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Suzio Report 3/09/12

JCM Mar 9, 2012 2 min read

Howdy Herpers, 03/09/12We’ll get the bummer news out of the…

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Reptiles May Have Evolved Feathers For Sexual Selection

JCM Mar 9, 2012 5 min read

Microraptor A team of American and Chinese researchers has revealed…

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Rattlesnake Round-ups & Drought

JCM Mar 7, 2012 4 min read

Crotalus atrox, JCM The following is being carried by ScrippsNews.com…

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Crawfish Frogs, The Most Secretive Frog in North America

JCM Mar 7, 2012 1 min read

The Most Secretive Frog in North America from Ravenswood Media…

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Systematics of Confused North African Macrovipers

JCM Mar 7, 2012 1 min read

Daboia mauritanica, Casablanca. Photo Credit: Gabri Mtnez In North Africa, three…

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The Garter Snake & TTX

JCM Mar 6, 2012 3 min read

Utah State University biologists have long studied varied species of…

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The Turtle & the Octopus

JCM Mar 6, 2012 2 min read

Hapalochlaena sp. from New South Wales. Photo Credit: David Brenemen…

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View Points on Constricting Snake Ban

JCM Mar 3, 2012 5 min read

The federal government is ready to institute a ban on…

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Sea Turtle Migration Study

JCM Mar 1, 2012 2 min read

Loggerhead, Caretta caretta. JCM Sea turtles have long and complex…

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Spider Predation On A Snake

JCM Feb 29, 2012 1 min read

In South Africa button spiders (Latrodectus, Theridiidae) or widow spiders…

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Polysternon isonae, A New Bothremydid Turtle

JCM Feb 28, 2012 4 min read

Researchers at the Institut Català de Paleontologia Miquel Crusafont (ICP),…

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The Fungoid Frog, More Cryptic Species?

JCM Feb 27, 2012 2 min read

Hylarana malabarica. Vagator, Goa, India. Photo credit: Rakeshb The Fungoid…

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Masked Water Snakes Revised

JCM Feb 26, 2012 3 min read

A. Homalopsis buccata, B. H. mereljcoxi,  C. H. nigroventralis, D.…

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The Tadpole & Buoyancy

JCM Feb 24, 2012 3 min read

Survival and reproduction of many aquatic and semi-aquatic animals can…

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The Chikilidae- A New Family of Ambibians

JCM Feb 23, 2012 4 min read

 Chiklil fulleri a member of the family Chikilidae. A team…

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New Sea Snake From Australia

JCM Feb 22, 2012 2 min read

Photo credit Brian G. Fry A paper, published yesterday in…

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Chrysosporium Threatens Endangered Rattlesnake

JCM Feb 22, 2012 2 min read

The Chicago Tribune is carrying the following story:  CHAMPAIGN, Ill.—…

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Fungal Ant Gardens as Incubators for Snake Eggs

JCM Feb 21, 2012 3 min read

Parental care in snakes is poorly documented. It has been…

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Another Large Python bivittatus from Everglades NP

JCM Feb 18, 2012 2 min read

The following is from the National Parks Traveler webiste. The story is…

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The Smallest Lizard

JCM Feb 16, 2012 3 min read

Size determines much biology in living organisms: what an organism…

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Hormone Triggers Production of Sex Pheromones in Thamnophis

JCM Feb 11, 2012 4 min read

. Garter snake dens in the Interlake region of Manitoba,…

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Snake Venom Forensics

JCM Feb 11, 2012 3 min read

In the science fiction classic Blade Runner, Harrison Ford’s character…

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Loggerhead Feeding Ecology

JCM Feb 8, 2012 4 min read

GAINESVILLE, Fla. – Satellite tracking of threatened loggerhead sea turtles…

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A New Semi-Aquatic Lizard from Peru

JCM Feb 6, 2012 4 min read

There are relatively few aquatic or semi-aquatic lizards. The marine…

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A 1973 Death from a Sistrurus catenatus Bite Recounted

JCM Feb 5, 2012 4 min read

An article in TheDailyNews.com (New York) recounts the 1973 death of…