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Completely agree. Stick to the facts and don't embellish threats. The existing threats are serious enough.

After a scicomm break, we're now back in action, people! If you don't know us, we're the IUCN's (Int'l Union on the Conservation of Nature) Snake Specialist Group, & our new logo & website have just dropped! Follow us & check us out: 👉IUCNsnake.org.

With 1000s of snake species across dozens of countries around the world, there is a wide range of facets that can influence snake conservation & management. To navigate these complexities, we at IUCN Species Survival Commission's Snake Specialist Group have a top team of many member experts globally.

Time to highlight some awesome snake species! This week is Australia's Bandy-bandy Snake 👇

New Paper from some great IUCN Snake Specialist Group members. Take home message: water snakes of several species are ridiculously abundant in agricultural landscapes in Java, Indonesia. CSIRO Publishing publish.csiro.au/WR/WR22079

You all must have missed this, so tweeting it again!

Another successful, quarterly video meeting for our IUCN snake specialist group for the Australia, Oceania, and Melanesia regions! Discussing topics like future projects, funding opportunities, local champions, species of conservation concern, and IUCN species red-listings.

Wishing everyone a Happy New Year! At IUCN's Snake Specialist Group, we hope your 2023 brings you as much beauty, wonder, and joy as this wonderful Woma Python brings us 🥰. (specimen from Shark Bay, Western Australia). #WildOz

Boie's Smooth Snake (Gongylosoma baliodeira) is a leaf-litter-dwelling snake found throughout Indonesia, Malaysia, and Singapore. Like most snakes worldwide, it is poorly known. That's why we support snake research and try to empower herpetologists. [pic by John Murphy].

This Black-collared Snake (Drepanoides anomalus) from Peru is undeniably pretty. Agreed? Snakes are pretty important too, being predators and prey in functioning ecosystems, helping cycle nutrients, and keeping vermin populations in check.

Another regional meeting for our IUCN Snake Specialist Group! We discussed upcoming conferences, priority snake species for research, updates for conservation listing of species, discussed new membership, and connected people with experts on the ground in the field.

This week, we're highlighting one of the many highly-evolved adaptations that enable snakes to survive in many environments across the world. This little stunner of a snake 😍 is from Arizona, USA.

Snakes are simply amazing. 'Flicker-fusion effect’ is utilised by many. The high-contrast pattern blurs at speed, especially in low light, concealing a prey's appearance to predators, reducing the chances of initial detection. Here are some examples from around the world 😍.

Happy World Snake Day, Everyone! IUCN Snake Specialist Group

Because all native snakes are special and important in their own way, this week we'd like to turn your attention to a lesser known, nearly completely unstudied group of non-venomous snakes, lovingly called 'patchies' b/c of their big schnozy scale on their snout. Fast snakes! 😍

Members highlight! Check out what our IUCN Snake Specialist Group member, María, gets up to!

Members highlight! Here's what @eco_jolly gets up to!

Another IUCN Snake Specialist Group members highlight! Check out what Fauna & Flora gets up to 👇!

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