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Only a fragmentary rhamphorhynchid specimen from Germany could be larger (184 % the size of the biggest Rhamphorhynchus). [18] Other huge non-pterodactyloid pterosaurs are Sericipterus , Campylognathoides and Harpactognathus , with the wingspan of 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in), [ 19 ] 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in), [ 19 ] and 2.5 m (8 ft 2 in), [ 18 ] respectively.
Practical limitations, most notably the weight of water (1 kilogram per litre (8.345 lb/U.S. gal; 10.022 lb/imp gal)) and internal water pressure (requiring thick glass siding) of a large aquarium, restrict most home aquaria to a maximum of around 1 cubic metre in volume (1000 L, weighing 1,000 kg or 2,200 lb). [47]
A miniature home terrarium. Biosphere 2 in Oracle, Arizona. A vivarium (Latin for 'place of life'; pl. vivaria or vivariums) is an area, usually enclosed, for keeping and raising animals or plants for observation or research. Water-based vivaria may have open tops providing they are not connected to other water bodies.
They are relatively small-sized crocodilians with an average maximum weight of 6 to 40 kg (13 to 88 lb) depending on species, with the exception of the black caiman (Melanosuchus niger), which can grow more than 4 m (13 ft) in length and weigh in excess of 450 kg (1,000 Ib). The black caiman is the largest caiman species in the world and is ...
The United States Association of Reptile Keepers (USARK) is a 501(c)(6) nonprofit organization. USARK describes itself as "a science, education and conservation based advocacy (organization) for the responsible private ownership of, and trade in reptiles."
Squamata is the largest order of reptiles, comprising lizards, snakes and amphisbaenians (worm lizards), which are collectively known as squamates or scaled reptiles. With over 10,000 species, [15]
[38] [39] In Hungary, one turtle was caught in the middle of a street near a lake. [40] Alligator snapping turtles have been found throughout Italy beginning in the early 2000s. [41] Certain EU countries have strong laws against keeping the alligator snapping turtle without permission, as it is an invasive species. [42]
Gopher tortoises can live more than 40 years. [23] One current specimen, Gus (age 101—the oldest known living gopher tortoise—as of 2024 [ 24 ] [ 25 ] ), has been living continuously in captivity at the Nova Scotia Museum of Natural History in Halifax for 75 years as of 2018 [update] [ 26 ] and is believed to have hatched between 1920 and 1925.