eletfa-ecology.bsky.social @eletfa-ecology.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Giant saucer eyes, gangly long body, and a black tongue. The Lined Leaf-Tailed Gecko (Uroplatus lineatus) is charmingly weird, haunting the forests of northeastern Madagascar at night and camouflaging in large leaves and bamboo during the day. #herps #uroplatus #malagasy #freaky #geckos #cryptic 0111
eletfa-ecology.bsky.social @eletfa-ecology.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Into the void... Black Milk Snake. They start life as brightly banded red/white/black but slowly become jet black into adulthood. #herps #fuligan #noir #spiral #scales #goth #metallic 0104
eletfa-ecology.bsky.social @eletfa-ecology.bsky.social · 27/08/2026Comfortroot (Hibiscus aculeatus), cousin to cotton and okra. AKA Pineland Hibiscus. Root is used to help a wide range of common ailments (colds, stomachaches, skin wounds/irritation and more) 110
eletfa-ecology.bsky.social @eletfa-ecology.bsky.social · 25/08/2026Argentine Boa (boa constrictor occidentalis), juvenile 141
eletfa-ecology.bsky.social @eletfa-ecology.bsky.social · 12/05/2026The inside of a pitcher plant is a cozy daytime hideout for a juvenile green tree frog. And it gets first dibs on any insect that otherwise would fall into the pitcher trap. #herps #treefrog #Hylacinerea #sarracenia #cozy #frog #sauna 0120
eletfa-ecology.bsky.social @eletfa-ecology.bsky.social · 26/12/2025Alduin the World-Eater, harbinger of the new age, or a new year at least. Black Pine Snake, Pituophis melanoleucus lodingi #herps #pinesnake #melanistic #monochrome #colubrids #skyrim 0133
eletfa-ecology.bsky.social @eletfa-ecology.bsky.social · 28/11/2025Young male Stimson's Python, a species in the Antaresia group aka the "hobbit" pythons. Smaller and chiller than most of their snake cousins from a land infamous for its dangerous serpents, Australia. #herps #antaresia #pythons #australianherps #golden #dwarf #hobbit #basking 0224
eletfa-ecology.bsky.social @eletfa-ecology.bsky.social · 28/11/2025Aza just being handsome and maybe also wants to share the Knowledge of Good and Evil 🍎 ? Dominican Red Mountain Boa (Chilabothrus striatus), juvenile male #herps #drmb #boa #devil #snake #iridescence #red #genesis #chilabothrus 0196
eletfa-ecology.bsky.social @eletfa-ecology.bsky.social · 25/07/2025Just a Satanic leaf tailed gecko pair slow dancing while hanging upside down. #uroplatusphantasticus #geckos #couplegoals #cryptic #leaves #satanic #cuddles # herps 190
eletfa-ecology.bsky.social @eletfa-ecology.bsky.social · 25/07/2025Callisto bides her time. Foolish humans. #uroplatusebenaui #herps #gecko #rbf #cuteandangry #gothic #villainvibes 0111
eletfa-ecology.bsky.social @eletfa-ecology.bsky.social · 27/06/2025Sunset colors, all day all night. Juvenile Dominican Red Mountain Boa (Chilabothrus striatus striatus) head profile. Arboreal boas tend be bitey, but not this fella who is a sweetheart. #herps #chilobothrus #boas #red #sneks #blacktongue #smaug #babysnake 1142
eletfa-ecology.bsky.social @eletfa-ecology.bsky.social · 10/06/2025Cat geckos earn their name through lots of quirky cat-like things, but the most adorable has to be their penchant for curling up into their tails when they nap, like this sub adult male here #herps #Aeluroscalabotes #geckos #naptime #catgeckos #cute #malaysian #sleepy 1100
eletfa-ecology.bsky.social @eletfa-ecology.bsky.social · 14/05/2025Here's a serious problem for carnivorous plants like the Venus flytrap: you eat insects but you also need them to pollinate your flowers and not die while doing so. Part of their solution is to put their flowers way above the traps that capture bugs, hoping that pollinators that land on them... 110
eletfa-ecology.bsky.social @eletfa-ecology.bsky.social · 01/05/2025This satanic leaf tailed gecko pair is starting a death metal band and needs help thinking of their name. #herps #uroplatusphantasticus #natureismetal #geckos #couples #blackandwhite #malagasyherps 0131
eletfa-ecology.bsky.social @eletfa-ecology.bsky.social · 15/04/2025This gorgeous acid trip of a plant, Passiflora caerulea or blue passionflower, hails from South America. I've found them hard to get started but hardy and prolific once they've sent down deep roots. #passiflora #flower #purple #trippy #passionflower 050
eletfa-ecology.bsky.social @eletfa-ecology.bsky.social · 12/04/2025Uroplatus henkeli. Their "beards", along with the most of the rest of their body, have a dermal fringe which is the skin flattening out to blend in with the surface they're hiding on. And makes them look unreal, like something out of a Jim Henson workshop. #herps #geckos #uroplatushenkeli #camo 0573
eletfa-ecology.bsky.social @eletfa-ecology.bsky.social · 08/04/2025Oconee Azalea (Rhododendron flammeum) firing up for spring. Native to the Piedmont forests of South Carolina and Georgia, they burn brightly but quickly and return to a humble understory bush by the heat of summer. #nativeplants #azaleas #fire #rhododendronflammeum #springtime #appalachianflora 020
eletfa-ecology.bsky.social @eletfa-ecology.bsky.social · 07/04/2025The large mesmerizing eyes of uroplatus geckos are adapted to the dark of night- when they're on the hunt and also being hunted in the forest of Madagascar. Uroplatus phantasticus, aka Satanic Leaf-tailed Gecko #herps #uroplatus #geckos #beautifuleyes #malagasyherps 0263
eletfa-ecology.bsky.social @eletfa-ecology.bsky.social · 03/04/2025Good morning sunshine. Cross Vine (Bignonia capreolata) ambling up an oak trunk. Form matches function: when you see a colorful and tubular flower like this, it's safe bet that hummingbirds have a mutually beneficial food/pollination pact. #crossvine #flowers #nativeplants #springflora #red 0434
eletfa-ecology.bsky.social @eletfa-ecology.bsky.social · 28/03/2025Magnus is unimpressed. A "silverback" Short-tailed Boa (boa constrictor amarali) from the southern Brazil and Bolivia regions, noted for their chill temperaments. #herps #boaconstrictoramarali #boas #snakes #suntanning #silverback 0211
eletfa-ecology.bsky.social @eletfa-ecology.bsky.social · 25/03/2025Uroplatus ebenaui, aka Spearpoint Leaf-Tail Gecko, named for being born with short stubby tails like a spear point...to stab their enemies with (citation needed). The smallest of the uroplatus group, your thumb is probably comfortably larger than a fully grown ebenaui. #geckos #uroplatusebenaui 192
eletfa-ecology.bsky.social @eletfa-ecology.bsky.social · 18/03/2025Meet Alucard, Uroplatus phantasticus male. Every leaf tailed gecko (uroplatus) has a camouflage specialty, and phantasticus are leaf mimics, hanging still from branches like dead leaves during the day. #herps #uroplatusphantasticus 2204
eletfa-ecology.bsky.social @eletfa-ecology.bsky.social · 16/03/2025Peachy day with a juvenile male Argentine Boa. Unlike most other boa constrictors which need steamy jungles, this species also thrives in the drier and colder "chaco" region at the intersection of Argentina, Paraguay, and Bolivia. #boaconstrictoroccidentalis #boa #addherper #snake #flowers 1132
eletfa-ecology.bsky.social @eletfa-ecology.bsky.social · 11/03/2025Uroplatus henkeli, or Henkel's Leaf Tailed Gecko, from northwestern Madagascar. They're tree bark camouflage experts, disappearing in plain sight by matching the tree trunks they sleep on during the day. #uroplatushenkeli #reptiles #malagasyfauna #camouflage #geckos #uroplatus #crazyeyes 020
eletfa-ecology.bsky.social @eletfa-ecology.bsky.social · 09/03/2025Meet Gomez, a Uroplatus phantasticus, aka satanic leaf-tailed gecko, named not for their temperament (they're tiny, mellow, and eat little bugs) but their devilish eye brows. 120
