This is a recent article that describes some details on the reproductive biology of Bolitoglossa pandi. I found it interesting to see how the eggs are deposited as clutches among leaf litter.
Hey guys! I'm not a regular on Lemmy, in fact this is my first post. But i wanted to share that I made a Reptile/Bug/Amphibian Discord server, for people like us who are absolute nerds about them. I figure that the best place to find like minded people would be here, so yeah I hope you'll all join, and have a Blast! https://discord.gg/EfFTdzd9ft
This one is from today, was pretty stoked to see it, after being pretty spooked to see it. Seen on the Petrified Forest Loop trail at Teddy Roosevelt NP. Was watching a bird that had taken iff and the next thing I knew it was giving me the heads up.
Does anyone have any experience dealing with Russian Sand Boas? I've heard that they are much more active than Kenyan Sand Boas and that Russian Sand Boas spend much less burrowing compared to Kenyans
Rana pyrenaica is considered as endangered because of its small habitat in the pyrenees. Additionally the known populations are seperated from each other due to loss of habitat. We searched for this little fellow around Ordesa and found it next to the hiking trail. There is a little stream, and they love the moving and oxygen rich water. The end of the hike was a big waterfall where we found egg clutches! Really happy about that as this was the first evidence of reproduction at this locality 🐸
There are a few people out there self-dosing with snake venom. The posted article is based on a study on the blood of one of these guys, Tim Friede, who has developed very effective antivenom in his blood after 20 years of self-dosing with a diverse array of snake venoms.
Grumpy, dumpy, and gorgeous! I'm so lucky to have these nearby. They spend most of their lives underground but when it rains in October-November you can hear them call as they start to emerge.
They get their name because their call sounds like a banjo! A commonly heard, but not often seen frog native to Southwest Australia. They spend a lot of their lives burrowed underground or under leaf litter.
One of my favorite frogs! Spent some time specifically looking for it. Managed to find two near Cobá, in Quintana Roo (in the Yucatán peninsula). This frog hides in holes in lime stone and tree trunks, and makes use of its flat head to block the entrance. This type of defense is known as phragmosis.
Found this little gal(?) In my bedroom all emaciated and sluggish, got her a heat pad, uv lamp and fattening it up with small crickets with calcium. Think it's a New Mexican Whiptail but not sure. Looks kinda wrinkly. Is it ok?
Saw this nice guy/gal in front of my shed this morning when I took the dog out. The dog was completely oblivious and I was able to get a nice pic without scaring it off.
Royals aren't exactly the most trainable snakes and Revy still isn't super comfy with moving very far, but she's great at orienting towards the target and did really well today 🥰 I'm very proud of her!
Several 2cm long frogs were found in this tiny little granite pool in the desert. Any IDs would be welcome, I suspect it could be a Litoria of some sort.
On the 9 June 2023, at Mala, Karkala, Karnataka, India, researchers found Rao’s intermediate golden-backed frog, (Hylarana intermedia) with a rather fetching, fungal companion growing out of it's side
I think that is what it is. Extraordinary climbers. I find them on the second floor of the house every few months. I see them outside a few times a week. Colouration is highly variable locally. Here they are green and black.
I was browsing through some literature about color-changing in chameleons and stumbled upon this relatively recent paper about how chameleons will change color where mosquitoes bite them.
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