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🦎 Caiman yacare (Yacare Caiman)
📅 Observed on 2025-10-11
👤 By: vdeverdinha
📌 Location: Barão de Melgaço - MT, Brasil
🔗 iNaturalist link: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/395286323
📷 Photo credits: (c) Bárbara Verdinha, some rights reserved (CC BY)
🔎 Learn more about the taxon: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yacare_caiman
#iNaturalist #Nature #WildlifePhotography #Herpetology #Reptiles
Human-vector-mediated reptile diseases and hands-on animal encounters.
* "Australia is rich in reptiles, with many of them found nowhere else. Deadly fungi are harming Australia’s wild reptiles."
"In our new research, we explore how people handling reptiles may unknowingly spread fungal diseases, and what they can do to reduce this happening. The fixes are simple, inexpensive and easy to use in the field." >>
https://theconversation.com/deadly-fungi-are-harming-australias-wild-reptiles-this-is-how-to-stop-the-spread-293832
* Champagne, P. S., Butcher, R. G., Bourke, L. A., Seneci, L., & Grogan, L. F. (2026). Mitigating the human link in emerging reptile fungal pathogen transmission. Conservation Biology, e70391. https://doi.org/10.1111/cobi.70391
#reptiles #amphibians #conservation #wildlife #pathogens #FungalDiseases #herpetology #lizards #snakes #frogs #AnimalEncounters #experience #harm #PettingZoos #MobilePettingZoos #birthdays #schools #CommunityEvents #tourism #photographers #CitizenScientists #vets #biodiversity #pets #trade #CITES
🦎 Tiliqua rugosa (Shingleback)
📅 Observed on 2025-10-10
👤 By: eamonn_c
📌 Location: Langhorne Creek SA 5255, Australia
🔗 iNaturalist link: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/375726614
📷 Photo credits: (c) Eamonn Culhane, some rights reserved (CC BY)
🔎 Learn more about the taxon: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tiliqua_rugosa
#iNaturalist #Nature #WildlifePhotography #Herpetology #Reptiles