#mark scherz

[sherlockisademigod]

Welcome to Tumblr, our adult supervision team now consists of: - the frog scientist guy - Will Wheaton - The guy that taught you Mendelian Genetics from Crash Course - Wonder Woman and co. - An unpaid coffee intern

[newt-and-salamander]

For clarity, the 70,000 specimens are dead and mostly in jars. Perhaps less stressful to imagine than so many live specimens?

Oh. Ooooohhh. Yes, that makes a lot more sense, actually. I was very worried about the infrastructure one might need to keep 70,000 reptilians and amphibians alive and healthy. XD Thank you OP, now I can sleep again without nightmares.

[damnbluewires]

fog

[alihsi]

Sciartober Day 27: For the prompt: amphibian, a Mini mum frog from Madagascar described by @markscherz last year. These frogs only get to 8-10 mm so the drawing is larger than the frog. I was pretty wiped out yesterday so I went with something small. Daiso brushpen, Sharpie fine line marker, Prismacolor fine line marker (01), and Sharpie oil-based paint pen on Cottonwood Arts 4.5″x4.5″ grey-toned paper.

[srebrnafh]

FB Profile of a SF magazine: Here are some nifty new frogs that make ST communicator noises so they were named very geekily! There is Boophis kirki, Boophis archeri...

Me: I wonder WHO might have had a part in discovering and/or naming them, because that sounds suspiciously geeky.

AmphibiaWeb:

Mhm.

[dreaming-notsleeping]

Brazilian flea toad may be the world’s smallest vertebrate

Male Brachycephalus pulex frogs are so small that two of them can sit side by side on a pinky nail

Newest contender for the world's smallest vertebrate. The Brazilian flea toad (actually a frog) was first described in 2011 but since them more have been examined. The male is slightly smaller than the female, averaging just over 7mm.

"At such small scales, frogs develop strange anatomical quirks, such as losing toes or having such underdeveloped ears that they can’t hear their own suitors’ songs. Some species can hardly jump because their balance organs are so wee."

[alberto-balsalm]

The next frog discovered in the genus Mini should have the species name:

bar

disc

mal

max

skirt

ster

ons

Voting ended onAug 30, 2023

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[quarantine-masturbation-project]

I want a plug-in that allows me to autmatically reblog with tags.

Yes, Mark. I am looking at you!! Because all the snakes and frogs are even better with your #ooooooooooooooooooooohhhh look how cute #but I am totally professional #and grown-up #but looooook how cute they are