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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030 Attack of the Toxic Toads
029 Striking Snakes
028 Indigo Snakes
027 The Curious Case of the Collapsed Chelonian
026 Assortment of Anoles
025 Return of the Invertebrates
024 News Niche - Crabs and p-values
023 Some smooth, some grassy, all hungry
022 The Ebb and Flow of Water Snakes
021 Frugivorous Monitors
020 The Magnificent Vipers
019 Invertebrates Strike Back
018 Big Trouble in Little Chameleons
017 ANACONDAS
016 Slimy Salamander Sociality
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015 Serpents of the Sea
014 Crocs
013 Frog Fungus
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