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Reposting out of excitement that @msezrafurman.bsky.social has arrived on bluesky! Her music was the soundtrack of my early transition and informed how I think about self and metamorphosis. I couldn’t help but discuss her song, Body Was Made, in this talk on amphibians and queerness (10:00-12:00)

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The San Francisco gartersnake - one of the USA's most beautiful and endangered snakes. Many people don't believe a bright blue and red snake can be discreet - but when seen in its habitat you can see how these snakes can evade notice.

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2025 EXEC Public Statement — American Society of Ichthyologists and Herptetologists. Another society steps up.

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I love science spam mail. Ah yes, my review paper about #toad poisons most certainly qualifies me for an obstetrics conference 😌

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Happy Valentine's day from all the lizards who love you from the bottom of their obturator foramina! (lizard hip bones)🦎🧪💚

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Last year we raised $60k in our first 24 hours... ...this year we raised $100,000 in just 9 hours! This community is standing together to show our love for our trans friends, our trans family. 🏳️‍⚧️ You can donate at give.translifeline.org/tolarian Let's make some Magic! 💙🩷🤍

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Yay! Thanks for attending! I’ll be posting the recording when I receive it :)

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Excited to be teaming up with the UC Berkeley Botanical Garden to give a talk about newts tomorrow 12-1pm PST! I'll be talking newt poisons, life history, and research underway at the gardens. The talk is free and on zoom, register here: botanicalgarden.berkeley.edu/event/zoom-t...

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Today the @nytimes.com sought to whitewash its central role in laundering anti-trans falsehoods and turbocharging anti-trans attacks nationwide. My reporting showed that editorial leadership was aware of this depravity which is why this disingenuous piece can’t erase the scale of what they’ve done.

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Shocked and delighted to encounter this beautiful California #Newt (Taricha torosa) with dark eyes (photo with purple gloves). Typically, CA newts have bright yellow patches in the iris. The eyes of this newt more closely resemble those of a red bellied newt — T. rivularis! #herpetology #taricha

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It’s dangerous to go alone. Take this. #sendnewts #newtist #herps #tarichatorosa #taricha

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Students Capture Elusive Mount Lyell Shrew on Film! UCB students Vishal Subramanyan and Prakirk Jain, with the help of MVZ Curators, obtained permits and trapping supplies and went to the Eastern Sierra Nevada Mountains where they captured 15 shrews on film. bit.ly/415DPOP

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This is how you do it. Thank you @sicbjournals.bsky.social Read their whole email to membership here mailchi.mp/sicb.org/sic...

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Truly such a fun trip! So grateful to have incredible volunteers like Grant :D

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AVAILABLE NOW! Robert Hansen and Jackson Shedd have a new, comprehensive field guide to California amphibians and reptiles. Order directly (press.princeton.edu/books/paperb...) or from your local independent bookseller. it's gorgeous and really thoughtful in its details of California herpetology!

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Temporarily detransitioning to meet a stranger from Facebook Marketplace in the Sprouts parking lot

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It’s Friday, so let’s have a #transgender story from #history: Dora Richter wore blue that bright day in April, 1923. It matched her eyes, or so said the young doctor recording her intake interview in the sumptuous surroundings of In den Zelton 10, Berlin, the Institut für Sexualwissenschaft (1)

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Wintu Shasta Salamander (Hydromantes wintu) in its limestone cave habitat #herps #herpetology #fieldherping #salamander

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If I send Newts, does this get flagged as Newt-ity? Sierra Newt (Taricha sierrae) cuddling an egg mass. #herps #newt #taricha #sendnewts #newtity #tarichasierrae #amphibians #salamanders #fieldwork

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It looks incredible!!

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Newts in amplexus life is so beautiful✨

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A big beautiful female valley garter snake, Thamnophis sirtalis fitchi, from last summer. She was very thick and solid minimum of 30 inches in total length. #herps #reptiles #snakes #fieldherping #herping #wildlifephotography #naturephotography

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For the salamander enthusiasts! This winter I’ve seen so many here in Northern California 🌲

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A unique rough-skinned #newt from Sunday’s fieldwork — look at those jowls! She reminds me of Nien Nunb (Niewt Nunb?) from Star Wars

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I love you gay newts…

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Rough week salvaged by this view: a newt breeding pond overlooking the Pacific ocean. I set up my field lab under the oak tree

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The Frog 🐸 of the Week is the critically endangered Rio Pescado Stubfoot Toad (Atelopus balios) from Ecuador. Most of the genus Atelopus has been wiped out by Chytrid Fungus and habitat destruction. 📸 Pancho Sornoza learn more at https://buff.ly/40Ajhw7

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A special little salamander, Hydromantes wintu - the Wintu Shasta Salamander. Elevated in 2018 to a species and endemic to a tiny little area without easy access, their limestone home is isolated from other areas of habitat. #herps #amphibian #salamander #fieldherping #ecology

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In Northern California, a group of volunteers spend every night from late fall through winter as crossing guards–escorting migrating salamanders across a rural road.

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Good morning, please have a nice bug. #invertebrates #BugADay #Bugsky yes yes, once again, spider

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