ABQ BioPark

The ABQ BioPark's dedicated teams demonstrate their love for Earth's plants and animals in many ways every single day, including their ink! We're celebrating again this year by showing off staff artwork.

Do you see your favorite species? Show us your family-friendly plant or animal tattoos in the comments!

Happy ! July 13 through 19 is now known as , expanded from the original annual celebration on July 16.

We've been having so much fun helping you ssscale up your snake knowledge. Continue to join us online all week long as we put the ssspotlight on the amazing snakes of the world, and highlight what it takes for our expert reptile team to care for the BioPark's serpentine residents!

In the Reptile House, guests can once again see one of the most eye-catching fanged fashionistas in the Viperidae family: the eyelash viper! This species is on the smaller side, typically ranging from 22 to 32 inches long, and makes their home in the trees of Columbia. They come in a wide variety of striking color combinations and patterns, and are well-known for the namesake brow ridge made of modified spiked scales that resemble eyelashes.

This lovely female was born at the ABQ BioPark in 2014. Fun fact: like many vipers, they are ovoviviparous which means that the female doesn't lay her eggs, but incubates them internally and has a live "birth"! A clutch can be between 2 to 20 babies, about 6 inches long.