En un continuo esfuerzo por mejorar esta web, Anfibios y Reptiles de Marruecos y Sahara Occidental disfruta desde ahora de integración con Google Maps y ofrece mapas de distribución de las especies basados en los datos de la IUCN Red List. Leer más.

When I started working on this frog blog post (inspired by the adorable yet deadly poison dart frogs at the National Zoo), my knowledge of frogs was limited to Mr. Toad from The Wind in the Willows and Kermit. Obviously, I had a lot to learn. I have since discovered many amazing, surprising, disgusting and flat-out weird facts about frogs, and have collected the 14 best to share here with you. Leer más.

The Chacoan horned frog (Ceratophrys cranwelli) looks like it is more mouth than frog. Such a large mouth on such a little frog earned it the nickname Pacman frog, from the popular video game. The Chacoan horned frog’s oversized mouth conceals something a little more treacherous—teeth. Leer más.

A rapidly spreading, lethal amphibian disease has reached a site bordering the Darien National Park in Panama — the last area in the entire neotropics region to be free of the disease, scientists announced this week. Leer más.

Derived large-mouthed snakes (macrostomatans) possess numerous specializations in their skull and lower jaws that allow them to consume large vertebrate prey. In contrast, basal snakes lack these adaptations and feed primarily on small prey items. The sequence of osteological and behavioral modifications involved in the evolution of the macrostomatan condition has remained an open question because of disagreement about the origin and interrelationships of snakes, the paucity of well-preserved early snake fossils on many continental landmasses, and the lack of information about the feeding ecology of early snakes. Leer más.