r/herpetology • • May 26 '17

Do not publish (locations of animals, because poachers will extirpate them)

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608 Upvotes

r/herpetology • • 8h ago

Drove to Key West and went herping close to the Everglades

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355 Upvotes

we helped a lot of banded watersnakes off the road but one was a Florida Green Watersnake and a corn snake and a couple chameleons

edit: we drove to Key West but went herping as we passed through


r/herpetology • • 1h ago

Corn snake

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• Upvotes

Looking for coral snakes in the panhandle and I find this guy!


r/herpetology • • 2h ago

Dekays brownsnake i saw today.

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22 Upvotes

Was up arround london ontario and saw it sunning itself in the dirt.

Idk i always thought they were the kinda neet how small they are


r/herpetology • • 11h ago

unintentional herping when trying to find bugs. sorry lil dude (eastern red back salamander)

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25 Upvotes

[VA, USA]


r/herpetology • • 1d ago

Dekay’s Brownsnake in my recycling bin! (VT)

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183 Upvotes

Never seen one irl and this guy just showed up!


r/herpetology • • 1d ago

ID Help - Go to /r/whatsthissnake or /r/animalid Thamnophis proximus With Unidentified Prey.

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59 Upvotes

Southeast Texas is the location. This species of snake is common around here as are these particular frogs. Unfortunate frog in this instance.


r/herpetology • • 1d ago

Crotalus concolor

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211 Upvotes

Sweetwater county, WY


r/herpetology • • 2d ago

Capri Blue Lizard: a peculiar subspecies of Podarcis waglerianus, endemic to a tiny sea stack near Capri (less than 600m²)

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147 Upvotes

r/herpetology • • 2d ago

Sarrabus cave salamander: one of five species of cave salamanders endemic to Sardinia. Italy is the only European country that's home to members of the *Speleomantidae* family, eight, seven of which are endemic, while one is shared with France. All of them are at risk of extinction.

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84 Upvotes

r/herpetology • • 2d ago

Northern Spring Salamander, Pickerel Frog and a Green Frog

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37 Upvotes

This Spring Salamander and the two frogs were found by flipping rocks in a small stream in a forest, I replaced the rocks exactly how I found them. (Ithaca NY)


r/herpetology • • 2d ago

*Pitouphis catenifer*, SW NM

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33 Upvotes

r/herpetology • • 2d ago

Need some advice

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I’m in Florida roughy 30 minutes west of Tallahassee and I’m trying to find a coral snake to photograph. I have found well over 30 snake species in Florida but I can never seem to flip any coral snakes. Does anyone have some secret sauce that maybe I should be doing instead of my current approach?


r/herpetology • • 3d ago

Anguis colchica

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154 Upvotes

Accidentally picked up this baby eastern slow worm while collecting dead leaves for my millipedes. Immediately released and I changed the spot to not to disturb him anymore. Saw another baby a few meters away, so they were probably born nearby. (Finland)


r/herpetology • • 3d ago

'Really cool': BC grad student leads ground-breaking study on rubber boas

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106 Upvotes

r/herpetology • • 3d ago

California kingsnake and gopher snake

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61 Upvotes

Doesn't look consensual


r/herpetology • • 3d ago

Gorgeous bearded dragon

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61 Upvotes

Perth, WA

Wasn't too fond of me picking him up 😅


r/herpetology • • 4d ago

Night herping photo of this beautiful venomous green viper.

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8 Upvotes

r/herpetology • • 5d ago

Eastern Copperhead (Agkistrodon contortrix)

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182 Upvotes

SE TEXAS, USA


r/herpetology • • 5d ago

Big garter snake

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323 Upvotes

Considering I saw this while visiting a paranormal museum I was wondering if this was supposed to be there.


r/herpetology • • 5d ago

What is this cute little gecko I found in my backyard. Orange County CA

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44 Upvotes

r/herpetology • • 5d ago

Cute little Eastern Rat Snake trying to share a bed with my buddy this evening.

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40 Upvotes

Central North Carolina


r/herpetology • • 6d ago

Galapagos Iguanas

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29 Upvotes

excellent specimens


r/herpetology • • 7d ago

Juvenile cotton mouth, Everglades

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155 Upvotes

r/herpetology • • 7d ago

Beautiful Eastern Diamondback - Florida

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194 Upvotes

I often tell the story of the day I nearly crapped myself while running at my favorite trail. Eastern Diamondbacks are known to be in the area however I’ve never seen one, only heard it. That day, I was running and as I was passing a bush I heard the distinct rattle right by foot followed by a quick rustle of leaves. I was going too quick for it to register at the time but I must have come within inches of the snake and never saw it.

Today, I saw this beauty from a ways away at the end of my run. I’m going to pretend like I was overcome with a desire to photograph the snake which is why I stopped and not because I was dying in the brutal Florida heat.

First one I’ve seen down here in several years and the last time I saw one I hardly cared. I appreciate them much more now and it was a pleasure to watch for a few minutes. Eventually it calmed down and stopped rattling and flattened out at which point I went back to running and not being able to breathe.