satisfaction.
Wildlife
Australia, land of pythons
Australia is renowned for its marsupials, parrots and eucalypts, but how about its pythons? With 14 species, Australia has close to half the world’s total of 31.
Creatura Blog
This sleek little wonder is the cat-lover’s gecko
This elegant little critter is one of the world’s most unique species of gecko.
News
Young couple find two-metre long snake skin in home
We’re not sure what’s worse: finding a snake in your home, or discovering a two-metre long snake skin in your roof— with no actual snake in sight.