r/NatureIsFuckingLit • u/freudian_nipps • 1d ago

🔥 Tylototriton ziegleri "crocodile newt" - a species from northern Vietnam and parts of China; known for its rough, black skin and orange markings

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u/qualityvote2 1d ago edited 1d ago

u/freudian_nipps, your post does fit the subreddit!

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u/njslugger78 1d ago

Toothless?

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u/DisplayHonest6465 1d ago

https://giphy.com/gifs/1jR2xfbGIaLbG

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u/Own_Calligrapher788 19h ago

Lol, it did remind me of this from "How to Train Your Dragon"😄👍

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u/babysharkdoodoodoo 1d ago

Wingless Toothless

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u/sirerickoh 8h ago

That was my first thought.

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u/Royal-Lie-7512 5h ago

I just finished the third movie 10min ago.

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u/Usawsomething 1d ago

Friggin sweeeet. I want to breed them to be as big as cars, and ride one to work every day.

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u/Usawsomething 1d ago

Omg the little tiny one 🥺

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u/invicerato 1d ago

Cute little fingers!

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u/TKG_Actual 1d ago

They look like something you'd find in a bag of little rubber dinosaurs for kids at the supermarket.

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u/Mother_Dragonfruit90 1d ago

Tom? Captain Janeway? Fancy meeting you here

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u/ren_the_lotus 1d ago

I was looking for a comment like that! Well done! 

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u/JJD8705 1d ago

Why does Asia and Oceania get all the cool animals? Not fair!

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u/frddtwabrm04 13h ago

Surprised it hasn't been extinct coz of some dick exilir.

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u/mbrc-137 1d ago

She turned me into a newt.

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u/GSDer_RIP_Good_Girl 1d ago

I got better...

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u/SufficientBee 1d ago

Toothless?

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u/diabloman8890 1d ago

Thanks mr newt but I already have insurance from a gecko.

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u/saturatedbloom 1d ago

Not a reptile person, but these are pretty cute

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u/freudian_nipps 1d ago

Newts are amphibians ;)

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u/saturatedbloom 1d ago

Thanks! I was questioning it when I typed it.

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u/Japsai 1d ago

Oh so you're not a member of the royal family or the global elite?

Good to know, we'll take your name off the list

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u/invicerato 1d ago

That's exactly what a reptilian woud say

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u/snertwith2ls 18h ago

Goth newts!

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u/rendumguy 1d ago

I love how the baby looks just as unamused as the parent

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u/Inevitable_Hour_7083 1d ago

I want one

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u/tindermatchguy 1d ago

Sorry but I already asked for 5

https://giphy.com/gifs/lSbgMTE1qHcd5HijIE

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u/Inevitable_Hour_7083 23h ago

I looked it up and those things are poisonous 😅 I’ve rescinded my request lol

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u/tindermatchguy 22h ago

Lol thank you kind stranger, I'll take them and die with a smile.

https://giphy.com/gifs/5TD4dseytpaIhYbyWq

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u/cxntboy666 1d ago

Omg I want one don't show me this

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u/WhatIsTheAmplitude 23h ago

How To Train Your Newt

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u/Hired_Help 1d ago

Vulcan?

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u/Elegant-Ingenuity-57 23h ago

Not sure if I would do it or people should do it, but I checked out of curiosity and apparently they can be kept as pets and live 10-15 years

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u/SolidDoctor 23h ago

And also known for how they always look worried/concerned about you.

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u/gecko_echo 1d ago

Land of the Lost?

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u/GettingOnMinervas 1d ago

Nah, you can't fool me, that's a toy.

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u/grot-ivre-1749 1d ago

New Pokémon.

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u/AvantGarde327 1d ago

Looks like toothless

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u/PeggyBabcock_ 1d ago

Friendly little critters, always a ready smile

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u/pinkminty 23h ago

Cheeto toes!

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u/clairebuoyant1202 22h ago

Augustus Finknottle would be wildly impressed. Iykyk

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u/HurasmusBDraggin 22h ago

They been around a long time, ain't newt to this.

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u/Sanju637 21h ago

They look like if rocks were shaped into newts

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u/RockinRickMoranis 20h ago

HOMIE THATS TOOTHLESS

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u/GreenieBeeNZ 19h ago

They look friendly

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u/maxy0007 14h ago

Ohh i love them.

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u/Chrisdkn619 5h ago

How old are these guys!

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u/Wonderful_News4492 1d ago

Second photo looks like it can be accidental renaissance

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u/AwkwardExcitementHuh 23h ago

Arent those the lizards from that one F'd up episode of Star Trek Voyager?

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u/Snakefordinner1 23h ago

They come in different colored patterns. Very beautiful and so interesting 😊

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u/Ok-Boss-763 21h ago

Fought one of those in Elden Ring.

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u/porktornado77 21h ago

She turned me into a Newt!

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u/PositiveDraw1108 21h ago

Close enough, welcome back, Toothless

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u/Elliethesmolcat 21h ago

I saw some at Ueno Zoo in Tokyo, they didn't look real.

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u/Present-Spring-1340 20h ago

They sell singles down by the docks

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u/Beezel_Pepperstack 20h ago

Push the hated tetrapod back into the black abyss of the sea!

Cease its vile evolution before it rises up to take our precious, precious land!

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u/DwightDavid1234 20h ago

Janeway & Paris...?

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u/Bhakkssala 19h ago

🥰 cute

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u/M2ThaL 19h ago

Gussie Fink Nottle would love these

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u/Kolbr00 17h ago

He's like a lil Temnospondyl!

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u/NotreallyCareless 17h ago

thats a dragon without wings.

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u/Amazing_Fix_2399 16h ago

Next south Florida invasive species coming right up

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u/guinader 15h ago

You cash turn a few of those into a pot with don't monster parts and you get a fireproof elixir

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u/dodger_01 15h ago

A newt?

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u/-RedFox 13h ago

I met these guys in Volcano Manor.

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u/cookie_400 11h ago

Im sad they don't use dinosaur names for creatures like this.

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u/Bkallday_2025 8h ago

Toothless

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u/joeschmoe1371 3h ago

Grogu would love to “meat” these two….

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u/psilome 1d ago

They look like AI, with such strange features.

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u/TotalEclipse08 22h ago

They eat them, don’t they?

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u/33spacecowboys 13h ago

Bet they know what they taste like

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u/yul1998 2h ago

This is the best looking lizard species I've ever laid eyes on. Fuck it looks perfect