By Herp News For 150 years, scientists have known of just two so-called seadragons: the leafy seadragon and the weedy seadragon. But a new paper in the Royal Society Open Science has announced the discovery of a third, dubbed the ruby seadragon for its incredible bright-red coloring. Found only off the southern Australian coastline, seadragons […]
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Feb 18
Feb 18
Lizard politics cost USFW agent his job
Internal USFWS/DOI politics over the status of the dunes sagebrush lizard have cost a field agent his career and shed light on policy decisions at the DOI that bring into question the agency’s compliance with the Endangered Species Act. The Houston Chronicle reports the decision as to whether or not the dunes sagebrush lizard would […]
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Size matters in the battle to adapt to diverse environments, avoid extinction
By Herp News By examining research on global patterns of amphibian diversification over hundreds of millions of years, researchers have discovered that ‘sexually dimorphic’ species — those in which males and females differ in size, for example — are at lower risk of extinction and better able to adapt to diverse environments. Go to Source […]
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That underrated amphibian, the infamous caecilian
When most people think of amphibians, they think of newts, frogs, toads, and salamanders. Very rarely do you see people keeping or talking about yet another species that we know as caecilians. Caecilians are amphibians easily mistaken for a slimy earthworm or snake. But as we take a deeper look at this species, we see […]
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Hunting season could destabilize alligator population
The alligator population in North Carolina is growing, but allowing a hunting season may hurt their long-term security. From newsobserver.com: Moorman, coordinator of N.C. State’s fisheries, wildlife and conservation biology program, said he couldn’t estimate the state’s overall population. He said the survey didn’t try to tabulate all possible gators. They’ve shown up in recent […]
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Sea turtle nest already spotted in South Florida
By Herp News A female leatherback turtle weighing hundreds of pounds crawled onto Singer Island one night last week, becoming the first known sea turtle to lay eggs in South Florida this year. 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: Copperhead
This copperhead is proof gold isn’t the most precious of metals. See what we mean in our herp photo of the day, uploaded by kingsnake.com user HerpLver! Be sure to tell HerpLver you liked it here! Upload your own reptile and amphibian photos photos at gallery.kingsnake.com, and you could see them featured here! …read more […]
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