WhitePaaws

Now seems like a good time to remind you that spadefoot toads exist and that they bury themselves butt-first by using their “spades” to corkscrew downward into sand and loose soils. #herps

A Plain-bellied Watersnake. This snake is black with yellow/orange on their belly.

Another Plain-bellied Watersnake, this one's a close-up of their face in the center of the picture.

Another Plain.bellied Watersnake. This snake is just chillin on the leaf litter, their head poking over some green plants.

Another Plain-bellied Watersnake, this one is basking on top of a beaver den. You can see their face on the left with their characteristic yellow/orange ventral scales under the face.

Here's a few Plain-bellied Watersnakes found in the past few days during some super productive herping sessions! I love these guys, I think they are my favorite Nerodia species! #herps 🐍

A picture of a Plain-bellied Watersnake posing over dirt and leaf litter. This snake is brown with some black markings on their back and a yellow-ish belly.

A DeKay's Brownsnake chilling on a paved trail. This snake is light brown with some darker brown patterning on their back.

A Central Ratsnake chilling on leaf litter. This snake is dark brown with some yellow colors sprinkled between scales.

A Cottonmouth coiled over some small rocks. This snake is dark brown with a darker brown head and some patterning on their body.

More Tennessee early spring shenanigans! Nice to see this much snake activity so early in the year!

1. Plain-bellied Watersnake
2. DeKay's Brownsnake
3. Gray (now Central) Ratsnake
4. Cottonmouth

#herps 🐍

A picture of a Mud Salamander with their head lifted chilling on moss. This salamander is orange with a few black spots on their back.

My lifer Mud Salamander from East Tennessee! This is a species I had wanted to see for so long, but every time I looked for it over the years I always failed. That changed Monday when me and a couple of friends were able to turn up this beautiful adult!!! An absolute stunner!!! #herps

A picture of a Spotted Salamander on a log with some moss. The salamander is black with yellow spots of their back.

Went up north to visit family this past week, so I didn't get to go out much but I managed to encounter this beautiful Spotted Salamander in Northern Virginia a few days ago! #herps

A picture from the new Generation 10 pokémon starter Gecqua

My beloved

I do remember hearing about this yea, it’s disgusting that people resort to those extremes following social media posts that are clearly made to spread hate, idk it’s disheartening

I swear 95% of furry drama I see is like the most petty shit ever, sometimes it seriously feels like the people creating these “issues” are just bots trying to ragebait.

A young pacific gophersnake, trying to cross the road in the dark. Rainy and 55 degrees.

It’s officially “snakes in the road” season in Cali, so y’all drive carefully plz. We prefer our gophersnakes unsquished. #herps

A picture of a female Streamside Salamander on a rock that’s barely submerged. This salamander is gray with some faint light gray/white spots on her sides.

A chunky female Streamside Salamander found during amphibian surveys last week. This species has been affected by the January drought, pushing individuals into breeding on late February instead of the usual mid-January. Hoping the eggs and larvae have enough time to develop before creeks dry. #herps

That really sucks, I’m honestly pretty scared about the future, it just doesn’t look good :/

It is, I expected to see some seasonal projects that I’ve seen open year after year by now but none of them have job postings yet, and I’m wondering if they got less funding and can’t do them, not sure. And I’m not really finding much full-time in the states I need to for potentially moving.

Job searching sucks.

Good excuse to also put my 4 favorite Pokémon here!

Lanturn's goated, love that mon!

A picture of a Cave Salamander on a rock with moss. The salamander is orange with black spots. Biiig eyes.

A very pretty Cave Salamander found during amphibian surveys this week. Hadn’t seen one in a while, and generally I’d expect to see them in late March into April, so it’s nice to see one of them this early into the year! #herps

A picture of a Tiger Salamander on the road. This individual is mostly yellow, not a ton of black.

A front facing picture of a Tiger Salamander who just emerged from a burrow, still pretty dirty. Lots of yellow on this one again.

A more "text book" Tiger Salamander with lots of yellow spots and predominantly black.

An interesting Tiger Salamander with yellow stripes almost on their sides and black on their back.

A few of the very many Tiger Salamanders found crossing the road during a humid (barely rainy) night last week! This is the first time I've seen Tigers move with barely any rain, but I guess the January drought was so bad that anything would trigger their movement. #herps

Hope it works out!

Hecc, winter’s a tough time. Any plans to go south?

A picture of an Eastern Ribbonsnake on a paved trail. This snake is black with yellow lines on the side and one on their back. Their belly is lightly colored.

One of my favorite species to see in early spring are Eastern Ribbonsnakes! A fairly uncommon species in Tennessee due to their limited range within the state. Found this one last week while on a walk with my gf @valenthedragon.bsky.social !

A picture of a Ratsnake on a paved trail. This snake has their head lifted up displaying a defensive behavior. Snake's brown-ish with darker brown spots and color getting darker towards the tail.

A picture of a DeKay's Brownsnake on a stump. This snake is light brown with some darker markings on their back.

A picture of a very dusty Watersnake chilling on some gravel. This snake is very dusty because it had just come from underground after brumating for a while, so you can't see the colors very well.

My first snakes of the year in Middle Tennessee! We are SOOOO back!!

1. Gray (now Central) Ratsnake
2. DeKay's Brownsnake
3. Northern Watersnake

#herps 🐍

A picture of a Little Brown Skink chilling on a paved trail. This lizard is brown, darker brown on their back and slightly lighter on the sides.

First reptile in Tennessee for 2026 was this cute Little Brown Skink (Scincella lateralis) a friend an I found on a trail today! #herps 🦎

Nah lol maybe later in the day.

WhitePaaws - Twitch Colombian speedrunner! I speedrun cute indie games such as Ori and Rain World. Occasionally run Spyro. I have never ran Crash Bandicoot. I'm also a Furry, I love Metal music, and I'm a Biologist.

Been doing a lot of Pokémon Nuzlockes in the past year and I have been been trying my hand at Run & Bun recently and it's super challenging but really fun. Unsure if I should post my Pokémon stuff here, but I stream at: www.twitch.tv/whitepaaws in case anyone wants to follow me on the journey.

A picture of an Oophaga solanensis poison frog chilling on a brown leaf. This one is black and orange, very pretty.

Another really cool frog endemic to the Colombian pacific is the poison frog Oophaga solanensis! That orange coloration is so pretty, and it's definitely one of the most stunning frogs found in the region! #herps 🐸

A picture of a Streamside Salamander on a mossy wet rock. this salamander is gray with lots of white/light gray speckling on their back.

Right before this cold front hit Tennessee, I decided to go check a spot I hadn't gone to in 3 years and managed to turn up a Streamside Salamander (Ambystoma barbouri)! One of my favorite species ever, and one that keeps me alive during winter. #herps

It’s back on for now

Power has officially gone out thanks to the ice storm, oof

A picture of Pristimantis labiosus chillin on a log with moss. This frog is dark brown with some yellow stripes and a white belly.

Pristimantis labiosus

Pristimantis is a very diverse genus of frogs and is often really difficult to ID them down to species. With this said, this one is of the biggest and the yellow stripes make this species fairly distinct. #herps 🐸

A digital art piece of a very happy frog wearing a wide brimmed wizard hat. He's completely emerald green except for his pink tongue and big sparkling black eyes. A floppy purple hat is perched on his head, an orange star at the tip of it and an orange band wrapped around the brim. He's sitting very politely on top of some clouds bathed in the light of the sunset, but he looks quite excited, as if he's barely holding himself back from hopping towards the viewer. The background is a soft gradient of purple and orange, speckled with stars in the distance.

Froggy wizard casts a spell to make you happy! ✨🐸
He's trying his best to make the world a lil brighter.

It's my first art piece in a lil while so I'm a bit rusty, but finally my life has stabilized enough that I'm able to create things again :3 💜 I can't wait.

#art #frog #herps #cuteart