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🪷 longisquama 🦎
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🦎 zoology, meteorology, environmental science, nature conservation

🪷 artist, model, writer, gamer, entertainer, angler, swimmer, music lover, witch, AuDHD, LGBTQIA

🌎 21+ years as a midwestern lifeform.

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🪷 longisquama 🦎 @lotuslizard.bsky.social · Nov 11
🦎 reptile enthusiast
👙 swimmer
☀️ lover of warm weather
🍄‍🟫 fae-core
🔮 beginner witch, learning the basics of herbs
🏳️‍🌈 queer, intersex, nonbinary, sapphic
🖤 taken by a tall, strong, goth lady
🎮 gamer (albeit not a very good one)
🎨 artist; illustrator and painter
🗡️ my comic ~>
@cloudwing.bsky.social
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zoognosisjoy.bsky.social
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Green basalisk on a log Two Kimberly rock monitors lying on rocks Dwarf crocodile lying underwater Green sea turtle lying underwater
January 31, 2026 at 2:48 AM
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zoognosisjoy.bsky.social
I love big lizard therapy, great for the soul
Brown haired woman in a jacket holding up a peace sign with her right hand standing in front of a green iguana sitting on a log Green iguana lying on a log facing right.
January 31, 2026 at 2:45 AM
lotuslizard.bsky.social
January 30, 2026 at 9:22 PM
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digruber.bsky.social
Bruno and Brunette are getting lovey-dovey again. These two reproduce prolifically.

#herps 🦎
Two newts in a tank
January 29, 2026 at 10:10 PM
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plesnercph.bsky.social
🐸Alpine salamander (Salamandra atra).

Max. length: males 144 mm (5.7"), females 151 mm (5.9").

2-4 fully developed young are born after on average 2-3 years of gestation.

Found in the Alps from the Swiss-French border to Slovenia.

Considered Least Concern by the IUCN.

📷by analogicus on Pixabay
A jet-black salamander is walking on some small grey rocks. It is looking to the right in the picture.
January 29, 2026 at 10:20 PM
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thesalamander.bsky.social
Not posting much here for no particular reason. Had a nice sunny day today so what else to do but go look for turtles! Never disappointed to find the endemic Texas Cooter! 🐢 #herps #turtles
two turtles are basking on a log. there are a few sticks between the turtles and photographer
January 30, 2026 at 3:25 AM
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toucky.bsky.social
🦎 Another birthday today. 🥳 3 grams big just like his/her sibling. Now I have to find forever homes for them. 😢
January 30, 2026 at 3:33 AM
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florashark.bsky.social
I love this goober. 🦎
I ordered a larger enclosure for him I'm so excited to get that going! Little guys gonna be spoiled.
Photo of a yellow crested gecko hanging on the glass door of an exoterra enclosure with plants and wood in the background. I love his little purple feet that match his eyes.
January 29, 2026 at 3:47 AM
lotuslizard.bsky.social
holy shit, guys 🦎
Jurassic amphibian with a projectile tongue named as a new species
A new species of amphibian that lived 150 million years ago has been discovered in Portugal. The tiny animal was one of the earliest species belonging to a mysterious group of amphibians that lived fr...
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January 29, 2026 at 5:13 AM
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pinescommission.bsky.social
Dreaming of warmer, more turtle-y days on Turtle Tuesday in the New Jersey Pinelands. Here are native red-bellied #turtles basking beside painted turtles in the Pinelands, as photographed in April 2024. 🐢 🌎

📷: Paul Leakan, Pinelands Commission Communications Officer

#wildlife #photography
January 28, 2026 at 1:27 AM
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simonhco.bsky.social
An anole in Playa del Carmen, QR, Mexico.

#herps 🦎 🌿
An anole sunbathing on a limestone rock. Possibly a copper anole. Confirming ID on iNaturalist.
January 28, 2026 at 2:17 PM
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gabrownie.bsky.social
Because bsky can always use more #herps...

Mirror, mirror on the wall, Who's the fairest of them all?
conniemenefee.bsky.social Constance Lee Menefee @conniemenefee.bsky.social · 2d
Bullfrog* of the day!
28 Jan 2026

*Bring Your Own Reflection Day ...
Perfectly plump bullfrog in profile, dappled chest, and reflection - sitting on big stick in water green with tree reflections
January 28, 2026 at 5:20 PM
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afroherper.bsky.social
#FindThatLizard My daily lunch view edition.

FYI #FindThatLizard will be returning in just a few weeks! The end of 2025 was especially hard on me and I really needed this break but I’m so excited to get back to it.

I’ll share more soon.

Stay tuned 🦎💜
January 28, 2026 at 8:54 PM
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oriannesociety.bsky.social
As 2026 begins, Houston Chandler takes a look back at a year of discovery, collaboration, and conservation impact. From rare indigo snake nests and groundbreaking Spotted Turtle findings to long-term research and partnerships across the Southeast...
January 28, 2026 at 10:19 PM
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toucky.bsky.social
🦎 Happy Birthday! 🥳
January 28, 2026 at 10:13 PM
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plesnercph.bsky.social
🐍Javan spitting cobra (Naja sputatrix).

Max. size 185 cm (6'1").

Found on Java and several of the Lesser Sunda Islands.

If threatened, adults usually stand erect, expand their hood and hiss loudly.

Collected for their skins.

Considered Least Concern by the IUCN.

📷by kuritafsheen77 on Freepik
The head and neck of a snake is keeping its head and neck in a vertical position showing it's hood in a threatening posture. The snake is black and cream-coloured with a brown head. The mouth of the snake is slightly open - probably because it is ready to spit. It is looking to the left in the picture.
January 28, 2026 at 10:57 PM
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pinescommission.bsky.social
Happy Rattlesnake Appreciation Day in the New Jersey Pinelands! The venomous timber #rattlesnake (Crotalis horridus) can be found in parts of northern New Jersey and the million-acre Pinelands in southern New Jersey. 🐍 🌎

📷: John Bunnell, Pinelands Commission Chief Scientist

#wildlife #snakes
January 28, 2026 at 11:23 PM
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intelectconfig.wtf
i finally saw crash move 🐸
January 27, 2026 at 4:33 AM
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whitepaaws.bsky.social
Right before this cold front hit Tennessee, I decided to go check a spot I hadn't gone to in 3 years and managed to turn up a Streamside Salamander (Ambystoma barbouri)! One of my favorite species ever, and one that keeps me alive during winter. #herps
A picture of a Streamside Salamander on a mossy wet rock. this salamander is gray with lots of white/light gray speckling on their back.
January 27, 2026 at 2:52 PM
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tjalamont.bsky.social
Can’t wait for this book! 🐸
emilytaylorscience.com Emily Taylor @emilytaylorscience.com · 3d
My new book comes out a week from today, and I'm celebrating with a book launch event at Humdinger Brewing in SLO! I hope to see you locals there. Feb 3 at 6pm. www.facebook.com/events/16251...
January 27, 2026 at 3:34 PM
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matociquala.bsky.social
Adriene's Yoga For Gardeners hits all the shoveling muscles.

youtu.be/Za6dH2-afqQ?...
Yoga For Gardeners | Yoga With Adriene
YouTube video by Yoga With Adriene
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January 27, 2026 at 12:24 AM
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wiswell.bsky.social
Unveiling the cover for THE DRAGON HAS SOME COMPLAINTS!

Garrodigh is a curmudgeonly three-headed dragon who pretends to be tame so he can eat for free at the local dragon-riding academy. Unfortunately, the rider he's assigned to is... a lot.

Coming Summer 2026 from DAW (US) and Arcadia (UK)!
A cover illustrated by James Fenner. A woman with long red hair and padded clothing sits on the ground, petting the head of a smiling serpentine dragon. But the dragon has more than one head! On the left, a second giant dragon head emerges, frowning, looking at her while wearing a monocle. On the right, a third giant dragon head emerges, jaws wide, screaming in anger. The text is teal, contrasting sharply against the red and maroon of the creatures. The text on the cover reads "THE DRAGON HAS SOME COMPLAINTS. JOHN WISWELL, author of the Nebula and Locus Award-winning SOMEONE YOU CAN BUILD A NEST IN."
September 9, 2025 at 2:11 PM
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toadcialism.bsky.social
Time for a new pinned post! 📌

Varanid Paradise has officially launched as your home for maximalist jewelry with a reptilian flair. Head to varanidparadise.com for sparklies and commission info!

I also still craft for @peculiarityshop.bsky.social collections and mystery boxes, look at our work! 💎
My hand modeling a shiny black and silver tapered dragon scale cuff. I coined this colorway Judas Is My Priest. “Dwarven Dragonmaille” original pattern by Rachel Presser/ Varanid Paradise Gold earring stand displaying scaly dangly earrings in black, silver, and pink mixed textures. “Dragonling Dusters” original pattern by Rachel Presser/Varanid Paradise Beige jewelry bust displaying an ornate purple and gunmetal gray bib necklace with smooth purple stones, purple spikes, and a scaly purple woven collar A gray Beadsmith beading mat with a scaly pride bracelet on it in the Smoky Rainbow colorway
August 15, 2025 at 7:59 PM
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toadcialism.bsky.social
I haven’t painted in a while but I really felt like it this week.

Just finished The Lizard on Lankershim! 🦎
Acrylic painting of an abstract multicolored monitor lizard on a bright blue background with palm fronds in the top left corner and pink bougainvillea in the bottom right corner
January 24, 2026 at 8:23 PM
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plesnercph.bsky.social
🦎Gargoyle gecko (Rhacodactylus auriculatus).

Max size ~20 cm (7.9").

Found in the southern part of New Caledonia.

Threatened by habitat lost because of deforestation.

Considered Least Concern by the IUCN.

📷by KingsInnPhotography on Pixabay
A grey lizard is sitting on a white surface. The sides of the head, the neck, the body and the feet are all partly covered in orange splotches. The one visible eye is white/silvery with a network of thin dark lines and a vertical pupil. The lizard is on its way to the left in the picture.
January 25, 2026 at 12:03 AM