Lifer Lined Snake found in Missouri! This was one of my biggest targets while I was out there! I've heard people find these snakes by chance in their backyards throughout their range, but seem somewhat tough to target depending on the area. Super happy to check this one off my list. #herps 🐍

Officially landed another seasonal job finally after lots of applications, so I will be heading back to Arizona once again until November!

A beautiful Milksnake I found in a busy road last night! I don't cruise Milks too often, so this was super exciting, especially because it was in a new county for me! Moved safely across the road after some pictures. #herps 🐍

A few Three-toed Box Turtles from a very productive trip to Missouri recently! This was also a lifer for me and I was beyond stoked to find several, as well as so many different looking individuals! #herps 🐢

A beautiful Prairie Kingsnake from the weekend in Kentucky. This is only my 2nd ever individual of this species, and the first in 3 years. They are super difficult to come by around the area, so needless to say, I was beyond excited to see one! #herps 🐍

A few snakes from a productive early morning last week! 1) Southeastern Crowned Snake 2) Black Kingsnake 3) Smooth Earthsnake #herps 🐍

A huuuuge and healthy Ratsnake I found on a suburban road yesterday morning! Moved safely across the road after some pictures! #herps 🐍

A massive and very pretty Ratsnake found today! Fairly dark individual compared to others I have seen around the area. #herps 🐍

10-yrs. ago I suggested to Steve, John & his wife and James and a few trusted others "let's go find the ultra-rare 'Day-glow' magenta mole king snake". A site now cleaned-up-no more AC study transect. W/O AC and if you are very skilled you might have a few days in a year to find them on the crawl.🐍

A Timber Rattlesnake that I road cruised with some friends last week! Absolutely beautiful patterning on this individual with that darker hues towards their tail, just stunning! As always, moved them out of the road after taking some pictures. #herps 🐍

Update: we didn’t get rain Friday night like the forecast said, so I made the decision to move the larvae to a different spot yesterday where I had seen larvae before. First pic is the pool at midday and the second is their new home. We moved around 200 salamanders, it took all day (1/2). #herps

Spent most of the day filling up a pool of water that was drying that has Streamside Salamander larvae. With my partner and a friend we got 40 gallons of water from downstream onto the pool, which hopefully will help, I’ll check on them tomorrow morning and keep helping if needed. #herps

This weekend was certainly Black Kingsnake weekend! #herps 🐍

Some Turtle diversity from this weekend! 1. Eastern Box Turtle 2. Eastern Musk Turtle 3. Common Snapping Turtle That Box Turtle in particular has got to be one of the prettiest turtles I've even seen like wow. #herps 🐢

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A few snakes from a productive morning herping session last week! #herps 🐍 1) Black Racer 2) Black Kingsnake 3) Smooth Earthsnake 4) Wormsnake

Found my first milksnake of the year! #Nature #Snakes✨🐍✨

First Milksnake of the year and one of the prettiest I've ever seen in Middle Tennessee! This is a fairly difficult species to encounter around here, I usually find a handful or so per year so I was beyond excited to have encountered this one with a good friend of mine! An absolute stunner! #herps 🐍

Saw my first Timber Rattlesnakes of the year last week!!! This is a species I don't see often in Middle Tennessee, and this is only the second time I've seen them in-situ and not on the road which was super exciting to me! They are some of the most chill snakes out there, I love them! #herps

Just… I can’t even begin to express the amount of rage I have. In the past year it’s all awful news, not sure how much more of this I can take seeing.

Streamside Salamander rescue mission. Yesterday I checked on some larvae and they were stuck in a drying puddle under a bridge, and this morning it was way worse. Talked to state herpetologist and got the green light to move them upstream where I have seen other larvae and hopefully survive! #herps

It's that time of the year again, this beautiful Eastern Box Turtle was crossing the road yesterday after a drizzle. Please watch out for Turtles crossing roads now that it's getting warmer! Especially during and directly after rain! #herps 🐢

Some creatures from this weekend! #herps 🐍 🐢 1) Central Ratsnake 2) Eastern Box Turtle 3) Cave Salamander 4) Eastern Newt

Here's a few snake species from a productive morning a few days ago! Extremely happy to have found a Southeastern Crowned Snake, not a very common snake in Tennessee and also my first Kingsnake of the year! #herps 🐍 1) Southeastern Crowned Snake 2) Black Kingsnake 3) Wormsnake 4) Smooth Earthsnake

I spent this past weekend over in Massachusetts visiting some of my best friends for my birthday and the weather cooperated enough to be able to see some amphibian activity as well! So cool to see these critters so far north! 1-2. Spotted Salamander 3. Wood Frog 4. Four-toed Salamander #herps

Man, I was optimistic about finding a cool job this year but it really seems I’m going to struggle a lot more than I expected, may end up needing to get a part time in the meantime because my savings are draining fast :(

A cute Central Ratsnake found basking along a paved trail during a warm day a few days ago! #herps 🐍

A couple of Jefferson Salamanders found during a super overcast but fairly warm day last month in Kentucky! They are such a cool species of salamander, fairly uncommon this far south and so unique looking, I love them! #herps

A few amphibians I found on the road during a rainy night this week! Please watch out for these little guys while driving when it's raining!!! Especially in back roads! 1. Red Salamander 2. Cave Salamander 3. Spotted Salamander 4. Cope's Gray Treefrog #herps 🐸

This would fund the US Forest Service research branch for 36 years

A neat find from today, a small Common Snapping Turtle taking a quick breather while foraging in a pond! #herps 🐢

Now seems like a good time to remind you that spadefoot toads exist and that they bury themselves butt-first by using their “spades” to corkscrew downward into sand and loose soils. #herps

Here's a few Plain-bellied Watersnakes found in the past few days during some super productive herping sessions! I love these guys, I think they are my favorite Nerodia species! #herps 🐍

More Tennessee early spring shenanigans! Nice to see this much snake activity so early in the year! 1. Plain-bellied Watersnake 2. DeKay's Brownsnake 3. Gray (now Central) Ratsnake 4. Cottonmouth #herps 🐍

My lifer Mud Salamander from East Tennessee! This is a species I had wanted to see for so long, but every time I looked for it over the years I always failed. That changed Monday when me and a couple of friends were able to turn up this beautiful adult!!! An absolute stunner!!! #herps

Went up north to visit family this past week, so I didn't get to go out much but I managed to encounter this beautiful Spotted Salamander in Northern Virginia a few days ago! #herps

My beloved

It’s officially “snakes in the road” season in Cali, so y’all drive carefully plz. We prefer our gophersnakes unsquished. #herps

A chunky female Streamside Salamander found during amphibian surveys last week. This species has been affected by the January drought, pushing individuals into breeding on late February instead of the usual mid-January. Hoping the eggs and larvae have enough time to develop before creeks dry. #herps

Job searching sucks.

Good excuse to also put my 4 favorite Pokémon here!

A very pretty Cave Salamander found during amphibian surveys this week. Hadn’t seen one in a while, and generally I’d expect to see them in late March into April, so it’s nice to see one of them this early into the year! #herps

A few of the very many Tiger Salamanders found crossing the road during a humid (barely rainy) night last week! This is the first time I've seen Tigers move with barely any rain, but I guess the January drought was so bad that anything would trigger their movement. #herps

One of my favorite species to see in early spring are Eastern Ribbonsnakes! A fairly uncommon species in Tennessee due to their limited range within the state. Found this one last week while on a walk with my gf @valenthedragon.bsky.social !

My first snakes of the year in Middle Tennessee! We are SOOOO back!! 1. Gray (now Central) Ratsnake 2. DeKay's Brownsnake 3. Northern Watersnake #herps 🐍

First reptile in Tennessee for 2026 was this cute Little Brown Skink (Scincella lateralis) a friend an I found on a trail today! #herps 🦎

Been doing a lot of Pokémon Nuzlockes in the past year and I have been been trying my hand at Run & Bun recently and it's super challenging but really fun. Unsure if I should post my Pokémon stuff here, but I stream at: www.twitch.tv/whitepaaws in case anyone wants to follow me on the journey.

Another really cool frog endemic to the Colombian pacific is the poison frog Oophaga solanensis! That orange coloration is so pretty, and it's definitely one of the most stunning frogs found in the region! #herps 🐸

Right before this cold front hit Tennessee, I decided to go check a spot I hadn't gone to in 3 years and managed to turn up a Streamside Salamander (Ambystoma barbouri)! One of my favorite species ever, and one that keeps me alive during winter. #herps

Power has officially gone out thanks to the ice storm, oof