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Breaking News - New Technology for Saving Endangered Sea Turtles Uses Decoy GPS Eggs to Catch Poachers And it Works

New Technology for Saving Endangered Sea Turtles By placing decoy eggs into nests on the beach, it could be possible to gather key evidence ...

reptilenesia 23 Jul, 2021

Harlequin Toad - English Museum Successfully Breeds Endangered Harlequin Toad

Endangered harlequin toad Herpetologists at the Manchester Museum have successfully bred a critically-endangered harlequin toad for the firs...

reptilenesia 23 Jul, 2021

Poaching of sea turtles in Tobago: Culture, Consumption and Conservation - reptilenesia

Hawksbill sea turtle at Castara, Tobago. Photo by Mike Rutherford. Background   There are five sea turtle species recorded for Trinidad and ...

reptilenesia 20 Jul, 2021

Reviews for the Trinidad and Tobago Herpetofauna Field Guide - reptilenesia

Reviews for the Trinidad and Tobago Herpetofauna Field Guide - reptilenesia In 1997, John Murphy's book covered an account of the amphib...

reptilenesia 20 Jul, 2021

Neotropical Blind Snake, Amerotyphlops cf brongersmianus - reptilenesia

Neotropical Blind Snake, Amerotyphlops cf brongersmianus Identification Size. 325 mm TL, tail about 2.1% SVL. Identification. Cigar-shape...

reptilenesia 20 Jul, 2021

Lack of chytrid disease in Tobago's frogs - reptilenesia

Boana xerophylla  from Tobago (Photo by: Renoir Auguste) Introduce of Mannophryne  olmonae  Chytridiomycosis has caused declines in multiple...

reptilenesia 20 Jul, 2021

Simla's Reptiles and Amphibians - reptilenesia

Photo by Renoir Auguste Simla's Reptiles and Amphibians Introduce The William Beebe Research Station, also known as Simla is known by ma...

reptilenesia 20 Jul, 2021

Tadpoles of the Tobago Glass Frog - reptilenesia

A metamorph of the Tobago Glass Frog. Description of  Hyalinobatrachium orientale tobagoense The Tobago glass frog, Hyalinobatrachium orient...

reptilenesia 20 Jul, 2021

Anolis sagrei (Duméril and Bibron, 1837) Introduced - Reptilenesia

Anolis sagrei  - Reptilenesia A Brown Anole, Anolis sagrei , photographed in southern Florida. JCM Description of Anolus Sagrei  Size. Males...

reptilenesia 20 Jul, 2021

Trinidad Blindsnakes - Amerotyphlops trinitatus - reptilenesia

Note similarity between head and tail. Trinidad Blindsnakes,  Amerotyphlops trinitatus  TRAITS. These snakes resemble earthworms and have li...

reptilenesia 20 Jul, 2021

Brazilian Bent-toed Gecko, Gymnodactylus geckoides Spix - Reptilenesia

Bent-toed Gecko, Gymnodactylus geckoides  is listed here on the basis of a single museum specimen. It is not likely part of the current faun...

reptilenesia 13 Jul, 2021

Additional evidence for Phyllomedusa trinitatus being distinct from P. tarsius - reptilenesia

Phyllomedusa trinitatis. JCM The Tarsier Leaf Frog (family Phyllomedusidae), was described as Pithecopus tarsius by Cope in 1868. It is foun...

reptilenesia 1 Jul, 2021

Another Anolis lizard introduced to Trinidad - reptilenesia

Anolis cristatellus (Photo by Kester Dass) As of 2018, there have been eight species of  Anolis  lizards reported for Trinidad and Tobago (...

reptilenesia 1 Jul, 2021

Herpetofauna results from the Toco Bioblitz - reptilenesia

Bioblitz results. Photo by Renoir Auguste The seventh annual Bioblitz of Trinidad and Tobago came and went.  The amphibian and reptile group...

reptilenesia 20 Jul, 2021

The frog Leptodactylus nesiotus is no longer endemic to Trinidad - reptilenesia

Leptodactylus nesiotus from Trinidad. Photo by Renoir Auguste. As of 2014, the island of Trinidad was known to have four species of endemic...

reptilenesia 1 Jul, 2021

The elusive and important freshwater turtles of Trinidad - reptilenesia

One of three native freshwater turtles on Trinidad: Gibba turtle ( Mesoclemmys gibba ) Photo by Renoir Auguste. Trinidad and Tobago are well...

reptilenesia 1 Jul, 2021

Tracking Trinidad's Treefrogs - Reptilenesia

Leaf nesting frog ( Phyllomedusa trinitatis ) from Trinidad. Photo by Renoir Auguste One of the fundamental aspects of assessing the ecology...

reptilenesia 21 Jun, 2021

Tadpole cannibalism in Trinidad - reptilenesia

Trinidad stream frog ( Mannophryne trinitatis ) feeding on its conspecific. Photo by Renoir Auguste The idea of cannibalism brings thoughts ...

reptilenesia 21 Jun, 2021

New snake, now a new lizard for Tobago - Reptilenesia

Tobago appears to have an amazing array of unique animals, when compared to Trinidad. Both islands have species unique to each island. Yet, ...

reptilenesia 21 Jun, 2021

Tracking the Himalayan history from the evolution of hundreds of frogs, lizards and snakes - Reptilenesia

IMAGE:  The Himalaya and representative amphibians and reptiles. view more  Credit: @Science China Press The Himalaya are am...

reptilenesia 20 Jun, 2021