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
#herp
ticked off
#Singapore #animal #nature #wildlife #macro #reptile #herp #snake #biodiversity #acari #arachnid
tiga sekatak
#Singapore #frog #frosch #herp #amphibian #nature #macro #photography #animal #wildlife #biodiversity #katak
vipe coder
#Singapore #nature #reptile #herp #animal #ular #biodiversity #wildlife #photography #macro
Species Spotlight: Rough Green Snake!
Opheodrys aestivus is one of two species in the genus and the more southerly, ranging from southern New Jersey to the Florida Keys, and west to northeastern Missouri and Kansas down to the Trans Pecos region of Texas and parts of northeast Mexico. Throughout its massive range, its habitat is similar: shrubby tangles of vegetation and low trees especially along riparian corridors, where there is an abundance of food. They are one of the relatively few insect-eating snakes, enjoying snacking on caterpillars, crickets and grasshoppers, and other small invertebrates.
Entirely nonvenomous and harmless, these snakes live up to their name with mildly keeled scales and brilliantly grassy to lime green dorsal scales that transition to golden and then cream or white on the belly (which also makes them easy to spot at night, when they light up like a beacon in a headlamp as they sleep coiled in high branches). They max out at around 3 feet long, though as slender as they are they often don’t look very large even at that size. Nor is their defensive posturing particularly scary to us: they never bite, but will sometimes gape their mouths like they’re threatening to and flail about when picked up. Luckily for them, that defense is not often needed as their color makes them perfect matches to their environment. Turn your glance away for a second and that thin green body vanishes into even relatively sparse grasses or thin leaves.
Because of their diet however, this snake is heavily threatened by us. Their populations often nosedive near agricultural areas where pesticides both decimate their food supply (because it doesn’t just kill target insects) and can work their way up the food chain into the snakes themselves, poisoning them indirectly. More holistic methods and, more importantly, wide sweeps of intact habitat are needed to keep them common as they should be.
#opheodrys #greensnake #snake #educational
#animals #wildlife #nature #herp
Opheodrys aestivus is one of two species in the genus and the more southerly, ranging from southern New Jersey to the Florida Keys, and west to northeastern Missouri and Kansas down to the Trans Pecos region of Texas and parts of northeast Mexico. Throughout its massive range, its habitat is similar: shrubby tangles of vegetation and low trees especially along riparian corridors, where there is an abundance of food. They are one of the relatively few insect-eating snakes, enjoying snacking on caterpillars, crickets and grasshoppers, and other small invertebrates.
Entirely nonvenomous and harmless, these snakes live up to their name with mildly keeled scales and brilliantly grassy to lime green dorsal scales that transition to golden and then cream or white on the belly (which also makes them easy to spot at night, when they light up like a beacon in a headlamp as they sleep coiled in high branches). They max out at around 3 feet long, though as slender as they are they often don’t look very large even at that size. Nor is their defensive posturing particularly scary to us: they never bite, but will sometimes gape their mouths like they’re threatening to and flail about when picked up. Luckily for them, that defense is not often needed as their color makes them perfect matches to their environment. Turn your glance away for a second and that thin green body vanishes into even relatively sparse grasses or thin leaves.
Because of their diet however, this snake is heavily threatened by us. Their populations often nosedive near agricultural areas where pesticides both decimate their food supply (because it doesn’t just kill target insects) and can work their way up the food chain into the snakes themselves, poisoning them indirectly. More holistic methods and, more importantly, wide sweeps of intact habitat are needed to keep them common as they should be.
#opheodrys #greensnake #snake #educational
#animals #wildlife #nature #herp
After a long week at work, I spent a couple hours in a coffee shop this morning sketching this tree frog from start to finish. Looser than usual, but it felt good to create again. Absence of art really does make the heart grow fonder. #sciart #herp #artist
After a long week at work, I spent a couple hours in a coffee shop this morning sketching this tree frog from start to finish. Looser than usual, but it felt good to create again. Absence of art really does make the heart grow fonder. #sciart #herp #artist
agama sesat
#Singapore #reptile #herp #lizard #animal #wildlife #biodiversity #nature
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/
I rescued a #leopardgecko from an animal shelter in Virginia two days ago! His name is Mango, age 7, and he was clearly beloved - he came with a whole trousseau of supplies and was quite a bit overfed. His previous middle school owner grew up and went to college, but these guys live for 20 years!
The #Fairfax animal shelter has two three more geckos available to adopt! #dc #nova #virginia #maryland #gecko #lizard #herp
Among the many reptiles I saw in the Okanagan, these sleek and elegant racers (Coluber constrictor) were the most common.
#snake #coluber #reptile #herp #inaturalist #macro #macrophotography #wildlife #okanagan #similkameen #britishcolumbia #canada
#snake #coluber #reptile #herp #inaturalist #macro #macrophotography #wildlife #okanagan #similkameen #britishcolumbia #canada
Another backyard herp in the backyard, a toad
#photography, #365photodgraphy2025, #potd2025, #photoaday, #everydayphotographer, #photooftheday, #pad2025-147, #herp, #toad, #backyardphotography, #macro, #upclose
#photography, #365photodgraphy2025, #potd2025, #photoaday, #everydayphotographer, #photooftheday, #pad2025-147, #herp, #toad, #backyardphotography, #macro, #upclose
Another backyard herp in the backyard, a toad
#photography, #365photodgraphy2025, #potd2025, #photoaday, #everydayphotographer, #photooftheday, #pad2025-147, #herp, #toad, #backyardphotography, #macro, #upclose
"Is it safe to go in the water? No Johnny, it is not!" At least not when critters like these are looking to take a chunk out of your leg. Snapping #turtle, Alexandria, Virginia, USA. 15-May-2025. #herp #herps #naturephotography
I was delighted to meet three new frog species on my trip to Winnipeg; this little one is the boreal chorus frog (Pseudacris maculata), a relative of the Pacific chorus frog from back home!
#frog #pseudacris #chorusfrog #amphibian #herp #inaturalist #wildlife #urbanwildlife #macro #macrophotography #winnipeg #manitoba #canada
#frog #pseudacris #chorusfrog #amphibian #herp #inaturalist #wildlife #urbanwildlife #macro #macrophotography #winnipeg #manitoba #canada
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