What is the most interesting herp...

[Manitoban Herps]

What do you think is the most interesting herp you have ever heard of?

I think any species of chameleon are the most interesting b/c of there long shooting sticky tongue, prehensile tail, there eyes and there colours.

What is the most interesting herp?

Kevin

[Tim_Cranwill]

Cop out answer... :D

Which ever one I'm holding, working with or looking at at the time. :)

Honestly, I don't know. I don't have many favorites in life.

[Shad0w]

Most interesting for me...

Alligator snapping turtle for its shear prehistoric look, its habit of fishing with its tounge lure, and its insane size. (check my baby in my gallery:) )

Matamata turtle for its just completely bizzare appearance :)

[Removed_2815]

I suppose I'm biased, but the Spiny Softshell (Apalone spinifera) is the most interesting herp! Horrible, horrible captives, but they sure are interesting...
Cheers,
Ryan

[meow_mix450]

I would ahve to say dart frogs. The colours that some have are amazing! Next to that for sure would be the chameleon

Meow

[Manitoban Herps]

Originally posted by Tim_Cranwill
Cop out answer... :D

Which ever one I'm holding, working with or looking at at the time. :)

Honestly, I don't know. I don't have many favorites in life.

True, when ever I spend a long time with the animal in one day I always think that it is the coolest herp ever then I hold another of mine and it changes..so I guess it depends on which day it is!

[Scales Zoo]

Rattlesnakes - which have a lot of really neat things that have evolved to make a "super" reptile. I grew up around them, and was always more interested in exotic reptiles that did not live in the area.

But having the king of snakes, the rattlesnakes - as well as bullsnakes and hognose snakes living here, is something I have not appreciated as much in the past as I should have.

Ryan

[CamHanna]

Lately I've been reading a lot about New-World ratsnakes and related genre and have found them to be quite interesting. Plus they're active snakes and good captives.

Paleosuchus catch my eye now and then but I don't know much about them.

Edit: I was prompted by my own post to do some more reading on Paleosuchus. I found something interesting about the nomenclature.
From http://www.crocodilian.com/paleosuchus/

Crocodilus palpebrosus (Cuvier, 1807)
Crocodilus (Alligator) trigonatus (Merrem, 1820)
Champsa trigonata (Wagler, 1830)
Alligator palpebrosus (Dumeril and Bibron, 1836)
Caiman trigonatus (Gray, 1844)
Caiman (Paleosuchus) trigonatus (Gray, 1862)
Jacaretinga trigonatus (Vaillant, 1898)
Paleosuchus niloticus (Muller, 1924)
Paleosuchus trigonatus (Schmidt, 1928)
Crocodylus niloticus (Werner, 1933).

No, Crocodylus niloticus isn’t a typo. The name given to the Nile crocodile was later proven to be based on a diagram that was in fact a Paleosuchus trigonatus! Under the zoological naming standards (International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature), the first scientific name given to an animal after 1758 stands - even if it turns out to be inaccurate. So, officially, the name Crocodylus niloticus belongs to the smooth-fronted caiman. However, the ICZN also has the power to overrule to avoid confusion or inconvenience. Obviously, C niloticus would cause such confusion, so Paleosuchus trigonatus stands. Once a name is accepted widely for over 50 years, it must not be displaced ! P trigonatus has rarely been challenged since Schmidt’s review in 1928.

[Invictus]

For me, it's my Papuan olive pythons. They are by far the most intelligent snake I've ever had the privilege of working with. Never before have I seen a snake that will actually "bluff" you. I discovered that they love to lash at the glass to try to scare you away, but if you handle them, they either don't bite at all, or they give you a very slow, very subdued phoney attack, which is really neat... and sometimes funny. The fact that they can get to 14 feet doesn't hurt either.

[Slipknot]

I think the Ajolote is the most interesting herp I've ever seen...

http://www.menphis75.com/images/foto_mostri/ajolote.jpg

[Tyler99]

Arrr...Ya beat me to it!! I even have it saved to be pasted!!!!!!!

[Manitoban Herps]

That is 2 kewl :D

[Lrptls]

i'm not sure off the top of my head what the most interesting of all herps to me is. the one that interests me alot that i would love to have are tentacled snakes. then the most interesting herp i'v kept myself would be the european legless lizard.

[JonD]

These gecko's have always amazed me, U. Fimbriatus. I love thier eyes.

(pics borrowed from KaHane's Aka GenerAsian Exotics, ssnakess gallery)
http://www.ssnakess.com/photopost/data/511/435DSC09674.jpg http://www.ssnakess.com/photopost/data/511/435DSC09711.jpg http://www.ssnakess.com/photopost/data/511/435DSC09709.jpg

[Rhonda]

Most interesting herps?...... That's a tough question. I love uromastyx because of their individual personalities, their wide range of beautiful colours and their really cute! I'm also fascinated by venomous snakes. They're also beautiful creatures and the power of venom is intriguing to me. Seeing a monacled cobra in defense posture is as majestic as a soaring eagle.

[JimmyDavid]

On scientific level i think the Tuatara is the most interesting because it's unique.
But who am i kidding? retics are my favorites.

[Darren179]

I wouldnt be able to pick on in specific but I would have to say region wise it would be Madagascar even though I have never been it looks to be one of the most beautiful places in the world and because of its isolation for so long has had some interesting twists as far as evolution goes. I would have to say some of the chameleons on the island though they have just adapted so well it amazes me everytime. But on the other hand its also loosing alot of its natural habitat and becoming more and more commercialized it each passing year.

[Ontario_herper]

Just a little bias eh Ryan? lol

There's too many to choose from around the world but the species I find most interesting in Ontario would be the spotted turtle. For some reason, I find the fact that these turtles spend most of the year in some form of "hibernation" to be most interesting. All they do is eat a few meals, reproduce, and then go back to sleep.

Maybe I'm just jelous!

[oscar]

Slipknot.. that is the weirdest animal i have ever seen. it almost looks photoshopped. it has a prehensile tail skink's face, a earthworms body, and a mole's paws. tres funky!

anyway.. my answer would have to be the elephant trunk snake.. only because its so odd looking and i dont know much about it, but honestly there are dozens and dozens of herps that capture my attention and i keep find more.

[Slipknot]

Yeah Ajolotes are awesome! It'd be cool to own one! :D