Bad at Emperor-ing

Hello, fellow humans! I am Gordian!

[thedogeveryonehates]

[moniquill]

[herpsandbirds]

Japanese Giant Salamander (Andrias japonicus), family Cryptobranchidae, endemic to Japan

One of the largest amphibians in the world, growing to a length of 1.5 m (~5 ft).

Vulnerable.

Photograph by Laura Bok

[soymoss]

Japanese Giant salamander painting sold to benefit the Shiga Giant Salamander Preservation Society hosted by the Cincinnati Zoo!

[herpsandbirds]

Southern Leeward Dwarf Gecko (Sphaerodactylus fantasticus), B/TL - male, TR - female, family SPhaerodactylidae, Dominica

photographs by Monica Beaird

[anthonyhurd]

Happy pride!

[herpsandbirds]

Streamside Salamander (Ambystoma barbouri), family Ambystomatidae, TN, USA

photographs by Niemiller Nature

[snototter]

A California slender salamander (Batrachoseps attenuatus) curls in on itself in Big Basin Redwoods State Park, California, USA

by Ron Wolf

[picsflip]

Red Eft checking under a mushroom cap for lunch

[langernameohnebedeutung]

glass cannon is objectively the sexiest build. you put down 10 enemies in one go and then need to be carried off the battle field the next round? so hot

[ymutate]

Jim Musil (American, b.1976)

"Tidal Wetlands," 2025

Acrylic, 16 x 16 in

[what-even-is-thiss]

I’ve named video game characters a lot of stupid things over the years but for some reason Taco Bell is the one that’s made me lose my shit every time I see it.

Something about seeing “Nice to meet you. I’m Taco Bell” as a dialogue option just nukes me. I forget that I’ve named him that just long enough for it to come up again.

[pnglove]

Mate, you’ve got a chubby lizard on your dashboard

[markscherz]

Graced by Geckolepis typica from Madagascar. I love that they’re quite round creatures and then they have these dainty little toes. Also, their scales are full bone and both scale and skin come off when they get grabbed, which is…unpleasant. Consequently, catching these geckos for research without damaging them requires special techniques. 19th century researchers used bundles of cotton wool, but I imagine this wasn’t very effective, because cotton still has a lot of friction and the friction would pull the skin and scales off. In my (quite extensive) experience, the best technique is to carefully and quickly flick the geckos from their tree trunk or branch into an open dry plastic bag using a finger or stick.

[acorviart]

hellbender for april's sticker club

[plaguedocboi]

I’ve never seen an animal look more like a live-action autism creature

[plaguedocboi]

GUYS I FINALLY FOUND THE SOURCE OF THIS IMAGE. He’s an eastern mud salamander btw

[herpsandbirds]

Blue-spotted Salamander (Ambystoma laterale), family Ambystomatidae, NE U.S.

photograph by Kyle Taylor

[snototter]

A black chinned red salamander (Pseudotriton ruber schencki) in the Blue Ridge Mountains, North Carolina, USA

by Jake Scott

[herpsandbirds]

Cukra Climbing Salamander or Striated Salamander (Bolitoglossa striatula), family Plethodontidae, Costa Rica

photograph by Jimmy Fdez