Dicephalic neonate found in a residential yard. GTS 861. VW ABC 015. Note several spinal kinks. Specimen survived several months, fed sporadically, died and was preserved.

See: Wallach, Van, and Gerard T. Salmon (2013) Axial Bifurcation and Duplication in Snakes. Part V. A Review of Nerodia sipedon Cases with a New Record from New York State, 102-106. In Bulletin of the Chicago Herpetological Society 48(8).

Fish identifiers! I need your help! What is this thing???

A trip to Oakbank Pond Park revealed a large dead fish, caught in the reeds. It was 2-2.5 feet long and was grey-green in colour with no noticeable patterning. Its pectoral fin had been eaten away, but its dorsal fin, positioned closer to the tail, remained.

Photo 1 is of the entirety of the fish, its gills can be seen toward the left of the photo.

Photo 2 is of the head (top) and tail (bottom). The strangest thing about the fish were the repeating structures lining the sides of the body. What are they? Could they be caused by decomposition?

The head seemed to still be attached to the body. I believe I saw its empty eye socket. The head appears to be long and sloped.

Photo 3 is of the caudal fin. Looks pretty square and relatively small. It doesn't concave either.

Photo 4 offers a closer view of the gills and pectoral fin.

Photo 5 is of the whole fish again. The wind had blown it out of the reeds and closer to the observation deck. Its smell followed.

I've only ever seen Amur Carp in this pond. This fish seemed larger though. Any ideas?

A large canvas of my bear photo hung in the BC Legislature. Our local MLA claimed it helped pursued the Premier to totally ban Grizzly Bear trophy hunting in BC. Keep shooting photos, they can make a difference !

Oophaga anchicayensis (Posso-Terranova and Andrés, 2018)
Rana Arlequín Venenosa de Anchicayá
Valle del Cauca - Colombia
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𝑫𝒊𝒑𝒔𝒂𝒔 𝒈𝒓𝒂𝒄𝒊𝒍𝒊𝒔 (Boulenger, 1902)
Caracolera Delgada
Nariño - Colombia
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Juvenile Parrot Snake (Leptophis mexicanus) found last week at my HARCC-Honduras Amphibian Rescue and Conservation Center site in Tela, Honduras. At first I thought this was L. ahaetulla, but on second thought I'm pretty sure it's more likely A. mexicanus.

in the absence of a trunk or stone to lean on, a capybara may be an option;
I have observed these two individuals do this twice;

see also
https://www.inaturalist.org/journal/nelson_wisnik/21258-the-friendly-capybara