Reptiles and Amphibians

This was taken in late August while on a kayaking trip with friends. We spotted close to 20 Blanding’s and painted turtles on this trip.

I’ve come across many baby snapping turtles this summer. I know many think they’re assholes, but they just want to be left alone.

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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.dbzer0.com/post/52146166

This is a recent article that describes some details on the reproductive biology of Bolitoglossa pandi. I found it interesting to see how the eggs are deposited as clutches among leaf litter.

Hey guys! I'm not a regular on Lemmy, in fact this is my first post. But i wanted to share that I made a Reptile/Bug/Amphibian Discord server, for people like us who are absolute nerds about them. I figure that the best place to find like minded people would be here, so yeah I hope you'll all join, and have a Blast! https://discord.gg/EfFTdzd9ft

9 month old beardie - our first. She enjoys spending time outside with us.

A new species of salamander from Costa Rica, Bolitoglossa chirripoensis, has been described!

Rana pyrenaica is considered as endangered because of its small habitat in the pyrenees. Additionally the known populations are seperated from each other due to loss of habitat. We searched for this little fellow around Ordesa and found it next to the hiking trail. There is a little stream, and they love the moving and oxygen rich water. The end of the hike was a big waterfall where we found egg clutches! Really happy about that as this was the first evidence of reproduction at this locality 🐸

During hiking to the Refugio Respomuso we found 7 of these venomous snakes directly on trail.

More pictures in the comments

There are a few people out there self-dosing with snake venom. The posted article is based on a study on the blood of one of these guys, Tim Friede, who has developed very effective antivenom in his blood after 20 years of self-dosing with a diverse array of snake venoms.

In the northern hemisphere, at least. This little guy was kind enough to let me take a picture.

Male Moor frogs turn blue during mating season. The one in the back is also a male, that is yet to get the blue colour.

Lower Saxony, Germany, April

A fun species of snake at the reserve.