Natural History collections are more important now than they were 10 years ago.
Our knowledge of the biodiversity of Asia and Australasia continues to expand with more focused studies on the systematics of...
Our knowledge of the biodiversity of Asia and Australasia continues to expand with more focused studies on the systematics of...
Alejandro Arteaga, a herpetologist in Ecuador sent out out the following email. If you have the resources for helping Alejandro...
Abstract Abstract: Ontogenetic changes in venom composition have important ecological implications duethe relevance of venom in prey acquisition and defense....
The Pantepui is a remote, biodiverse region made famous by Arthur Conan Doyle's novel, The Lost World. In a recent...
In evolutionary and ecological research across various organisms, the utilization of large-scale, time-calibrated phylogenies derived from supermatrix studies has gained...
Snake venom research has historically been predominantly focused on front-fanged species belonging to the Viperidae and Elapidae families. This focus...
Many animal species live in fluid fission-fusion societies, where the size and composition of conspecific groups change in space and...
The time it takes for snakes to undergo their first shedding event after birth or hatching, known as postnatal ecdysis...
Cryptic diversity has been underestimated, but many examples have been documented in the scientific literature in recent decades. Researchers often...
Snakes of the family Natricidae (or subfamily Natricinae) are cosmopolitan in distribution. They can be terrestrial, aquatic, or fossorial, cryptic,...
A recent paper (Hamidy et al 2023) describes a new homalopsid snake species, Hypsiscopus indonesiensis. The new snake is restricted...
The Chinese Academy of Sciences, China, has led a study that achieved chromosome-level assembly for 14 snakes, creating a detailed...
More species of lizards and snakes are alive today than any other order of land vertebrates, yet their fossil record...
Within the diversity of reptiles and amphibians, a remarkable group of species has evolved a unique adaptation to navigate their...
The following is an adapted summary of a blog post by Amaël Borzée: Human activities, such as changing landscapes, have...
Biological specialization refers to the process by which organisms adapt to occupy specific ecological niches, reducing the available niche space...
The feeding behavior of kingsnakes preying on rattlesnakes is a well-known example of a predator-prey relationship among snakes. Recently, my...
The impact of future climate change on global reptile diversity and distributions is a topic of concern. The potential effects...
Above. Top. Emerging from the Brazilian milk fruit flower with pollen grains on its back. Bottom. Xenohyla truncata Emerging from...
The Yangtze giant softshell turtle, known as Rafetus swinhoei, is a critically endangered species characterized by its unique physical features,...
Studying organism movement patterns can offer valuable insights into species ecology and evolution. Various methods, including radio telemetry, have revealed...
The following is a post from Florida Politics. Its author is Wes Wolfe. Hunters removed around 18,000 pythons from Florida...
Louis Agassiz described Cistudo ornata in 1857 "from the Upper Missouri ... and from Iowa" the type locality was restricted...
The following is an abstract and some lightly edited text from English et al. (2023) on the Tonle Sap aquatic...
Sand boas of the Eryx (family Erycidae) are a group of stout terrestrial snakes with rather short, stubby tails and...
A University of Queensland-led study has found that as well as ground vibrations, snakes can hear and react to airborne...
Above . A photo of the maxillary bone and attached teeth from a twig snake in the genus Thelotornis. JCM...
Above. Alamosaurus was named after the Ojo Alamo sandstone formation in New Mexico. This titanosaur is from the late Cretaceous of...
In a paper by Sánchez-Nivicela et al. (2023) they described a spectacular new stream-dwelling hylid from Río Negro-Sopladora National Park....
The Terciopelo (Bothrops asper) is one of the largest pit vipers. It reaches a length of 2.5 m and can weigh 6...
Autohemorrhaging means an animal breaks blood vessels and releases blood at will. Often it is associated with stressful situations It...
An international research team lead by Das (2023) have reconstruct the evolutionary tree of a major group of snakes, the...
Urbanization changes landscapes, often simplifying and homogenizing natural ecosystems while introducing novel environments. Although this transformation often adversely impacts native...
The genetic variations linked to urbanization underlie physical differences in the urban lizards, including longer limbs and larger toe pads...
Abstract - Argentine Black and White Tegus (Salvator merianae) are a popular lizard species in the live animal pet trade,...
"There are more than 150 species of known glassfrogs in the world, and yet we're really just starting to learn...
The photo above is a Green whipsnake, Hierophis viridiflavus, in Gradignan Gironde, France. Gradignan Gironde, France. Photography by Jean-Jacques Milan....
The bent-toed geckos of the genus Cyrtodactylus are diverse, with 330 species of Asian geckos, commonly known as bent-toed geckos, bow-fingered geckos, and forest geckos. which...
The Mountain Mist Frog or Nyakala Frog, Ranoidea nyakalensis (Liem, 1974) (Family Hylidae subfamily Pelodryadinae), was endemic to Australia. Its...
Above. Two smooth-coated otters approach a monitor lizard in Singapore. Photo courtesy of Alicia Ellen Brierley. Smooth-coated otters (Lutrogale perspicillata)...
Madagascar has been isolated from mainland Africa and Asia for more than 80 million years and has developed a distinctive...
The origins of mammals and birds are relatively well understood, while the roots of squamates have been obscure. In a...
The last of the temnospondyls -- amphibians that look more like crocodiles -- became extinct during the Cretaceous period, about...
Image above. Photographs of colour morphs in turtle-headed sea snakes, Emydocephalus annulatus, and putative models that may be mimicked by the...
The Union Island Gecko (Gonatodes daudini) is small, beautiful, and in demand in the pet trade The Union Island gecko...
Above, an Eastern Fox Snake, Pantherophis vulpinus, feeds on mouse of the genus Peromyscus. It is like the mouse is...
Above. The type specimen of Eichstaettisaurus schroederi. A Jurassic lizard that showed many oof the traits seen in geckos. Photography By Ghedoghedo...
In a recent paper Liz et al. (2022) noted that hyper-arid sandy and rocky fields rank among the least biologically...
The Press Story from the BBC says, This is the largest marine turtle ever found in Europe! It's called Leviathanochelys...
Some of the most medically important snakes in the world belong to the in the genus Daboia. These vipers have...
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