Stained Glass Tortoises

Hibernation hangover

only 62 more frogs until we hit 8,000 species described. the moment we've all been waiting for

there are an average of about 150 new amphibian species described per year so I remain hopeful that 2026 will be the year of 8,000 frogs

I do love that somebody tagged tumblr's own frog scientist on this post. chop chop dr scherz, we've got 62 more frogs to discover and you're the only frog scientist any of us knows

GUYS amphibian species of the world is still at 7,994 species of frog BUT amphibiaweb is at 8,008 species of frog, and do you know who is a co-author on the 8,000th species of frog there???? TUMBLR'S OWN FROG SCIENTIST DR SCHERZ

@markscherz any approximations on what lil guy he's attempting to make here?

This is Agalychnis callidryas, the red-eyed tree frog.

it's that time of year... (I think? I'm not on the east coast rn)

Just zoomin

I love that the turtle is explicitly bothering the cat, rather than just zooming aimlessly around.

"Mom it's not supposed to BE that fast!"

This just in: Turtle gains speed and immediately becomes a menace to local cat. "Why is he chasing me? Why not explore the house?" Cat comments. More on this in the evening.

only 62 more frogs until we hit 8,000 species described. the moment we've all been waiting for

there are an average of about 150 new amphibian species described per year so I remain hopeful that 2026 will be the year of 8,000 frogs

I do love that somebody tagged tumblr's own frog scientist on this post. chop chop dr scherz, we've got 62 more frogs to discover and you're the only frog scientist any of us knows

happy world frog day, 50 frogs to go until we hit 8,000 species described!!