Lizards and frogs and snakes, oh my!

More than 160 creepy-crawlers — including tarantulas, centipedes, and two dozen pythons — were confiscated from a truck trying to cross the Texas border into Mexico amid a spike in exotic pet smuggling in the area, officials said.

Forty-five different species of reptiles and arthropods were seized from a truck attempting to cross into Mexico. U.S. Customs and Border Protection

A single silver Toyota truck attempting to cruise over the Anzalduas International Bridge in Texas on Oct. 22 somehow fit all 163 of the confiscated animals inside. The driver was arrested, but hasn’t been charged, according to US Customs and Border Protection .

The truck was packed to the brim with 45 different species of reptiles and arthropods. Many of the exotic beasts,

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