In a slightly shambolic episode we mix up the format, this Bi-week we take a look at some lost species and their recent rediscoveries. FULL REFERENCE LIST AVAILABLE AT: herphighlights.podbean.com
References:
1) Jackson’s climbing salamander (Bolitoglossa jacksoni)
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/news/2017/10/salamanders-extinct-species-rediscovery-guatemala/
https://www.globalwildlife.org/jacksons-climbing-salamander/
https://amphibiaweb.org/cgi/amphib_query?where-genus=Bolitoglossa&where-species=jacksoni
2) Pygmy blue tongue skink (Tiliqua adelaidensis)
Milne, T., Bull, C. M., & Hutchinson, M. N. (2003). Use of burrows by the endangered pygmy blue-tongue lizard, Tiliqua adelaidensis (Scincidae). Wildlife Research, 30(5), 523-528.
Milne T, Bull CM, Hutchinson M (2003). "Fitness of the endangered pygmy blue tongue lizard Tiliqua adelaidensis in artificial burrows". Journal of Herpetology. 37 (4): 762–765.
Funny skink video: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-02-24/monarto-zoos-pygmy-blue-tongue-lizard-breeding-success/7195136?section=sa
3) Palawan Forest Turtle (Siebenrockiella leytensis)
https://www.turtleconservancy.org/programs/palawan
https://www.pna.gov.ph/articles/1042202
4) Bornean rainbow toad (Ansonia latidisca)
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Leticia_Ochoa-Ochoa/publication/216019689_Planning_amphibian_conservation_in_Mexico/links/0f317535a27be25d88000000/Planning-amphibian-conservation-in-Mexico.pdf#page=6
5) Albany Adder (Bitis albanica)
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/news/2017/05/albany-adder-venomous-snake-extinct/
https://www.africansnakebiteinstitute.com/snake/albany-adder-2/
6) Inland taipan (Oxyuranus microlepidota)
https://web.archive.org/web/20090613092123/http://www.qm.qld.gov.au/features/snakes/taipan/rediscovery.asp
7) Armoured Mistfrog, Armoured Frog (Litoria lorica)
https://amphibiaweb.org/species/1269
8) Arakan Forest Turtle (Heosemys depressa)
Platt, S. G., Myo, K. M., Ko, W. K., Maung, A., & Rainwater, T. R. (2010). Field observations and conservation of Heosemys depressa in the Rakhine Yoma Elephant Range of western Myanmar. Chelonian Conservation and Biology, 9(1), 114-119.
9) Allan's lerista, Greater Robust Fine-lined Slider, Retro slider (Lerista allanae)
https://theconversation.com/australian-endangered-species-retro-slider-12076
http://www.environment.gov.au/cgi-bin/sprat/public/publicspecies.pl?taxon_id=1378
10) Cropan’s boa (Corallus cropanii)
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/news/2017/02/snakes-boa-rediscovered-brazil/
11) Andayapa Andes Toad (Rhaebo olallai)
https://www.globalwildlife.org/blog/tiny-lost-and-found-toad-becomes-harbinger-of-hope/
Other lost species: https://www.globalwildlife.org/search-for-lost-species/
Music:
Intro/outro – Treehouse by Ed Nelson
Other Music – The Passion HiFi, www.thepassionhifi.com
048 The Frog After Tomorrow
047 Iguanas Rock
046 Stinky Turtles
045.5 Question - Snake Eyes
045 King Among Cobras
044 Where Those Herps At?
043 Lazy Dragons, Lazy Newts
042 A Christmas Miracle
041 Learned Lizards
040 Complications of Captivity
039 An Appetite for Arboreality
038 A Frog Over Troubled Water
037 Chameleon Comeback
036 Crocodiles of the Mekong
035 Caecilians Caecilians Caecilians
034 Hybrid Pythons
033 Lost in Translocation
032 Duplicitous Dendrobatids
031 From Tortoise Brutality to Snail-eating Snakes
030 Attack of the Toxic Toads
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