O.C. fairgrounds go full-scale reptile at Repticon

Photo Gallery: Scaly and slithery visitors at the OC Fair & Events Center

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Ashley Bernardin of the Southern California Herpetology Assn. & Rescue holds Kevin, a reticulated python, as Frank Peña helps his daughter Cassandra touch the creature during Repticon on Saturday at the OC Fair & Event Center in Costa Mesa. Reticulated pythons, found in Southeast Asia, are the world’s longest snakes.

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Photo Gallery: Scaly and slithery visitors at the OC Fair & Events Center

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Lincoln Labonty, 5, holds a bearded dragon Nov. 12 during the two-day Repticon show at the OC Fair & Event Center in Costa Mesa.

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Photo Gallery: Scaly and slithery visitors at the OC Fair & Events Center

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Grayson Labonty, 9, holds a veiled chameleon, part of the Repticon reptile show Nov. 12-13 at the OC Fair & Event Center in Costa Mesa.

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Photo Gallery: Scaly and slithery visitors at the OC Fair & Events Center

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Jonathan Merrill shows off a jack-o’-lantern-style skin pattern on Elvira, a piebald ball python, on Saturday at Repticon, a two-day reptile show at the OC Fair & Event Center in Costa Mesa.

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Photo Gallery: Scaly and slithery visitors at the OC Fair & Events Center

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Andrea Devereaux, 16, doesn’t look sure she wants to meet a western hognose snake as she visits Repticon on Nov. 12 with her sister Ayelen, 12, and father, Patrick, at the OC Fair & Event Center in Costa Mesa.

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By Daily Pilot staff

Nov. 14, 2016 12:46 PM PT

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From slithering snakes to dainty dragons, reptiles ruled during the Repticon show Saturday and Sunday at the OC Fair & Event Center in Costa Mesa.

The event gave reptile enthusiasts the chance to get up close and personal with the scaly creatures. The weekend affair also included live animal seminars and vendors for pet supplies.