Hemiphyllodactylus puncak, male holotype.
#NewSpecies!
New #gecko from #malaysia just climbed in:
Hemiphyllodactylus puncak
Treatment: treatment.plazi.org/id/FB56AC08-...
Publication: doi.org/10.3897/vz.7...
#VertebrateZoology #HemiphyllodactylusPuncak
#FAIRdata
#OA #biodiversity #nature #wildlife #animals #herpetology #herps #reptiles
I’m glad NPR included skeptical voices - because de-extinction is a dangerous fantasy - but we’ve seen this before. Colossal dangles a story/access, journalists take it and say other researchers have criticisms, and nothing changes save for an update to the I Can’t Believe It’s Not Mammoth! timeline
A brown penguin chick of some kind. It looks very much like a man in a suit. It is bedraggled and miserable
Made it to Friday but at what cost
Flat-backed Toad chonk from Divundu, Namibia.
#Frog #Herpetology 🐸
A headline fit for the @theonion.com front page.
photos from an excellent study by Cohen et al (2021) of a cerambycid beetle just straight up doing it with the flower of Disa forficaria, in a classic example of a ~sexual mimicry pollination system~
the humiliation of going on a hot date then finding out she wasn't even in the same PHYLUM (then someone writes a whole paper about it, with photos of your wiener)
Big eyes, flat face, shorter legs in comparison to others of its kind, active at night. Fits the toad description😁🤪
This is the kind of thing a rich CEO says at the beginning of a science fiction movie to establish for the audience that he is a sociopath and the villain.
An electronic motorway warning sign which reads “Lizzard warning 4am saturday to on sunday”
Weekend plans
I remembered field work photos this time😁
F1 - Unfiltered joy of being outside.
F2 - Heavy is the water-filled boot.
F3 - Herpetologists dabble in ballet when boots get flooded.
A bit late with the Valentine’s Day post but here are some Cryptic Sand Frogs.
Frog surveys with a breathtaking view.
🦎 Funded 4-year PhD position on Lizard Evolutionary Ecology in our lab at UCLouvain (Belgium)! Apply before 9 March! jobs.uclouvain.be/Personnelsci...
Happy #Frogfriday! From a field guide I spent 10-yrs. working w/ ~100 students & professionals to bridge the knowledge gap between up & coming students & us old-timers. We published 10-yrs. ago & most, if not all the students work in biology! Plates from Chapter 4 Alkaloids. Paintings by me. Enjoy!
Lizards are such versatile metaphors; they can have positive, negative, or benign symbolism.
Human-herptile interactions is such a fun topic.
official auction photo of the object, quarter turn side profile facing right Chinese export blue & white porcelain tureen & cover in the form of a frog, with a second small frog finial on cover
#FrogFriday 🐸:
Blue & White #Frog - Form Tureen and Cover
China (for export market), late 19th - 20th c.
Porcelain, H 6 ¼ in. (15.9 cm) x L 10 in. (25.4 cm)
#ChineseArt
www.christies.com/en/lot/lot-6...
Humans and wild birds are communicating in local “dialects” in northern Mozambique.
capeargus.co.za/news/2026-01...
Shell of Chicoreus phyrtos.
#NewSpecies!
New predatory sea snail from #papuanewguinea just crawled in:
Chicoreus phyrtos
Treatment: treatment.plazi.org/id/03C187B8-...
Publication: doi.org/10.11646/zoo...
#Zootaxa #ChicoreusPhyrtos
#FAIRdata
#OA #taxonomy #biodiversity #nature #conservation #malacology #gastropods #snails
The trial for the murder of Apu Quinto Inuma began yesterday in Peru. Quinto spent years defending his community’s land and denouncing threats. His killing reflects a wider pattern of violence against Indigenous defenders across the #Amazon.
https://bit.ly/3NuNCK0
#JusticeForQuinto
An ambitious form of climate modelling aims to pin the blame for disasters – from floods to heatwaves – on specific companies. Is this the tool we need to effectively prosecute the world’s biggest carbon emitters?
Paragomphus alami, mature life male observed and photographed in the wild.
#NewSpecies!
New #dragonfly from #sudan just landed:
Paragomphus alami
Treatment: treatment.plazi.org/id/D282A66D-...
Publication: doi.org/10.3897/zook...
#Zookeys #ParagomphusAlami
#FAIRdata
#openaccess #biology #taxonomy #ecology #biodiversity #nature #conservation #entomology #insects #odonata
Forever getting questioned about not having shots of myself in the field. 🤷🏾♂️Frogs are far prettier than me so the lens is always pointed at them.
BTS with South African Conventions Bureau.
#FindYourJoyInSouthAfrica #MeetInSouthAfrica
2026 eagle is so judgemental of its younger self.
Dr. Alice Gauthey, a Newton International Fellow, standing in a forest, smiling at the camera and holding a leaf. A quote about establishing early-career research independence appears next to her, attributed to her and mentioning The Royal Society: "I wanted to establish greater independence as an early-career researcher. The Newton International Fellowship provided both the time and the resources to develop a strong research portfolio."
The Royal Society's Newton International Fellowships are now open for applications, aimed at non-UK early career scientists who wish to conduct research in the UK. Find out more and apply by 11 March: #RSGrants https://royalsociety.org/grants/newton-international/
The ‘Bush Legend’ is bringing us short videos of an Aboriginal person teaching us about native animals. But he isn’t real.
👉 Read the full story: theconversation.com/this-ti...
Wanna see some Newts?
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🐸🪪 Pyxicephalus adspersus, Giant Bullfrog.
#Herpetology #Frogs #Amphibians #AfricanWildlife
Northern Forest Rain Frog in all its rotund, and grumpy-faced glory.
#Herpetology #Amphibians #Herping 🐸
One of my favourite examples when teaching frog locomotion. The Bubbling Kassina’s (AKA Running Frog) legs are ideal for walking/running and hopping; not as short as the stumpy legs of Rain Frogs and back legs are not as long or muscular as those of the high jumping Grass Frogs.
The acoustics’ prowess of frogs is impressive. This Bubbling Kassina was calling from a burrow and this makes their calls sound louder. This also makes it more difficult to pinpoint where they are calling from and more difficult for predators to find them.
#Herpetology #Amphibians #Frogs 🐸
