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Researchers have described a leaf-toed gecko new to science from Thailand. The gecko, Dixonius hinchangsi sp. nov. was found near Hin Chang ...
Scientists recently described and named a frog species that is new to science. As part of the process of describing a new species, researchers must also gi...
After the World Health Organization declared snakebite as a neglected tropical disease in 2017, increased efforts have been placed to reduce the number of snake...
Researchers have described two new species of African house snake of the genus Boaedon based on the genetic sequencing of 18 currently recognized...
Recent fieldwork on the Serra da Neve inselberg, a herpetological diversity hotspot in southwestern Angola, revealed the presence of an undescribed species...
Lists of the rarest species are always subjective, as "rare" can be difficult to define. Should it be judged based on the size of the remaining population or ...
A small team of evolutionary biologists has found that a family of snakes known as Elapidae originated in Asia, not Africa, as many in the field have thought....
Throughout the animal kingdom, several species have the ability to regenerate body parts after cuts or damage.A new study examines the genomes of five diff...
Ecologists at a remote Charnley River–Artesian Range Wildlife Sanctuary, have been amazed to discover a blue tree frog. It is the only known discovery of a...
A new study has discovered that the serrated edges of Komodo dragon’s teeth are tipped with iron. Led by researchers from King’s College London, the study giv...
A 13-year-old Brazilian rainbow boa (Epicrates cenchria cenchria) has given birth to 14 babies at a University in the United Kingdom via parthenogenesis, i...
New viper species Ovophis jenkinsi was discovered in the Yunnan province, in the remote region of Yingjiang County and was named in honor of renowned herpe...
A male (left) and female Palmate Newt. Note the distinctive hair-like filament at the end of the male's tail. Photo: NPWS The palmate newt—a newt species na...
Researchers in China have rediscovered the Gammie’s wolf snake (Lycodon gammiei), also know as the Sikkim false wolf snake, in southeastern Xizang, China. ...
Researchers have discovered a new distinctive and secretive snake species in the Hejaz region of Saudi Arabia. Rhynchocalamus hejazicus is a small snake beari...
This innovative drone research will help Aotearoa's threatened lizard species.Many of Aotearoa’s 120+ lizard species are threatened with extinction and occ...
Only 1.2% of squamates, or scaled reptile species—such as the Gila monster—have had their genomes sequenced, compared with 15% of all mammal species. ...
Saudi Spur Chameleon (Chamaeleo calcarifer) was described by Peters in 1870 as Chamaeleo calcaratus and the type locality was erroneously given as Bembatuka. ...
Lecture on amphibian diversity of India as an amphibian Hotspot is planned on April 25, 2024. Speaker: S. D. Biju (Sathyabhama Das Biju) – Professor, Depar...
New research details how this Japanese water beetle eaten by frog and travels through the bowels of its predator to emerge out the other end, alive and unharm...
Some frogs scream at an ear-splitting volume for other animals, but its frequency is inaudible to humans, scientists have discovered. While out in the Amaz...
A canopy dwelling specialist, Cyrtodactylus thalang (comes from the ancient name of Phuket Island, with Thalang meaning "cape") has a prehensile tail. ...
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The threatened California red-legged frog is finding a home in Napa County, thriving on the Wragg Ridge Preserve wetlands just south of Lake Berryessa. The f...
More than 100 million years ago, the ancestors of the first snakes were small legless lizards that lived alongside other small, nondescript lizards in the ...
We are now entering the Sixth Great Extinction. This event, termed by scientists the Anthropocene Mass Extinction, is fueled entirely by humanity’s reckless an...
Researchers have discovered and described a new species of frog of the genus Odorrana in the Leigongshan National Nature Reserve in China. The frog joins 65 s...
Some caecilians feed their young on a combination of their own skin and a nutrient-rich milk-like liquid.An egg-laying amphibian found in Brazil nourishes ...
Known for eyelash-like scales above their eyes, this brilliantly colored eyelash viper is more diverse than scientists ever imagined. According to a study pu...
