Thursday, February 11, 2010
Sunday, February 7, 2010
Toad News
Cane toad "sausages" are being made in Queensland, and laced with harmless but noxious chemicals, to feed to quolls, in the hope that they don't try to eat live toads. (News source.)
Toad survival traits are making the news after a recent study.
Labels: amphibians, biology, introduced, toads
Saturday, January 30, 2010
Frog News
A PNG frog undergoes a significant ontogenetic color change. (News source.)
An endangered frog's eggs are being frozen for conservation purposes. (News source.)
Labels: behavior, biology, conservation, frogs
Thursday, January 21, 2010
Reptile Biology Notes
The "tentacles" on a tentacled snake are very sensitive to the touch, allowing the snake to find prey in murky water. (News source.)
Wednesday, August 26, 2009
Salamander News
The Jefferson salamander is getting political in Guelph (Ontario). (News source.)
Axolotls can regenerate lung tissue. (News source.)
Labels: biology, politics, salamander
Some Frog News
An interesting photo gallery of treefrogs from Vietnam, here.
Mountain chicken frog tadpoles have some very strange cannibalistic behavior. (News source.)
A new Costa Rica treefrog shows distinctive coloration differences between adults and juveniles, and between genders. (News source.)
Sunday, August 2, 2009
Titanoboa Speculation
Friday, July 17, 2009
Lizard Locomotion
Sandfish (a desert lizard) swim like snakes through the sand. (Eurekalert.)
Friday, July 3, 2009
Rip Van Frog
Wednesday, July 1, 2009
Alabama Coral Snake
Friday, June 26, 2009
Amphibian News
A pic here of a recently discovered transparent frog in Ecuador.
A fish-surfing frog photographed in the UK, here.
Axolotls are being studied for limb regeneration research. (News source.)
Labels: amphibians, behavior, biology, frogs, research, salamander
Tuesday, June 23, 2009
Other Turtle News
A device for fishing nets that might protect sea turtles better is not enthusiastically welcomed by fishermen. (News source.)
Researchers found a leatherback sea turtle tagged in Nova Scotia has turned up in Colombia waters. (News source.)
Labels: biology, conservation, sea turtle, tortoise, turtle
Thursday, June 11, 2009
Elephant Dung as Microhabitat
Monday, June 8, 2009
Thursday, June 4, 2009
Eggs and Gender
Sunday, May 3, 2009
Friday, April 24, 2009
Wednesday, April 22, 2009
Lizard News
Lizards sunbathe for both warmth and vitamin D regulation. (News source.)
Labels: behavior, biology, lizard, new species
Friday, April 3, 2009
Amphibian News
And, a profile here on a Maryland herpetoculturist who specializes in dart frogs.
Labels: biology, breeding, conservation, frogs, politics, salamander
Thursday, April 2, 2009
Immunity for Frogs?
Labels: amphibian decline, biology, disease, frogs
Thursday, March 12, 2009
Tortoise News
Some conservationists argue that the Red List of endangered animals includes species that are actually safe from extinction (including several sea turtles) which takes conservation focus and dollars away from species that truly do need the help. (News source.)
Labels: biology, endangered species, research, sea turtle
Tuesday, February 24, 2009
Racers in Canada
Sunday, December 28, 2008
"Oldest" Tortoise Might Be Mistake
Thursday, December 25, 2008
Fox Snake Study
Wednesday, December 3, 2008
Turtles/Tortoises
The oldest living tortoise appears to be living on St. Helena, brought there from the Seychelles. (News source.)
Labels: biology, sea turtle, tortoise
Monday, December 1, 2008
Cane Toad Changes
Labels: biology, disease, introduced, toads
Friday, November 28, 2008
Gecko Pollination Problem
Labels: behavior, biology, gecko, introduced, lizard
Wednesday, November 26, 2008
Lizard Research
Researchers are investigating speciation in some isolated Australian desert geckos. (News source.)
Galapagos land iguanas are under threat, as some populations show low genetic diversity. (Eurekalert.)
Saturday, November 8, 2008
Turtles Adjust
Labels: behavior, biology, sea turtle
Thursday, November 6, 2008
Sea Snakes Drink Freshwater
Labels: behavior, biology, sea snakes, snakes
Wednesday, November 5, 2008
Embryo Behavior
Monday, October 20, 2008
Deer Help Snakes
Friday, October 3, 2008
Sandfish Swimming
Tuesday, September 30, 2008
Tadpoles vs Insecticide
Labels: biology, conservation, frogs
Horned Lizard Tactics
Sunday, September 28, 2008
Snake Vision
Thursday, July 31, 2008
Friday, July 18, 2008
Cane Toad Snake Snack
Labels: behavior, biology, introduced, snakes, toads
Thursday, July 10, 2008
Tuesday, July 1, 2008
Live Fast, Die Young
Thursday, June 26, 2008
Boreal Toad Anomaly
Labels: amphibian decline, biology, disease, research, toads
Monday, June 23, 2008
Crocodilian News
China is reporting (for some reason) the sighting of some Chinese alligators in the wild. (News source.)
Two gharials were spotted 30km from the Tata Steel Zoological Park (in India ), where they escaped during flooding. (News source.)
An Australian man was fortunate enough to fight off an attack by a 15-foot saltwater crocodile. (News source.)
Baby Nile crocodiles synchronize their hatching by chattering to each other beforehand. (News source.)
Labels: alligator, behavior, biology, bite, crocodile, endangered species, gharial, zoo
Sunday, June 22, 2008
Friday, June 13, 2008
Tuesday, May 27, 2008
Clawed Frog
"'Amphibian horror' isn't a movie genre, but on this evidence perhaps it should be. Harvard biologists have described a bizarre, hairy frog with cat-like extendable claws.
"Trichobatrachus robustus actively breaks its own bones to produce claws that puncture their way out of the frog's toe pads, probably when it is threatened."
Details at New Scientist.
Labels: amphibians, behavior, biology, frogs
Thursday, May 22, 2008
Silvery Salamanders
Labels: biology, salamander
Tuesday, May 20, 2008
Reproductive Plasticity
Labels: amphibians, behavior, biology, frogs
Sunday, May 11, 2008
Ultrasonic Frogs
Friday, April 18, 2008
Rapid Changes in Podarcis
Labels: biology, introduced, lizard
Monday, April 14, 2008
Komodo Research
Monday, April 7, 2008
Lungless Frog
Labels: biology, endangered species, frogs, research
Gator Blood Fights Disease
Friday, March 14, 2008
Gator News
Two suspects in the vandalism at St. Augustine Alligator Farm have been caught. (News source.)
Labels: alligator, biology, exhibition, research, zoo
Tuesday, February 5, 2008
Crocodile News
Chinese parents won a lawsuit against a crocodile farm where their child was killed by a croc. The boy and some friends had snuck over a fence to a staging area, then slung rocks at the reptiles and hit them with sticks. One croc lunged at the boy, and pulled him underwater, where he was eaten. The keeper was not at his station, and other conditions brought the court in the parent's favor. (News source.)

