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Now’s as good a time as any to go check out our recent paper on the evolution of Australia’s best skinks. Huge thanks to Jules Farquhar for the unreal snap 📸. See thread here: x.com/ian_g_brennan/…

Stoked to have my photo of a shingleback lizard on the September issue of Current Biology! He was a grumpy boy indeed. Thanks Ian Brennan

Pseudemoia spenceri, the tree-climbing member of the genus. #Skinks #PseudemoiaGenus

Pseudemoia baudini, the beach-going member of the genus #Skinks #PseudemoiaGenus

Pseudemoia rawlinsoni, the swamp-dwelling member of the genus. #Skinks #PseudemoiaGenus

Pseudemoia cryodroma, the alpine specialist of the genus #Skinks #PseudemoiaGenus

Pseudemoia pagenstecheri, the tussock-loving member of the genus. #Skinks #PseudemoiaGenus

And here’s the 6th and final member of the genus—Pseudemoia entrecasteauxii, the highly variable (in colour pattern) and most commonly recorded species. #Skinks #PseudemoiaGenus

@rzsnsw Tyrone Lavery🌴 We're honoured that in addition to the Whitley Medal, five more of our books were awarded Certificates of Commendation. Congratulations to the winning authors and illustrator! 🎉 Head to the @rzsnsw's website for the full list of winners: rzsnsw.org.au/Whitley-Awards

On Friday we published a paper describing a new species of skink from the Aṉangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara (APY) Lands of South Australia. I’ll be on ABC radio Alice Springs (the Drive) talking about this today at 5:50 AEDT. School of Biological Sciences, Monash ChappleLab

Great to see a farmer implement my recommendations to redistribute rock piles to provide ‘stepping stones’ connecting isolated rocky outcrop habitat of the threatened striped legless lizard (Delma impar). Unique head scales allow us to tell if individuals are dispersing #wildoz

Monash University scientists, Aboriginal rangers discover lizard species in Central Australian desert - ABC News abc.net.au/news/2024-11-0…

A new species of skink has been discovered in the mountain ranges of the Central Australian desert. “The folks in APY Lands really take good care of their Country, and it's likely that this species can receive more tailored monitoring and management now that it's recognised as a

The Aprasia genus is a group of small, slender, worm-like lizards in the Pygopodidae (flap-footed lizard) family, which shares a common evolutionary ancestor with geckos. They are only found in Australia, where there are 14 species. Here is every species occurring in Victoria.

Great turnout last night at Cardigan Village for my presentation on Ballarat snakes and the findings of our copperhead biology and human-snake interactions research. Thanks to the Upper Mount Emu Landcare Network for hosting the event.

I love making these diagrams that show the distribution of an entire genus in a single map. Note the little population of trilineatus on the southern tip of the Eyre Peninsula.

I’ve finally gotten around to analyzing the data from my long-term side project on lowland copperhead biology and human-snake conflict. If you’re attending the #ESAus2024 conference, come watch me talk about it on Monday 9th (tomorrow) at 4pm in room 103 (Methods in Ecology 2).

Here is a story with Australian Geographic about our research on the long sunskink.

As part of his PhD research, Jules Farquhar wants to build a better picture of how the skinks are spreading in Darwin, so researchers can determine whether they're pushing out smaller, local species. Here's how you can help👇 abc.net.au/news/2025-01-2…

These late-term Austrelaps superbus (lowland copperhead) embryos were dissected from a female found in February. In this species, most births occur in February, so these guys were likely just a few weeks from birth. How cool are the eyes!! #AustralianElapids #Snakes