Dr Mark D. Scherz (He/Him)

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Curator of #Herpetology & Assistant Professor of #Vertebrate #Zoology @ NHM Denmark • Co-host of the SquaMates Podcast and AnatomyInsights Youtube Channel • He/Him
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Dr Mark D. Scherz (He/Him)Feb 21, 2023
Picture The SouthFeb 21, 2023
#FatTuesday #Herping in the #Gamboa #Rainforest, #Panama. Lots of what I believe to be juvenile #Basilisk #lizards, and several species of #frogs for me to identify when I return home. Also spotted an American #Crocodile in the Chagres River near there on Sunday.
#reptiles #amphibians #herpetology
Dr Mark D. Scherz (He/Him)Feb 5, 2023
Tony GambleJan 23, 2023

A revised, high quality, leopard gecko (Eublepharis macularius) reference genome produced using PacBio HiFi and Hi-C. Get this, 1/2 the chromosomes were assembled as contigs!!! 😮
#Gecko #Genomics #PacBio #HiC #DNA #Herpetology #Science #Biology

https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2023.01.20.523807v1

Dr Mark D. Scherz (He/Him)Jan 27, 2023
The oldest #chameleon you’re ever likely to see. This is a #specimen from the 18th century Danish Kunstkammer, making it around 250 years old. It is in remarkably good condition!
#naturalhistory #herpetology #science
Dr Mark D. Scherz (He/Him)Jan 19, 2023
It’s #MuseumSelfieDay! I’m off sick today, but here’s a #MuseumSelfie from the other day, accompanied by the skull of a leatherback sea turtle.
Dr Mark D. Scherz (He/Him)Jan 19, 2023
The OatmealJan 18, 2023
This is from a larger comic about creativity: https://theoatmeal.com/comics/creativity_things
Eight marvelous and melancholy things I've learned about creativity - The Oatmeal

A 10 minute read.

The Oatmeal
Dr Mark D. Scherz (He/Him)Jan 19, 2023
Ethan KocakJan 18, 2023
My book #MoistlyHarmless is about to be physically printed! It’s about salamanders. You can preorder it here: https://www.endangeredartbooks.com/product/moistly-harmless-by-ethan-kocak-pre-order/
Moistly Harmless – endangered art books

Dr Mark D. Scherz (He/Him)Jan 19, 2023
Angus DavisonJan 16, 2023
Not a message that you see very often, especially in the UK. This is at the entrance to the Bishop Museum, Hawaii 👏👏 #taxonomy #museum #bishopmuseum
Dr Mark D. Scherz (He/Him)Jan 17, 2023
Today’s mystery corridor smell at the Zoolgical Museum is, you guessed it, Ground Narwhal Bone!
Dr Mark D. Scherz (He/Him)Jan 16, 2023
Alex SlavenkoJan 16, 2023

RT @michael_s_y_lee
New paper! We show that island #TigerSnakes that feast on seabirds have larger gape because of greater #PhenotypicPlasticity (cf mainland snakes), with jaw bones being especially plastic

Journal article (paywall): http://tinyurl.com/wmk4daav
Free PDF: http://tinyurl.com/48jkb6cc

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Dr Mark D. Scherz (He/Him)Jan 13, 2023
My son just loves looking at Lemon, our Euprepiophis mandarinus (Mandarin Rat Snake). It is incredibly heartwarming to see him looking into her tank and hear his little cooing sounds. <3