FEB 15 '25, HERPETOLOGIC (reptilian) VERSE#3: third slither

 

 This post is a continuation of the collection of poems 'REPTILES' as displayed on this blog February 15, 2023 (slither #1), and February 15, 2024 (slither #2).

previous poetic posts (Note that captions are available for versions of the poems displayed on "Daily Illustrated Nonsense" since January 2024).

(first slither): amphisbaenians, autotomy, beneficial snakes, broad-headed skinks, brown anoles.

(second slither): Carolina anoles, crocodilians, eastern glass lizards, eviction notice, fence lizards, five-lined skinks. 

CURRENT CONTENTS (#3)
Geckos (on the ceiling)
Gila monsters
Going green
Herpetophobes
Leaping lizards

Authors' Note: A profusion of tiny setae (filament-hairs) on the lizards' palm-pads, as shown by electron microscopy, explain the gecko's unusual gravity-defying mobility.

Authors' Note: Gila monsters are found in southern California, Arizona and northern Mexico. They should enjoy ongoing changes in our climate.

green anole, appearing gray, climbing down fencepost

same anole, 2 minutes later

Authors' Note: 

ophidiophobia: an extreme or incapacitating fear of snakes

herpetophobia: a similar anxiety disorder extending to all reptiles

The reptilian suborder Serpentes was previously known as Ophidia, a term derived from ophis, Greek for 'snake'. 

Authors' Note:  'Leapin' Lizards' was a classic idiom used to express surprise, long before it was suspected that birds had evolved from reptiles!

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