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Mimicry in Turtle-headed Sea Snakes
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The authors recorded morph frequencies during 18 consecutive years of surveys, and found that the numbers of recruits (neonates plus immigrants) belonging to each morph increased in years when that morph was unusually rare in the population, and decreased when that morph was unusually common.
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The Union Island Gecko population recovers
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The population of Union Island geckos plummeted due to the illegal international pet trade, but conservationists working with local people in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines have helped increase the population.
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Animals are our greatest allies in reforestation
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“Animals are our greatest allies in reforestation…
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Squamates underwent rapid evolution in the Jurassic
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The Squamata are key parts of modern terrestrial faunas, especially in warmer climates, with a diversity of more than 10,000 species. However, understanding the evolutionary paths that made them successful are poorly understood.
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Overlooked species diversity in the Nidua Fringe-fingered Lizard
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In a recent paper Liz et al. (2022) noted that hyper-arid sandy and rocky fields rank among the least biologically diverse habitats, yet knowledge of local biodiversity patterns is poor. The following is a slightly edited version of their introduction to the article. In the Sahara Desert, paleoclimate oscillations affected the extent of hyper-arid habitats,…
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Leviathanochelys aenigmatica, a huge fossil turtle
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The Press Story from the BBC says, This is the largest marine turtle ever found in Europe! It’s called Leviathanochelys aenigmatica, and researchers say it could grow to be as big as a small car (up to 4m). You won’t be coming across it any time soon if you have a dip in the sea…
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Palestine Viper Venom
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Some of the most medically important snakes in the world belong to the in the genus Daboia. These vipers are responsible for some of highest numbers of human envenomations.
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Rattlesnake Venom Research in Ireland
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Snake venom has long shown promise as a treatment for cancer in a wide range of animal trials dating back several years. Celtic Biotech isolated a protein in a type of rattlesnake venom that causes cancer cells to commit cell suicide.
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Atlantic Forest Bushmasters
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They are the largest pit-vipers and the only oviparous pit- vipers in the western hemisphere.
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The Genome of the Guatemalan Beaded Lizard
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Guatemalan Beaded Lizards are known only from the arid regions of the upper Motagua Valley in eastern Guatemala. The isolated desert habitats in this region are surrounded by mountains covered with humid forests, a habitat foreign to this species. The desert patches experience a short but intense annual rainy season, followed by a very long…
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Lizards & Climate Change
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Lizards and Climate Change Temperature is an important factor affecting biological processes in all forms of life. For example, geographical distribution, the speed of enzyme actions, muscle contractions, defense behavior, foraging performance, and reproduction are all impacted by temperature. Therefore it is not surprising that global warming is equal to habitat loss as the most…
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The Banded Krait is composed of multiple lineages
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The kraits in the genus Bungarus, are venomous elapid snakes which inhabit the Asian subcontinent. Most members of the genus are poorly studied, However, recent study on the diversification and evolution of elapid snakes suggests kraits evolved 30–25 million years ago, and are close relative of other Australasian elapid genera and the sea snakes (Lee…
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Viral video reveals entire alligator inside Burmese python’s stomach in Florida
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The following was slightly edited from Natalie Neysa Alund’s article in USA TODAY This 18-foot python caught by workers in the Everglades National Park in Florida was euthanized and during a necropsy, scientists found a whole, 5-foot alligator in its stomach. An intact 5-foot long alligator has been found inside the stomach of Burmese python…
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Global Wildlife Summit in Panama
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Human demand for shark fin soup, particularly in East Asia, has threatened shark populations Joseph Prezioso AFP/File Panama City (AFP) – The trade in shark fins, turtles, and other threatened species will come under scrutiny at a global wildlife summit in Panama, starting Monday, that will also focus on the spread of diseases such as…
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The Giant Whiptail
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The species show considerable ontogenetic changes and while juveniles and young adults are striped, older adults lose the stripes are spotted.
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