"An adventure isn't worth telling if there aren’t any dragons in it"
― Sarah Ban Breathnach, Simple Abundance

On our walk in the Bay of Fires, Tasmania there were lots of skinks, snakes and our first dragon of the trip!

Mountain dragon (Rankinia diemensis)

#herpetology #lizards #lizard #WildOz #herping #tasmania #reptiles #dragon

Happy New Year everyone! It looks like it will be a fun year ahead with lots of exciting developments and increasing the size of our #herpetology research group.

But for now, I am enjoying camping on Maria Island, #Tasmania surrounded by lots of amazing #wildlife, including loadsss of #wombats.

I hope you are all enjoying a break and taking a bit of time to relax!

#mammals #HappyNewYear #marsupial #MariaIsland #WildOz

I've been going through some fieldwork pictures/videos and came across a load of #caecilian egg videos that I recorded in Seychelles. This is a Hypogeophis rostratus (Fregate Island caecilian) egg, where you can clearly see the filamentous gills. These will be reabsorbed before the animal hatches. Unlike many other caecilian species, H. rostratus does not have a larval stage.

#Amphibian #Herpetology #Wildlife #Conservation

These ferocious beasts are looking rather cute after a day of playing, walking and helping me to lay a reclaimed parquet floor. The brindle one (mine) is a great herpetologist and is chief amphibian finder when we are looking for frogs and toads to sample.

#DogsOfMastodon #RescueDogs