Having a diffuse research group means that I rarely get to spend any time with my group in 3D. It was a great delight therefore to be joined by @collinbos.bsky.social @alicepetzold.bsky.social @njorisfleck.bsky.social and @clarakeusgen.bsky.social together in Bonn for the #SEH2025! 🧪🐸🦎🐍🧬

+++ Hissscord🐍 NEWS +++ Our new server is live! 🐍 A free space for young and experienced herpetologists to connect, collaborate, and get quick help. 💬 DM me here on Bluesky or elsewhere for an invite to the Discord channel! Please feel free to share and repost! #Herpetology #SEH2025 #Hissscord

We are hiring!! 🦎🧠🐍 2 year postdoc to work on on the evolution of brains in snakes and lizards (on our current ARC Discovery project). Applications close 25th March 2025! careers.adelaide.edu.au/cw/en/job/51...

I’m setting up a Discord server for young herpetologists, derived from an idea at #SEH2025. The goal is to create a space for quick help, collaboration, and networking. If you’d like to give input or get involved, let me know! #herpetology

I’ve been spending A LOT of time in scientific collections. Outside, the weather keeps changing. Inside? Permanent chill. 35°C? I’m freezing my butt off in the collections. -4°C? Still freezing my butt off in the collections. The only constant in my life right now is museum-grade air conditioning.

An Italian wall lizard (Podarcis siculus) found in Castiglione della Pescaia, Italy #Herpetology #lizard #herping

The CORPS team has won the 2025 Teaching Award from #LMU ’s Faculty of Biology! 🏆 What began with preparing bird specimens in my living room is now the faculty’s first student-led, -organized, and -taught course. We are incredibly happy! Thank you all—here’s to CORPS 2025! @lmumuenchen.bsky.social

Ordering primers for the first time and can't shake the feeling that an adult should probably look it over before I hit “order.” #science #labwork #genetics

Had the pleasure of visiting the @smnstuttgart.bsky.social and getting an awesome tour of part of their collection from the amazing @michela-johnson.bsky.social — thanks so much, Michela! 📸 Holotype of the extinct crocodyliform Machimosaurus buffetauti Young et al., 2014 #paleontology #FossilFriday

Gluing a completely disintegrated lizard skull back together is about as much fun as it sounds. And yes, I'm using a toothbrush taped to a bucket for assistance. Not elegant, but at least it's creative. Sue me. #herps #bones #Gallotia #lizard #herpetology #LMU

Nothing matches the feeling of finishing a manuscript, while an epic movie soundtrack is climaxing in the background.

Interesting #illustration of a green #iguana in one of my favorite old #books. W. Lackowitz (1899) Das Buch der Tierwelt. Verlag von W. Herlet, Berlin, Germany. #history #library #oldbook #biology #herpetology

It's crazy how much housework I get done in a day when I need to finish a manuscript.

That's my new favourite way of short-term labelling #hummingbirds and other long-beaked #birds.

I finally finished another photo editing session. This time, a #macro shot of a #tongue-flicking 𝘗𝘢𝘳𝘢𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘰𝘱𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘣𝘦𝘵𝘴𝘪𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘯𝘶𝘴 (Günther, 1880) from #Madagascar.

Am I the only one who measures how close to home I am by the fraction of roadside plants I can identify to species level?

Found a little Common Tree #Frog (Hyla arborea) in #Munich, Germany, on the street at night!

I'm trying to be a bit more active on this platform, since the other ones become increasingly annoying. I've (again) started working on the pictures I took on my last research field trip to #Madagascar a few months ago. This is a stunningly beautiful #𝘔𝘢𝘥𝘢𝘨𝘢𝘴𝘤𝘢𝘳𝘰𝘱𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘤𝘰𝘭𝘶𝘣𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘶𝘴!

High fi...! Ugh, never mind. This tiny hand belongs to a tiny specimen of the tiny #frog species #Stumpffia madagascariensis, endemic to #Madagascar. This hand is less than 4 mm long!