I have a PhD project to look at the impact of climate change on an endangered WA skink 🦎. Applicants interested in herpetology, thermal ecology and collaborating with First Nations are encouraged to apply. Apply now: www.murdoch.edu.au/study/schola... Lab website: www.nicholaswulab.com

🌍 Cat colonies reshape the abundance and body size of lizards doi.org/10.1098/rsbl...

I am happy to announce that, in addition to Asian and Australasian 🐍🐍 I will also be handling manuscripts on lacertids and agamids 🦎 from India, Sri Lanka, and the Indo-Burma region as an editor for Zootaxa.

Our paper on turtle origins is finally out in Current Biology, with two major implications for our understanding of reptile evolution 🐢 #Paleontology #Turtles #Evolution www.cell.com/current-biol...

Reptiles with longer Wikipedia pages tend to be bigger. The relationship is a power law with exponent = 0.85. I guess humans really like writing about big lizards? The longest article is the Komodo Dragon.

It was an honor to handle this paper describing 3 new species of lungless salamanders from Mexico. The authors named 1 of the species after their late friend & colleague, Eugui Roy Martínez Pérez, who lost his life defending the forests of Sierra Sur. vertebrate-zoology.arphahub.com/articles.php...

Hidden in the mist: Three new species of salamanders of the genus Pseudoeurycea (Amphibia: Plethodontidae) from Oaxaca, Mexico

Abstract We describe three new species of lungless salamanders (Plethodontidae) in the genus Pseudoeurycea from Cerro Rabon, located on the eastern slopes of the Sierra Mazateca, Oaxaca, Mexi...

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Vous voulez faire une thèse sur l'évolution de la tête des squamates au Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle? C'est par ici: adum.fr/as/ed/voirpr... Interested in a PhD on the evolution of the head shape of squamates at the Museum of Natural History of Paris? Here you go: adum.fr/as/ed/voirpr...

Taxonomist Appreciation Day post I am in freakin' AWE of people doing primary taxonomic work. To do it well, you need deep scholarship to track past naming (and misnaming) efforts. You may need to hunt down specimens only to discover they are damaged, misindentified, or lost. 1/3

It's a new week, and here is another new lizard! 🦎These were based on specimens collected at various times over the past 100 years in #Myanmar. Took a while to put this manuscript together The specimens are housed at @calacademy.bsky.social @nhm-london.bsky.social

We described a new species of grasslizard from #Assam, #India. 🦎 NE India is the westernmost distributional limit of this genus, which extends all the way to Japan!

At the moment it is unlikely to get a license from Nature England due to numerous risks that could jeopardise other extant native species. BBC News - Three frogs to be reintroduced to West Acre 'pingos' - BBC News www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Three frogs to be reintroduced to West Acre 'pingos'

The money will be spent on breeding thousands of frogs and managing their release in 2026.

bbc.co.uk

2025 has been a good year for the taxonomic work I have been involved with 13 new 🐸 4 new 🦎 1 new 🐍 Some of the species are covered in this article by @joshlukedavis.com

Natural History Museum, London@nhm-london.bsky.social · 8mo ago

Our scientists have been busy this year! From dinosaurs to diatoms, they have helped to describe an amazing 262 new species from all around the world! 🪸🐠🦎🦋🪱 Read more about this year’s new species list 👇🏻 www.nhm.ac.uk/discover/new...

Riding temperatures could trigger a reptile sexpocalypse - Scientific American apple.news/APL3qNst5RxG...

Rising Temperatures Could Trigger a Reptile Sexpocalypse — Scientific American

The sex of many turtles, crocodilians, and other reptiles is determined by the temperature at which their eggs incubate. Global warming could doom them The tuatara, a reptile found only on small islan...

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Just decline the peer review invitation. What are you people even doing?

More than half of researchers now use AI for peer review — often against guidance

A survey of 1,600 academics found that more than 50% have used artificial-intelligence tools while peer reviewing manuscripts.

nature.com

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

‘Magical’ galaxy frogs disappear after reports of photographers destroying their habitats

Researcher in Kerala rainforest sounds alarm after being told frogs had died after being handled by humans

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Excited to launch the new improved Reproducible Code guide from @britishecologicalsociety.org @methodsinecoevol.bsky.social FREE online here! www.britishecologicalsociety.org//wp-content/... Amazing work by some very talented ECRs. We hope it’s useful!

🚨PhD position available!🚨🧪 I am seeking a talented PhD student to join my ERC StG project GEMINI, to explore the exciting world of vertebrate genomics and comparative genomics, seeking to understand the genomics of miniaturisation! 🦇🦎🦜🐸🐟🦈 🤏🧬 Deadline: 4 Jan 2026! employment.ku.dk/phd?show=153...

🎉It's here!🎉 This year's annual roundup of new species described by @nhm-london.bsky.social's curators, researchers and scientific associates! We've got butterflies! We've got wasps! We've even got the odd dinosaur as I know people like those. Check it out! 🐝🧪🦕

Natural History Museum, London@nhm-london.bsky.social · 8mo ago

Our scientists have been busy this year! From dinosaurs to diatoms, they have helped to describe an amazing 262 new species from all around the world! 🪸🐠🦎🦋🪱 Read more about this year’s new species list 👇🏻 www.nhm.ac.uk/discover/new...

Our scientists have been busy this year! From dinosaurs to diatoms, they have helped to describe an amazing 262 new species from all around the world! 🪸🐠🦎🦋🪱 Read more about this year’s new species list 👇🏻 www.nhm.ac.uk/discover/new...

Glittering butterflies: Natural History Museum describes 262 new species in 2025 | Natural History Museum

Over the last 12 months our scientists have been busy cataloguing the extraordinary diversity of life on Earth.

nhm.ac.uk

🧪🐠 I am hiring a postdoc! Work will be on patterns of biodiversity across phylogenetic scales using teleost fishes as a model. Apply by end of Jan 2026 for full consideration apply.interfolio.com/179070 I encourage folks to reach out with any questions. Please Share!

Our friend Simpson’s Plump Toad is a very elusive toad who lives in the Andes Mountains of Ecuador! They are similar to many other toads in genus Osornophryne but have longer fourth and fifth toes and a stubbier nose! (photo by Zane Libke)

I am absolutely delighted to see the post by National Geographic Society covering our recent publication on new bush #frogs 🐸 🐸 from northeast #India just in time for #frogfriday 😃

New species 🚨, not one, not two, 13 new bush frogs from Northeast India!!! One of the exciting revisions I've been involved in for a few years now is out today. It is led by @bitupan-herp.bsky.social, a PhD. student who will soon be a doctor.

📣 Ecologists and evolutionary biologists! Have you ever wanted to be a journal editor? BES journals are having an open call for editors. Details: www.britishecologicalsociety.org/content/appl... Happy to answer any Qs! Open to all nationalities. Applications from postdocs welcome :)

Apply to be a BES Associate Editor - British Ecological Society

Help advance outstanding ecological research by joining our Editorial Boards! Applications are now open across all seven BES journals.

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It's #frogfriday 🐸 here is the recently described Pointy-nosed bush frog (Raorchestes nasuta) from #arunachalpradesh #India

Our latest One 😍 From My PhD research 🐸

Deepak Veerappan🐢🦎🐍🐸🔬🧬🌳⛰️ 🐕🏃‍♂️✌️@deepakveerappan.bsky.social · 9mo ago

New species 🚨, not one, not two, 13 new bush frogs from Northeast India!!! One of the exciting revisions I've been involved in for a few years now is out today. It is led by @bitupan-herp.bsky.social, a PhD. student who will soon be a doctor.

New species 🚨, not one, not two, 13 new bush frogs from Northeast India!!! One of the exciting revisions I've been involved in for a few years now is out today. It is led by @bitupan-herp.bsky.social, a PhD. student who will soon be a doctor.

In case you are interested in #skyislands, #frogs, #lizards, #snakes, #evolution, #mountains, and #westernghats, the talk I gave at explore2025 event organised by @rgsibg.bsky.social is available to watch. Thanks @rgsibg.bsky.social for the opportunity. www.rgs.org/events/talks...

It's snow time! ❄️ 🦮

A bit of rain and a big Fire salamander (Salamandra s. bernardezi) on the uni stairs is a good way to start the week.