Derek Duplessis 🇨🇦
@derekduplessis.bsky.social
MSc student at l’Université de Sherbrooke
Evolutionary and Behavioural Ecology 🐸
Evolutionary and Behavioural Ecology 🐸
Just a few chapters in and I’m already in love!
September 6, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Just a few chapters in and I’m already in love!
Join us August 25th for a herps Bioblitz at île du Marais (Sainte-Catherine-de-Hatley). Spend an afternoon observing reptiles and amphibians, while contributing to citizen science by uploading your observation to iNatualist 🐸🐢🐍! @qcbs.ca @inaturalist.bsky.social @usherbrooke.bsky.social
August 13, 2025 at 9:19 PM
Join us August 25th for a herps Bioblitz at île du Marais (Sainte-Catherine-de-Hatley). Spend an afternoon observing reptiles and amphibians, while contributing to citizen science by uploading your observation to iNatualist 🐸🐢🐍! @qcbs.ca @inaturalist.bsky.social @usherbrooke.bsky.social
I had the opportunity of presenting the first preliminary results of my project this week at #CSEE2025, which we hosted in Sherbrooke. I’m extremely grateful to have met amazing researchers and fellow students, most of which, love frogs as much as I do 🐸.
July 10, 2025 at 6:03 PM
I had the opportunity of presenting the first preliminary results of my project this week at #CSEE2025, which we hosted in Sherbrooke. I’m extremely grateful to have met amazing researchers and fellow students, most of which, love frogs as much as I do 🐸.
With field work about to finish, here are a some pictures from the last few weeks 🐸!
July 10, 2025 at 5:56 PM
With field work about to finish, here are a some pictures from the last few weeks 🐸!
June 20, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Few pictures from the last month on the field. Tadpoles are growing quickly and the different treatments definitely have a significant effect on their size 🐸🐸🐸!
June 7, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Few pictures from the last month on the field. Tadpoles are growing quickly and the different treatments definitely have a significant effect on their size 🐸🐸🐸!
Some pictures from the past few weeks on the field. Tadpoles have hatched and are eating more lettuce than you can even imagine! 🐸
May 7, 2025 at 4:12 AM
Some pictures from the past few weeks on the field. Tadpoles have hatched and are eating more lettuce than you can even imagine! 🐸
Eggs are egging ! Really cool underwater picture taken with my phone, you can see the early embryonic stages!
April 15, 2025 at 9:40 PM
Eggs are egging ! Really cool underwater picture taken with my phone, you can see the early embryonic stages!
Wood frogs are back in Sherbrooke 🇨🇦 and they’re as loud as ever! Mating season should be in the coming week.
April 7, 2025 at 11:44 PM
Wood frogs are back in Sherbrooke 🇨🇦 and they’re as loud as ever! Mating season should be in the coming week.
Field season is just around the corner! Getting my mesocosms filled up slowly but surely 🐸
April 4, 2025 at 7:57 PM
Field season is just around the corner! Getting my mesocosms filled up slowly but surely 🐸
Happy to announce that the 2025 CHS annual meeting will be in Québec city, from September 12th to the 15th. Excited to meet fellow Canadian herpetologist 🐸!
March 21, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Happy to announce that the 2025 CHS annual meeting will be in Québec city, from September 12th to the 15th. Excited to meet fellow Canadian herpetologist 🐸!
Guess I won’t be eating outside today
February 13, 2025 at 9:31 PM
Guess I won’t be eating outside today
Abstract submission for the Canadian Herpetological Society (CHS) 2025 Online Conference on February 21st 2025 is open. Attendance is free for all active CHS members.
January 29, 2025 at 12:32 PM
Abstract submission for the Canadian Herpetological Society (CHS) 2025 Online Conference on February 21st 2025 is open. Attendance is free for all active CHS members.
Found this guy last weekend in some plants from Florida. An invasive Cuban Tree Frog (Osteopilus septentrionalis)… in Montréal.
January 28, 2025 at 8:14 PM
Found this guy last weekend in some plants from Florida. An invasive Cuban Tree Frog (Osteopilus septentrionalis)… in Montréal.
Michael, my home office partner. Green keel-bellied lizard (Gastropholis prasina)
January 28, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Michael, my home office partner. Green keel-bellied lizard (Gastropholis prasina)
Hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas with their loved ones! Enjoy the holidays and take some time to rest.
December 26, 2024 at 2:20 PM
Hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas with their loved ones! Enjoy the holidays and take some time to rest.
Excited for the next few days off and the opportunity to enjoy this colouring book I got a while back.
December 19, 2024 at 4:29 AM
Excited for the next few days off and the opportunity to enjoy this colouring book I got a while back.
Hopefully I’ll be keeping everyone here updated with my research advancements / preliminary results in the upcoming weeks. Here's a few pictures from the 2024 field season 🐸.
December 9, 2024 at 10:23 PM
Hopefully I’ll be keeping everyone here updated with my research advancements / preliminary results in the upcoming weeks. Here's a few pictures from the 2024 field season 🐸.