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#salamander #ambystoma #pets #amphibian #herpetology

A little brown salamander with a wide mouth that appears to be smiling is crawling out of a grey ceramic rock hide. She’s peeking through a fern in the foreground.

Boy do I love to see that smile.

#salamander #salmanders #amphibian #herpetology #ambystoma #caudata #pets #petsky

The salamanders have both gained weight! Delilah might be kind of fat, actually…

#tigersalamanders #ambystoma #pets #amphibians #petsky

A salamander, covered in dirt, gazes up at the photographer. The photo is zoomed in on her face. She is an idiot.

Long frog.

#pets #salamander #tigersalamander #ambystoma #axolotl #amphibian

A brown salamander is sitting on a bed of dirt. She has half of a worm sticking out of her mouth. She stares vacantly at the photographer. She doesn’t know what taxes are.

Would you mind finishing that, or are you just gonna keep playing with it?

#salamander #salamanders #axolotl #ambystoma #pets #amphibian #amphibians

Smoliv has been glued to this hide for the past couple weeks. She dug a lovely burrow in there. Good job, Smoliv #salamander #amphibian #ambystoma #tigersalamander #axolotl #pets

Jefferson salamanders are a large mole salamander native to Ontario and the northeastern US. They are a part of the mole salamander family, meaning they typically spend most of their life underground in moist undisturbed soil in woodland habitats - hunting small invertebrates such as worms, slugs, and insects.

Jefferson salamanders are classified as an endangered species in Ontario and other parts of their range due to threats such as road mortality and development of vernal pools, as well as hybridization mixing their genetics.

Jefferson Salamander (Ambystoma jeffersonium)

First Bluesky post! I was extremely fortunate to see them with some friends in March - the first ones I have confirmed as being most likely Jeffersons!

#jeffersonsalamander #ambystoma #salamanders #ontariowildlife #wildlifephotography

A brown salamander pokes its head out of the leaf litter. Its head is flat, its mouth is wide, and the rest of its body is underneath dead brown leaves. It is very cute.

Peekaboo! Another Ambystoma gracile.

#salamander #amphibian #ambystoma #inaturalist #macro #macrophotography #wildlife #wildlifephotography #canada

Definition of ambystoma Explore the definition of the word "ambystoma" with example sentences, synonyms, and related terms to improve your English skills.

ambystoma
- Type genus of the ambystomatidae

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#definition #ambystoma #meaning #english #ielts

More curly time with Smoliv. I’m enjoying this behavior.
#salamander #tigersalamander #ambystoma #amphibians #amphibian #pets #petsky #herping

Saturday Salamanders in a bucket. CTS surveys are always good for a dose of “awwww”. *Handled with all appropriate permits* #salamanders #herps #salamandersaturday #ambystoma #catigersalamander #fieldwork

Gonna take a lot of baby California tiger salamanders to get through the day. #herps #CTS #salamander #ambystoma #calherps #fieldbiologist

Start your week off right with some adorably smol California Tiger Salamander larvae. From a weekend workshop in Sonoma County. *captured and handled with all appropriate permits*. #herps #salamanders #CTS #ambystoma #fieldwork

California Tiger Salamander surveys were productive…. #herps #cts #ambystoma #californiatigersalamander

That damned smile meme with an image of a California Tiger salamander appearing to smile in the second frame.

CTS workshop day is upon us! #herps #calherps #herpmemes #salamanders #ambystoma

Hitting the CA Tiger Salamander workshop tomorrow at Laguna de Santa Rosa, wish me good salamander vibes! #herps #cts #ambystoma #salmanders

Amphibian skin bacteria contain a wide repertoire of genes linked to their antifungal capacities - World Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology Emerging diseases caused by fungi are a serious threat to wildlife biodiversity. The widespread fungal pathogen Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis (Bd) has caused dramatic amphibian population declines an...

Happy to share some of my PhD results at UNAM CCG
! #Ambystoma #Chytridiomycosis #Amphibian #skinmicrobiome #Botrytiscinerea #genomemining #antifungal #axolotl
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A slick, glossy salamander with a wide face and round eyes, with a brown dorsal side and a pale underside, stands in a cluster of leaf litter, head up as it looks slightly off from the camera.

I finally encountered some live Ambystoma gracile (northwestern salamander) yesterday! They were out in force around a local lake now that the temperatures stay above freezing at night. Beautiful animals.

#salamander #ambystoma #caudata #herp #amphibian #inaturalist #wildlife #macrophotography

Delilah is hungry.

#pets #salamander #salamanders #tigersalamander #ambystoma #amphibians #herpetology

Ambygum, The Giving Gumball Machine

[ #art #digitalart #oc #characterdesign #creaturedesign #ambystoma #gumball ]

Action shot of Smoliv falling into the pool. Again.

#salamanders #pets #tigersalamanders #ambystoma #amphibians

Delilah, a dark brown salamander with yellowish spots, is relaxing in the dirt. Her belly is on the ground and her legs are spread out.

Delilah, a dark brown salamander with yellowish spots, has noticed the camera. She’s pulled her legs underneath her, sucked in her sides, and lifted her head to look upwards.

Delilah in her relaxed sploot position vs 0.2 seconds later when I was noticed. #salamander #tigersalamander #amphibians #pets #exoticpets #ambystoma #salamanders

*gently plaps her lil hand on the glass * have u got any worms #salamander #tigersalamander #ambystoma

A Heavily blue spotted Female Jefferson Salamander from the archives of 2016.
I still wonder about this one and the surrounding population....

#ambystoma
#jeffersonsalamander
#molesalamander
#possiblecomplex
#herpetology

Stumbled across this #Ambystoma maculatum while checking #cameratraps inside #BlackRockForest yesterday. Any #herp folks know why it was out? #fieldwork

The Herpetology account for The Aethenaga/Aetherverses.
Starting off with a few winning shots from 2024.
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#herpetology #opheodrys #lampropeltis #ambystoma #pantherophis #aethernaga #aetherology #wildlifephotography #reptiles #amphibians #pennsylvania #welcomepost

A long and chubby paedomorphic tiger salamander (Ambystoma mavortium nebulosum).

Peddling my wares here, which include more like this bulbous paedomorphic Arizona tiger salamander. This species has multiple adult forms. This one has taken the aquatic route while others undergo metamorphosis and become terrestrial. #salamander #ecology #evolution #nature #ambystoma #herpetology

And because ‘Tis salamander season, here is a California Tiger Salamander (Ambystoma californiense). Federally threatened/endangered and gone from most of it’s historic range. Madera County.
#salamanders #herps #amphibians #ambystoma #nativeherps #calherps

Gene functions of the Ambystoma altamirani skin microbiome vary across space and time but potential ... Amphibian skin microbiomes can play a critical role in host survival against emerging diseases by protecting their host against pathogens. While a plethora of biotic and abiotic factors have been show...

Gene functions of the #Ambystoma altamirani skin #microbiome vary across space and time but potential antifungal genes are widespread and prevalent www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/jour... #PublishingForTheCommunity #MicroSky