By Herp News Researchers working in the Mekong region of Southeast Asia discovered 367 new species between 2012-2013, and are finding them at a rate of one new species every two days. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links
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Jun 04
Jun 04
Colorful bird on remote Indonesian islands should be classified as distinct species, say scientists
By Herp News A colorful bird found on the Wakatobi islands south of Sulawesi in Indonesia is sufficiently distinct from birds in nearby areas to be classified as a unique species, argue scientists writing in the current issue of the open-access journal PLoS ONE. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products […]
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First intact skull of Mediterranean worm lizard found
By Herp News ( PLOS ) The first intact skull of a Mediterranean worm lizard has been found in Spain. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links
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11-Million-Year-Old Weird Worm Lizard Discovered
By Herp News This family, known as blanids, includes the only worm lizards found on land in Europe, said study researcher Arnau Bolet, a doctoral student at the Institut Català de Paleontologia Miquel Crusafont in Barcelona. “Thus, the study of a complete fossil skull more than 11 million years old was an unprecedented opportunity.” [The […]
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Turtle hospital scores grant
By Herp News Shell Canada is awarding the Georgian Bay Turtle Hospital with a $50,000 grant. The hospital has been struggling to become a functional rehabilitation centre. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links
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Ancient 900-pound croc named after Tolkein monster
A newly identified extinct reptile known as a dyrosaur has been named after a literary monster. From Live Science: It was 16 feet (4.8 meters) long and tipped the scales at 900 lbs. (408 kilograms). With a blunt snout and powerful bite, it ate turtles and battled monster snakes. Now this extinct dyrosaur, a type […]
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Office Intern
By Herp News The Asian Turtle Program was established in 1998 and incorporated into the Cleveland Metroparks Zoo/Cleveland Zoological Society’s Asia regional program in 2003. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links
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