By Herp News SOUTHAMPTON, England, March 21 (UPI) — A prehistoric flying reptile has been named for the 9-year-old British girl who found fossilized bones of the creature on the Isle of Wight, scientists said. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

By Herp News Scientists have discovered two new species of woodlizards from the Peruvian Amazon. Woodlizards, in the genus Enyalioides, are little-known reptiles with only 10 described species found in South and Central America. Described in a new paper in ZooKeys, both new woodlizards were found in Cordillera Azul National Park, the nations third-largest. Go […]

What! What are you waking me up for? I don’t want to wake up. Ten o’clock is too early to wake up. If you want me up then you’re gonna have to pull me out of mynewspaper. Fine. See if I care if you take away my newspaper. You’re mean! No I don’t want to […]

Geckos and other arid zone reptiles may be in for a tough battle to survive, thanks to climate change. From the science site Phys.Org: In a study, published in the journal Diversity and Distributions, the team led by PhD researcher Paul Duckett, used a new modelling technique to predict if the Australian gecko; the Tree […]

What’s up with the tiny heads of sea snakes? Evolution, say scientists at the University of Adelaide in Australia. From the university website: An international team of scientists led by Dr Kate Sanders from the University of Adelaide, and including Dr Mike Lee from the South Australian Museum, has uncovered how some sea snakes have […]

By Herp News Ants are an important ecological group in both degraded and natural habitats. They interact with many other species and mediate a range of ecological processes. These interactions are often interpreted in the context of ant mosaics, where dominant species form strict territories, keeping other ants out. This segregation between ant species is […]

By Herp News Two surveys in the mountainous forests of Sri Lank’s Peak Wilderness Sanctuary have uncovered eight new species of frogs, according to a massive new paper in the Journal of Threatened Taxa. While every year over a hundred new amphibians are discovered, eight new discoveries in a single park is especially notable. Sri […]

By Herp News Byline: Cornish Camels raise £1,010 for the new Lizard lifeboat fund Page Content: In huge support of the new Lizard Lifeboat fund, a fantastic night out with a ’5 A DAY’ fancy dress theme raised a superb £1,010. The evening included live entertainment and a huge number of folk from the Lizard […]

By Herp News The fossilized remains of a huge prehistoric flying reptile was unveiled at the Rio de Janeiro National Museum where an international congress on the extinct species is to be held in May. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

By Herp News A self-described ” turtle team” captured a turtle at sea – with the guidance of state officials – and removed a large fishing hook from the animal’s fin off Poolenalena Beach in Makena on Thursday. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links