New snake species unveiled from Yunnan road find
A newly described semi-fossorial snake from Wenshan Prefecture in southeastern Yunnan raises the genus Plagiopholis to eight valid species.
Tag: herpetology
One frog becomes three: hidden horned frog species rediscovered in Brazil’s Atlantic Forest
A comprehensive taxonomic revision reveals that the widespread horned frog Proceratophrys boiei is actually three distinct species, with two long-buried ...
New fossorial snake species discovered in Indo-Burma biodiversity hotspot
A new fossorial snake species, Trachischium lalremsangai, has been described from Murlen National Park in Mizoram, India, and Chin State, ...
Warm Nests and Lonely Hatchlings: What Captive Tokay Geckos Reveal About Early Life
A captive breeding study of tokay geckos shows that incubation temperature shapes sex ratios, hatching size and development time, while ...
Giant skink discovered in China’s mountains rewrites the record books for a genus of tiny lizards
Herpetologists working in Yunnan Province, China have described Scincella gigas, a giant ground skink more than 316 millimeters long that ...
Hidden in Vietnam’s Mountains: New Treefrog Species Revealed by DNA and Distinctive Colors
A new treefrog species, Zhangixalus matsuii, has been described from the montane forests of Lao Cai Province in northwestern Vietnam ...
High-Atlas Geckos Lay Bigger Eggs as Elevations Rise, Study Finds
A field study of the Atlas Day Gecko in Morocco shows that females at higher elevations produce larger eggs than ...
New leaf-litter frog species emerges from Guangxi’s Jinzhongshan cloud forests
Integrative morphological and molecular evidence confirms Leptobrachella jinzhongshanensis sp. nov., a new leaf-litter frog species from montane evergreen broadleaf forest ...
Tortoise Shells Tell a 15-Year Story of Fires, Roads and Rising Predators
A 15-year study in Serbia shows shell damage in eastern Hermann's tortoises soaring as wildfires, traffic and predators intensify.
Climate change could strip Vietnam’s spiny frog of nearly all its habitat, model warns
Species distribution modeling projects that Vietnam's endemic Mau Son Spiny Frog could lose over 78 percent of its suitable habitat ...
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Mothers who receive childcare support from maternal grandparents show more parental warmth, finds NTU Singapore study
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University of Seville Breaks 120-Year-Old Mystery, Revises a Key Einstein Concept
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Bee body mass, pathogens and local climate influence heat tolerance
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Researchers record first-ever images and data of a shark experiencing a boat strike
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Groundbreaking Clinical Trial Reveals Lubiprostone Enhances Kidney Function
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