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Archive for May 6th, 2015


   May 06

Snakes’ dining habits shaped by ancestry, relationships more so than ecology

By Herp News Diets of snakes from a temperate region in South America may depend more on phylogeny (ancestry) than ecology. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

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   May 06

Boy brings snake that bit him to the hospital

A boy in India caused a stir by catching the snake that bit him and taking it to the hospital. From DNA India: “Sandesh was well informed about the dangers of a snakebite. He very well knew sleeping causes venom to spread rapidly all over the body and hence he did not sleep,” Nayak said. […]

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   May 06

Herp Photo of the Day: Bearded anole

A less common, but no less interesting anole, the Escambray bearded anole (Anolis chamaeleolis guamuhaya) takes the spotlight in our herp photo of the day, uploaded by kingsnake.com user chrisred! Be sure to tell chrisred you liked it here! Upload your own reptile and amphibian photos photos at gallery.kingsnake.com, and you could see them featured […]

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   May 06

Using freely available tools to monitor forest cover in critical chimpanzee habitat

By Herp News Think of it as trying to help the long-lost cousins who never left your home town. Researchers and friends at the Jane Goodall Institute (JGI) are doing just that for chimpanzees. Our closest living relatives still live in their hometown African forests but these forests are under increasing threat. Go to Source […]

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