You know, it's all well and good to list weights and lengths but I know I can't be the only one to whom numbers mean very little till they see the herp in person or see an adult of the particular herp pictured with a person (yay Reptile Expos!). For some reason, it's just easier for me to wrap my visual mind around that than numbers. Sometimes it sounds bigger or smaller to me than it is when I see it in person!
So, in the interest of folks like me, I thought it could be useful to have a thread with pics of adult herps pictured with a human being so we can have a good idea of how big they actually are. :) Very helpful for people considering certain species to know what they are or aren't in for. Also, with visuals next to the size numbers, it helps us to have in mind around what those numbers mean.
I know people vary in size and shape (as evidenced by my brother and I below, he's a bit over 6ft) but I still find it useful for a general idea. I have some pics from expos too, but I don't know the numbers for those particular animals to help people compare so gonna leave those species to folks who own them. I encourage folks with the giants especially to post here!
Not sure as Gomez is considered an adult or not yet? So here's some for sure adult girls!
Adult Female Blue Beauty. About 8ft 3lbs.
http://pics.livejournal.com/medusasowl/pic/000g5xzr
Female Jeweled Lacerta (her tail is about the same length as her body, maybe a bit longer) 1ft 6in long, no idea what she weighs though, I need a scale still. :oops:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...s/IMG_2172.jpg