The Bornean Flat-headed Frog, Barbourula kalimantanensis, is listed as ‘Endangered’ on the IUCN Red List of Threatened SpeciesTM. This small frog is found in the Kapuas River Basin in Indonesia. It is the only known frog species to have no lungs; instead it gets all the oxygen it needs through its skin. Leer más.

La Reserva de la Biosfera de Fuerteventura organiza una suelta de cinco tortugas ‘boba’ en la Playa de Cofete. Ir al enlace.

«The sale of endangered animals on the Internet has reached an alarming level, with as much as two-thirds of such sales taking place in the United States,» Leer más.

El próximo día 28 de enero tendremos la suerte de poder escuchar al prestigioso herpetólogo Enrique Ayllón, ya que dará una conferencia sobre anfibios y reptiles en el salón de actos de la Casa del Parque de la R.N. Lagunas de Villafáfila a eso de las 10:30 h. Leer más.

Invasive Burmese python hatchlings from the Florida Everglades can withstand exposure to salt water long enough to potentially expand their range through ocean and estuarine environments, according to research in the latest issue of the Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology. Leer más.