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Archive for May 5th, 2015


   May 05

Scientists identify frog through DNA without leaving forest

By Herp News Yesterday, a team of Italian scientists caught a frog in a montane forest in Tanzania. And then they made history: using a small blood sample the team were able to extract, purify, and amplify the amphibian’s DNA—all in the forest—through a new, battery-powered device called the Expedition Genomics Lab. Go to Source […]

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   May 05

Python climbs tree in captivating video

Have you ever really considered the mechanics of how snakes climb trees? From the Daily Mail: Moving quickly, the top half of the snake ascends the trunk, while the bottom half of it stays coiled lower down. Wrapping its top half around the tree, the snake then brings the rest of its body up to […]

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   May 05

Limbless wonders: The Western legless lizards

Although they have a superficial resemblance to the eastern glass lizards, the western genus Anniella, is contained in the family Anniellidae. Until very recently the genus was comprised of only 2 species, one in California and northern Baja and a second endemic to Baja California. Initially, based on coloration, the American species, Anniella pulchra, was […]

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   May 05

Herp Photo of the Day: Plumed basilisk

Alert and always keeping his eye on you, this Basiliscus plumifrons shines in our herp photo of the day, uploaded by kingsnake.com user kus! Be sure to tell kus 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 Read more here: […]

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