#herpetology

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Sceloporus magister, desert spiny lizard

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Texas Horned Lizard (Phrynosoma cornutum), family Phrynosomatidae, AZ, USA

photograph by Aaron Ambos

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European Green Lizard (Lacerta viridis), T - male, B - female, family Lacertidae, Czechia

photograph by Aaron Ambos

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Fringed Leaf Frog (Cruziohyla craspedopus), family Hylidae, Amazonian lowlands of Ecuador

photograph by Nancy Elwood

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Coeur d'Alene Salamander (Plethodon idahoensis), family Plethodontidae, found mainly in northern Idaho, USA

Some have also been seen in western Montana, USA, and southeastern British Columbia, Canada.

photograph by Jake Scott

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I just got a new dog. So now I have two of them viewing the blog with me. What's a fun weird critter I can show them?

TELL YOUR DOG I LOVE THEM!

Does your dog know about Arboreal Salamanders?

Arboreal Salamander (Aneides lugubris) bite a finger!!!, family Plethodontidae, found in California and Baja California

HEH HEH HEH HEH HEH HEH HEHHHHHHH!!!

Arboreal, these salamanders have prehensile tails, and will use their limbs to glide or “parachute” from trees, if they need to.

They can deliver a nasty bite.

photographs by Val Johnson

OR THESE TONGUE SHOOTING SALAMANDERS???

Mount Lyell Salamander (Hydromantes platycephalus), family Plethodontidae, endemic to the Sierra Nevadas of California, USA.

Salamanders in this genus have the longest tongues of any salamanders.

They can shoot them out at 80% of their own body length to capture prey.

OR THESE VENOMOUS SALAMANDERS??

Red-tailed Knobby Newt aka Kweichow Crocodile Newt (Tylototriton kweichowensis), family Salamandridae, endemic to NE Yunnan, China

Poisonous.

Species within this genus are capable of poking the tips of their ribs through the orange bumps on the back, which secrete poison. The ribs can effectively become venomous spines that puncture the potential predator’s skin!

photograph by ZTH Photography

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Hi there can you please help me identify if these two frogs are American bullfrogs? I live in Ontario and in my area bullfrogs are not very common due to urbanization. However someone told me that an online app identified these two as bullfrogs. If you could please let me know what would be greatly appreciated :).

Hello, these 2 friends are in fact Green Frogs (Lithobates clamitans), family Ranidae.

The 2 diagnostic characteristics for me are the prominent dorsolateral ridges and the large eye, closer to the size of the tympanum.