The climate crisis presents numerous questions about how animals will cope. We look at one frog-focused example where the researchers actually heated up a forest.
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Main Paper References:
Hawley Matlaga TJ, Burrowes PA, Hernández-Pacheco R, Pena J, Sutherland C, Wood TE. 2021. Warming increases activity in the common tropical frog Eleutherodactylus coqui. Climate Change Ecology 2:100041. DOI: 10.1016/j.ecochg.2021.100041.
Other Mentioned Papers/Studies:
Folwell, M. J., Sanders, K. L., Brennan, P. L., & Crowe-Riddell, J. M. (2022). First evidence of hemiclitores in snakes. Proceedings of the Royal Society B, 289(1989), 20221702.
Other Links/Mentions:
Coqui frog call: https://amphibiaweb.org/species/2858#
Editing and Music:
Podcast edited by Emmy – https://www.fiverr.com/emmyk10
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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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
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