How many times have you walked into a pet store and been surprised by the variety of amphibians available for purchase? I tend to gawk, awestruck, at these amazing creatures, just as though I’m admiring them during a visit to the zoo: Pacman frogs, White’s tree frogs, Malayan leaf frogs, powder blue poison arrow frogs, the list goes on…and all of these are available to buy. Many of these species are exquisite, exciting, beautiful and definitely non-native to the U.S. of A. But as much as we may love frogs and want to keep them as pets, we have to consider whether taking in such a pet has conservation implications. Leer más.

The British Ecological Society has selected the winners of its annual photographic competition, the theme of which is “celebrating ecology”. This image of a green turtle and snorkellers, which was the overall winner, was taken by Benjamin Magana-Roderiguez in Akumal, Mexico. Ver imágenes.

A new small Arthroleptis from western Guinea, West Africa, is described. The new species differs from all known congeners
by the combination of small size and a peculiar red dorsal colour with irregular large black and small white, yellow
or blue spots. Leer más.

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Es curioso que la entrada más popular de este blog, y por lo tanto la más visitada, es la que se refiere a las Salamandras . Leer más.