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Even snakes have their charismatic megafauna - Reptilenesia

Bitis harenna From Gower et al. 2016 Last year, I wrote about the 10,000th reptile and the 3,500th snake  species to be described by scienti...

reptilenesia 25 Apr, 2021

Book Review: Bushmaster by Dan Eatherley - Reptilenesia

Bushmaster ( Lachesis muta ) from Peru Lachesis is the name of one of the three Greek Moirai or Fates , sister-deities who determined the de...

reptilenesia 25 Apr, 2021

Do snakes sleep? - Reptilenesia

Do snakes sleep? Do they dream? These may seem like obvious questions, especially since almost every species of mammal, bird, reptile, amph...

reptilenesia 25 Apr, 2021

Snake poop and the adaptive ballast hypothesis - Reptilenesia

Alternate title suggested by David Steen :  Why snakes might benefit from holding it  Most people probably spend as little time as possible ...

reptilenesia 25 Apr, 2021

Basics of Snake Fangs - Reptilenesia

Solenoglyphous fangs of a Gaboon Viper Snake fangs are specialized, elegantly modified teeth. Some are like hypodermic needles, others are m...

reptilenesia 25 Apr, 2021