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
090 Little Snakes in the Big City
089 Flummoxed by Fluorescence
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
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