What a fantastic day today. Museums Victoria resesrchers talking to the Kaniva community about the amazing little creatures in the Little Desert. Claire McLean Bec Rose Jaclyn Harris School of Biological Sciences, Monash

A male Eastern water dragon in the garden today.
Woy Woy Bay NSW Australia.
Taken with a samsung s22 ultra.

The Call for Abstracts and Registration for the 2023 International Congress of #Genetics are now open at icg2023.com.au. Please retweet Australasian Genomic Technologies Association AGTA Human Genetics Society of Australasia Genetics AustralAsia Genetics Society of America GenSocUK German Genetics ComBio2022 AGRF The Genetics Society of Israel

A beautiful place to find a new species! This spider was photographed a few days ago and shared online by Dee Newton and Dick Bailey. As soon as I saw the photo I knew it was something special! The next day, we made the long trip out to the site where they found the spider. (1/3)

Last Chillagoe fieldwork day! Done and dusted! 🐊🐸🦎🐍👌 #quaternaryreptileproject #fieldwork #Queensland @monash_uni Melbourne Museum @lizarddocmelville @valbuenafern_jp

When is a creature extinct? It might seem a straightforward⁠ question—but it’s not always easy to answer. You have to be certain it isn’t out there, somewhere.

Dr Jane Melville hopes this is the case for Melbourne’s missing dragon.

Continue reading 🔗 fal.cn/3swRa

Collections manager for herp job at San Diego Natural History Museum, pass it on!

New species of peacock spider in Queensland on the first day of fieldwork. Joanna Sumner Ro Aguilar Museums Victoria Jane Melville AM Joseph Schubert 🕷️

Your days only get better when you find a blind snake and baby coastal taipan! ❤🐍💪
#aniliosbroomi #blindsnake #coastaltaipan #oxyuranusscutellatus #quaternaryreptileproject @monash_uni Museums Victoria @valbuenafern_jp @lizarddocmelville jeynlaundrie Natalia loo Jane Melville AM

Stealth mode - Zig-zag gecko (Amalosia rhombifer) #WildOZ Museums Victoria Juan Valbuena Jane Melville AM

This week I published a paper – along with Arman Pili and Wyn Russell – in J. Biogeography exploring geographical variation in Lace monitor colour (A thread)

Paper: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/jb…

(We had Mortimer M (Morty) create the Lace monitor artwork for us. Check out their other artworks!)

There are a LOT of reptile species in #ChillagoeNP - how do we tell which species is which? We use characters like the number and shape of scales on the lizard’s head. Sometimes this is easy…and sometimes a little harder!! Museums Victoria Jane Melville AM Juan Valbuena Ro Aguilar

Interested in animals living in the Little Desert, western Victoria? Come along! Monday 10th October, Bill's Gully Hall, Kaniva. Our Museums Victoria science and live exhibits team, along with Urimbirra Co-Op will be hosting a community day. Museums Victoria Claire McLean

Morning, arvo, night fun! 👌🐸🐍🕷🦎❤ #quaternaryreptileproject #herpetology #fieldwork #Chillagoe #Queensland @monash_uni Museums Victoria Melbourne Museum @lizarddocmelville @valbuenafern_jp Joanna Sumner

#frogsvic tomorrow night's speaker Professor Kirsten Parris from University of Melbourne will speak about the impacts of sensory pollutants (noise, light, chemicals) on urban frogs. #sciencetalks #conservation #urbanfrogs Prof Kirsten Parris

Success and fun! 🦎🥰🤣
#scientistlife #fieldwork Joanna Sumner Museums Victoria Melbourne Museum Monash Science #quaternaryreptileproject #herpetology @lizarddocmelville @valbuenafern_jp #Chillagoe #Queensland

Successful 1st day of reptile catching in Chillago ! Great work by Juan Valbuena for his work on reptile communities thru time. Amazing landcape. On Wakaman land. Museums Victoria Jane Melville AM #museumscience

The Museums Victoria herpetology team at work. Reptile survey at Chillagoe in northern Queensland. Go team!

Flying to Australia now to start my #fulbright postdoc!! So grateful for The Fulbright Program Fulbright Australia and Mike Gardner for this incredible opportunity! And shout out to my childhood #BeardedDragons for inspiring me🦎 and my amazing mentors over the years (especially Bales Lab)