When it comes to invasive species, the number of ships an island welcomes may be more important than how remote it is. Islands with more trading ties end up with more species of invasive lizard, concludes a study in the Sept. 25 Nature. Leer más.
Karin Tamar, Salvador Carranza, Roberto Sindaco, Jiří Moravec and Shai Meiri. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. Early View (Online Version of Record published before inclusion in an issue). We tentatively conclude that A. schreiberi is restricted to Cyprus and Turkey, reduced to a single form, and that the populations in Lebanon and Israel belong to A. b. asper.Ir al enlace.
 | Las Ranas bermejas (Rana temporaria parvipalmata) ya han comenzado la reproducción en las cotas bajas de Cantabria. Esta noche he observado en unas charcas de Güemes un par de amplexos y numerosos machos solitarios esperando su oportunidad para abrazarse a una hembra… Leer más. |
New research has for the first time provided evidence that reptiles could be capable of social learning through imitation. The ability to acquire new skills through the ‘true imitation’ of others’ behavior is thought to be unique to humans and advanced primates, such as chimpanzees. Leer más.
The complete mitochondrial cytb gene and the partial nuclear c-mos gene of Oligodon ningshaanensis Yuan, 1983 were sequenced and used for reconstructing the phylogenetic relationship of this taxon amongst alethinophidian snakes. Leer más.
