A dart frog, part of a family of frogs native to tropical Central and South America, shows its colors at Repticon, a reptile show last weekend in Costa Mesa. (Don Leach / Daily Pilot)
Rachel Morse “wears” a boa constrictor on Saturday during the two-day Repticon reptile show at the OC Fair & Event Center in Costa Mesa. (Don Leach / Daily Pilot)
A white throat monitor greets a visitor on Saturday during Repticon at the OC Fair & Event Center in Costa Mesa. (Don Leach / Daily Pilot)
A fire bee ball python wraps around the wrist of a guest at the Repticon reptile show in Costa Mesa. (Don Leach / Daily Pilot)
A giant toad is quite a handful on Saturday at the Repticon reptile show in Costa Mesa. (Don Leach / Daily Pilot)
A colorful dart frog observes its observers on Saturday during Repticon, a two-day reptile show at the OC Fair & Event Center in Costa Mesa. Members of this Latin American species often secrete poison derived from their typical diet of ants, mites and termites. The frog pictured is not poisonous because it has a different diet in captivity. (Don Leach / Daily Pilot)
A colorful chameleon eyes visitors during the weekend Repticon reptile show at the OC Fair & Event Center in Costa Mesa. (Don Leach / Daily Pilot)
An emerald tree boa rests at Repticon, a two-day reptile show in Costa Mesa. (Don Leach / Daily Pilot)
