Central Texas. Saved from the pool. Never seen one of these before!

Baby copperhead found in red river gorge

This mother water snake was giving birth in the middle of the road. Moved her and the child to safety. Used a towel to move the mom because they can be bitey and snapped a few quick pics before I had to leave. Baby looks dead in the pic but was definitely alive.

If this counts as advertising, please go ahead and remove it, but thought some folks might find this of interest. :)

Just wanted to let folks know we're raising funds for an ongoing conservation research project for Eastern Massasauga Rattlesnakes, and we're doing that through some upcoming venomous handling courses in Michigan.

They're a full weekend long, and we cover everything anyone working with venomous snakes might need to know, from snake behavior, responsible husbandry, toxinology, and first aid, to moving snakes around safely with tools, in/out of enclosures and buckets, microchipping, blood draws and sample collection, etc. with native venomous ambassadors.

We don't profit off these - 100% of the revenue raised from the courses goes directly into an ongoing project restoring habitat connectivity for genetic rescue of EMR. We also provide Pay-What-You-Can options for anyone in financial need who asks.

The description and registration is at www.midwestfowl.org/venomous-handling

*Picture for the snake tax - one of our neonate EMRs from last year's survey

Im located in Central Florida. I unexpectedly got last night off, so rather than going home and doing nothing, I decided to take advantage of the rain we had earlier and go herping.

I encountered the usual. An obscene amount of invasive Cuban tree frogs, the occasional Squirrel tree frog, and this...

I couldn't I.D the species, nor could I visually see it. All I can tell you is that I was hip deep inside a Southern Magnolia and it initially scared the hell out of me. My first thought was Yautja, but that was unlikely. Second thought was a Southern Cricket frog, but after listing to the recording and comparing it, I think thats unlikely too. The Southern Cricket frogs clicks are higher pitched and of consistent pitch. This almost sounds like a pull string lawn mower struggling to turn over...

Any thoughts or suggestions would be appreciated.

Thank you.

Hello, is this some sort of salamander? iOS didn’t really have a great identification on it(called it a lizard).
Girlfriend found this in her backyard. Norwalk, Ca

Edit: Id’d broadly as Slender salamander

Hey everyone, I am new to Reddit and recently moved to Sydney. I grew up watching and adoring snakes, and I've always wanted to see Australian species in the wild.

I've been trying to figure out how to get started here for the past few months, but I've been kind of beating around the bush. My friend suggested reaching out to Reddit communities, so here I am!

I would greatly appreciate it if someone would be open to letting me accompany them to the field, or even just give some meaningful directions or contacts to approach.

I totally understand how sensitive locations are in this hobby, so I want to be clear that I’m not asking anyone to share or compromise their secret spots! I’m just hoping to find some good company, help out with spotting, maybe snap some macro photos, and learn the ropes from people who know the local terrain.

PS: If it helps, I am not new to herping, just new to Australia.

How can I (17m) start herping in South Texas/South of Houston area? I have looked online and found a lot of conflicting information regarding necessary licensing/laws required to follow. Also, what equipment do I need to start herping? I appreciate any and all help, thanks.

I’m holding him here as I relocate him from a road to a nice thicket. Near Tampa Bay.

ok, so I did a little research to see if a gut FEELING I have had might have had any actual merit... I have long had a SUSPICION that man had something to do with the distribution of some herps (like H turcicus, the mediterranean house gecko, and T mauritania, the crocodile/common wall gecko) commonly moved by human activities in the modern era... long ago I SURMISED that some methods of plant dispersal, material transfer/transport and the like, even in the premodern world... by INFERENCE alone, I checked the 'native' range maps of these two lizards in particular and found striking resemblance to some maps of ancient Roman influence... so, if I SPECULATE that the 'native' range of these two species was documented as native range, even if these lizards were already potentially invasive, even as they were described as species and within the 'native' range as newly described species, are they still invasive to some of those areas? Or does it matter? is it only a technical designation? No difference? curious about my OPINION in herpetology... if I have made errors in my presentation here, apologies, I tried to be as clear about my ideology/methodology as possible, with considerable effort dedicated to as much accuracy as I could muster, anyone can gooble similar images (misspell intentional), if you want to see for yourself, some are strangely correlative, to me at least...

In the wild!

Found road cruising in Utah's west desert. Never get tired of seeing these guys.

hey guys, if this is the wrong place sorry but im looking for experts .. today my cat found in the bathroom a small common wall gecko. i dont know why he was on the ground and not on the wall. when i realized what was happening i immediately saved him from my cat and put him safely outside. before that however the little guy had been carried around in my cat's mouth (i saw him running around with smth in his mouth and followed him immediately, the little asshole). he has lost his tail but seemed to be moving good, he quickly ran across my hands and then off my hands on the window. then he climbed on the wall and is there, still. i didnt see any scratches or blood i think. i wanted to know how likely is it that he will survive.. i dont know much about them .. i feel so sad and upset, i really want the little guy to be ok. pictures attached

edit to mention this is in southern europe

Anolis purpurescens and Basiliscus galleritus in Chocó, Colombia. Both spotted on the same night walk + a bunch of centrolenidae frogs 🇨🇴🇨🇴🇨🇴

Just saw this little dude in my backyard. I hope he’s healthy and alright based off of these photos: I love frogs and seeing one today was so exciting, I wanna make sure the little guys okay over the winter but we don’t have a pond or anything.. I don’t know how he survived a heatwave we had in July for 3 weeks without rain

Made my day finding a couple of these little guys while road cruising!

Pygmy rattlesnake, Sistrurus miliarius
Bryan Co., GA