Some vipers have crazy horns - we chat about it, and discuss a brand new species of lizard from South America.
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Main Paper References:
Busschau, T., & Boissinot, S. (2022). Habitat determines convergent evolution of cephalic horns in vipers. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 135(4), 652–664. https://doi.org/10.1093/biolinnean/blac008
Species of the Bi-Week:
Amézquita, A., Daza, J. M., Contreras, L. A. B., Orejuela, C., Barrientos, L. S., & Mazariegos H., L. A. (2022). One more and one less: a new species of large bromelicolous lizard (Gymnophthalmidae: Anadia) from the Andean cloud forests of northwestern Colombia and the phylogenetic status of Anadia antioquensis. Zootaxa, 5150(2), 217–238. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5150.2.3
Other Mentioned Papers/Studies:
Petrovan, S. O., Al-Fulaij, N., Christie, A., & Andrews, H. (2022). Why link diverse citizen science surveys? Widespread arboreal habits of a terrestrial amphibian revealed by mammalian tree surveys in Britain. PloS one, 17(7), e0265156.
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, www.thepassionhifi.com
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168 Similar Snacks for Sympatric Snakes
167 Resistant Caecilians
166 Emotional Support Rattlesnakes
165 Toad vs Toad
164 Isolated Indigo Snakes
163 Geckos Understand the Smell of Trouble
162 My squeak is as bad as my strike
161 Do colourful lizards make better battlers?
160 Glowing Salamanders
159 When Loggerheads come to blows
158 Colossal Crocs are Big River Chillers
157 The Bushmasters of Brazil
156 Comfort Eating Lizards
155 No Eardrums, No Problem
154 The Frogs Who Live With Ants
153 The Rising Toad Tide
152 Pythons as Prey
151 Glassfrogs and Their Transparent Tricks
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