Sendaviva celebrará el Día de los reptiles y los anfibios el 17 y 18 de septiembre con una serie de actividades dirigidas a los más pequeños, como son juegos y charlas didácticas. Dichas actividades serán totalmente gratuitas para los visitantes del parque y se enmarcan en la campaña de los meses temáticos que ha iniciado esta temporada. Leer más.
Typical chelonians have a rigid carapace and plastron that form a box-like structure that constrains several aspects of their physiology and ecology. The leatherback sea turtle, Dermochelys coriacea, has a flexible bony carapace strengthened by seven longitudinal ridges, whereas the plastron is reduced to an elliptical outer bony structure, so that the ventrum has no bony support. Leer más.
Almost all of the turtles swimming around there … or in any ponds in the city, are descended from animals that were pets,” according to Chris Raxworthy, associate herpetology curator at the American Museum of Natural History. Leer más.
After almost 40 years without giant tortoises, the island of Pinta in the Galapagos had something to celebrate last year, when scientists reintroduced the giant saddleback species to the island. Leer más.
