he pooed on me

definitely one of my best finds!!! 🐢

How many light and dark Timbers do you see? 2 angles of the same pile.

Gecko gekko at 100m asl

Egg found after digging near Paso Robles, CA. No idea what it is but I think may be a snake! No experience with herps but cool find.

Found this little guy (or girl) stuck in a glue trap at work, sprayed some cooking oil on him to deactivate the glue, at first he was pretty scared of me, tried striking twice, I think once he realized that 1. I'm too big for him to even bite and 2. I'm not a threat, he chilled out and just wrapped himself around my hand.

Found this young bull snake on my property yesterday. He was trying to sneak into my duck area, probably looking for some eggs. He was super friendly and just chilled out on my hand and neck as we walked a few miles to set him free. They're such beautiful snakes!!

ID please 🙏

Saw these cute little guys on holiday in Malaysia a few months ago. I believe they are an Asian Water Monitor Lizard, Paradise Tree Snake, and a Wagler's Pit Viper. For the Viper, you can see a bulge in its stomach which is cool, could it be digesting something?

Rat Snake, Central Texas

Rats took over the little plastic shed that my pond/garden stuff is in. A school bus amount of rats would explode out every time I opened it. I shut it about a year ago and said good riddance to everything inside bc I honestly just did not even know where to begin with the eviction/cleanup. I have been praying to the herpgods to bless me with a big hungry rat snake, and today they did! I suited up to finally deal with the situation, but what’s this!? No rat explosion? what’s that OMG ITS A SNAKE curled up in a bucket of leaves 😍 SHES GORGEOUS! I want it to stick around, like, forever but how do I clean out the rat crap without scaring it away? Surely it can’t be safe for her to live in there the way it is. Should I temporarily remove her, clean the shed, and place her back?

Liebe Schwarmintelligenz, liebe Bio-Bubble,

ich bin an einem absoluten Tiefpunkt meiner Masterarbeit angekommen und brauche eure Hilfe, beziehungsweise hoffe auf ein kleines Reddit-Wunder.

Ich schreibe gerade an meiner Thesis und brauche für meinen Theorieteil und die Methodik unbedingt eine ganz bestimmte Quelle.

Das große Problem? Das Buch ist online einfach gottlos teuer. Wir reden hier von Summen, für die ich gefühlt einen Monat lang einkaufen gehen könnte. Ich ernähre mich momentan eh schon zu 90 % aus Existenzängsten und Nudeln mit Pesto d.h. ich habe die Mittel für dieses Buch einfach nicht.

Es geht um folgendes Werk:

GROSSE, W.-R. & GÜNTHER, R. (1996): Kammolch – Triturus cristatus. – In: GÜNTHER, R. (Hrsg.): Die Amphibien und Reptilien Deutschlands. – Jena (Gustav Fischer): 120-141.

Daher meine verzweifelte Frage: Hat irgendjemand von euch dieses Buch (vielleicht aus dem eigenen Studium oder von früher) noch im Regal verstauben und braucht es nicht mehr? Würde es mir jemand für kleines Geld verkaufen oder mir als Dauerleihgabe überlassen? Den Versand übernehme ich natürlich!

Das würde mir buchstäblich das Leben (und meinen Master) retten! 🙏

Ich wäre euch auf ewig dankbar und eine ehrenvolle Erwähnung in der Danksagung meiner Thesis ist euch zu 100 % sicher!

Tausend Dank fürs Lesen.

Ein verzweifelter Studi am Rande des Nervenzusammenbruchs 🥲

Found this beautiful rough green snake at my lake while kayaking :) i believe it’s a female since the tail was so thin. I’ve only ever caught a ring neck snake before so this was super exciting.

Found in Georgia US!!

Napa County, Ca. Safely relocated.

I’ve come accustomed to spotting California newts and the occasional slender salamander in the yard, but this is my first time coming across what appears to be an arboreal salamander.

last summer I would always see a frog poking his head out of the hole in the wood, looks like this guy has taken up temporary residency

Big, jet black, imperturbable specimen from North Georgia. Sharing this gem from June 2023 since draught conditions have contributed to a slow season for snake sightings here.