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L. fabiani is endemic to the Salar de Atacama, the Atacama salt flat, in northern Chile. [5]The species was first described by José L. Yáñez and Herman Núñez in 1983, from a sample collected at a high elevation, 2,450 m (8,040 ft), near San Pedro de Atacama in Llano de Vilama in September 1981 by the Chilean National Museum of Natural History.
The Atacama Desert (Spanish: Desierto de Atacama) is a desert plateau located on the Pacific coast of South America, in the north of Chile.Stretching over a 1,600-kilometre-long (1,000-mile) strip of land west of the Andes Mountains, it covers an area of 105,000 km 2 (41,000 sq mi), [2] which increases to 128,000 km 2 (49,000 sq mi) if the barren lower slopes of the Andes are included.
Piedras Rojas, salar de Aguas Calientes One of the "Monks of the Pacana", huge rock formations created by the erosion of the wind, near the Salar de Aguas Calientes. This area is made up of two salt flats: Salar de Tara, located 120 kilometres east of San Pedro de Atacama and 440 kilometres northeast of Antofagasta, and Salar de Aguas Calientes, reaching an elevation of up to 4,860 metres ...
Little desert lizard in Katherine, Northern Territory. D. cyanochasma particularly preys on small and fast desert lizards, as it acts as a pursuit predator. The venom of the desert whip snake is primarily adapted to target smaller animals; so the zootoxin doesn't pose a significant danger to humans. However, a bite from this snake can result in ...
Barczyk, who turned a childhood fascination with snakes into multiple reptile-related businesses and more than 15 million social media followers worldwide, died Sunday at 54 at his home in Warren.
Viscacha or vizcacha (UK: / v ɪ ˈ s k æ tʃ ə /, US: / v ɪ ˈ s k ɑː tʃ ə /) are rodents of two genera (Lagidium and Lagostomus) in the family Chinchillidae.They are native to South America and convergently resemble rabbits.
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The desert kingsnake (Lampropeltis splendida) is a species of kingsnake native to Texas, Arizona, and New Mexico, United States. It is not venomous, colored yellow and black. The desert kingsnake's diet consists of rodents, lizards, and smaller snakes, including rattlesnakes. They normally grow 3–4 ft long, but have been known to grow up to 6 ...