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

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

A small, sand-colored snake with a very large scale at the front of the “nose”. It has large, dark eyes, smooth scales, and a dark tongue.

A small, slender snake of the deserts, fairly monochromatic. This individual is held loosely in one hand and is indignant at the detainment.

#SundaySnakes is still kicking. This week with the Mohave Patch-nosed Snake
(Salvadora hexalepis mojavensis). Look at that Rostral! #herps #calherps #snek #snakes #fieldwork #fieldbiology #california #calibiologist

Found this one-eyed newt out in the recent storm…. California Newt (Taricha torosa) #herps #sendnewts #newtity #newts #taricha #fieldwork #calherps #dontlickthem

A very smol green turtle, about the size of a half dollar, trundles across the grasses as if they were forest.

It could also be #TurtleyTuesday and I’d be fine with that. Welcome to the world, bebe Western Pond Turtle. #herps #turtles #Iliketurtles #turtlepower #herpetology #fieldbiologist #calherps

A young rattlesnake is curled at the mouth of a burrow and appears to have a piece of dried seed or grass stuck in its nostril.

Not even sure how it happened but this is the one and only time I’ve seen a snake with something stuck up his nose. facial pit. thing. Anyone else? Northern Pacific Rattlesnake. #herps #snek #snakes #rattlesnake #yearofthesnake #dontpickit #fieldbiologist #calherps

A cream-colored snake, with bright orange speckles and big eyes, emerges from under a woody shrub.

A cream-colored snake, with bright orange speckles and big eyes, emerges from under a woody shrub.

Today’s #SundaySnakes feature is the San Joaquin Coachwhip (Masticophis flagellum ruddocki)! Although their bubblegum pink cousins to the south get a lot of love, these orange beauties are often overlooked. As fast and bitey as the rest of the genus. #herps #snakes #reptiles #calherps #fieldwork

A dark brown snake with smooth, shiny scales is curled loosely in an open hand.

A small, salmon-colored baby boa, with light eyes, wraps around a hand. #rubberboa

A smooth brown snake with shiny scales and a few darker patches of scales winds loosely around a hand. Green meadow in the background.

A smooth, brown snake with a creamy yellow belly is curled loosely in a hand. A tiny bit of forked tongue can be seen.

Today’s #SundaySnakes feature is one of only two native boas found in Cali, the Rubber Boa (Charina bottae). These adorable beasties may live 50 years in the wild! #herps #snakes #rubberboa #yearofthesnake #boas #calherps #fieldbiologist

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