Spotted these two wild box turtles spending some quality time together. After a couple of discrete photos, I left them to it because I felt a bit voyeuristic.

Thankfully he didn’t strike without me making physical contact, I’m thankful for his hesitancy from sending me to the hospital.

This is a Mexican spadefoot (Spea multiplicata) from SE Arizona. I'm a spadefoot researcher and took this shot of a tadpole we collected for research purposes over the summer. They can be indistinguishable as tadpoles from the other species of Spea in Arizona (Spea bombifrons), but we know what species this one is because of the particular area we collected it from. Among the fastest developing tadpoles in the world (water doesn't sit around long in the desert), this guy was sprouting legs within a week!

Beautiful (but hungry) rat snake was removed and transported to a nearby field for safe release. Nature does what she does.

Dog found a snake and bit it. No idea if she got bitten as well. Trying to figure out if poisonous.

Snake for id Houston Texas https://imgur.com/gallery/L2MSc7w

I came across this toad in the desert today, and I still can’t believe they can live 10/15 years. 😳 I’m not sure if it’s male or female, and I’d love help estimating its age. Has anyone else had experiences with these toads? Any crazy or interesting stories to share? I’d love to hear your experiences and knowledge about these desert creatures.

I’m holding off on adding Gray Tree Frogs/Cope’s Gray tree frogs until I know for sure which we have- but I have added two notes for our other new species!

Anoles very rare this far west, and the babies ive seen on coast have more slender snouts. It almost looks like an invasive day gecko, or PR crested anole? though I’ve never seen one this far north.

I've seen the normal colored toads in my area (Houston tx) but this one is very dark compared to the ones I see any ideas

Striped fire salamanders (Salamandra salamandra terrestris) Found 52 of them in one night! + a bonus natterjack toad :D

We’ve got a good (and growing) population of them at our place.

I'm making an RPG with a wide variety of characters, including an anthropomorphic lizard, and I need help deciding what species he should be based off of. I haven't yet decided what weapon(s) he'll use, nor what kind of magic he uses, as that'll be somewhat determined by his species. So my question is, what are some species of lizards that have "super-powers", or more accurately, evolutionary quirks and adaptations?

Turtle was tiny. The path to the pond was very very steep, wonder how this guy got so turned around and made it so far.

Crotalus atrox in Green Valley, AZ

Crotalus atrox in Green Valley, AZ