Bringing you the recent scientific advancements in the field of Herpetology.
Episodes
Wednesday Sep 25, 2024
Wednesday Sep 25, 2024
We talk about tourists intimidating lizards, pythons eating each other, and some fun skink action including a brand new dragon-like skink.
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Main Paper References:
Golawska S, Charalambidou I, Surmacki A, Golawski A. 2024. Tourism influences escape behavior of lizards in relationship with human clothing color. Scientific Reports 14:16869. DOI: 10.1038/s41598-024-68092-5.
Species of the Bi-Week:
Wang K, Li L, Mu H-N, Xu S-J, Che J. 2024. A New Species of the Genus Tropidophorus Duméril, Bibron, 1839 (Reptilia: Squamata: Scincidae) from China-Vietnam Border Region in Southeastern Yunnan Province, China. Zootaxa 5486:129–141. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5486.1.6.
Other Mentioned Papers/Studies:
Mahamud I, Asif AA, Rahman MM, Sarker S, Shome AR. 2024. Python eats python: A Burmese Python (Python bivittatus) preying on a Reticulated Python (Malayopython reticulatus) in Bangladesh. Reptiles & Amphibians 31:e21418. DOI: 10.17161/randa.v31i1.21418.
Other Links/Mentions:
Aesculapian snakes paper: https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2024.09.01.610713v1
Editing and Music:
Intro/outro – Treehouse by Ed Nelson
Species Bi-week theme – Michael Timothy
Other Music – The Passion HiFi, https://www.thepassionhifi.com
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