Gender & Life Span in Komodo Dragons
A female Komodo dragon guarding her nest in Indonesia. Credit:…
A New Thai Parachute Gecko
Ptychozoon kaengkrachanense. Photo by M. Sumontha. Seven species of parachute…
Two recent publications on invasive snakes in the USA
Invasive species have become common place, and invasive snakes can…
An unusual method of nitrogenous waste excretion in the softshell turtle Pelodiscus sinensis
Pelodiscus sinensis Photo credit Bastet78 Chinese soft-shelled turtles are exquisitely…
Suizo Report — 10-5 and 10-6-2012, Marty Speaks
Howdy Herpers, 9 October 2012 Once again we let Marty Feldner,…
Why is Python bivittatus so successful in Florida?
Python bivittatus. JCM Why has the Burmese python (Python bivittatus)…
Urban Snakes from Brazil’s Atlantic Forest
Helicops angulatus. JCM Snake species living in urbanized areas are…
A Snail’s Escape Response to Snake Predation
Snails that can shed their tails to escape much faster-moving…
Suizo Report — Hauling a$$ and sitting tight
Howdy Herpers, 10/03/12 In the report that went out yesterday,…
Dwarf species of herbivorous fanged dinosaur from southern Africa
Art by Tyler Keillor A new species of plant-eating dinosaur…
Suizo Report — Marty Rants and Raves, 28 and 29 September 2012
Howdy Herpers, Tuesday, 2 October 2012 And happy October to all…
Study finds snakes in the wild harbor deadly mosquito-borne EEEV virus through hibernation
The following is being carried by Medicalpress.com Snakes in the…
Suizo Report — 21 through 23 September, 2012
Marty Feldner and I are tag teaming with this report.…
The Bornean earless monitor lizard in Kalimantan
The Bornean herpetofauna has about 146 amphibians and 254 reptiles…
Impact of Harvesting on the Map Turtle
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — University of Florida researchers studying river turtles…
Giant Salamanders and peramorphosis
Giant salamanders (Cyptobranchidae) can live for a century, grow to…
A second look at frog reproductive modes
A New Guinea microhylid with eggs.Photo credit David Bickford STONY…
Did advanced snakes evolve from a scolecophidian?
A scolecophidian, Epictia tenella. JCM STONY BROOK, NY, September 18,…
On the trail of herbal snakebite antidote
Puff Adder, Bitis arietans. JCM PLANT MEDICINE A PhD student…
Snakes & Spiders in Guam
Boiga irregularis, USGS Photograph In one of the first studies…
The Bockadams of the genus Cerberus
Thinking about herpetological field work in Thailand brings back a…
Suizo Report — Paradise in Paradise
Howdy Herpers, 09/10/12 I’ve got to pinch myself to see…
The fangless homalopsid snakes of eastern Indonesia
Snakes in the family Homalopsidae have been long considered semiaquatic…
A Revision of the Lizards in the Family Teiidae
Dracaena guianensis and its unusual teeth, used for crushing mollusk shells. JCM Genera in…
A Visual Depiction of Vertebrate Biodiversity Distribution
The following is a post placedon the savingspecies.org website yesterday…
