Are mountain kingsnakes multiple species? We try to decide.
Become a Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/herphighlights
Full reference list available at: www.herphighlights.podbean.com
Main Paper References:
Myers, E. A., Rodríguez-Robles, J. A., Denardo, D. F., Staub, R. E., Stropoli, A., Ruane, S., & Burbrink, F. T. (2013). Multilocus phylogeographic assessment of the California Mountain Kingsnake (Lampropeltis zonata) suggests alternative patterns of diversification for the California Floristic Province. Molecular Ecology, 22(21), 5418–5429. https://doi.org/10.1111/mec.12478
Species of the Bi-Week:
Székely, P., Székely, D., Ordó ñez-Delgado, L., Armijos- Ojeda, D., & Vörös, J. (2021). Our unknown neighbor: A new species of rain frog of the genus Pristimantis (Amphibia: Anura: Strabomantidae) from the city of Loja, southern Ecuador. PLoS ONE, 16(10 October), 1–24. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0258454
Other Mentioned Papers/Studies:
Chambers EA, Hillis DM. (2019). The Multispecies Coalescent Over-splits Species in the Case of Geographically Widespread Taxa. Systematic Biology:syz042. https://doi.org/10.1093/sysbio/syz042.
Music:
Intro/outro – Treehouse by Ed Nelson
Species Bi-week theme – Mike Mooney
Other Music – The Passion HiFi, www.thepassionhifi.com
188 Big Wetlands for Big Snakes
187 Anoles on the Night-shift
186 Sleeping Dragons
185 The tortoises are back in town
184 Skin-eating Caecilians
183 Lizards Disrupting Dinner
182 Sea Snake Squad
181 Piebald Pythons
180 Urban Chameleon Warfare
179 Well-armed Newts
178 Meadow Vipers like Grazed Grass
177 Are Iguanas Unwelcome Guests?
176 Snakes and Pharaohs
175 Herding Turtles
174 Rotting Salamanders
173 Never Smile at a Crocodile
172 Super Hybrid Salamanders
171 Weaponised Chameleons
170 Meals for Mamushi
169 Gecko Screams in the Night
Create your
podcast in
minutes
It is Free
Strange by Nature Podcast
Blurry Creatures
Bigfoot Society
Tooth & Claw: True Stories of Animal Attacks
All Creatures Podcast