Visitors from the Carboniferous

April 21, 2005 9:02 AM

Melissa Kaplan's site is not just about green iguanas. Anapsid.org provides information on behavior, health, prey and feeding, captivity issues, and more regarding Cyclura (blue) iguanas, chelonians, amphibians, crocodilians, lizards, snakes, and even invertebrates and arachnids.
posted by breezeway (5 comments total)

Whenever I get contacted out of the blue by a complete stranger about some reptile care related question, Melissa's site is the first place I send them. It's been around for years and it's excellent.
posted by mcwetboy at 9:43 AM on April 21, 2005

I've relied on it several times. I had a spectacled caiman for over a decade, and no matter how many times I told people not to get them, 'lo and behold, I would get a phone call from some idiot, "Hey, dude, my caiman, what does it eat?" Scott nearly ate my hand before I got him trained, and even then he would actively pursue people whenever I took him to the park.
Thank God for ferret harnesses.
Melissa's site also links to the best material for herp care on the web.
posted by Baby_Balrog at 10:51 AM on April 21, 2005

Weird, I just found this site last night for info on my wife's sick 15-yr-old green iguana. Great info.
posted by drobot at 1:41 PM on April 21, 2005

Melissa's site is also home to The Beastly Garden of Wordy Delights, an interesting and thorough compilation of various "Plurals, Collective Nouns, Sounds, Gender and Offspring" for different animal species.
posted by the_bone at 3:09 PM on April 21, 2005

Huh. Ever seen a cover of coots?
posted by Baby_Balrog at 6:43 PM on April 21, 2005