First WA snake of 2025!

I'm back after a hiatus to share this gorgeous speckled rattlesnake from Southern California!

A salmon-bellied racer from Costa Rica

A basilisk lizard using a sleeping tapir as a lookout point. #herps #costarica #wildlife

Not a herp this time, but a roseate spoonbill from the Yucatan peninsula. #birds #mexico #wildlife

A spiny-tailed iguana surveying his kingdom in Tulum. #herps

A beautiful Tiger rattlesnakes from the foothills around Tucson. #snakes #rattlesnakes #herps

An absolutely gorgeous Red Diamond rattlesnake from the Joshua Tree area #snakes #herps

A twin-spotted rattlesnake from the sky islands of Arizona #snakes #herps

A super pretty endemic pit-viper from the Andaman Islands. #snakes #wildlifeofindia #herps

A semi-terrestrial tadpole of an Indirana frog - Western Ghats, India. #herps #frogs #wildlifeofindia

A juvenile Indian toad, Duttaphrynus melanostictus. #herps #toadallytuesday

A wild leopard gecko from Western India. Eublepharis fuscus for the reptile nerds. #herps #indianwildlife

An Indian wolf from the outskirts of Pune, in 2016

A gorgeous Malabar Pit-viper from Goa, India #snakes #herps

From 2016, my very first American snake, a Northwestern Gartersnake from WA

#50501movement #50501protest @50501movement.bsky.social We rose up together! And we're not done. (Credit to Tamra Linn)

Northern fungoid frogs (Hydrophylax bahuvistara) getting it on in the Western Ghats

On the cruelty of India's Hindu nationalist rulers. This is a high-profile case. There are lots more that aren't so high profile, mainly discussed and lamented privately so as to avoid further retribution from India's far-right regime. thewire.in/rights/im-no... #India #Hindutva #BJP #hate

In a change of pace from the usual herp photos, here's a black bear sitting over some carrion at Yellowstone. #yellowstone #bears #nationalparks #wildlife

Eggs of a direct-developing (no tadpoles) bush frog from the Western Ghats of India. #herps #frogs #westernghats #indianwildlife

For #worldwetlandsday, here's an american crocodile from a mangrove swamp in the Yucatan peninsula. #crocodiles #wetlands #herps

This is one of my favorite photos ever, a parrot snake shot in situ in Costa Rica. #snakes #herps

Rubber boa (Charina bottae), WA. These inoffensive snakes are reclusive and spend most of their time under cover, though they can be found above ground in the right habitat and season. #snakes #herps

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One of the most spectacular snakes I've ever seen - a mudsnake from Florida. #snakes #herps

A glass lizard from Florida.

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A super pretty red diamond rattlesnake from San Bernadino county, California #snakes #herps

When it's January and you still manage to find a snake! Sharp-tailed snake found in Sacramento county.

A gophersnake hangs out in the Aurora-lit skies #snakes #wildlife #wildlifephotography #aurora #auroraborealis #herping

Throwback to the largest norpac rattlesnake I've ever seen! #herps #snakes #NaturePhotography

In the land of Mordor, in the fires of Mount Doom, the Dark Lord Sauron forged in secret a master ring, to control all others. Kilauea, Hawaii 2024

This bright red fellow is the I'iwi, one of the more common Hawaiian endemic forest birds. #birding #hawaii

A suspicious Nene appeared!

Nearly swam into this cutie while snorkeling in Hawaii