Purple Lizard: 5 US Species With Real Violet Color
No US lizard is purple all over, but five species show genuine violet on the throat, belly, or spine. Here is how to identify each one and where to find it.
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Ornate Box Turtle: Identification, Range, and Legal Status
The ornate box turtle wears yellow lines on a dark shell, stays under 6 in, and lives 30 to 50 years on the Great Plains. Identification, diet, predators and the laws that protect it.
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Leopard Gecko Diet: What to Feed, How Much, and How Often
Leopard geckos eat live insects only. Here are the staple feeders, portion sizes by age, the feeding schedule, and the supplements that prevent bone disease.
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Mexican Alligator Lizard: Care, Cost, and 8 Key Facts
The emerald green Mexican alligator lizard is not venomous, tops out near 12 in, and needs a cool, humid, vertical enclosure. Here is what care and ownership really cost.
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Crocodile Symbolism: What Seeing One Means, Tradition by Tradition
The crocodile stands for primal power, ancient wisdom and hidden danger. Egyptian, African, Hindu and biblical readings, plus what each sighting situation means.
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Turtle Symbolism: What It Means to See One, by Tradition and Situation
A turtle sighting is read as protection, patience and steady progress. The meanings by tradition, by situation and in dreams, each stated as the belief it is.
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Florida Softshell Turtle: Size, Bite and Why Not to Lift One
Florida softshell turtles reach 2 ft of leathery shell and reach backward to bite. Identification, range, legality and safe handling.
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Alligator Symbolism and Spiritual Meaning: 7 Signs Explained
Seeing an alligator is read as a call to hold your ground. Meanings from Seminole and Choctaw tradition, the Bible, Egypt, Voodoo and modern spirit animal writing, plus what each sighting situation means.
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Yellow Lizard: 9 Species in the US and How to Tell Them Apart
Yellow lizards in the US are harmless, from sandy spiny lizards in the Mojave to striped juvenile skinks in the East. Here is how to name the one you saw, and what the yellow spotted lizard from Holes really is.
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Sea Turtle Symbolism: What Seeing One Means in 6 Traditions
Sea turtle symbolism centers on longevity, patience and safe passage. What the honu means in Hawaii, what the turtle carries in Native American teachings, and how each sighting is read.
