Also known as black-eyed leaf frogs, the Morelet’s tree frog is striking with its lime-green body, jet-black eyes, and vibrant orange underbelly. Found in moist, subtropical lowland rainforests and wetland habitats of Belize, Brazil, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras and Mexico, this small frog species thrives in pristine sub-tropical habitats with permanent bodies of water in which they can breed. During the summer months, they will breed and deposit clutches of 50 to 75 eggs on vegetation or rocks over water. When the eggs hatch, the larvae fall into the water to complete their development into frogs. Leer más.
I just finished reading the book Swimming With Crocodiles: A True Story of Adventure and Survival by Will Chaffey. Much to my surprise this book had very little to do with crocodiles (it really helps if you read a book’s description and don’t just go by the title icon wink Book Review: Swimming With Crocodiles ). Leer más.
Clasificada anteriormente como Lamprophis fuliginosus. El estudio de Kelly et al. en 2011 indica que Lamprophis fuliginosus es un complejo de especies para el cual, el termino Boaedon vuelve a usarse, quedando esta especie clasificada como Boaedon fuliginosus. El género Lamprophis queda agrupando 4 especies de serpientes sudafricanas. Leer más.
A colorful new lizard species of the family Agamidae has been discovered in southern Vietnam by a team of Russian and German herpetologists. Calotes bachae is a well known lizard but was thought to be another blue lizard species, Calotes mystaceus, from Myanmar and Thailand. Leer más.
