#SãoTomé endemic caecilians are two species that hybridize where they meet in the center of the island. Had so much fun working with Kyle O'Connell Kevin Mulder Ivan Prates and excited for future #hybridzone and ecological work with these amazing critters! doi.org/10.1111/mec.15…

Amphibians are weird and wonderful, but is this reeaally the name the media use to report on an endangered species? Can't imagine many people lining up to donate... This is Atretochoana all over again! 🤣 #flattering #savethefrogs news.sky.com/story/scrotum-…

I'm thinking about parietal eyes. This 'third eye' is still found among amphibians & reptiles, but was lost in #mammals. But around 1 in 50,000 humans have parietal foramina, due to gene mutations. We're all mutants really... [Pics: Wikipedia/AlphaWolf & Fernandez et al 2019]

A bit of a #BrainTeaser for a Wednesday afternoon. Can you identify the two #snake species in this picture? #discoveringreptiles Photo © Steve Wilson

I'm recruiting a PhD student to work with me on sand lizards immunogenetics and conservation genomics. uu.se/en/about-uu/jo… Please share!

This is such an incredible opportunity! If this were for a PhD, I wouldn't waste a single second in applying to be supervised by such excellent profs! Get applying!! #herpetology #venom #snakes #genomics #phylogenomics #researchopportunities #masters #mscres

My mum made some pi with the #wonkyveg from the garden. 🤓

The Mexican mole lizard only has two limbs, it's like a worm with arms! (Video @businessinsider)

Can you spot the tiny #Seahorse in this image? For this week's #FridayFact, did you know that the smallest seahorse species can be just 2cm when fully grown? Pictured is Hippocampus bargibanti, the first pygmy seahorse known to science.

Nice to receive an honorable mention for an image in the prestigious MontPhoto contest. "Sticky Situation" - a stick insect wandered into a perilous spot in front of a cane toad & freezes relying on its camouflage. The toad sits & waits for any movement to signal prey location.

Toad-ally brilliant! Thanks for bringing in your amphibian cake, Ellie. #ExtraSlice

Sooo #ScienceTwitter we are all moving to the other bird app then?

this is what happens when you don’t recycle your pizza boxes

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Some frogs just can't seem to find the words 🐸 A newly described species of frog that doesn't ribbit has been found in the Ukaguru Mountains of Tanzania. Find out how scientists are making new discoveries in these isolated forests with #NatureNews 👇 nhm.ac.uk/discover/news/…

Our 'frog pants' on CNN! Although it's more of a 'panties' than 'pants.' Or, as my French colleagues call it: 'le string télémetrique.' Either way, it helps us track frogs in the rainforest! Thanks to RN Nouragues Station de recherche des Nouragues - LEEISA - CNRS FundaciónJocotoco Centro Jambatu for hosting our research!

Say hello to the newest #dinosaur! 👋 A new species of armoured dinosaur has been described from the Isle of Wight and named in honour of Museum scientist NHMdinolab! 🦕 Watch to find out more about the spikey find this #FossilFriday 👇

She lives! Finally. New species named after Taylor Swift. Ant-mimicking spider from Costa Rica 🕷🇨🇷 published today in #Zootaxa #SpeciesDiscovery Finally the Queen has her eight legged embodiment! #Arachnology