#NewSpecies!
New skink from #vietnam just came by:

Scincella truongi

Treatment: https://treatment.plazi.org/id/C0225AAA-E788-51A0-ACF6-C1E1B2D183E9
Publication: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1226.139655
#ZooKeys #ScincellaTruongi

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#NewSpecies!
New treefrog from #tibet just climbed in:

Rhacophorus medogensis

Treatment: https://treatment.plazi.org/id/EBE9FE68-8308-5C85-8E13-7A9E472BC016
Publication: https://doi.org/10.3897/zse.101.142297
#ZoosystematicsAndEvolution #RhacophorusMedogensis

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Rare #frog rediscovered after 130 years https://phys.org/news/2025-03-rare-frog-rediscovered-years.html

Lost for more than a century: the rediscovery of Alsodes vittatus (Anura, Alsodidae), one of the rarest and most elusive #amphibians from #Chile https://zookeys.pensoft.net/article/135523/

"This is an important milestone for South American #herpetology... Most of the other Alsodes species are either threatened with #extinction or we don't know enough about them to assess their status"

Epidalea calamita (Natterjack Toad)

Observed on 2024-03-09

By: samuel_guiraudou

Location: Villeneuve-lès-Avignon, France

iNaturalist link: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/227754187

Photo credits: (c) Samuel GUIRAUDOU, some rights reserved (CC BY)

Learn more about the taxon: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natterjack_toad

#NewSpecies!
New namib day gecko from #angola just came in:

Rhoptropus nivimontanus

Treatment: https://treatment.plazi.org/id/0382D211-D138-FFAD-B0E2-21103FC9F9DD
Publication: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5569.3.2
#Zootaxa #RhoptropusNivimontanus

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#NewSpecies!
New treefrog from #australia just climbed in:

Litoria pyrina

Treatment: https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03DFB142-654D-FFF8-FF5B-3437FB67D903
Publication: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5594.2.3
#Zootaxa #LitoriaPyrina

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Me revoilà !! Avec des Tritons !
Il s'agit ici d'illustrations réalisées dans le cadre de restaurations de mares. Un projet bien sympa, à deux pas de la maison !
Voici donc dans l'ordre le Triton alpestre, le Triton marbré et le Triton crêté !
Connaissiez-vous ces espèces ?
Ces illustrations sont disponibles au petit prix de 22€ par ici : https://clairemotzart.etsy.com/fr/listing/1687939328/tirage-dart-triton-alpestreprint
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#triton #newt #amphibien #amphibian #herpetology #herpetologie #wildlife #wildlifephotography #wildlifeart #animals #animauxsauvages #EspècesMenacées #especesprotegees #Science #sciencesnaturelles #ecologie #biodiversite #biologie #illustration #nature #naturaliste #animalrights

Met this cool juvenile gopher #snake while hiking in the Rancho Jamul Ecological Reserve east of #SanDiego .

EDIT: I've been advised that it's a two striped garter snake.

#NewSpecies!
New pit viper from #laos just sidled in:

Protobothrops flavirostris

Treatment: https://treatment.plazi.org/id/CB89E7D2-93A0-506C-AD2E-70828E40EEA5
Publication: https://doi.org/10.3897/herpetozoa.38.e146004
#Herpetozoa #ProtobothropsFlavirostris

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#NewSpecies!
New treefrog from #ecuador just jumped in:

Dendropsophus cannatellai

Treatment: https://treatment.plazi.org/id/FA1177A0-74C8-59B1-9F69-711C4654B852
Publication: https://doi.org/10.3897/evolsyst.9.135431
#EvolutionarySystematics #DendropsophusCannatellai

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One of the things I like about working in a #museum is that a trolley full of snakes in jars sitting in the corner is like, "oh, it's Wednesday".
OK, I looked it up, pygopodidae, so actually legless lizards.
#herpetology

Aujourd'hui : la Salamandre tachetée !
Une "gouacharelle" réalisée l'année dernière et mise en page récemment..
A retrouver ici :
https://clairemotzart.etsy.com/listing/1607382430
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#salamandra #salamandre #salamandres #Amphibien #amphibiens #herpetology #herpetologie #art #sciart #nature #naturaliste #especesprotegees #EspècesMenacées #dessinnaturaliste #dessinnature #naturephotography #wildlife #wildlifephotography #WildlifeConservation #naturephoto #naturepainting #natureillustration #NatureArtist #shopsmall #smallartist

First herp of the season. (Not counting my porch lizard friend who lives under the chair.) Near Ajo, AZ

I'm guessing Western Patch-nosed Snake, Salvadora hexalepsis.

Edit: herpetologist friend confirms the ID.

#NewSpecies!
New velvet gecko from #australia just came in:

Oedura atra

Treatment: https://treatment.plazi.org/id/D5528799-FF9B-6A6C-FF2E-FC9DFE997894
Publication: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5583.3.7
#Zootaxa #OeduraAtra

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#NewSpecies!
New leaf-litter frog from #china just jumped in:

Leptobrachella xishuiensis

Treatment: https://treatment.plazi.org/id/B9AA6A3F-7332-5C69-AD91-BBDDD5B1EFDD
Publication: https://doi.org/10.3897/zse.101.137392
#ZoosystematicsAndEvolution #LeptobrachellaXishuiensis

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Fair Warning To Parents

Spring is just around the corner.

http://rustyring.blogspot.com/2011/04/fair-warning.html

#frog, #herpetology, #snake, #spring, #wildlife, #zendo

#NewSpecies!
New cascade frog from #china just jumped in:

Amolops gudao

Treatment: https://treatment.plazi.org/id/905DE1FA-40A9-5D6F-B02C-7701B66A1414
Publication: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1227.131357
#ZooKeys #AmolopsGudao

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#NewSpecies!
New hedgehog lizard from #colombia just came in:

Echinosaura embera

Treatment: https://treatment.plazi.org/id/131587E1-FF8F-FF8C-E1DC-4AA07458FF10
Publication: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5583.1.7
#Zootaxa #EchinosauraEmbera

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#NewSpecies!
New narrowmouth toad from #laos just came by:

Kaloula laosensis

Treatment: treatment.plazi.org/id/B0550F46-3226-595F-8DC4-7BEFEC917F34
Publication: doi.org/10.3897/herpetozoa.37.e137394
#herpetozoa #KaloulaLaosensis

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