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Anna Thonis, Ph.D.🦎
@annainthefield
Ecology / Herpetology / Spatial modeling | Postdoc @NYUniversity with @kmwinchell | #lizards | #GIS | #conservation | #HERper | DIY nails | she/her
New York
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    Anna Thonis, Ph.D.🦎
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    Aug 14, 2024
    Fitting that today, on 🦎WORLD LIZARD DAY🦎, @jhancsalazar and I finished the @IUCNssc Anolidae Lizard Specialist Group (ALSG) proposal and sent it off for review. I am so excited for the ALSG to (hopefully soon) be official! We love you, anoles! 🦎🦎🦎
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    Anna Thonis, Ph.D.🦎
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    May 2, 2022
    We went on a walk today
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    Anna Thonis, Ph.D.🦎
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    Jan 11, 2023
    Full transparency -- I do my nails FOR the lizards
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    Sarah McAnulty, Ph.D
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    Jan 10, 2023
    Scientists have been absolutely bringing it with the nail colors as they hold their organisms/specimens lately and I am all for it.
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    Anna Thonis, Ph.D.🦎
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    Jun 28, 2024
    The smallest Sphaerodactylus gecko I've ever seen VS my watch.
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    Anna Thonis, Ph.D.🦎
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    Jan 18, 2023
    I love weevils, but specifically THIS weevil!! Exophthalmus quindecimpunctatus. My students call them field work fairies because they're so precious and such a beautiful color! We saw this one this past Monday in Utuado, PR.
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    Nicole 🪲
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    Jan 18, 2023
    what are people’s favorite weevil species? for, reasons 👀
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    Anna Thonis, Ph.D.🦎
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    Oct 8, 2024
    Life update! I got married on Saturday 🥰 Bobby has fervently supported me over 10 years as I finished undergrad, applied to PhD programs, finished my PhD, and began my current position as a postdoc. I couldn't do what I do without him. I am so lucky.
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    Anna Thonis, Ph.D.🦎
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    Jun 13, 2023
    Me every single time I find a stick insect
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    Anna Thonis, Ph.D.🦎
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    Jun 11, 2023
    Went on a hike today and found this beautiful stick insect (Lamponius portoricensis)!! I 💚 phasmids
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    Anna Thonis, Ph.D.🦎
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    Aug 17, 2020
    Ecology is a sad field because all we do is work to protect the species we love, while publishing papers about how those species will struggle to persist in the face of climate change, land-use change, urbanization, deforestation, etc.
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    Anna Thonis, Ph.D.🦎
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    May 4, 2022
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    I guess this blew up! This is Luca, mud-free: a 160-lb greater swiss mountain dog! The muddy picture was taken in NH. Luca is so happy he made so many people smile 😊 I didn't mind the mud. I let it happen. He had so much fun and it was worth the cleanup 🐾
    A smiling dog standing in shallow water in a forest
    A sleeping dog with exceedingly large paws
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    Anna Thonis, Ph.D.🦎
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    Jul 30, 2021
    Have you heard of semi-slugs? These Puerto Rican semi-slugs (Gaeotis flavolineata) made our day last week :) The species has a small vestigial shell, but since slugs don't have shells while snails do have shells, they're termed "semi-slugs."
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    Anna Thonis, Ph.D.🦎
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    Jun 27, 2023
    A common coqui father guarding a clutch of eggs 💚
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    Anna Thonis, Ph.D.🦎
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    Jan 7, 2023
    A lovely male emerald anole (Anolis evermanni)
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    Anna Thonis, Ph.D.🦎
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    Jun 12, 2021
    Exophthalmus quindecimpunctatus, a species of weevil, that we have found a few individuals of now. So beautiful
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    Anna Thonis, Ph.D.🦎
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    Jul 5, 2024
    This is individual P89. We first captured him on June 11, 2021. I captured him again last week on June 26, 2021, making him at least three years old. He's a male yellow-chinned anole. When I caught him last week, he was old and almost withering away. You can see his hip bones.
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