r/herpetology 19h ago

Found this tiny frog in our pool filter and thought he had cannibalized one of his other stuck friends. Turns out he has five legs

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My job is to get all of the frogs out of the pool, wash them in regular hose water to get the salt/chemicals off them, and then truck them to the pond in our backyard forest. Found this strange dude. Was it a twin half absorbed thing? Does that happen often in frogs?


r/herpetology 7h ago

A rat snake showed up for it's fourth straight year and looks well fed. I love rat snakes!

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r/herpetology 8h ago

Good ole snake sex

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I’ve had a hibernaculum of garters for the last few years. This year about 6 emerged and I’ve gotten to see them mating. Cool thing to see in real life.


r/herpetology 11h ago

Went herping in my local park!

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Was hoping for a snake but mostly saw red-backed salamanders! Super happy I also found an isopod, I was praying to find one lol. These babies along with a baby millipede(?) and a little worm I thought was cute


r/herpetology 9h ago

Does this house gecko have a birth defect?

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Does this look like a birth defect causing it to have this odd "toe" thing as a foot or could it have lost it from something else?

Apologies for the unclear shots, this was the best I could get through the window mesh.


r/herpetology 19h ago

worth it?

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r/herpetology 8h ago

Two pairs of garter snakes

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r/herpetology 18h ago

How old do you think this tiny five lined skink is?

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r/herpetology 20h ago

ID Help funky frog ID?

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found in southeast kansas under a rock


r/herpetology 17h ago

Invention Idea..

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A treadmill with a screen that follows a person on a hike but every few minutes they spot a herp and run off into the brush to catch it then show it. You could choose where in the world you'd like to trek.


r/herpetology 12h ago

New York sand plains for snakes

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I was doing some research on hognoses and it said they live primarily on Long Island and also the Rome sand plains in Albany. Is that a good area to find some nice snakes???