Tracking and understanding invasive species is difficult, but even more so when the invasive can interbreed with the endangered native species creating a more powerful hybrid. This episode we look at a hybridising salamander. We also have a very special Species of the Bi-week.
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Main Paper References:
Cooper RD, Shaffer HB. 2023. Managing invasive hybrids with pond hydroperiod manipulation in an endangered salamander system. Conservation Biology:cobi.14167. DOI: 10.1111/cobi.14167.
Species of the Bi-Week:
Major T, Renk P, Reissig J, Paijmans JLA, Morris E, Hofreiter M, Barlow A, Broadley DG, Wüster W. 2023. Museum DNA reveals a new, potentially extinct species of rinkhals (Serpentes: Elapidae: Hemachatus) from the Eastern Highlands of Zimbabwe. PLOS ONE 18:e0291432. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0291432.
Other Links/Mentions:
Conversation article about the Nyanga rinkhals: https://shorturl.at/ouvyL
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
088 Bungarus Bonanza
087 Invasion Evasion
086 Illusionary Tortoises
085 Technicolour Dream Lizards
084 Beady Brains on the Move
083 Humans and Venom
082 Hey skink, why so blue?
081 Is that even a frog?
080 Genetics to the Rescue
079 Close Encounters of the Bird Kind
078 Colour in the Desert
077 Battle Frogs
076 Green Pit Viper Special
075 Trading Blows and Trading Reptiles
074 Actual Cannibal Salamanders
073 Lizards of the Night
072 Sidewinders Sighting Sites
071 Don’t count your Sand Boas before they hatch
070 Amphisbaenian Appetites
069 Freezing Frogs
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