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gdwildlife.bsky.social
Wildlife biologist , herpetology specialist, you will find me in the field talking to a frog in a pond or a lizard on a rock.
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Need help ID’ing from my fellow herpetologists! Found this little one today. 11cm long 4mm wide. Black tongue. 5-6 labial scales. No keeled scales. Area: Sacramento, CA USA . Will post/comment what it is when we figure it out. Was released back to safety. Very feisty little bugger.

submitted 20 hours ago • 2 comments

Today can be a hard day for many people. However since it is my birthday I’m going to require a present from everyone, and that is that I want you alive at this time next year to celebrate my birthday with me again. The world is a beautiful place and needs you in it. You being you makes it better.

submitted 16 days ago • 0 comments

An amazing day in the field catching Taricha torosa and Taricha granulosa under the supervision of the wonderful @taricha-rivularis.bsky.social . The newts were out taking advantage of the rain and were all over the ground. The world is an amazing place. ( T. torosa and P. regilla/sierra)

submitted 27 days ago • 2 comments

My wonderful but very hard hike this weekend off trail to an amazing hidden waterfall. The creek that feeds it used to flourish with newts and might be a new research opportunity. Also what is likely a Cougar (Puma concolor couguar) territory marker. Nature is my place of tranquility.

submitted 41 days ago • 0 comments

Late night snake post because why not. A beautiful specimen of Thamnophis sirtalis fitchi from this summer that was not happy that I found them under their rock.

submitted 54 days ago • 0 comments

Good morning from the Cascade Canal Trail.

submitted 56 days ago • 0 comments

Hello all biological friends! Hats are a hilariously debated topic in the field. Some refuse to have a day without their trusted headgear, while others walk around with that no hat confidence. What is your style or trusty dusty field head gear? (Head lamps acceptable). Here are my field partner(s).

submitted 59 days ago • 0 comments

Happy new year everyone! To celebrate have some pictures from my research this past summer. Elgaria coerulea, melanated Thamnophis elegans vargans, and Plestiodon skiltonianus. (Orange markings were temporary paint for capture mark recapture.)

submitted 59 days ago • 0 comments