Janne Torkkola

Biodiversity, herpetology, evolution. UQ zoology grad, snake catcher, all-round nerdperson. Owner @SnakeOutBris, Host/Co-Producer @WCC_Podcast. He/him ❤️✌️🌈

[Janne Torkkola @LizardboyJanne]

Happy Monday & #NewPaper on the phylogenetic position and morphology of Thornton Peak Calyptotis! Having split from its congeners in the early Miocene, we redescribe Calyptotis and erect a new genus, Calorodius, for this high-elevation paleoendemic 🦎👍
https://t.co/unKbvc5Ayi

[Janne Torkkola @LizardboyJanne]

Pew pew 😜 #findthelizard 🦎
@QUT @qutdmrc @UrbanStudiesLa1 @Griffith_Uni @qldmuseum @BulewoDudley @atlaslivingaust @lizard_lab @STEMEd_QUT @UQ_CBCS
@UQscience

https://t.co/7e7fxzOdeR

[Janne Torkkola @LizardboyJanne]

Nerd alert! #ScholarshipsAvailable Come study the evolution and history of biotic exchange between Australian and Papuan vertebrate lineages. PhD scholarships available with Dr Paul Oliver at #GriffithUniversity, details in link below 🦎🐸
https://t.co/uQS62FVh3I

[Janne Torkkola @LizardboyJanne]

@Keogh_Lab @PutterT @EcoEvo_ANU Hell yeah, congrats Putter 🐍🐍🐍🐜

[Janne Torkkola @LizardboyJanne]

The #AustralianSocietyOfHerpetologists conference is this week! Plenaries by #seasnake morphology specialist Dr Emma Sherratt and wizard of #reptile evolutionary ecology Prof. David Chapple, what's not to love? I'll be posting at https://t.co/98fCbBsaJr 🐍🦎#science #herpetology

[Janne Torkkola @LizardboyJanne]

#tenyears #decadeofsnakes 😁🐍🎉

[SnakeOutBrisbane @SnakeOutBris]

A decade ago @SnakeOutBris was started, serving wildlife and community in the western suburbs. How time flies! Deepest thanks to all who lent a hand along the way, and to our talented team of snake charmers 😁 Here's to another decade! 🐍
#tenyears #adecadeofsnakes #Brisbane #QLD

[Janne Torkkola @LizardboyJanne]

Happy #WorldLizardDay folks, let's play #GuessTheEyeball 🦎👀 This is from one of some 800 plus species in Australia so that should narrow the field a little 😉 Drop your own #LizardEye below to keep the game rolling!
#lizards #reptiles #WildOz #naturelovers

[Dr Marco Camaiti @Scincomancer]

Interested in the hidden sensory superpowers of limb-reduced skinks? Look no further than our new publication on the inner ears of these critters! https://t.co/cdI0vQOYxu

[Janne Torkkola @LizardboyJanne]

Very cool stuff as always form @PutterT and @Keogh_Lab :)

[Keogh Lab (@keoghlabanu.bsky.social) @Keogh_Lab]

This paper number 2 from Putter's PhD work - I'm biased but I think this is very cool stuff. And hot stuff too.

[Ivan Prates @I_Prates]

Our new paper is out in Molecular Ecology! "Notes from the taxonomic disaster zone: Evolutionary drivers of intractable species boundaries in an Australian lizard clade (Scincidae: Ctenotus)". Fun collaboration with tweep @dan_rabosky. Find PDF copy at https://t.co/aDsuiT2boV.

[Janne Torkkola @LizardboyJanne]

#Oysters 10/10

[PutterT @PutterT]

🧵Our Australian blindsnake phylogenetics paper just got published🐍🧬! @ian_g_brennan, Liz Broady, and Scott @Keogh_Lab.

Link to paper: https://t.co/gWwD6vCHpQ

Here's a summary🧵 :

[Janne Torkkola @LizardboyJanne]

Their close relatives, the Coeranoscincus, have recurved teeth for eating earthworms, while Ophios have recurved teeth with flared bicuspid crowns, maybe some dietary differences but I think there's no dietary data on these. Happy to be proven wrong!
#WTFdothesethingseat

[Janne Torkkola @LizardboyJanne]

Weirdly awesome little lizard 😁 Ophioscincus ophioscincus, the Yolk-Bellied Snake Skink, a rainforest specialist and one of many limb-reduced #sphenomorphine skinks. These #wormybois wriggle and push through decomposing leaf-litter and soil on the rainforest floor. #WildOz

[Janne Torkkola @LizardboyJanne]

Happy #WorldFrogDay y'all!! Here's a calling Tyler's Treefrog (Litoria tyleri) from Mt Glorious, Brisbane 🐸🐸🐸

[Jodi Rowley @jodirowley]

💚🐸It's World Frog Day!🐸💚

#Frogs & other amphibians are the most threatened group of vertebrates on earth- almost half are threatened with extinction.

Want to help? Improve local frog habitat, keep cats inside, avoid pesticide use, contribute to @FrogIDAus! #WorldFrogDay

[Ian Brennan @ian_g_brennan]

Check out some of our work on Australia’s best animal: the Thorny Devil.

And keep us in mind while you road-trip WA. We’re still looking for more samples btwn Geraldton and Shark Bay!
https://t.co/3kytZz4yRA