#NewSpecies!
New wolf snake from #myanmar just sidled in:
Lycodon latifasciatus
Treatment: https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03C01760-165B-0855-FF5B-91A3FC2CFAD4
Publication: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5621.1.1
#Zootaxa #LycodonLatifasciatus
#FAIRdata
#science #OA #openaccess #biology #taxonomy #ecology #biodiversity #nature #wildlife #conservation #animals #herpetology #herps #reptilia #snake #wolfsnake #wolf
A beautiful Speckled Kingsnake we saw on the driveway during our lunch-time walk yesterday. It was a little defensive during the photo session, but slithered away we were done. No human or snake was harmed during the encounter.
More information about this snake can be found here: https://herpsofarkansas.com/reptiles/snakes/lampropeltis-holbrooki/
That the number of German folk tales where a #snake crawls into a woman's mouth while she is asleep is greater than zero is rather disturbing. Though the tale where the woman gives birth to a child intertwined with the snake is most disturbing of all.
@TarkabarkaHolgy , do you know of any comparable tales from abroad?
Because garter belts are not terribly visible even when popular, here's a crop of Jean-François de Troy's "The Garter" (at The Met in NYC). They were often beautifully embroidered and looked a lot like snakes. Linnaeus use of 'sirtalis' ("like a garter" in Latin) was apt. #GarterBelt #garter #stockings #painting #Linnaeus #LatinBinomial #snake
Common garter snake (Thamnophis sirtalis) in my yard yesterday. I spent a good chunk of my childhood thinking the name was *garden* snake, likely because plenty of seemingly trustworthy adults in my orbit called them that. #GarterSnake #GardenSnake #garden #snake #reptile #etymology #herps #nature
[nma] even doctor snens
> even dr snakes need a check up!
by @/xorwynne (https://www.furaffinity.net/user/xorwynne/)
#marubahrt #scalieart #furryart #scalie #furry #artforme #snake #doctor #labcoat #bloodpressure #checkup #dragon #cutedragon
[prize] sleepy coil central
and the big snens winner! 
of my telegram raffle
#marubahrt #furryart #scalieart #furry #scalie #digitalart #snake #naga #sleepy
Boa constrictor on the loose in Sydney's south, snake catchers on the hunt
