By Herp News Tracking lions, photographing bats, collecting insects, bringing elephants home: it’s all part of a day’s work in Gorongosa National Park. This vast wilderness in Mozambique was ravaged by civil war. However, a unique and ambitious 20-year-effort spearheaded by Greg Carr through the Gorongosa Restoration Project is working to restore this rich and […]
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Jan 29
Jan 29
Hatchet-faced treefrogs are just right
The calls of the various anurans were almost deafening as we maneuvered the motor canoe in and out of the beds of floating water lettuce and hyacinths. Pings, squeaks, grunts, groans, beeps, and clicks of various pitches and intensities intermingle and require stopping and listening intently to sort out. Most of the callers were hylids […]
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Girl pushes for bill to name Idaho state amphibian
An 8th grader in Idaho is pushing her representatives to declare the Idaho giant salamander the state amphibian. From the Spokesman-Review: The young woman has been pushing the bill for five years now, and last year, it passed the Senate on a 33-2 vote. But it never got a committee hearing in the House. “In […]
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Lizard Squad
By Herp News The ill-fated national airline could not have been more unfortunate over the past one year. Following the two shocking air crashes, MAS' website was intruded by hackers merely three days ago. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links
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Herp Photo of the Day: White's Tree Frog!
It’s our herp photo of the day, uploaded by kingsnake.com user Reptiles_Impact! Upload your own reptile and amphibian photos photos at gallery.kingsnake.com, and you could see them featured here! …read more Read more here: King Snake No products found. Amazon Auto Links
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No, Lizard Squad Was Not Responsible For Facebook Outage
By Herp News Lizard Squad may have claimed to have taken down Facebook and its photo sharing property Instagram, but a source with knowledge of the matter tells Forbes it was almost certainly an internal error. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links
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