Let's Talk Herpetology

just a silly little account to talk about silly little amphibians and reptiles🐸🦎🐍🐢🐊 | partly educational, partly just for fun

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I painted every salamander species from my home state of Pennsylvania!

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Fun fact: the entrance to Canaan Valley National Wildlife Refuge has a HUGE painting of a Cheat Mountain salamander

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It's little bullfrog season!

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New lifer!!! I found my first Allegheny Mountain dusky salamander!

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Hawk tuah? More like, hike to a local creek to look at salamanders

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Salamanders are so cute when they walk!

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Someone left a baby carrot in the middle of the trail, weird...

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Did someone say #WorldSnakeDay?

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I like when lizards are simply chilling. Just look at this guy... Not on his phone, just living in the moment

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Added two reptiles to my life list today: the eastern hog-nosed snake and the six-lined racerunner!

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Spiny softshell turtles look like muddy pancakes

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@MintyBadgers I've seen 11 of these in the wild. Maybe one day I'll have seen them all!

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I painted every salamander species from my home state of Pennsylvania!

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@dsa_tw Great question! Pennsylvania is situated in the Appalachian Mountains, which is where salamanders first evolved. Therefore, this region has more salamander diversity than anywhere else in the world.

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Make sure to follow my art instagram at AlleghenyFloraFauna!

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@AmyTeamBre @herpetALLogy It's pretty hard to tell. Generally, females tend to be larger, but that's not a great metric to use. I'm not aware of any reliable ways to tell with toads outside of their mating season.

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LET HIM PLAY

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"Is that a squirrel? Or a rodent? ... It's a turtle!"

A curious creature makes a mad dash across the outfield grass during @stluciemets/@The_Marauders action 🐢

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ATTENTION EVERYONE
newts
That is all

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Spring salamanders look like they're made of raw chicken