Creatures!

Black-rumped Flameback (Dinopium benghalense), male, family Picidae, order Piciformes, India

Tuesday, Wednesday tread through muck

Thursday maybe eat a duck

It’s Friday, Flat as Fuck

“El Diablito” Poison Frog (Oophaga sylvatica), "flame morph", family Dendrobatidae, Pacific Coast of Colombia

Red-sided Garter Snakes (Thamnophis sirtalis parietalis), family Colubridae, Manitoba, Canada

A) normal phase (86%) B) hypermelanistic (12%) C) melanistic (2%)

These snakes were all found within a polymorphic (multiple color types) population at a den site in Manitoba, Canada. Normally, den sites are just one of these color morphs. The non-standard morphs are usually known from islands and other fragmented populations, but not usually found in these numbers from populations like this, with genetic in flow.

Kiang Equus kiang

Andean Motmot or Highland Motmot (Momotus aequatorialis), family Momotidae, order Coraciiformes, Colombia

Black-collared Jay (Cyanolyca armillata), family Corvidae, order Passeriformes, Colombia