Here he comes my favorite boot inspector😄

Tried to water the baby asparagus but the spout was blocked so I tried to shove the blockage down into the can but the thing inside shoved back. Computer…enhance. #garden #gardening #oopsfrog

One of my favorite amphibians, the narrow-mouthed toad (Gastrophryne carolinensis). This one was seen at night in South Carolina, not far from the beach. I've only seen them a handful of times in my life.

Look at the fantastic variety of shape in these wonderful frogs I photographed in Gunung Mulu National Park on Borneo last year. Amazing how much frogs can do with so little. 🐸🧪

This is a Thistle Tortoise Beetle larva. They carry a poop shield around and wave it predators. I shot 8 frames here and manually stacked to show the poo in all its glory. lol (Cassida rubiginosa)

in light of the kimmel news, just a reminder that a few days ago a prominent fox news host literally called for killing homeless people. right afterward, someone shot up a couple homeless encampments. that fox news host still has his job.

Coquina (Donax variabilis) are a species of little clams common on beaches along the Atlantic Ocean. They can be gathered in large numbers for cooking, but I have not tried that yet.

new paper from my lab @cudenverclas.bsky.social in @natclimate.nature.com, led by @sarahnalley.bsky.social! Dragonflies with dark mating ornaments on their wings are disappearing from parts of the United States that have had more warming and wildfire over the last 40 years 🧪🌍🐙 rdcu.be/eFm7e

5 common stormwater management principles that apply to daily life: restore. stabilize. let things soak in. think outside the channel. meander more.

Hey academic friends, if you are so inclined you can join the class action against Anthropic AI if your works appear in LibGen. That includes scientific papers. www.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com/contact

A favorite frog from this summer: Southern Cricket Frog (Acris gryllus). Lots of these little frogs were out along the sandy shore of a lake in Florida. Their pattern matched the sand and made it hard to see them, and when approached too close they leapt remarkably far for their small size.

Truly one of the best things in life is finding a smol frog on your window

An Eastern Tiger Swallowtail Butterfly drinking nectar from an introduced Elecampane flower in northeast Ohio. August 2025.

That’s not who’s supposed to be at the end of the tunnel!

Too slow pushing the shutter when photographing this green frog

"Take heed. It's just around the corner..." #watercolor #art #toad #frog

Mother bear and her cub getting a quick drink before heading out to parts unknown. Water = Life 🥤 #mammals

Rawr! 🐢

🌱 BHL’s Call for Support soft-closes on Aug 31. 🧪 With @clirnews.bsky.social as our new fiscal sponsor, we now have an administrative & financial home, but we still need partners, hosts, funders & long-term investment to secure BHL's future. about.biodiversitylibrary.org/call-for-sup... #ILoveBHL

This pretty little creature is the spotted lanternfly, an invasive pest that is rapidly expanding its range. They have become very common in parts of northeast Ohio the last couple years. At the nature center where I recorded the video, they have loaner flyswatters to squash the bugs.

Pete Hegseth shares a clip saying women shouldn’t have the right to vote, the 19th Amendment should be “repealed,” and women should “submit” to their husbands: “All of Christ for All of Life”

A story in two pictures.

An American Mink venturing out from the reeds while hunting #mammals #mustelids

Fires in western Colorado created this dramatic late evening sun. Filter effect of the smoke allowed sunspots to be seen.

Pretty pest - this was one of many juvenile, invasive Cuban Treefrogs (Osteopilus septentrionalis) seen one evening in a small park near Orlando, FL in late July 2025.

A robust southern toad (Anaxyrus terrestris) from Horry County, South Carolina, a few days ago. Hopping around about a block from the ocean.

It's good they did not do this!

Frog prints are the best part of container pond edges😄

Southern Flying Squirrel I often see them on this trailcam in the fall as they gather hickory nuts. They don't show up much in the summer, not because they are rare, but because they have the whole woods to explore. Lake County, IL, 7.28.25 #southernflyingsquirrel #trailcamera #backyardwildlife

In case it’s helpful, here is a baby lizard from my front porch

This is truly depressing... Look at how they abused these amazing photos by @nickybay.bsky.social ... Everyone needs to be super extra careful when sharing or liking cool/pretty/funny stuff anywhere.

South Carolina alligator swimming at sunset.

Starting on the chorus frog and... gawd they're so cute. Illegally cute and small. #frog #amphibian #WIP #sciart

So many introduced brown anoles (Anolis sagrei) in Florida! I’ve seen it before, but the density of these lizards blows me away every time.

Adding this anole to HerpMapper while on vacation, and my phone auto corrected “Anolis sagrei” to “ Abolish sagrei”

This salamander was doing her best impression of a mossy rock.

#SnakeWeek: A Green Cat Snake (Boiga cyanea) from peninsular Thailand. Boiga is genus of mostly tree-dwelling snakes, found in forests and mangrove swamps. B. cyanea reaches around 6ft (186cm) and consumes a wide variety of vertebrate prey. #herps #snakes #NaturePhotography 🌿

Another news story about imperiled darter species impacted by a proposed mega data center, including a new species described in April 2025 by our research group. insideclimatenews.org/news/1407202...

Looking forward to #JMIH25! On Friday afternoon, I'll be talking about how spring peepers (Pseudacris crucifer) and juvenile wood frogs (Rana sylvatica) responded to the 2024 total solar eclipse. Did their behavior change during the sudden mid-afternoon darkness? You'll find out at my talk.

I am also recruiting a grad student to start Fall 2026. Grad school applications for Fall 2026 are due by Dec 2025. I am looking for applicants who are interested in projects exploring the disease ecology of amphibians and/or wild birds. I will be at ESA in August and am happy to meet!

More info on my website: erinsauer.com

#Toadlet season has arrived! Keep an eye out for the little hoppers as you're doing yard work. There's a dozen more for every one you see. Juvie Southern #Toad - Anaxyrus terrestris. #herps #BackyardWildlife 🐸 #squee

🧵 1 of 2 A Saharan Horned Viper (Cerastes cerastes) from Morocco. The 'horns' are actually modified scales and tissue; their purpose is still unknown (although there are plenty of ideas, some ridiculous) and some individuals have no horns at all. #herps #snakes #NaturePhotography 🌿

Close-up of the toepads of the diploid edition of North America's gray treefrog (Hyla chrysoscelis). You can tell this one is a male from the loose, gray skin on his throat.

Visual diagram of GOP Senate sales of your public lands. This is just Colorado

Sorry for the politics but public lands are really important to my life, but more importantly to wildlife and ecosystems. GOP Senators are trying to sneak in 3,000,000 acres of public land sales into the new budget. That’s millions of acres. Please call your senators.

If I send you this just know that I’m not impressed and never will be. 🐸🪪 Breviceps fuscus, Plain Rain Frog #AfricanWildlife #ShotOnCanon #Amphibians #Herpetology #Herptile #Frogs

Some larvae I observed in the garden. These are the larvae of Hymenoptera. The larvae usually live on plants and resemble butterfly caterpillars. There are about 800 species of sawflies in Central Europe. I think the larvae’s eyes, or rather their dark outlines, give them a rather cute face.

Basking Turtles, Hidden Beaver A lot going on in this photo of a ginormous beaver dam in Ford's Pond. A good illustration of why non-native Red-eared Slider turtles out compete the much smaller native Western Pond Turtles. I promise, there is an American Beaver in this pic. #HERper #mammals