Matt Armes 🦎 🇪🇺
@lizardkmatt.bsky.social
PhD researcher in lizard conservation genomics at Bangor University | Ecologist | Project Officer at the BBCARG | Passionate about conservation and herpetology
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"Metapopulation dynamics of pollinating bees under pesticide pressure"
Hosted @bristolbiosci.bsky.social and University of Swansea, with myself, @harrysiviter.bsky.social, and Miguel Lurgi
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"Metapopulation dynamics of pollinating bees under pesticide pressure"
Hosted @bristolbiosci.bsky.social and University of Swansea, with myself, @harrysiviter.bsky.social, and Miguel Lurgi
Full details:
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November 5, 2025 at 12:11 PM
🚨Looking for a PhD project on 🐝? look no further! ✅
"Metapopulation dynamics of pollinating bees under pesticide pressure"
Hosted @bristolbiosci.bsky.social and University of Swansea, with myself, @harrysiviter.bsky.social, and Miguel Lurgi
Full details:
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"Metapopulation dynamics of pollinating bees under pesticide pressure"
Hosted @bristolbiosci.bsky.social and University of Swansea, with myself, @harrysiviter.bsky.social, and Miguel Lurgi
Full details:
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Great to see #lizards represented! 🦎
We had a great session today led by our new MscRes students who introduced the work they plan to do over the next year+. Brilliant to hear about their research plans! Exciting stuff to come! (Didn’t manage to get a pic of everyone)
October 29, 2025 at 9:36 AM
Great to see #lizards represented! 🦎
New study modelling common lizard declines in Belgium, using structured survey and citizen science data 🦎📉
#lizard #zootoca #herpetology
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
#lizard #zootoca #herpetology
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Losing the common: evidence of long-term decline of a widely distributed and cold-adapted Lizard using opportunistic citizen-science data - European Journal of Wildlife Research
Monitoring species distribution and dynamics is essential for conservation strategies. While monitoring efforts often focus on rare or endangered species, common and widely distributed species are oft...
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October 18, 2025 at 8:14 AM
New study modelling common lizard declines in Belgium, using structured survey and citizen science data 🦎📉
#lizard #zootoca #herpetology
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
#lizard #zootoca #herpetology
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
More evidence for the successful use of wildlife underpasses! 🐸🦎
June 7, 2025 at 2:16 PM
More evidence for the successful use of wildlife underpasses! 🐸🦎
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Announcing our Vanishing Viper 2025 conference to be held in September at Chester This special two-day event focused on our native adder, Viper berus, seeks to unlock the drivers behind adder declines & determine how research & landscape-level projects can meet the challenges #vanishingviper2025
May 7, 2025 at 9:39 PM
Announcing our Vanishing Viper 2025 conference to be held in September at Chester This special two-day event focused on our native adder, Viper berus, seeks to unlock the drivers behind adder declines & determine how research & landscape-level projects can meet the challenges #vanishingviper2025
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Hi all! I've been shortlisted for the BIAZA Photo Competition 2025 in the Native Species category!📸 Please can you vote for my photo on their Facebook! (just by reacting to my submission!)
www.facebook.com/share/16MksF... - voting closes on Thursday night!
The image below is the one to look for!🐍
www.facebook.com/share/16MksF... - voting closes on Thursday night!
The image below is the one to look for!🐍
April 15, 2025 at 10:32 AM
Hi all! I've been shortlisted for the BIAZA Photo Competition 2025 in the Native Species category!📸 Please can you vote for my photo on their Facebook! (just by reacting to my submission!)
www.facebook.com/share/16MksF... - voting closes on Thursday night!
The image below is the one to look for!🐍
www.facebook.com/share/16MksF... - voting closes on Thursday night!
The image below is the one to look for!🐍
For my PhD, I need to catch lizards to take a mouth swab to retrieve a DNA sample. In comes the lizard lasso! A fishing rod with a small lasso loop tied to the end, I sneak up on lizards as they bask and (hopefully) slip them into the lasso 🦎
March 31, 2025 at 5:47 PM
For my PhD, I need to catch lizards to take a mouth swab to retrieve a DNA sample. In comes the lizard lasso! A fishing rod with a small lasso loop tied to the end, I sneak up on lizards as they bask and (hopefully) slip them into the lasso 🦎
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March 9, 2025 at 6:24 AM
American researchers looking for funding: @euraxessudc.bsky.social is an all-purpose platform for researchers & scientists seeking to advance their careers by moving to EU countries.This link includes job, funding, hosting opportunities, & career development guidance. euraxess.ec.europa.eu
This week marked the true beginning of my PhD, where we got out and collected our first common lizard DNA samples! This will all feed into mapping lizard population genetics across the UK, and to hopefully work towards a brighter future for these little guys in the age of nature's decline 🤙🦎
March 1, 2025 at 9:44 AM
This week marked the true beginning of my PhD, where we got out and collected our first common lizard DNA samples! This will all feed into mapping lizard population genetics across the UK, and to hopefully work towards a brighter future for these little guys in the age of nature's decline 🤙🦎
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India experiences an extreme burden from snakebite each year, averaging 58,000 snakebite deaths annually. Some good news to help combat this problem: a new app for everyday Indians to connect with snake catchers and hospitals across India in times of emergency to help prevent and manage snakebite.
February 24, 2025 at 12:49 PM
India experiences an extreme burden from snakebite each year, averaging 58,000 snakebite deaths annually. Some good news to help combat this problem: a new app for everyday Indians to connect with snake catchers and hospitals across India in times of emergency to help prevent and manage snakebite.
Spring has certainly arrived in the UK with the first herp sightings of the year this week! 🐍🦎🐸
✅️Common frog (Rana temporaria), pair in amplexus
✅️Common toad (Bufo bufo)
✅️Smooth newt (Lissotriton vulgaris)
✅️Viviparous lizard (Zootoca vivipara)
✅️European adder (Vipera berus)
✅️Common frog (Rana temporaria), pair in amplexus
✅️Common toad (Bufo bufo)
✅️Smooth newt (Lissotriton vulgaris)
✅️Viviparous lizard (Zootoca vivipara)
✅️European adder (Vipera berus)
February 23, 2025 at 8:02 AM
Spring has certainly arrived in the UK with the first herp sightings of the year this week! 🐍🦎🐸
✅️Common frog (Rana temporaria), pair in amplexus
✅️Common toad (Bufo bufo)
✅️Smooth newt (Lissotriton vulgaris)
✅️Viviparous lizard (Zootoca vivipara)
✅️European adder (Vipera berus)
✅️Common frog (Rana temporaria), pair in amplexus
✅️Common toad (Bufo bufo)
✅️Smooth newt (Lissotriton vulgaris)
✅️Viviparous lizard (Zootoca vivipara)
✅️European adder (Vipera berus)
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Quite important for European herpetology, the scientific name of the Alpine newt shifts again to Mesotriton alpestris:
www.salamandra-journal.com/index.php/co...
#amphibians #herpetology #newts #Mesotriton
www.salamandra-journal.com/index.php/co...
#amphibians #herpetology #newts #Mesotriton
Mutz, T. & W. Böhme
Ichthyosaura as a generic nomen for the Alpine Newt (Caudata: Salamandridae): a doubtful case of literarian archeology. pp. 41-52.
Abstract. Since the partition of the traditional genus Triturus Rafi...
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February 16, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Quite important for European herpetology, the scientific name of the Alpine newt shifts again to Mesotriton alpestris:
www.salamandra-journal.com/index.php/co...
#amphibians #herpetology #newts #Mesotriton
www.salamandra-journal.com/index.php/co...
#amphibians #herpetology #newts #Mesotriton
Thanks to all who turned out in the cold and damp weather to set up our reptile survey at Chasewater.
A collaborative effort between BBCARG, SASARG and the Chasewater rangers, this is the first crucial step in mapping herps across the site! 🦎 🐍 🐸
Photos thanks to Steve Holland
A collaborative effort between BBCARG, SASARG and the Chasewater rangers, this is the first crucial step in mapping herps across the site! 🦎 🐍 🐸
Photos thanks to Steve Holland
February 12, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Thanks to all who turned out in the cold and damp weather to set up our reptile survey at Chasewater.
A collaborative effort between BBCARG, SASARG and the Chasewater rangers, this is the first crucial step in mapping herps across the site! 🦎 🐍 🐸
Photos thanks to Steve Holland
A collaborative effort between BBCARG, SASARG and the Chasewater rangers, this is the first crucial step in mapping herps across the site! 🦎 🐍 🐸
Photos thanks to Steve Holland
New paper on smooth snake ecology! 🐍
✅️ snake diet in Hungary consists mainly of lizards (65%)
✅️ snake occupancy is attributed to lizard prey availability
✅️ no evidence that smooth snakes negatively impact meadow vipers
Implications for Britain's populations? 🐍🦎
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
✅️ snake diet in Hungary consists mainly of lizards (65%)
✅️ snake occupancy is attributed to lizard prey availability
✅️ no evidence that smooth snakes negatively impact meadow vipers
Implications for Britain's populations? 🐍🦎
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
The Smooth Snake is not a threat to the Meadow Viper: predator–prey interactions of a reptile specialist snake - Community Ecology
Ecological data on the Smooth Snake (Coronella austriaca) remains limited. Previous studies report that it mainly consumes lizards, but also mammals and snakes. Its habitat selection remains poorly un...
link.springer.com
February 7, 2025 at 10:36 PM
New paper on smooth snake ecology! 🐍
✅️ snake diet in Hungary consists mainly of lizards (65%)
✅️ snake occupancy is attributed to lizard prey availability
✅️ no evidence that smooth snakes negatively impact meadow vipers
Implications for Britain's populations? 🐍🦎
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
✅️ snake diet in Hungary consists mainly of lizards (65%)
✅️ snake occupancy is attributed to lizard prey availability
✅️ no evidence that smooth snakes negatively impact meadow vipers
Implications for Britain's populations? 🐍🦎
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
New paper about Aesculapian snake spatial ecology! 🐍
NEW PAPER: How do introduced Aesculapian snakes from Central Europe adapt to their new home in North Wales? find out in the new paper by @herphighlights.bsky.social' Tom Major, my former PhD student at @bangoruniversity.bsky.social and @meebangor.bsky.social
dx.doi.org/10.1371/jour...
dx.doi.org/10.1371/jour...
A reliance on human habitats is key to the success of an introduced predatory reptile
Understanding the success of animals in novel environments is increasingly important as human-mediated introductions continue to move species far beyond their natural ranges. Alongside these introduct...
dx.doi.org
February 5, 2025 at 10:02 PM
New paper about Aesculapian snake spatial ecology! 🐍
Disappointed is an understatement 🫠
UK climate and nature bill dropped after deal with Labour backbenchers www.theguardian.com/environment/...
UK climate and nature bill dropped after deal with Labour backbenchers www.theguardian.com/environment/...
UK climate and nature bill dropped after deal with Labour backbenchers
Ministers avoid internal party row by promising potential rebels they will have input into environmental legislation
www.theguardian.com
January 24, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Disappointed is an understatement 🫠
UK climate and nature bill dropped after deal with Labour backbenchers www.theguardian.com/environment/...
UK climate and nature bill dropped after deal with Labour backbenchers www.theguardian.com/environment/...
A selection of before and after pics from heathland habitat management at some of the Walsall heaths we monitor.
Without intervention the heath would succeed into birch and pine woodland, outcompeting the heather that gives the structure needed for common lizards to bask 🦎 Lizard surveys to follow!
Without intervention the heath would succeed into birch and pine woodland, outcompeting the heather that gives the structure needed for common lizards to bask 🦎 Lizard surveys to follow!
January 18, 2025 at 3:53 PM
A selection of before and after pics from heathland habitat management at some of the Walsall heaths we monitor.
Without intervention the heath would succeed into birch and pine woodland, outcompeting the heather that gives the structure needed for common lizards to bask 🦎 Lizard surveys to follow!
Without intervention the heath would succeed into birch and pine woodland, outcompeting the heather that gives the structure needed for common lizards to bask 🦎 Lizard surveys to follow!
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Fonseca Species Conservation Fund is now accepting proposals for herpetofauna, freshwater fish, primates & small mammals.
FSCF is for early career conservationists 35 years and younger, provides grants of up to $25,000 to support threatened species conservation.
www.rewild.org/the-fonseca-...
FSCF is for early career conservationists 35 years and younger, provides grants of up to $25,000 to support threatened species conservation.
www.rewild.org/the-fonseca-...
Re:wild | Re:wild.org • Fonseca Species Conservation Fund
The Fonseca Species Conservation Fund is available to young conservationists under the age of 35 in any GEF-eligible country to either start or progress their careers. The FSCF is supported by the GE...
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January 16, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Fonseca Species Conservation Fund is now accepting proposals for herpetofauna, freshwater fish, primates & small mammals.
FSCF is for early career conservationists 35 years and younger, provides grants of up to $25,000 to support threatened species conservation.
www.rewild.org/the-fonseca-...
FSCF is for early career conservationists 35 years and younger, provides grants of up to $25,000 to support threatened species conservation.
www.rewild.org/the-fonseca-...
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Video on our paper about the problem of invasive species carried with ornamental plants.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=CgNV...
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www.youtube.com/watch?v=CgNV...
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Hitchhiking Intruders - Invasive species entering the UK
YouTube video by Cambridge University
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January 17, 2025 at 6:59 AM
Video on our paper about the problem of invasive species carried with ornamental plants.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=CgNV...
academic.oup.com/bioscience/a...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=CgNV...
academic.oup.com/bioscience/a...
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Reposted by Matt Armes 🦎 🇪🇺
There’s space for 100 more poeple on this 2nd edition #herper starter pack, let me know if you’d like to be added. go.bsky.app/9e5s1ek
#herpetology #amphibians #reptiles 🐸🐍🦎🐢
#herpetology #amphibians #reptiles 🐸🐍🦎🐢
December 28, 2024 at 12:48 AM
There’s space for 100 more poeple on this 2nd edition #herper starter pack, let me know if you’d like to be added. go.bsky.app/9e5s1ek
#herpetology #amphibians #reptiles 🐸🐍🦎🐢
#herpetology #amphibians #reptiles 🐸🐍🦎🐢
Reposted by Matt Armes 🦎 🇪🇺
AI-INTERVENE is now accepting applications for 26 PhD projects in AI and Biodiversity findaphd.com/phds/program.... Hosted by UCL and the University of Reading, in partnership with NHM, ZSL, Kew Gardens, and UKCEH. More details at ai-intervene.net
#biodiversity #AI #conservation
#biodiversity #AI #conservation
December 18, 2024 at 2:50 PM
AI-INTERVENE is now accepting applications for 26 PhD projects in AI and Biodiversity findaphd.com/phds/program.... Hosted by UCL and the University of Reading, in partnership with NHM, ZSL, Kew Gardens, and UKCEH. More details at ai-intervene.net
#biodiversity #AI #conservation
#biodiversity #AI #conservation
Keep common species common 🤘
When a species is common, it can be easy to take for granted it's intrinsic value and beauty. Eastern painted #turtles are both a perfect example and reminder that the best time to secure the future of a species is while they are still thriving. #wildlife #biology #conservation
Chrysemys picta
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December 18, 2024 at 1:19 PM
Keep common species common 🤘
Just look at the scale patterns on this common lizard (Zootoca vivipara) 🦎
I can't wait for these guys to wake up again, spring cannot come soon enough!
I can't wait for these guys to wake up again, spring cannot come soon enough!
December 18, 2024 at 10:44 AM
Just look at the scale patterns on this common lizard (Zootoca vivipara) 🦎
I can't wait for these guys to wake up again, spring cannot come soon enough!
I can't wait for these guys to wake up again, spring cannot come soon enough!