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Archive for September 21st, 2015


   Sep 21

How a frog’s molecules ‘leaped,’ and ‘crawled,’ to evolve violet vision

By Herp News The African clawed frog’s process for adaptive color vision is full of mysterious twists and turns, an evolutionary biologist explains in a new article about the frog’s shift from ultraviolet to violet vision. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

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   Sep 21

Tracking crocodiles travel with technology

More than 130 crocodiles have been captured and fitted with waterproof transmitters as part of a long term University of Queensland study into how the creatures use the environment. The data-gathering program is the largest and longest of its type, beginning in 2008 and set for another 10 years thanks to a new generation of […]

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   Sep 21

Giri’s Bronzeback Tree Snake

The world is gifted with beautiful flora as well as fauna but still there are many hidden creatures in this ecosystem who work behind the scenes to contribute to the tremendous beauty which we see today. Often these beauties ‘who work behind the scenes’ are poorly known and leave the world mystified about their salient […]

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   Sep 21

Herp Photo of the Day: Elongated Tortoise

Way better than pumpkin spice, this Elongated tortoise brings on fall in our herp photo of the day uploaded by kingsnake.com user reptileszz ! Be sure to tell them 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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