By Herp News A sneezing monkey, a walking fish and a jewel-like snake are just some of a biological treasure trove of over 200 new species discovered in the Eastern Himalayas in recent years, according to a new report by WWF. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto […]
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Oct 07
Oct 07
Marines Release Tortoises
Photo: Lauren Kurkimilis/Marine Corps via AP Near Twentynine Plams Marine Corps Base, 35 Desert Tortoises were recently released in an effort to repopulate the Mojave Desert at a ceremony with Marine Corps officials, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, California Department of Fish and Wildlife, and researchers from the University of California Los Angeles. Biologists have […]
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[AUTOSAVED] Marines Release Tortoises
Photo: Lauren Kurkimilis/Marine Corps via AP Near Twentynine Plams Marine Corps Base, 35 Desert Tortoises were recently released in an effort to repopulate the Mojave Desert at a ceremony with Marine Corps officials, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, California Department of Fish and Wildlife, and researchers from the University of California Los Angeles. Biologists have […]
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A big house on the prairie: assessing prairie dog colonies for black-footed ferret habitat
By Herp News How can species reintroduction projects ensure success? One way is to accurately monitor the target species and their habitat. A team working to bring back the endangered black-footed ferret to the plains of western North America is deploying unmanned aircraft systems (UASs, UAVs or drones) to strengthen monitoring of the species’ habitat. The World […]
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Night calls reveal two new rainforest arboreal frog species from western New Guinea
By Herp News Tracked by their calls at night, two species of narrow-mouthed frogs have been recorded as new in a research that took place in the Raja Ampat Islands, western New Guinea. During the examinations it turned out that one of the studied specimens is a hermaphrodite and another one represents the first record […]
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Herp Photo of the Day: Common Toad
This great shot of a pair of Bufo bufo in the middle of amplexus helps ring in this Wednesday in our herp photo of the day uploaded by kingsnake.com user Krallenfrosch ! 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 […]
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