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@grumpydrfabre.bsky.socialOct 6, 2026, 3:26 PM

🐸 New paper from the META-MOSPHOSIS team!

Vivien investigates how external factors (temperature, continental fragmentation) and internal factors (life-cycle traits) shape species richness in salamanders. 🌍🦎

Read the paper: doi.org/10.1093/sysb...

#Salamanders #Biodiversity #Evolution #Herpetology

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@tetzoo.bsky.socialOct 6, 2026, 10:41 AM

Finally - for now - we move to Gekkota, another major wing of the squamate family tree, and specifically an article on their eggs and egg morphology... tetzoo.com/blog/2026/8/... #lizards #reptiles #herpetology

@tetzoo.bsky.socialOct 6, 2026, 10:40 AM

Ok, this one (from July 2026) isn't a republished article from the archives but a new one, a book review. Specifically it's on taxonomic vandalism, a subject closely connected to squamate studies and #herpetology... tetzoo.com/blog/2026/7/... #books #reptiles #bookreview

@tetzoo.bsky.socialOct 6, 2026, 10:37 AM

Moving to #iguanians, a 2026 articles on the treerunners, a distinctive group of very leggy, arboreal #lizards of northern South America... tetzoo.com/blog/2026/3/... #herpetology #reptiles #aquamates

@tetzoo.bsky.socialOct 6, 2026, 10:35 AM

Here's a very unusual article I republished in 2025, this one more #cryptozoology-themed than pure #herpetology; it's devoted to a mythical African snake termed the Crowing crested cobra... tetzoo.com/blog/2025/9/... #snakes #herpetology #reptiles

@tetzoo.bsky.socialOct 6, 2026, 10:34 AM

Moving now to anguids - the group that includes American alligator lizards, plus American and Eurasian glass lizards - here's an article on the slow-worms, one of my favourite lizard groups... tetzoo.com/blog/2025/7/... #reptiles #herpetology #lizards

F@faye85.bsky.socialOct 6, 2026, 2:26 AM

What is the best material for a reptile terrarium?#ReptileTerrarium #ReptileEnclosure #ReptileKeeping #ReptileCommunity #Herpetology #ReptileLove

@ecologicalresearch.bsky.socialOct 6, 2026, 1:44 AM

#OpenAccess
A Multi-Species Examination of Temporal Capture Trends in Freshwater Turtles

Fenton S. McKown et al
doi.org/10.1111/1440...

bait effectiveness/ capture probability/ temporal capture rate/ trapping bias / #Herpetology

Graphical Abstract: Freshwater turtles are commonly surveyed using baited traps, yet behavioral responses may bias demographic estimates by altering capture rates over time. Using data from 102 wetland sites in North Carolina, we found significant declines in capture rates across multi-day trapping periods for 5 of 6 species. These results demonstrate that species-specific behavioral responses can rapidly influence capture probability, highlighting the need to incorporate temporal and behavioral dynamics into survey design and analysis.
@museumofscience.bsky.socialOct 5, 2026, 11:30 PM

This mucus has adhesive and cohesive properties, letting the tree frog stick to surfaces in a process called wet adhesion. This adaptation helps tree frogs defy gravity, even on wet tree leaves or bark.

#Frogs #Herpetology #Amphibians #Animals #Science

@alexanderdudley.bsky.socialOct 5, 2026, 2:44 AM

An Eastern Ranges Rock Skink Liopholis modesta regards the photographer (me) with suspicion. These omnivorous social skinks give birth to live young and live in rock crevices, hollow logs or burrows beneath logs and rocks. Moonbi Range NSW.
#Lizards #Wildlife #Herpetology

A brownish skink, with a white eye-ring basks on a granite boulder. Its smooth scales have dark-edges, with a number of large white spots on its lips.
@the-old-kid.bsky.socialOct 3, 2026, 11:17 PM

The impressive camouflage of Blanchard's cricket frog

#Blanchard'sCricketFrog #Frogs #amphibians #wildlifephotography #wildlife #naturephotography #nature #photography #herps #herpetology #🐍

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@carltoncarnivores.bsky.socialOct 3, 2026, 8:22 PM

New video out!
The Peloncillos of New Mexico have it out for me, but we survived the mechanical distaster that occurred there and still managed to find critters...with the star this time probably being a mammal!
youtu.be/K7NvgD70g1c
#herping #herpetology #snakes #reptiles #toads #animals #wildlife

@briangratwicke.bsky.socialOct 3, 2026, 3:28 PM

amphibianrescue.org/climate-refu... after 20 years of studying amphibian declines in Panama we have modeled seasonal disease patterns to identify places that may act as climatic refuges from disease. #herpetology 🧪

@tetzoo.bsky.socialOct 2, 2026, 3:31 PM

A World Without Baw Baw Frogs? A quick look at a highly vulnerable group of Australian #frogs tetzoo.com/blog/2026/10... #herpetology #amphibians #conservation

@vincentkrugerphoto.bsky.socialOct 2, 2026, 9:54 AM

This beautiful Eastern Brown Snake has been hanging around at home.

#easternbrown #snake #australia #easternbrownsnake #herpetology

See more of my work at portfolio.vincentkrugerphotography.com.au

A close-up photograph of an Eastern Brown Snake emerging from dense, dry brown grass and green vegetation. The snake's head is in clear focus, highlighting its uniform pale brown, overlapping scales, rounded snout, and large, prominent dark eye with a distinct black iris. Its body blends seamlessly into the blurred, earthy tones of the natural undergrowth.A close-up photograph of an Eastern Brown Snake emerging from dense, dry brown grass and green vegetation. The snake's head is in clear focus, highlighting its uniform pale brown, overlapping scales, rounded snout, and large, prominent dark eye with a distinct black iris. Its body blends seamlessly into the blurred, earthy tones of the natural undergrowth.An Eastern Brown Snake peeking out from beneath a flat rock ledge in a grassy, dry yard. The snake has smooth, light brown scales, a slender body coiled in the dry grass, and a small head with a prominent round black eye looking directly forward.A close-up photograph of an Eastern Brown Snake emerging from dense, dry brown grass and green vegetation. The snake's head is in clear focus, highlighting its uniform pale brown, overlapping scales, rounded snout, and large, prominent dark eye with a distinct black iris. Its body blends seamlessly into the blurred, earthy tones of the natural undergrowth.
@plazi-species.bsky.socialOct 2, 2026, 9:38 AM

#NewSpecies!
New legless #lizard from #brazil just snuck in:

Ophiodes enso

Treatment: treatment.plazi.org/id/A9578781-...
Publication: doi.org/10.1670/17-007
#JournalOfHerpetology #OphiodesEnso

#FAIRdata
#OA #taxonomy #biodiversity #nature #fauna #herpetology #herps #reptiles #squamata #lizards

Holotype of Ophiodes enso exhibiting coloration in life.
@jvertbiol.bsky.socialOct 2, 2026, 5:33 AM

🐸 #FrogFriday

Seeing with your fingertips? 👀

Surinam toads use their bizarre star-shaped fingertips as ultra-sensitive sensory organs to detect prey in murky water – even before the fish touches them!

👉 doi.org/10.1007/s003...

Frog biology never stops to amaze! 🤯

#herpetology #amphibians

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@afroherper.bsky.socialOct 1, 2026, 8:32 PM

There will not be a scholarship this year, however, I will be fundraising in the new year for a 2027 scholarship cohort.

Thank you all for your support!

#lizard #scholarship #herpetology #science

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