Heading to the AZ Sky Islands of Cochise county. First time there, not looking for locations, but looking for monsoon herping tips as it will be my first time road cruising then. Are paved roads still the best bet or do dirt / backroads still provide good chances. Air temp gets relatively lower than I'm used to in CA's western Mojave, but wondering how impactful the humidity will be to keep snakes near the road even in low 70s. Thanks

He was very chill and photogenic

Normally id say a green tree frog but (s)he seems too round?? Awesome seeing this dude hanging out on my back door!!

I found a frog in the HOB filter of my aquarium when I lived in Bermuda. I took some photos, released him outside, and then set about looking for an ID. Bermuda has two known Eleutherodactylus species, E. johnstonei (whistling frog) and E. gossei (Jamaican laughing frog).

E. gossei hasn't been recorded since 1994 and is thought to be extirpated. The first recorded population was in Paget parish, which is where this frog was found. The frog makes a distinct call, distinguishable from E. johnstonei, and my neighbours and I have discussed hearing two distinct frog calls in our little pocket of land.

The land is adjacent to a nature preserve and a disused golf course, so there are hundreds of acres of suitable habitat free of most human activity. What are the chances this frog is E. gossei, found 26 years after last being reported?

Considering I used to live in New Mexico, I find it very fitting that the first lizard I see in the northeast is a cousin of those guys I saw all the time back west.

I live in an area where the Northern cricket frog (Acris creptitans) and Southern cricket frog (Acris gryllus) ranges overlap. I suspect that majority of these are Southern, although I don't personally have the eyes to seriously distinguish the two. I have been intrigued by the vast variation amongst Acris in general and have been photographing them at a local bayou this past year. Above are some of my favorite examples

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Just wanted to let folks know we're raising funds for an ongoing conservation research project for Eastern Massasauga Rattlesnakes, and we're doing that through some upcoming venomous handling courses in Michigan.

They're a full weekend long, and we cover everything anyone working with venomous snakes might need to know, from snake behavior, responsible husbandry, toxinology, and first aid, to moving snakes around safely with tools, in/out of enclosures and buckets, microchipping, blood draws and sample collection, etc. with native venomous ambassadors.

We don't profit off these - 100% of the revenue raised from the courses goes directly into an ongoing project restoring habitat connectivity for genetic rescue of EMR. We also provide Pay-What-You-Can options for anyone in financial need who asks.

The description and registration is at www.midwestfowl.org/venomous-handling

*Picture for the snake tax - one of our neonate EMRs from last year's survey

Central Texas. Saved from the pool. Never seen one of these before!

Baby copperhead found in red river gorge

I'm looking for the "herpetology an introductory biology of amphibians and reptiles" book online and i can't find it anywhere, does someone have it in pdf??

//english is not my first language obviously lol

Im located in Central Florida. I unexpectedly got last night off, so rather than going home and doing nothing, I decided to take advantage of the rain we had earlier and go herping.

I encountered the usual. An obscene amount of invasive Cuban tree frogs, the occasional Squirrel tree frog, and this...

I couldn't I.D the species, nor could I visually see it. All I can tell you is that I was hip deep inside a Southern Magnolia and it initially scared the hell out of me. My first thought was Yautja, but that was unlikely. Second thought was a Southern Cricket frog, but after listing to the recording and comparing it, I think thats unlikely too. The Southern Cricket frogs clicks are higher pitched and of consistent pitch. This almost sounds like a pull string lawn mower struggling to turn over...

Any thoughts or suggestions would be appreciated.

Thank you.

Hello, is this some sort of salamander? iOS didn’t really have a great identification on it(called it a lizard).
Girlfriend found this in her backyard. Norwalk, Ca

Edit: Id’d broadly as Slender salamander

Hey everyone, I am new to Reddit and recently moved to Sydney. I grew up watching and adoring snakes, and I've always wanted to see Australian species in the wild.

I've been trying to figure out how to get started here for the past few months, but I've been kind of beating around the bush. My friend suggested reaching out to Reddit communities, so here I am!

I would greatly appreciate it if someone would be open to letting me accompany them to the field, or even just give some meaningful directions or contacts to approach.

I totally understand how sensitive locations are in this hobby, so I want to be clear that I’m not asking anyone to share or compromise their secret spots! I’m just hoping to find some good company, help out with spotting, maybe snap some macro photos, and learn the ropes from people who know the local terrain.

PS: If it helps, I am not new to herping, just new to Australia.

How can I (17m) start herping in South Texas/South of Houston area? I have looked online and found a lot of conflicting information regarding necessary licensing/laws required to follow. Also, what equipment do I need to start herping? I appreciate any and all help, thanks.

I’m holding him here as I relocate him from a road to a nice thicket. Near Tampa Bay.

ok, so I did a little research to see if a gut FEELING I have had might have had any actual merit... I have long had a SUSPICION that man had something to do with the distribution of some herps (like H turcicus, the mediterranean house gecko, and T mauritania, the crocodile/common wall gecko) commonly moved by human activities in the modern era... long ago I SURMISED that some methods of plant dispersal, material transfer/transport and the like, even in the premodern world... by INFERENCE alone, I checked the 'native' range maps of these two lizards in particular and found striking resemblance to some maps of ancient Roman influence... so, if I SPECULATE that the 'native' range of these two species was documented as native range, even if these lizards were already potentially invasive, even as they were described as species and within the 'native' range as newly described species, are they still invasive to some of those areas? Or does it matter? is it only a technical designation? No difference? curious about my OPINION in herpetology... if I have made errors in my presentation here, apologies, I tried to be as clear about my ideology/methodology as possible, with considerable effort dedicated to as much accuracy as I could muster, anyone can gooble similar images (misspell intentional), if you want to see for yourself, some are strangely correlative, to me at least...

In the wild!

Found road cruising in Utah's west desert. Never get tired of seeing these guys.