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[CreatureDoctor]

For those who can swing the shipping, AAA flat tailed gecko

https://www.ebay.com/itm/384848077162

[sbell]

For those who can swing the shipping, AAA flat tailed gecko

https://www.ebay.com/itm/384848077162

Can't pay that postage. So cool though

[NSD Bashe]

lot containing an extremely rare Discovery Channel Store brand ceratioid anglerfish:

https://www.ebay.com/itm/226597141275

[Saarlooswolfhound]

That yellow white and green lizard at the top looks interesting. Anybody recognize it?

[BlueKrono]

That yellow white and green lizard at the top looks interesting. Anybody recognize it?

I don't. Looks kinda salamandery to me. I'd sell it if someone's interested.

[sbell]

That yellow white and green lizard at the top looks interesting. Anybody recognize it?

I don't. Looks kinda salamandery to me. I'd sell it if someone's interested.

The costal grooves and toes are definitely salamander like, but the pattern doesn't represent any species I can find

[stemturtle]

Salamanders have 4 toes on their forelimbs, 5 on their hindlimbs. An exception is the four-toed salamander, Hemidactylium scutatum, which has 4 toes on its hindlimbs. Lizards have 5 toes for each limb. The tetrapod in question is probably a lizard.

[bmathison1972]

looks like the very rare and reclusive lizamander!

In all joking, the sculptor clearly drew from both. But I agree, a lizard was probably the initial intent (the costal grooves may just be wrinkles, and the tail doesn't look like anything real). That being said, even Safari got the toes thing wrong at least once (extra pair of toes on the Cave Dwellers TOOB olm).

[Saarlooswolfhound]

looks like the very rare and reclusive lizamander!

In all joking, the sculptor clearly drew from both. But I agree, a lizard was probably the initial intent (the costal grooves may just be wrinkles, and the tail doesn't look like anything real). That being said, even Safari got the toes thing wrong at least once (extra pair of toes on the Cave Dwellers TOOB olm).

Ah yes, the all too common chimaera model! Thanks everyone for their input on the figure.

[NSD Bashe]

No idea if anyone's looking for a stuffed lamprey but there's a stuffed lamprey:

https://www.ebay.com/itm/405438095409


And in a similar but also very different vein, here is apparently a taxidermy hagfish (albeit very expensive):

https://www.ebay.com/itm/166947281490

[BlueKrono]

I collect taxidermy, but if I had that lying around my house I'd get some very strange looks from visitors.

[sbell]

The lamprey is pretty awesome.

That hagfish...less so. I'd imagine preserving their weird skin is quite the challenge

[NSD Bashe]

That's a fair reaction I suppose; it seemed odd that it was a dried specimen and not a wet one, though it occurs to me maybe it would just dissolve in alcohol?

[Saarlooswolfhound]

I've seen specimens of both lamprey and hagfish preserved in liquid (not sure what kind but I'd suspect alcohol) and dried/vacuum-packed like you would with jerky. The taxidermied hagfish is a bit cringeworthy... but the lamprey stuffed animal is sort of cute.

[NSD Bashe]

very pricey but an interesting curiosity based seemingly on recent events:

https://www.ebay.com/itm/226601927287

[NSD Bashe]

listings for an Safari LTD anglerfish and 2 loosejaws

https://www.ebay.com/itm/156736544556

https://www.ebay.com/itm/156736549195

https://www.ebay.com/itm/286202786076

[NSD Bashe]

Seems to be a set of some Play Visions coral reef figures but with National Geographic packaging:

https://www.ebay.com/itm/135592580956


and an unusual set of Play Visions fish as magnets

https://www.ebay.com/itm/156506244817

[sbell]

Seems to be a set of some Play Visions coral reef figures but with National Geographic packaging:

https://www.ebay.com/itm/135592580956


and an unusual set of Play Visions fish as magnets

https://www.ebay.com/itm/156506244817

That's exactly what that is. For a while Play Visions partnered with National Geographic to make sets. Sometimes just minis, sometimes a large figure with smaller ones. This was around 1997 to 2002

They'd also tag larger figures as Habitat Earth.

And yes, sometimes they also sliced the figures and made them magnetic. We have or had a couple, those were around until at least 2006

[NSD Bashe]

Kenner Wonder World fish sets:

piranhas / shark / ray
https://www.ebay.com/itm/156783118326

angelfish / pufferfish / crab / dolphin
https://www.ebay.com/itm/335846190650

[NSD Bashe]

A couple unbranded sea slugs that may otherwise be tricky to find since they aren't even listed as sea slugs or nudibranchs

https://www.ebay.com/itm/365451044300