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Happy #WorldSnakeDay! To mark the occasion, I have just released this new poster showing 13 of the 19 genera of pseudoxyrhophiid snakes from Madagascar! These snakes are really amazing, showcasing the evolutionary potential of the snake bauplan, and occupying niches from slug-eating to egg-eating, vince-snakes to racers, and everything in between. You can get it on my RedBubble page—link in my profile! . . . . . . . . #snake #langaha #science #taxonomy #snakes #Psuedoxyrhophiidae #Pseudoxyrhophiinae #poster #scienceposter #scicomm #biology #zoology #herps #herpetology #herpers #herpetofauna #Madagascar #reptile #animals #forest #rainforest #wildlife #nature #infographic #animal #diversity #RedBubble #findyourthing #evolution https://www.instagram.com/p/CCt42QRsnAs/?igshid=1l752her4ogp4

Something to spruce up your home office: a new poster featuring nine of the nineteen described Uroplatus leaf-tailed gecko species from Madagascar, with a bonus undescribed species (Uroplatus sp. Ca11, a.k.a. U. aff. henkeli ‘Montagne d’Ambre’). The geckos are shown to scale, from the enormous Uroplatus giganteus, to the delicate Uroplatus ebenaui. This poster also features the two newest species, Uroplatus fetsy and U. finaritra, described by our team in 2019. Get it here: https://www.redbubble.com/shop/p/46013283.Y8UA9 or via the link in my Bio! . . . . . . . #gecko #Uroplatus #science #taxonomy #leaftailedgecko #leaftailgecko #geckos #poster #scienceposter #scicomm #biology #zoology #herps #herpetology #herpers #herpetofauna #Madagascar #reptile #lizard #animals #forest #rainforest #wildlife #nature #infographic #animal #diversity #gekkonidae #leaftail https://www.instagram.com/p/B-CU_0whQqr/?igshid=1t9bo1165qqdv

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This is the amazing Cryptoblepharus cognatus. These skinks live on the rocks along the shoreline of various landmasses around the Indian Ocean, and there has been some pretty awesome recent research showing how they dispersed across such vast distances (10.1098/rspb.2018.2575). They are very capable swimmers, even in saltwater. This individual was found on a tiny sandbar with a few rocks that some might call an ‘island’ (Nosy Ambariobe) off the northwest coast of Madagascar in April 2019. . . www.markscherz.com www.squamatespod.com . . . . . . #skink #lizard #animals #animal #wildlife #nature #zoology #herpetology #herps #reptile #reptiles #lizards #Cryptoblepharus #Cryptoblepharusboutonii #Cryptoblepharuscognatus #herpers #biology #Madagascar #species #science #photograaphy #naturalworld #NosyAmbariobe https://www.instagram.com/p/B4N9VwRB6fe/?igshid=1wxbxyi1mxu3y

Uroplatus fotsivava is always ready for Autumn! 🍁🍂 This is a species of leaf-tailed gecko we described a few years ago, native to mid-elevations on the mountains of northern Madagascar. We found a number of them on Expedition Angano in 2015–2016 to the Bealanana District. . . www.markscherz.com www.squamatespod.com By the way, you can get this picture on a variety of merch here: www.redbubble.com/people/the-moof/works/41161225-uroplatus-fotsivava?p=iphone-case&type=iphone_xs_soft&asc=u . . . . . . #gecko #Uroplatus #newspecies #science #taxonomy #leaftailedgecko #leaftailgecko #geckos #geckosofinstagram #lizardsofinstagram #phantasticus #uroplatusphantasticus #scientistsofinstragram #scientistsofig #biology #zoology #herps #herpetology #herpers #herpetofauna #Madagascar #reptile #reptilesofinstagram #reptilesofig #uroplatusofinstagram #Uroplatusfotsivava #Autumn #Fall #lizard #animals https://www.instagram.com/p/B2aB8TJhuCm/?igshid=1h8n1p01cmvz2

anyways, if anyone has some recommendations for who to follow in reptile world on tumblr lmk

My friends are herpers and old people like me and I’m so glad they go drive 6 hours one way just to go look at skinks and copperheads and red salamanders.