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Official Derptiles @derptiles.art · 23/09/2026

Its the adorable silky anteater! These guys are small arboreal anteaters found in Southern Mexico down through the upper half of South America

My illustration of a silky anteater sitting in the branches.

A photo of a real silky anteater hanging off a person’s thumb

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Official Derptiles @derptiles.art · 20/09/2026

During feeding time, I have to partially dig up Calpico to find him and offer him his food. I usually use a little plastic spoon to gently move the dirt out of the way. This time, he popped up out the ground when I started digging for him 😂😅

Doodle comic panel 1 : digging for calpico the snake

Comic panel 3: calpico pops out, a little grumpy for being bothered

A picture of Calpico, my kenyan sand boa

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Official Derptiles @derptiles.art · 17/09/2026

We have until October 6th to stand up for the Roadless Rule!

An illustration of an assortment of animals with the text "keep it Roadless, protect our forests, protect our water" around the edges

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Official Derptiles @derptiles.art · 17/09/2026

Keep it Wild! The Roadless Rule (which protects wildlife, decreases the chance of wildfires, and allows for outdoor recreation) is in danger of being rescinded. Please submit a public comment opposing the proposal to remove the Roadless Rule!

An illustration of assorted forest animals with the text "Keep it Roadless, Protect our Forests, Protect our Water" around the edges.

Some graphics and text about the Roadless Rule: The Roadless Rule keeps forests intact, protecting wildlife, stabilizes the climate, and keeping water sources from pollution. It also allows for outdoor recreational activities.

A graphic and text about the Roadless Rule regarding wildfires. The Roadless Rule decreases the chance of wildfires, it's been proven that roads and people cause the vast majority of fires.

Graphics and text about how to save the Roadless Rule from being rescinded.
Substantive public comments are the most effective. Most environmental groups have resources for how to write and submit public comments.

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Official Derptiles @derptiles.art · 31/08/2026

Dogs and snakes might be different, but both deserve to be adored and respected equally 🐍🐶

A drawing of a ball python with floppy dog ears and the text “I 🩷 my dog! This is my dog”

Doodles of the activities of ball python with dog ears: begging for food, looking at things, sniffing things, and playing with toys

Photo of my pet ball python looking straight at the camera

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Official Derptiles @derptiles.art · 28/08/2026

If salamanders are born from fire, maybe an adult salamander dragon would live in a volcano?

Illustration of a giant salamander dragon in a volcano, confronting a knight on a horse.

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Official Derptiles @derptiles.art · 26/08/2026

How many cat memes do you recognize?

An assortment of Geckitty drawings based on various cat memes

Drawing of Geckitty, a leopard gecko wearing a cat ear hat, on a purple background saying “meow”

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Official Derptiles @derptiles.art · 23/08/2026

Fire salamanders got their name when people threw logs i to the fire and saw the salamanders jumping out. They thought that the salamanders we born from fire.

An illustration of a fire salamander with fire in the background and the text “rise from the ashes, fire salamander”

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Official Derptiles @derptiles.art · 19/08/2026

For the sake of artists, the planet, and my own sanity, i have to believe that the bubble will pop. I know it will cause some economic problems and people will lose jobs etc. but the world will be better place without gen ai

Re-drawing based on the scene from Emperor’s New Groove, where a squirrel threatens to pop a balloon. Text says “pop the bubble, fuck ai”

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Official Derptiles @derptiles.art · 13/08/2026

Geckitty! As someone who’s never owned a cat, I think leopard geckos are basically cats lol

A little drawing of a leopard gecko wearing a kitty hat on a purple background

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Official Derptiles @derptiles.art · 08/08/2026

My leopard gecko princess, Castella! It was her birthday/hatchday a few days ago. She has one eye that looks normal and one eyes that has a half dark iris. it doesn’t change her vision, but it does make her look like that eye is always dilated.

Drawings of my gecko Castella doing gecko things

Photo of Castella sitting in her bowl (her favorite spot)

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Official Derptiles @derptiles.art · 01/08/2026

Oops, i meant to post this yesterday. My illustration for August sticker club theme: Collared Lizard

And illustration of a pair of collared lizards sitting in an arid scubland

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Official Derptiles @derptiles.art · 24/07/2026

Be kind to the raccoons and other local wildlife! Lots of people have requested Jimothy, so here he is with a message! He’s an actual wild raccoon, so please don’t go searching for him or try to interact with him if you do see him out there!

A little Illustration of Jimothy the raccoon with short spine syndrome. Text says “be kind to raccoons”

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Official Derptiles @derptiles.art · 21/07/2026

I watched Project Hail Mary! I appreciate the whimsy of rock crab alien

Illustration of Rocky from project hail mary, in his protective orb, observing Earth ocean. Text says “amaze amaze amaze”

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Official Derptiles @derptiles.art · 19/07/2026

The colorful collared lizard! Found in the arid southwestern part of the US

An illustration of a male collared lizard sitting on a rock

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Official Derptiles @derptiles.art · 16/07/2026

Felt like it was time to redo my opossum-eating-pizza illustration! The original “i am a creature” drawing was from 2022 ish i think?

Illustration of an opossum with a slice of pizza climbing over a fence at night. Text says “time for a midnight snack?”

Photo of a print of an opossum with a slice of pizza. Text says “i am a creature”

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Official Derptiles @derptiles.art · 06/07/2026

The pets and the patches they inspired! I wanted to make little mini iron-on patches to add some personality to all plain reptile-less clothes/bags/hats/etc haha

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Official Derptiles @derptiles.art · 03/07/2026

A very round gharial that i saw in a dream

Illustration of a very round gharial swimming in the water around some fishes

Screenshots of the 3d model of round gharial. Text”had a dream about seeing this… gharial thing at an awuarium. A round guy. I made him in 3d”

More screen shots at different angles of gharial and my original sketch based on how i saw him in my dream

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Official Derptiles @derptiles.art · 09/06/2026

He’s fragile :( I don’t remember why i drew this, but i found the sketch and decided to finish it

Illustration of sad Noot in a jar, label says :”Fragile, handle with care”

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Official Derptiles @derptiles.art · 03/06/2026

They made the leaves and grass in The Land Before Time look so tasty 😋

Illustration of a young longneck dinosaur eating a leaf shaped like a star. Text says “Remember to eat your veggies”

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Official Derptiles @derptiles.art · 26/05/2026

Another of the Derptiles recurring characters! It’s taytos! They’re just little blobby guys. Not a single thought going on in there

A drawing of colorful blob shaped lizards. Text says “Taytos:little blobby lizards. They can be any color and pattern.”

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Official Derptiles @derptiles.art · 21/05/2026

He only looks at me when he’s hungry (or confused) haha. The pose if based off this photo of my ball python Pocari, but I chose pewter for the coloration since I’m trying to choose a new morph everytime i draw a new bp

An illustration of a ball python looking right at you. Text says: Hello, is it time for lunch yet?”

Photo of my pet ball python staring right at the camera. Photo was taken with 0.5 lens distortion, making it look a little silly

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Official Derptiles @derptiles.art · 18/05/2026

Big, orbular frogwhale! I realized that the only way to show off how big he actually is is to draw him roaming the landscape haha

Illustration of frogwhale towering over some trees. Text says “ Frogwhale: a gentle amphibious giant, always on the search for friends. Species: frogwhale “

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Official Derptiles @derptiles.art · 15/05/2026

Just a bunch of cute guys!! I wanted to draw water reptile/amphibian pokemon ~

An illustration of various reptile/amphibian themed pokemon all hanging out in a little river together.

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Official Derptiles @derptiles.art · 12/05/2026

This is what i think when I see a snake in the grass 🐍

An illustration of a white ball python sitting in a field of grass and white flowers. Text says “ Snake in the grass should mean: You’re so cute and perfect and i wish i could give you a little kiss on the nose but i respect your personal space and dont want to bother you.”

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Official Derptiles @derptiles.art · 10/05/2026

For the human moms of lizards and lizard moms of lizards! And all other moms too! Blue tongue skinks give birth to live babies instead of laying eggs, isn’t that cool :O

A drawing of a blue tongue skinks and her babies, text says “happy mother’s day!”

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Official Derptiles @derptiles.art · 08/05/2026

It’s Hiki the hedgehognose! You might wonder “is he a hedgehog? Is he a snake? What is hiki?” He’s both! I couldn’t decide haha

A drawing showing Hiki the hedgehognose in both his snake form and his hedgehog form. Text says “Hiki: He can be a snake (hognose) or a hedgehog! He love coffee maybe a little too much…

Doodles of Hiki in both snake and hedgehog form

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Official Derptiles @derptiles.art · 02/05/2026

I feel like i’ve been at war with the monsters at the top constantly trying to destroy the environment. Everyday theres a new reason to call my reps, write a public comment, oppose a proposal. If, like me, you love nature and animals, please keep fighting, dont let them wear you down.

A black and white tattoo-style illustration of a fence lizard wiggling through spiked brambles and thorns

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Official Derptiles @derptiles.art · 30/04/2026

Time to introduce my Derptiles creatures! Starting with Skonk!

Illustration of skonk, a very long wiggly lizard on a blue background with little clouds. Text says”Skonk: a magical skink that can grow iw or shrink to any size (also he can fly). species: blue tongue skink (dragon???)

Doodles show skonk at different lengths and a diagram showing different ways to draw his feet. Notes: -short leg, -(body) can be as long as you want -arms and legs can be any shape (toes, no toes, # of toes)

Doodles showing the shape of skonks face. Its kind of like a stretched out oval or like a squished letter p

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Official Derptiles @derptiles.art · 24/04/2026

It”s birth month of sticker club, so i drew more birds! I saw this photo of a little falcon trying to steal from a big hawk, the caption said the falcon flew away unharmed (and without any food)

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Official Derptiles @derptiles.art · 21/04/2026

Fellow San Jose/South Bay residents, ai data centers are coming for us, but we still have a chance to stop them! Ilovesanjose.org has a petition and a prewritten email to send to the city council. Let’s stop them before they build anything.

Illustration of a California newt in a pond full of plants and bubbles. Text says “i’d rather have a pond full of newts…”

Doodle of a gross ai data center spewing out pollution. Text says “… Than an ai data center”

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Official Derptiles @derptiles.art · 19/04/2026

Gachiakuta but everyone is a gecko. Geckoakuta.

Zanka, Enjin, Riyo, and Rudo redrawn as crested geckos with the text “Geckoakuta”

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Official Derptiles @derptiles.art · 24/03/2026

One of my favorite movies! I really loved the series when I was little 🦕💖

A drawing of a longneck, a three horn, a spike tail, swimmer ,and a flier with the text “the place prior to chronology.” it’s fan art of an animated dinosaur movie from the late 90’s

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Official Derptiles @derptiles.art · 18/03/2026

It’s spring time! But why is it so hot here???

A hedgehog suffering from spring allergies in a flowery field. Text says Spring is in the Air!

A newt walking on dry crispy ground with a thermometer and text saying “Also its 90f???”

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Official Derptiles @derptiles.art · 04/03/2026

Fuecoco and Gequa because theyre cute~

Pokemon fanart! Fuecoco looking at Gecqua, both are a little confused and have “?” Over their heads

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Official Derptiles @derptiles.art · 27/02/2026

I’ve been watching Frieren! The short life spans of humans compared to elves made me think of rodents, so I was like “oh i should draw everyone as rodents, i wonder what rodent has the longest life span”and it turns out that the longest living rodent is the naked mole rat …

Illustrated parody of the anime Frieren, featuring Frieren, Himmel, Fern, and Stark but they’re all rodents (naked mole rat, rat, mouse, and hamster respectively) text says “Frierat: Beyond Journey’s Rodent”

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Official Derptiles @derptiles.art · 25/02/2026

Pachycephalosaurus! Such a cool dino, I love their spiky bumpy head lol This design is part of sticker club, sign up time for dinos before at the end of Feb!

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Official Derptiles @derptiles.art · 20/02/2026

I’m not weird and stupid, I’m just specially adapted to a niche u dont understand 🙂‍↕️🐟 inspired by the recent Hank Green video about the ocean sunfish ! It’s nice to see someone be nice to the sunfish lol

Illustration of an ocean sunfish floating at the surface of a sparkling blue ocean with a bite of its head missing and two seagulls. Text says “I’m thriving.”

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Official Derptiles @derptiles.art · 16/02/2026

Tortoise and hare are friends now 💖

Illustration of a tortoise snd a bunny eating a salad together. Text says “thank you for being patient with me “

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Official Derptiles @derptiles.art · 13/02/2026

Dino time! Therizinosaurus is one of my favorite weird guys

Illustration of a therizinosaur with some plants in the background

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Official Derptiles @derptiles.art · 04/02/2026

Was just a meme but then so many people are getting away with horrible things 😑

Illustration of a crested gecko angrily sticking to the glass of her enclosure with the text “Touching grass is not enough, I need evil people to suffer.”

Photo of my pet gecko GoobieWoobie sticking to the glass of her enclosure looking a little evil

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