Associate Professor of Biology, Eastern Kentucky University, amphibian ecology, biogeography, and behavior. Tweets are my own.
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Curator of herpetology at Eastern Kentucky University. We maintain 6000+ preserved specimens and a photographic voucher collection. Contact me if you need to submit specimens/photos from Kentucky and/or surrounding states, or if you are seeking them for your research.
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As promised. Here are the current flavors offered on the Mountain Dew website, as members of the Tanager family.
Starting with the OG
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"what if the professor punishes me for disagreeing with their argument"
Professors seeing a student show any kind of passion about anything in the course at any time
If I had to email Elon with my most impactful accomplishments of the past week, this clipart caddisfly would definitely be up there!
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Sounds🎶🐸 of the Andes 🏔️🇪🇨!
The result of years of work and an unusual passion!
Congratulations, #DiegoBatallas!
Open Access: zookeys.pensoft.net/article/…
#USFQ_Research 🐉
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Oh, hell(bender) yeah! In an announcement by the US Fish and Wildlife Service, the eastern hellbender was proposed to be listed as Endangered throughout its entire range - an important designation, especially in light of recent habitat destruction by Hurricane Helene.
📸: © USFWS
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Out in ME!
A new study by Kalki and @twpierson presents evidence that a Y-linked genetic polymorphism underlies alternative reproductive tactics in two-lined salamanders.
@WileyEcolEvol @kennesawstate
📷: Todd W. Pierson
Read More: buff.ly/3ZKKsoN
ALT Image of two Blue Ridge two-lined salamanders.
🚨New Paper 🚨 In his second chapter @brady_parlato examines roles of habitat shading and body size on trophic roles of tadpoles, particularly as they relate to consumptive and non-consumptive effects of tadpole predators link.springer.com/article/10…
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Heed the herd! It's officially #AmbystomaWeek!
That's right: a group of salamanders is sometimes referred to as a "herd", and #AmbystomaWeek2024 kicks off today with this slimy selection of Spotted (Ambystoma maculatum) and Marbled (A. opacum) Salamanders!
I envision him looking over the various unisexual reptiles and amphibians screaming "WHICH ONES ARE THE MALES!!!"
A red-tailed hawk was pursuing a yellow-shafted flicker, and they both just slammed up against my fourth-floor office window. None of my colleagues are around, and I had to tell someone....both flew away seemingly unharmed.
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FUNDED PHD ALERT: A reminder that I have a funded PhD position available @eebtoronto and @UofTenvironment . See here rollinson.eeb.utoronto.ca/jo…
And for a preview of whats your PhD life could like in our group, check out these videos (thanks @robzlloyd!).
Please circulate widely!
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Mabee they understood the assignment.
Mabee's salamanders breed in ponds in late winter to early spring.
Eggs hatch in 9-14 days, giving rise to larvae w/ gills that live in the water.
By April-May, they change & transition to life on land.
📷:
1. Bobby Altman
2. Kevin Hutcheson
ALT side view photo of a hand holding a little water and three small salamanders with tan and black stripes and dark colored gills and wide tails with a dark background
ALT side view photo of a mostly brown salamander with numerous gold flecks all over its head body and tail, a cream colored belly, and large brown eyes sitting on brown pine needles and green moss
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We couldn't wait until #SalamanderSaturday to share this photo, so #FrostyFriday it is!
Things are officially heating up--breeding season is here! This lovely lady was born two years ago at AF as part of our historic captive breeding effort! #StayFrosty
