Birgit Szabo, PhD 🦎🐸🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
@birgitszabo.bsky.social
Researcher @ Gent University studying behaviour, cognition & welfare in reptiles (feathery & scaly). Passions: science, animals, cooking & eating, gaming, sleeping & weekends off. They/them
📣 Check out the latest preprints related to Tokay gecko welfare!
1. Is physical closeness a good measure for pair bond strength? doi.org/10.32942/X2F...
2. How do incubation environment and social rearing influence development?
doi.org/10.32942/X2T...
Stay tuned for more coming soon!
1. Is physical closeness a good measure for pair bond strength? doi.org/10.32942/X2F...
2. How do incubation environment and social rearing influence development?
doi.org/10.32942/X2T...
Stay tuned for more coming soon!
July 22, 2025 at 2:03 PM
📣 Check out the latest preprints related to Tokay gecko welfare!
1. Is physical closeness a good measure for pair bond strength? doi.org/10.32942/X2F...
2. How do incubation environment and social rearing influence development?
doi.org/10.32942/X2T...
Stay tuned for more coming soon!
1. Is physical closeness a good measure for pair bond strength? doi.org/10.32942/X2F...
2. How do incubation environment and social rearing influence development?
doi.org/10.32942/X2T...
Stay tuned for more coming soon!
Proud to share our newest gecko paper published @ecol-evol.bsky.social! We raised geckos either with or without their parents and found some effects on the development of behaviour and cognition! Read the rest here:
doi.org/10.1002/ece3...
doi.org/10.1002/ece3...
June 24, 2025 at 6:10 AM
Proud to share our newest gecko paper published @ecol-evol.bsky.social! We raised geckos either with or without their parents and found some effects on the development of behaviour and cognition! Read the rest here:
doi.org/10.1002/ece3...
doi.org/10.1002/ece3...
I am very proud to share our new gecko research!
We wanted to know if experimenter identity influences gecko behaviour during experiments that increases error of behavioural measurements.
The answer is yes, identity matters but only in a familiar context!
OA paper:
doi.org/10.1038/s415...
We wanted to know if experimenter identity influences gecko behaviour during experiments that increases error of behavioural measurements.
The answer is yes, identity matters but only in a familiar context!
OA paper:
doi.org/10.1038/s415...
April 3, 2025 at 5:42 AM
I am very proud to share our new gecko research!
We wanted to know if experimenter identity influences gecko behaviour during experiments that increases error of behavioural measurements.
The answer is yes, identity matters but only in a familiar context!
OA paper:
doi.org/10.1038/s415...
We wanted to know if experimenter identity influences gecko behaviour during experiments that increases error of behavioural measurements.
The answer is yes, identity matters but only in a familiar context!
OA paper:
doi.org/10.1038/s415...
I have exciting news! I finally got a grant to go and study Tokay gecko social behaviour in the wild next year! I am so happy 🎉! Celebratory gecko 🦎 picture below ⬇️
November 22, 2023 at 6:37 AM
I have exciting news! I finally got a grant to go and study Tokay gecko social behaviour in the wild next year! I am so happy 🎉! Celebratory gecko 🦎 picture below ⬇️
Bluesky exclusive content! Took some pictures of one of our boys under red light today. I love ❤️ those lizard 🦎, they are so charismatic!
October 31, 2023 at 4:40 PM
Bluesky exclusive content! Took some pictures of one of our boys under red light today. I love ❤️ those lizard 🦎, they are so charismatic!
As social geckos, Tokays are also picky when it comes to their partner. Not every male and female will get along. So, how do you know a pair gets along? They will spend time close together and there will not be any bite marks because a good pair does not fight!
September 7, 2023 at 4:43 AM
As social geckos, Tokays are also picky when it comes to their partner. Not every male and female will get along. So, how do you know a pair gets along? They will spend time close together and there will not be any bite marks because a good pair does not fight!
New platform, new audience, new opportunity to spread the lizard love 🦎❤️! Let me introduce you to my study system: the Tokay gecko, one of the few social lizards out there (as far as we know)
August 24, 2023 at 5:22 PM
New platform, new audience, new opportunity to spread the lizard love 🦎❤️! Let me introduce you to my study system: the Tokay gecko, one of the few social lizards out there (as far as we know)