By Herp News Do you know where your study animals are? How fast have they travelled over the past day or week? How far are they from a river, or from a highway? Previously, wildlife biologists had to estimate the locations of their study subjects, using either triangulation from two or more receiver locations or […]
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Jun 18
Jun 18
The many patterns of the yellow rat snake
In Columbia County, Florida yellow rat snakes, Pantherophis obsoletus quadrivittatus, are not apt to be yellow. And many fail to have the 4 prominent lines so typical of the subspecies further south. In fact, although some may be prominently striped, the rat snakes in this mentioned region are more apt to be brownish yellow and […]
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Researchers are rediscovering amphibians long thought extinct
A biodiversity survey in the Philippines found species unseen for decades: the Malatgan River caecilian and Palawan toadlet. From National Geographic: When the expedition finally stumbled across the serpentine amphibian, it was at the end of a road and a seven-hour hike beyond that from the nearest village. The area is known as Cleopatra’s Needle. […]
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Herp Photo of the Day: Hat tip to the green iguana
Hat tip to the green iguana! The animal that brought so many of us to the cold-blooded side deserves center stage in our herp photo of the day, uploaded by kingsnake.com user knoxville! Be sure to tell knoxville you liked it here! Upload your own reptile and amphibian photos photos at gallery.kingsnake.com, and you could […]
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