Stained Glass Tortoises

The home of Tortellini and A'tuin, two very spoiled red foots! Expect to see tortoises, geckos, and all sorts of animal brick-a-brack. Check Out My Main Blog

[snototter]

An Arabian sand boa (Eryx jayakari) in Biddiya, Oman

by Roberto Sindaco

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only 62 more frogs until we hit 8,000 species described. the moment we've all been waiting for

[werewolf-transgenderism]

there are an average of about 150 new amphibian species described per year so I remain hopeful that 2026 will be the year of 8,000 frogs

[werewolf-transgenderism]

I do love that somebody tagged tumblr's own frog scientist on this post. chop chop dr scherz, we've got 62 more frogs to discover and you're the only frog scientist any of us knows

[werewolf-transgenderism]

GUYS amphibian species of the world is still at 7,994 species of frog BUT amphibiaweb is at 8,008 species of frog, and do you know who is a co-author on the 8,000th species of frog there???? TUMBLR'S OWN FROG SCIENTIST DR SCHERZ

[markscherz]

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i've been obsessed with this video so i downloaded the video file off of youtube so even if the internet goes down i can always watch frogtimelapse.mp4

[amnhnyc]

Act like Megalochelys atlas and smile, because it’s Fossil Friday! One of the largest known land turtles, scientists think this massive reptile could reach heights of 5.9 ft (1.8 m)—tall enough to look a grown human in the eye. This specimen’s shell measures some 7.4 ft (2.3 m) long and in life, it may have weighed more than 2,000 lbs (907 kg). Megalochelys lived during the Late Pliocene about 2 million years ago. The fossil on display in the Museum’s Hall of Vertebrate Origins was found in 1922 in Chandigarh, India.   You can spot this giant, and more, at the Museum! Plan your visit.

Photo: © AMNH 

Alt: A photo of Megalochelys atlas on display in the Museum. The giant turtle's skeleton is a dark brown color.

[i-m-snek]

So obsessed that I gotta take a version of her everywhere I go ❤️😘

[nocturnal-stims]

Hand carved Brazilian green beryl frog

🐸 Inwardspectrum on IG

[fishdetective]

really really awesome image

[fishdetective]

WAIT i went back to actually read the article. fifteen more frog hands

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[nudityandnerdery]

New cosmology dropped, we know what's underneath the turtle now!

[kaijutegu]

mods are asleep post Front Gharial

[rvllybllply2014]

He can’t be stopped

[whatacartouchebag]

@markscherz any approximations on what lil guy he's attempting to make here?

[markscherz]

This is Agalychnis callidryas, the red-eyed tree frog.

[bedupolker]

Amphibian migration season is coming this spring. Remember to drive slow!

[bedupolker]

it's that time of year... (I think? I'm not on the east coast rn)

[beardedmrbean]

[mrcloudyfun]

Just zoomin

[the-semicolonoscopy]

I love that the turtle is explicitly bothering the cat, rather than just zooming aimlessly around.

[springsgreenleaves]

"Mom it's not supposed to BE that fast!"

[khaire-traveler]

This just in: Turtle gains speed and immediately becomes a menace to local cat. "Why is he chasing me? Why not explore the house?" Cat comments. More on this in the evening.

[werewolf-transgenderism]

only 62 more frogs until we hit 8,000 species described. the moment we've all been waiting for

[werewolf-transgenderism]

there are an average of about 150 new amphibian species described per year so I remain hopeful that 2026 will be the year of 8,000 frogs

[werewolf-transgenderism]

I do love that somebody tagged tumblr's own frog scientist on this post. chop chop dr scherz, we've got 62 more frogs to discover and you're the only frog scientist any of us knows

[werewolf-transgenderism]

happy world frog day, 50 frogs to go until we hit 8,000 species described!!

[cosmonautroger]

Frog Telephone, 1983

[thegorgonist]

Spring Peepers

It is still winter where I live but we've had some sunny days and I'm thinking about spring. I miss hearing frogs at night like I could from my childhood bedroom, so I had to draw some little guys whose voices you just know are ringing through the misty forest!

You can grab a print here!

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paulhiller on instagram (Taipei, Taiwan)

[tauforged]

one of my favorite things about my job that i can say to people that sounds utterly ridiculous but is technically 100% true is that one of our sea turtles keeps trying to get me to commit a felony on her behalf and gets SUPER cranky when i won’t do it

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this is because she is spoiled rotten and LOVES head and shell scritches. every time i go to the tank she’s in to collect water samples while she happens to be awake and swimming near the surface, she sees my hand enter the water and immediately comes over to try and get my attention, headbutting the dive platform and splashing water at me and generally making a huge fuss.

unfortunately, because she is also a ~100yr old green sea turtle, i legally cannot touch her. she’s a protected species, and a fairly prominent individual at that, and im not one of the aquarists who dives into that tank NOR am i a vet, so i’m not among the handful of people who are ALLOWED to give her scratchies. she knows all of the divers personally, and knows that i am not one of them. she doesn’t care. she wants attention and because she’s the specialest princess in the entire universe she will do anything in her power to get it.

she also throws a big ol tantrum when i end up not petting her. she’ll stick up her head to snort water at me, slap at the platform and ladder with her fins, and then swim under the dive platform and bump her shell against the bottom — she’s a 500lb turtle, which is a lot of weight for her to be throwing around. i usually have to move pretty quick to get off the platform and onto solid ground cuz there have been times where i’ve genuinely felt like i was about to lose my balance and REALLY didn’t want to end up falling into the tank.

^ myrtle, throwing a tantrum because she was unsuccessful at peer pressuring me into violating the endangered species act