Perth’s finest herpetologists all in one nice watering hole 🥰 Brenton von Takach Rob Davis @TimDoherty_ Harry Moore Jari Cornelis Jon-Paul Emery @reneecatullo Ben Phillips @minimbus calum Ashleigh Wolfe, PhD 📸@RuSomaweera

Had to get creative to bring HL88 back home

Some more observations we made in the field published in herpetological review SSAR

Only known habitat of one of Australia's most mysterious snakes approved for clearing abc.net.au/news/2020-12-2…

A year of microhabitat temperature data finally collected.

WA Museum + DBCA + #herpsquad went on a mish to find a rare lizard. We didn’t find it but got a cute baby gouldii as a consolation 🙏 Jari Cornelis

Got data?

Less than 100 days left to thesis submission

I’ve found some interesting things in tiger snake bellies, but this one takes the cake! Tiger snake eating a hatching turtle. Interesting from the snakes perspective but more concerning for the turtles with near no recruitment in Perth. meridian.allenpress.com/australian-zoo…

5 months in review for a natural history note, cool...

Are ‘nuisance’ snake relocations helping snakes or just easing the public’s discomfort? Is there a more appropriate way to carry out snake catching activities in Australia? We think so. New paper in Herpetological Journal with Bill Bateman and Tom Parkin thebhs.org/publications/t…

I will be presenting some of the findings from my masters research on webex this morning at 11am AWST in case anyone is interested. curtin.webex.com/curtin/j.php?M…

Thesis submitted. Too bad it's only downhill after page iii. Big thanks to Damian Lettoof Christine Cooper Brenton von Takach and Bill Bateman. Will never forget the inspirational words from Old mate at Herdsman Lake "Yous milkin'?"

The new Herdsman Lake Discovery Centre looks incredible! The tiger snake wall is the best part. Super happy to contribute to the natural history knowledge and images included in this display! Jari Cornelis

Brenton von Takach power taught me the basics of pop. genomics and we assessed tiger snake populations around Perth. Check out what we found! I also ate my own hat and published in PLoS One… journals.plos.org/plosone/articl…

Another little note out in @rzsnsw !@LettsGetSnakes and I found a tiger snake with mummified young stuck inside her reproductive tract. Not unheard of in captivity but a rare observation in the wild. meridian.allenpress.com/australian-zoo…

Turtle frog looking for some love #wildoz #blob

Honey possum (Tarsipes rostratus) from a few weeks ago. My partner and I were lucky enough to find a few zooming around the blossoms at Cheynes Beach. #WildOz #honeypossum

For #WorldWetlandsDay enjoy this #throwback of Jari Cornelis catching one of the kings of the urban wetland, Herdsman Lake 🐍

Got my receipt for $76,000 in the mail today. Cheers Curtin MLS. In all seriousness big thanks to Damian Lettoof Christine Cooper Brenton von Takach and Bill Bateman for letting me research venomous snakes and helping me figure out what to do with the data. More to come…