#herp — Public Fediverse posts

If a stream can support a dusky salamander, something is going right.

Small creatures tell big truths — you just have to look close enough.

#Ecology #Nature Desmognathus fuscus https://www.cernunnosfoundation.com/nature-pictures/desmognathus-fuscus/ #herp

#herp #amphibian #herpetology

Some pictures from the San leandro reservoir on a wet day perfect for amphibian herping.

we saw tons of the slender #salamanders, too many to count. so far one Ensatina and one Newt. The newts are extremely toxic with sequestered tetrodotoxin

#Moraga #Lafayette #eastbay #eastbayregionalpark

@darkuncle

Every web page with a comments section should have a "Herp Derp" button as implemented by @jwz on his blog.

#herp #derp #HerpDerp #comments #jwz #blog

part of my macro workshop involved working w/ flash to overcome the extreme depth of field issues, i'm a bit meh on flash but me thinks this one's a keeper

(Note: all animals photo'd for this class were wild herps locally wrangled & returned to the wild after-- prefer not to post any picture of "collected" animals (however temporarily collected) w/out disclosure

#Fotomontag #PhotoMonday #Photography #FlashPhotography #Frog #Herp #Herptile #105mm

newest episode of herp highlights is about tokay geckos (double onomatopoeia lizard) by Tom and Ben

https://herphighlights.podbean.com/e/229-tokay-geckos-will-remember-you/

#herp
#lizards
#reptiles
#gecko
#tokay
#onomatopoeia
#memory

I finally encountered some live Ambystoma gracile (northwestern salamander) yesterday! They were out in force around a local lake, now that the temperatures have stayed above freezing for several nights in a row. Beautiful animals.

#salamander #ambystoma #caudata #herp #herping #amphibian #inaturalist #wildlife #wildlifephotography #macro #macrophotography #vancouver #britishcolumbia #canada

This little Ensatina salamander wandered into our garage and was trapped in one of our humane mouse traps. After a quick photo session, I placed it out in some thick accumulated leaf litter under our big Japanese maple. #nature #salamander #Ensatina #amphibian #herpatology #herp #naturephotography

This cute skink (probably Lampropholis delicata) let me get pretty close to take a picture. It blends in pretty well on this wet, rotting wood. They're so shiny and cute!

#skink #reptiles #herp #hawaii #animals #nature #gardening

A painting of a piebald veiled chameleon named Nachito. Acrylics on 11x14 canvas, 2024.
#art #MastoArt #petportrait #painting #portrait #chameleon #lizard #reptile #herp #herpetology

Instead of going #BikeHerping tonight, I went for a 3 mile #herp walk on a road out into the desert. Nice walk, but no reptiles.

Got back to my front yard and saw one of the giant Sonoran toads and this adorable little desert night snake that apparently lives under the house.
Hypsiglena chlorophaea

Is that the coolest offset checkerboard pattern, or what?

Oddly, my two lizard friends are nowhere to be found.

#Snake #Lizard #Herps #Herpetology #SonoranDesert

https://tucsonherpsociety.org/amphibians-reptiles/snakes/desert-nightsnake/

Chalcides chalcides
Abruzzo - Italy

#Luscengola #halcides #ChalcidesChalcides #ThreetoedSkink #ItalianThreetoedSkink #Skink #Herping #Herp #Herpetology #Fieldherping #Naturephotography #Nature #Reptila #Lizards #Herpetology #Herpetologia #Sauri #Abruzzo #Italy #Wild #Natura #Rettili #Reptiles #Animals #Animali #Wildlife #Photography