Lacerta bilineata Abruzzo - Italy . . .
#lacertabilineata #ramarro #abruzzo #italy #fieldherping #herpetology #herping #reptilia #lizards #nature #europeanherping #wild #rettili #europeangreenlizard #ramarrooccidentale
#lacertabilineata #ramarro #abruzzo #italy #fieldherping #herpetology #herping #reptilia #lizards #nature #europeanherping #wild #rettili #europeangreenlizard #ramarrooccidentale
A bit of #herping down by the Cape Fear River this morning. Spotted a juvenile American #Alligator (A. mississippiensis - 5ft or less) just after daybreak, then a beauty adult Common 5-Lined #Skink (P. fasciatus - almost 6 inches) as the sun cleared the trees.
#herps #reptiles #lizard #herpetology
#herpetology #lizard #reptiles #herps #skink #alligator #herping
I was going through some ancient stuff and found this thing that still makes me chuckle.
#salamanders #comic #herpetology #newt #naturephotography #herping
#salamanders #comic #herpetology #newt #naturephotography #herping
Recent #herping adventures in DC - a prehistoric-looking Common Snapping Turtle, an adult male Five-lined Skink who's dropped his tail at some point, and a juvenile Five-lined Skink with its electric blue tail, all seen on Theodore Roosevelt Island, and the resident Common Watersnake at the lily pond in the Tregaron Conservancy.
#herpetology #herps #lizards #SnakesAreBeautiful #TurtlesAllTheWayDown #UrbanWildlife
#urbanwildlife #turtlesallthewaydown #snakesarebeautiful #lizards #herps #herpetology #herping
Poll in next post: Rattlesnake, yes or no?
Moments after the first photo was taken, it struck at me. (I was well out of range; it's a digitally zoomed phone pic.)
#snake #rattlesnake #herpetology #herping
Heading out on my #bike for more #herping
#BikeHerping should be a thing!
Gonna start before dark tonight. More snakes are out later, but I want to get back to photograph bats at the hummingbird feeder later.
Also, I've taken trips to the park more often lately, and I've been lucky enough to run into "the dragon", by which I mean the one lone #SnappingTurtle that is occasionally sighted on the bridge overlooking the connection between the lake and the adjacent canal.
This snapping turtle is typically a rare sight.
Softshells are somewhat uncommon, while cooters and sliders are very basically ubiquitous.
#snappingturtle #urbannature #herping
#FatTuesday #Herping in the #Gamboa #Rainforest, #Panama. Lots of what I believe to be juvenile #Basilisk #lizards, and several species of #frogs for me to identify when I return home. Also spotted an American #Crocodile in the Chagres River near there on Sunday.
#reptiles #amphibians #herpetology
#herpetology #amphibians #reptiles #crocodile #Frogs #Lizards #basilisk #Panama #rainforest #gamboa #herping #fattuesday
Helping video in Singapore
King Cobras and more from Singapore!
Abt 84 hours until we board a plane to spend remainder of the month in #Panama! Still looking for recommendations for #herping locations with easy/moderate access (lots of miles and COPD on this body - so strenuous hiking/climbing isn't optimal).
On the list so far - El Valle de Anton, Gamboa Rainforest Preserve, and Rainforest Discovery Center in #Soberania NP. What else do you #WildLife folks recommend? (west of Canal, preferably)
#reptiles #amphibians #herpetology
#herpetology #amphibians #reptiles #WildLife #soberania #herping #Panama
Eastern fence lizards are developing fascinating new adaptations—behavioural, hormonal, anatomical—as they live alongside invasive fire ants (Solenopsis invicta). New research from Penn State's Catherine Tylan and Tracy Langkilde: https://theconversation.com/native-eastern-fence-lizards-changed-their-bodies-and-behavior-in-response-to-invasive-red-imported-fire-ants-186275
#lizards #herpetology #herping #ants #InvasiveSpecies #SciComm
#lizards #herpetology #herping #ants #invasivespecies #scicomm
Lots of #traveling and #milestones in the coming year....
Week in #Florida - in 2 weeks.
Week in #CLT NC - in 3 weeks
2 weeks of #herping in #Panama - one month out.
#Retirement - middle of July.
Week+ #RV trip to #Maine - late July.
#maine #RV #retirement #Panama #herping #clt #Florida #milestones #traveling
If you make posts related to #FieldHerpetology #Herpetology I want to follow you.
#Science #Biology #Zoology #ScienceMastodon #BiologyMastodon #ZoologyMastodon
With all this California rain, hopefully this will be a good spring for #herping.
#fieldherpetology #herpetology #science #biology #zoology #sciencemastodon #biologymastodon #zoologymastodon #herping
"An adventure isn't worth telling if there aren’t any dragons in it"
― Sarah Ban Breathnach, Simple Abundance
On our walk in the Bay of Fires, Tasmania there were lots of skinks, snakes and our first dragon of the trip!
Mountain dragon (Rankinia diemensis)
#herpetology #lizards #lizard #WildOz #herping #tasmania #reptiles #dragon
#herpetology #lizards #lizard #WildOz #herping #tasmania #reptiles #dragon
Friend of mine just released this #herping video. #snakes #lizards #amphibians
#herping #snakes #lizards #amphibians