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Marina Vollin
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Ph.D. candidate @ UC Riverside studying gecko tail autotomy. Herp enthusiast, baby birder, Trekkie. In search of postdoc opportunities!
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Burnt the candle on both ends to sneak some herping into my 2025 Ecuador- Mindo birding tour. Totally worth it!
The Pinocchio anole (Anolis proboscus) sitting on a hand. Brown spotbelly snake (Coniophanes fissidens) stretched out on brown leaf litter. It is holding a Cachibi robber frog’s (Pristimantis achatinus) leg in its mouth. Close up photo of a Pristimantis calcaratus sitting in a hole in the bamboo. Its eyes are an unusual blue. A small yellow-green frog sitting on a hand. Frog may be a recently metamorphosed Executioner Clown Frog (Dendropsophus carnifex).
July 10, 2025 at 12:58 AM
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There’s a snake loose in the (Lego) museum! 🐍
Mango the Rosy boa, a small grey and orange snake, sticks his head through the doors of the natural history museum lego set. Mango the rosy boa wrapped around the Lego brontosaurus. Photo focus is on Mango’s face A Lego window. Mango the Rosy boa is visible inside. A top-down shot of the first floor of the Lego natural history museum set. Mango the Rosy boa is stretched throughout the museum.
March 13, 2025 at 2:35 AM
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Some Ensatinas I found in San Diego co. over the weekend. Last of the SoCal salamander genuses for my life list! And man it was sooo nice to disappear into nature for a day. Grateful for CA’s beautiful state parks! 🦎
An orange and black salamander (Ensatina escholscholzii klauberi) in leaf litter. A smaller black and orange salamander sitting on streaky tan and grey wood
February 19, 2025 at 6:31 PM
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Okay, best SICB ever. #sicb2025
A salamander sitting in a container with wet paper towel underneath it. The salamander is greyish-brown and has a tail longer than its body.
January 4, 2025 at 9:51 PM
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Oh, I’ll also have stickers to hand out throughout SICB! Please stop me and ask for one if you see me 😁🦎
A hand fanning out three square stickers. Each sticker is different and features bright green day geckos perched on plants
December 29, 2024 at 5:05 PM
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OMG, #SICB2025 is in less than a week! Looking forward to seeing everyone soon in Atlanta. I will be presenting on my work examining gecko locomotion and prey capture following autotomy on Saturday (1/4) at 1:30 PM. Stop by International Salon 10 and say hi! 🦎
December 29, 2024 at 3:40 AM
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A precarious perch
(Great blue heron, Bolsa Chica CA)
Camera shot through a binocular eyepiece of a great blue heron perched on top of a large yucca stalk
December 17, 2024 at 5:59 AM
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A pretty little princess I met yesterday
(Yellow-rumped warbler)
A yellow-rumped warbler, a small brown bird with yellow on the throat and edge of wing stands on the stem of a white flower, staring at the camera
December 5, 2024 at 7:08 PM
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Me with my big find of today’s field trip - an itty bitty baby newt (Taricha torosa)! It’s the last field trip of the quarter and what a great critter to go out on!
#herps
Original poster, a white woman with short hair, holding a very small newt A very small baby Taricha torosa newt standing on a hand
November 23, 2024 at 10:01 PM
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🐍 Coluber lateralis from the vertebrate natural history class field trip this weekend. I love their enormous eyes O.O
Small striped racer (Coluber lateralis) sitting on top of field notes
November 11, 2024 at 4:05 AM
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Hello, I’m Marina! I’m a herpetologist (in training) currently finishing up my PhD examining the biomechanics of prey capture in banded and day geckos following tail loss. On the lookout for my next project!
A desert banded gecko looking up into the camera A hand holding a gold dust day gecko
November 9, 2024 at 4:26 AM
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Xantusia vigilis from a chilly San Bernardino Co. herping trip this weekend
Xantusia vigilis, a small black lizard, sitting at the bottom of a blue enamel mug
October 21, 2024 at 7:34 PM
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Hi Bluesky! Finally trying to make the move over from science twt. I'm a graduate student at UCR finishing up my thesis on the biomechanical consequences of gecko tail autotomy and currently looking for postdoc opportunities! Interested in anything reptile and amphibian -related, but esp genetics.
Gold dust day gecko with no tail sitting on a banana leaf
October 17, 2024 at 11:05 PM