Riverside Reptiles Education Center Videos

Moving one of our Cuvier’s Dwarf Caiman. #caiman #cuviersdwarfcaiman #crocodiliansofinstagram #crocodilian #reptile #reptiles #reptilesofinstgram #connecticut #reptilezoo

A large Eastern (Black) Rat Snake moving through my yard in route back to it’s hibernaculum. #snake #snakes #ratsnake #snakesofinstagram #pantherophisalleghaniensis #connecticut

Target training Tiki the Morelet’s Crocodile. #reptiles #reptilesofinstagram #crocodile #crocodilian #connecticut #reptilezoo #moreletscrocodile

Short-shorts and a 70-pound Alligator Snapping Turtle. #turtle #turtlesofinstagram #turtles #snappingturtle #alligatorsnappingturtle #macrochelysapalachicolae

A beautiful Northern Water Snake that I removed from a small koi pond, and released back into the adjacent wetlands. #snakes #watersnake #nerodia #snakecatcher

Atlas the Common Snapping Turtle was expecting food, not a phone! Atlas is 18-years old an weighs around 20-pounds. Common Snappong Turtles are one of the most common species here in CT (after the Eastern Painted Turtle). They are an essential part of our wetland ecosystems. #snappingturtle #commonsnappingturtle #chelydraserpentina #turtle #turtles #turtlesofinstagram #wetlands

We tried pairing our Gooty Sapphire Tarantulas today. Unfortunately she was NOT in the mood, but at least he lived to try again another day. #gootysapphiretarantula #gootysapphireornamental #gootysapphire #tarantula #tarantulasofinstagram #tarantulasoftheworld #tarantulamating #spider

Fun with a Vietnamese Giant Centipede! 🫣#centipede #scolopendradehaani #scolopendra #invertebratesofinstagram #invertebrates

A new taratantula! #birdeater #birdeatertarantula #theraphosastirmi #tarantula #tarantulasofinstagram #tarantulasoftheworld

Is our Gooty sapphire a boy or a girl? #Gootysapphire #gootysaphireornamental #gooty #tarantula #tarantulasofinstagram

Thank you to everyone who purchased a raffle ticket! All the funds went to our 501(c)3 Conservation & Education Reptile Rescue. Watch the video below to see who won!

Napoleon the European Starling waiting for me to drop my sandwich. Being annoying is his specialty. #starling #petbird #sillybird

Tachnid Fly (Juriniopsis adusta) feeding on nectar. Did you know flies are one of the top pollinators within any ecosystem? Tachnid Flies lay their eggs on caterpillars. When the egg hatches, the maggot burrows into the caterpillar and slowly feeds on the internal parts. When the maggot is mostly developed, it exits the (now dead) host and moves ro the ground where it will dig a hole and pupate. #flies #pollinators #pollinatorsareimportant #pollinatorgarden

Black-breasted Leaf Turtle have large forward facing eyes, which makes them formidable little hunters of invertebrates, and small vertebrates. #blackbreastedleafturtle #spengleri #geoemyda #geoemydaspengleri #endangeredspecies #turtlesoftiktok #turtles

Black Rat Snake crossing the street in front of my house. #snakesoftiktok #snake #snakes #ratsnake #snakeconservation