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🐍🪳Pleroma🪳🐍 @pleroma-exotics.bsky.social · 07/02/2026

the more dirt they're carrying, the cuter they are, it's simple science #bugsky

a sub-adult Theraphosa apophysis standing on a pile of moist dirt, holding a small chunk of it with her fangs and pedipalps. pieces of bark and fake green leaves are in the background

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🐍🪳Pleroma🪳🐍 @pleroma-exotics.bsky.social · 09/01/2026

ever wanted to be struck at by a cranky diones? 🐍

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🐍🪳Pleroma🪳🐍 @pleroma-exotics.bsky.social · 05/01/2026

yes, constable? I'd like to report a murder

a glass exo-terra reptile enclosure filled with ripped up pieces of insulation foam. some pieces of cork bark, bright green moss, and dirt are attached to some pieces. a steak knife is placed on top of the pile

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🐍🪳Pleroma🪳🐍 @pleroma-exotics.bsky.social · 01/01/2026

happy new year everyone! Mojo wants you to have a great one, and also give him some food while you're at it. sharing is caring. 🦎

a melanistic jeweled lacerta (Timon lepidus) sitting on top of a stack of grey and purple slate rock. he's directly facing the camera

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🐍🪳Pleroma🪳🐍 @pleroma-exotics.bsky.social · 30/12/2025

maybe if you put a leachie on your chest and walk around for a while you'll calm down

a very light green and pink leachie (Rhacodactylus leachianus)perched oh a shirt with a doberman framed by purple lightning printed on it

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🐍🪳Pleroma🪳🐍 @pleroma-exotics.bsky.social · 28/12/2025

my sweet boy. you're perfect. no notes. 🦎

a melanistic jeweled lacerta (Timon lepidus) resting on a piece of driftwood and looking at the camera. his arms and the visible parts of his body are cloudy, indicating he's about to shed. a painted cactus is visible in the lower left, and more driftwood pieces are in the background

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🐍🪳Pleroma🪳🐍 @pleroma-exotics.bsky.social · 20/12/2025

if he could talk, he'd be begging for food 🐍

an Elaphe urartica staring into the camera, facing right. his body is propped up by a branch and leading upward to a piece of slate. a greenish, plastic rock hide can be seen in the background.

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🐍🪳Pleroma🪳🐍 @pleroma-exotics.bsky.social · 18/12/2025

Sazabi it is 47F in there WHY are you still active

an orange and red diones rat snake (Elaphe dione) is in a plastic tub. coconut chip substrate fills about half the bin and there are air holes visible. the snake is looking up and to the right with her tongue just barely sticking out

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🐍🪳Pleroma🪳🐍 @pleroma-exotics.bsky.social · 15/12/2025

first full brumation check-in, everyone looks good. slooowwww tongue flicks are so cute 🐍

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🐍🪳Pleroma🪳🐍 @pleroma-exotics.bsky.social · 13/12/2025

even more adult giganteus are popping out 🙌🙌 #bugsky

a few adult giant cave roaches (Blaberus giganteus) sitting on pieces of cork bark in a plastic bin

an adult and sub-adult cave roach sitting on a piece of cork bark

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🐍🪳Pleroma🪳🐍 @pleroma-exotics.bsky.social · 10/12/2025

got a Poecilotheria regalis sling over the weekend and she finally came out for a semi-decent shot. no one told me pokie slings are fuzzy...

an Indian ornamental tarantula (Poecilotheria regalis) sling sitting on a small piece of cork bark. the spider is facing downward and has stripes of light and dark brown on its legs, with two stripes of dark brown going down both segments of the body. the lighter brown spots between the dark stripes form a diamond pattern

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🐍🪳Pleroma🪳🐍 @pleroma-exotics.bsky.social · 23/11/2025

I got to hold the dad and he was such a sweet chonk of a leachie. if mine turns out anything like him I will be SO happy 🦎

an adult male leachieanous gecko perched on a hand. he's extremely large with light pink banding down the body, split up by dark green streaks on a yellowish green background. small spots of black are in the pink bands, and his mouth and snout are predominantly yellow. several acrylic displays with baby leachies are in the background

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🐍🪳Pleroma🪳🐍 @pleroma-exotics.bsky.social · 23/11/2025

NARBC was a success, sold everything I had with me AND I got my dream gecko!! Extremely happy with the day.

a leachieanous gecko in a clear deli cup labeled "Pair Y, 8/20/24". the gecko is a light pastel green, with light pink bars down the back and mottled darker green spots between the bars and scattered throughout the body.

the same gecko being held in a hand, now far more fired up. the pink bars are more saturated, and the rest of the body is streaked with dark green on a lighter green background. a food scale and contents of a plastic shoebox (lined with paper towel with a piece of cork bark, square water dish, and feeding cup) can be seen in the background.

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🐍🪳Pleroma🪳🐍 @pleroma-exotics.bsky.social · 30/10/2025

hateful wench of a chahoua gecko (affectionate) 🦎

a chahoua gecko (Mniarogekko chahoua) on the front of an acrylic enclosure. the door is open and her head is sticking out of the enclosure and looking down. branches and fake plants can be seen in the background

the same gecko right after attempting to bite the camera. she's leaning farther out of the enclosure, and has her mouth gaping open as a defensive display

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🐍🪳Pleroma🪳🐍 @pleroma-exotics.bsky.social · 27/10/2025

I tried getting photos of the earwigs (+ bonus isopods) but they're speedy little dudes

an earwig (Euborellia cincticollis) sitting on the side of a deli cup. it's surrounded by paper towels and bits of substrate from it's original enclosure

an isopod (Cubaris murina "Citrus") sitting in the substrate of the same deli cup

2 isopods and an earwig in the same deli cup

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🐍🪳Pleroma🪳🐍 @pleroma-exotics.bsky.social · 15/10/2025

speaking of lacertids, Mojo being a big ham for the camera as always 🦎

a melanistic jeweled lacerta (Timon lepidus) standing on grey and purple slate rock

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🐍🪳Pleroma🪳🐍 @pleroma-exotics.bsky.social · 15/10/2025

Gallotia galloti eisentrauti, Northern Tenerife lizard. absolutely unreal looking

photo of a Northern Tenerife lizard (Gallotia galloti eisentrauti) sitting on a rock. it's a mostly black lizard with bright yellow and green mottled striping starting at the neck, and gradually fading towards the tail. bright blue eyespots are in two lines down it's side, and it's jowls are a light sky blue. it's front arms are spotted with the same green and yellow as the body striping. photo taken from iNaturalist.

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🐍🪳Pleroma🪳🐍 @pleroma-exotics.bsky.social · 02/10/2025

I fell asleep before I could post examples but this is what I mean. first photo is an African import, the rest are captive bred and posted to social media with no mention or seeming awareness of what's wrong with it

a photo of a ball python for sale from Outback Reptiles; this one is imported directly from Africa, from field-collected eggs. note the proportion of the head before and after the eyes, and the slight rounding of the snout

another ball python from an online listing. this one has a straight, square snout that is elongated, and a head that appears "swollen" in comparison (it's not actually swollen it's just the weird head structure)

another post with two hatchling ball pythons, both from the same clutch (I think). the one on the left has a fairly normal snout, but displays the odd swollen look on the head. the one to the right has a fairly normal head, but an elongated and narrow snout

another photo of an online listing, with a hatchling ball python sitting in someone's hand. the snout on this one is badly elongated and narrow, with an oddly flat head as well. the head almost appears to have the same width as the neck, extremely abnormal for ball pythons.

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🐍🪳Pleroma🪳🐍 @pleroma-exotics.bsky.social · 30/09/2025

Haro was a very good girl at the vet, and I have more direction on how to handle her case going forward. she's probably gonna always need help shedding her face and I should keep her environment more sterile than usual to prevent any infections, if they occur at all 🐍

a top-down view of the head, neck, and part of the body of a ball python (Python regius) sitting on paper towels. a small scab on the top of her nose can be seen

a close-up of the same snake's face, facing right. a closer look at the nose can be seen, as well as bright pink heat pits and slightly cloudy eyes. sure is cute tho!

a head-on look at the same snake, with her tongue sticking out, as she looks over the top of a large plastic container. you can see the dark scarring on the tip of her nose, leaving it slightly open and lopsided on the left side

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🐍🪳Pleroma🪳🐍 @pleroma-exotics.bsky.social · 27/09/2025

(TW: frozen-thawed rodent feeding) same snake, same shit, different days 🐍

a hatchling Dione's rat snake (Elaphe dione) wrapped in a ball around a barely-visible pinky mouse. tongs are still holding the mouse up so the snake is also being held up by the tongs

the same snake, now larger, wrapped around tongs in the same manner.

the same snake, even larger still, now wrapped around rainbow hemostats holding a mouse. this time, the snake has coiled around the whole length of the hemostats so they are clamped shut while she bites the mouse's head.

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🐍🪳Pleroma🪳🐍 @pleroma-exotics.bsky.social · 27/09/2025

he's my "highest quality" red phase diones and is of course the worst eater, he's lucky he's pretty

an orange and red striped dione's rat snake (Elaphe dione) sitting on a branch, facing left. the upper part of his body is off the branch and curled into an S while he looks at the camera

the same snake wrapped in a hand. a fresh shed skin can be seen also held by the hand

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🐍🪳Pleroma🪳🐍 @pleroma-exotics.bsky.social · 25/09/2025

everybody meet this sweet old lady I adopted from snake discovery!! she's 31 years old, according to the person that surrendered her, and a former class pet in an elementary school. I am so excited to be her retirement home for however long she has left! 🐍

a ball python (Python regius) poking her head out of a black cloth bag. a hand is under her chin and sunlight is lighting her face. you can see cloudy eyes, a scarred snout, and iridescent scales

the same ball python draped over my shoulder, facing right. you get a clearer view of her body, which is dark brown with large, tan/light brown blotches, with white speckling closer to her underside

the same ball python drinking from a blue water dish

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🐍🪳Pleroma🪳🐍 @pleroma-exotics.bsky.social · 18/09/2025

Introducing...Tax Fraud the anthill python! Antaresia perthensis. Difficult to find outside of Australia, but this little guy was donated to the Colubridfest benefit auction aaaaand I won :P I blame my friend that was with me she's an enabler🐍

a baby anthill python wrapped around my fingers, facing right. it's covered in a dark, mottled pattern with a reddish-tan background. the head is patternless and a darker brown

the same python, laying it's head on my thumbnail. it's head is smaller than my nail! you can also see the snake's orange eyes

the same snake in a deli cup filled with aspen, sitting on a scale. the scale reads 4.4 grams

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🐍🪳Pleroma🪳🐍 @pleroma-exotics.bsky.social · 18/09/2025

final colubridfest thing is on the way hehehehe

tracking information for a FedEx package arriving on Thursday 9/18/25. the package is currently in Memphis, TN

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🐍🪳Pleroma🪳🐍 @pleroma-exotics.bsky.social · 16/09/2025

seperate post for the Elaphe I saw, because of course I'm doing that. nothing super surprising for me to see but I did get to look at adult animals I don't normally get to; the Japanese king rats especially cemented my desire for one lol, photos do NOT do them justice

an adult japanese king rat snake (Elaphe carinata yonaguniensis) sitting in a display box

an adult Taiwanese beauty snake (Elaphe taeniura friesei) in a display box. the bright yellow coloration was unreal in person

a red phase diones rat snake (Elaphe dione) sits in a deli cup curled up

a collection of beauty snakes in a display enclosure, meant to show the diversity of the species and subspecies. what I believe pictured is a calico Chinese beauty, vietnamese blue beauty, albino Chinese beauty, and a cave racer (ridleyi)

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🐍🪳Pleroma🪳🐍 @pleroma-exotics.bsky.social · 16/09/2025

colubridfest goodies, part 1: non-rat snakes! 🐍

two small false water cobras (Hydrodynastes gigas) in an acrylic display case with a green background. they are flaring their necks out to make a "hood" similar to true cobras, but their body is flat to the ground

an adult speckled kingsnake (Lampropeltis holbrooki) in an acrylic display case with a green background

a baby bullsnake (Pituophis catenifer sayi) sits in a deli cup with a black background. the label reads "Ghost bull $350). this one was my favorite of the whole show!

an adult green cat-eyed snake (Boiga cyanea) in a deli cup

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🐍🪳Pleroma🪳🐍 @pleroma-exotics.bsky.social · 16/09/2025

the ANGRIEST little baby bull snake I've ever seen. like half the other babies were also hissing/rattling but this little guy was stole the show lol 🐍

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🐍🪳Pleroma🪳🐍 @pleroma-exotics.bsky.social · 12/09/2025

Smash Mouth molted for me last week and I FINALLY see them out and about to get a good luck. the adult colors must be coming in 👀💦 #bugsky

a Costa Rican orange mouth tarantula (Psalmopoeus reduncus) sits on its webbing with cork bark and leaves seen in the background. the tarantula itself has a golden carapace and brown/orange hairs all over its legs and abdomen

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🐍🪳Pleroma🪳🐍 @pleroma-exotics.bsky.social · 09/09/2025

man I love whip spiders, they're so funky and easy to keep. Phrynus whitei have characteristic red or white dots on their "cheeks", but they can fade with age or just not appear at all on some specimens. I think Nostromo here is on the older side based on that + her metabolism #bugsky

a whip spider (Phrynus whitei) eating a dubia while perched on a piece of cork bark

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🐍🪳Pleroma🪳🐍 @pleroma-exotics.bsky.social · 08/09/2025

"get a chahoua gecko!" they said. "they're one of the best new cals to handle!" they said. Joe Dirt's sole mission in life is to prove those people wrong 🦎

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🐍🪳Pleroma🪳🐍 @pleroma-exotics.bsky.social · 08/09/2025

I do not have the space nor money for a cribo so this is the next best thing LOL and it was very cool seeing the breeder's enclosures and meeting the snakes, I even got to see black-headed pythons hatching!!

a freshly hatched black-headed python (Aspidites melanocephalus) sitting in its hatching bin, rearing up to strike at the camera. more eggs can be seen to it's left

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🐍🪳Pleroma🪳🐍 @pleroma-exotics.bsky.social · 08/09/2025

I have the pleasure of babysitting a snake for a good friend of mine, since I was within driving distance and I'm meeting her next week for Colubridfest. Bojangles the yellow-tail cribo!