Hello! I'm a 14-year old amateur naturalist based in northern Rhode Island. I love finding species I've never seen before. My forte is reptiles (especially snakes), though I’m also good with amphibians. I also occasionally ID birds, plants, insects, fish, and other animals. Recently, I've been getting more into mycology, so I've been trying to identify some fungi observations. I ID a lot of observations in my home state of Rhode Island. Mainly I identify North American wildlife, especially in the New England region and the eastern US. Currently, I'm trying to ID herps in countries such as Costa Rica, Australia, and Southeast Asia using field guides. If there are any mistakes, please inform me!

I often ID certain taxa such as Anaxyrus, Deirochelyinae, and Plestiodon to genus/subfamily level. However, this doesn’t mean that it cannot be IDed past that. I’m still learning certain taxons, so please bear with me.

Feel free to tag me to ID your reptile observations and I’ll try my best. If you feel that my IDs are wrong (which happens on occasion, especially with turtles), feel free to correct me! I’m always looking forward to learning something new.

Encourage others to use iNat and get them interested in nature!

“No one will protect what they don't care about; and no one will care about what they have never experienced.”

-David Attenborough

Online Resources I Use:
For herps in Arizona (slightly outdated): https://reptilesofaz.org
For herps in North Carolina: https://herpsofnc.org
For frog calls in New England: https://musicofnature.com/calls-of-frogs-and-toads-of-the-northeast/
For herps in California and a lot of the west coast (includes subspecies maps!): https://californiaherps.com

Field Guides I Use:
A Naturalist's Guide to the Snakes of Australia by Scott Eipper and Tyese Eipper
A Naturalist's Guide to the Snakes of Southeast Asia, 3rd Edition by Indraneil Das
A Naturalist's Guide to the Reptiles of India by Abhijit Das and Indraneil Das
Field Guide to the Amphibians and Reptiles of Britain and Europe by Jeroen Speybroeck, Wouter Beukema, Bobby Bok, Jan Van Der Voort, and Ilian Velikov
Reptiles of Costa Rica by Twan Leenders

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