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New Lady Molossus
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Howdy Herpers, 08/28/12 Two days ago, Gordo and I had just parked my battle-scarred truck in Suizo Wash. As we were egressing from the vehicle, we heard some hollering from above us on Iron Mine Hill. It was Marty Feldner, whom we had sent off to track a batch of animals that were not going…
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USFW Proposes Four Texas Salamanders as Endangered
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Eurycea tonkawae The following has been adapted from an article by Mike Parker at the Cedar Park-Leander Statesman, published on August 21, 2012 The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service proposed this morning (August 21, 2012) listing four Texas salamanders on the Endangered Species Act hours before the Williamson County Commissioners Court approved a resolution against…
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More on Bullfrogs & BD
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Photo by Lisa Schloegel. A bullfrog farm in Brazil. Bullfrogs are raised on farms in Taiwan, Brazil and Ecuador, then shipped live worldwide and sold as food for their legs. ANN ARBOR, Mich. — The global trade in bullfrogs, which are farmed as a food source in South America and elsewhere, is spreading a deadly fungus that…
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Snake & Viruses
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A novel virus has been identified as the possible cause of a common but mysterious disease that kills a significant number of pet snakes all over the world, thanks to research led by scientists at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF)—and three snakes named Juliet, Balthazar and Larry. The virus, previously not thought to…
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Largest Everglades Python Found to Date
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GAINESVILLE, Fla. — On Aug. 10, 2012, researchers at the Florida Museum of Natural History on the University of Florida campus examine the internal anatomy of the largest Burmese python found in Florida to date. The 17-foot-7-inch snake weighed 164 pounds and carried 87 eggs in its oviducts, a state record. Following scientific investigation, the snake will be mounted…
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Survivorship in Hatchlings of Two Species of Emydid Turtles.
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A hatchling Blanding’s Turtle, Emydoidae blandingii Turtles are one of the most endangered reptile clades worldwide and information about their population ecology is essential for species recovery. Although adult spatial ecology and demography of several turtle species is well studied, little is known about early life stages. The small size, soft shell, and limited mobility…
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New Light on Rattlesnake Foraging Behavior
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Crotalus ruber Rattlesnakes rely on multiple sensory systems during foraging and like all pit vipers, rattlesnakes have a pair of heat sensitive, image-forming pits located on the front of their face. Thermal cues from these pits are integrated with visual cues in the central nervous system to produce a single image of the environment .…
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Amphibian Milestone – 7000 Species
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This new species of high-altitude glass frog, Centrolene sabini, in the amphibian family of Centrolenidae, was discovered by Allessandro Catenazzi in the cloud forest of Peru’s Manu National Park at an elevation of nearly 10,000 feet. This Peruvian glass frog tadpole, Centrolene sabini, was hatched from eggs laid on the surface of a leafin Peru’s…
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When Geckos Get Their Feet Wet
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University of Akron Photo. Scientists already know that the tiny hairs on geckos’ toe pads enable them to cling, like Velcro, to vertical surfaces. Now, University of Akron researchers are unfolding clues to the reptiles’ gripping power in wet conditions in order to create a synthetic adhesive that sticks when moist or on wet surfaces.…
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Snake bite victims given wrong treatment
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The tiger snake, Notechis scutatus. The following story is from the Australia media outlet 9News, but the original article it is based upon is cited at the bottom of the post with a link. Many snake-bite victims have been given the wrong antivenom because of flaws in a common test for tiger snake venom, a study…
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Do Snakes Have Necks?
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Erpeton tentaculus. Is this animals mostly an elongated neck? Garth Underwood, has been reported to have said that “….snakes are not necks…” in response to research that suggested that snakes evolved from lizards by elongating their cervical regions at the expense of their bodies. The absence of a pectoral girdle in snakes makes it difficult to determine…
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Natracine Snakes Came Out of Asia to Colonize Africa and the Western Hemisphere
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Natracines, often called water snakes, have a Holarctic distribution with about 29 genera and 210 species found across Asia, Europe, North Africa, sub-Saharan West Africa, as well as North and Central America. Many of these snakes are associated with aquatic habitats and feed on fish and frogs, some have adapted to xeric conditions and may…
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