A team of biologists led by The University of Texas at Arlington has discovered a new tiny lizard species in the Paria Peninsula of northeastern Venezuela. This discovery, accepted for publication in the Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, highlights the unique characteristics of this gecko, including its small size (about 2.5 inches long), brown color, cone-shaped head, long snout and particular skull anatomy. Leer más.
En el último mes el CREAC ha recibido más de 200 tortugas de tierra principalmente de la especie Testudo hermanni, la tortuga mediterránea. La especie está protegida y catalogada en peligro de extinción. Leer más.
La enfermedad del gusano pulmonar de las serpientes, que es capaz de infectar a 19 especies diferentes, se está extendiendo por el sureste de Estados Unidos. Leer más.
We provide the first diversity assessment of Iranian species of the genus Asaccus based on COI DNA-barcoding. We analyzed 53 samples of Iranian Asaccus representing nine OTU corresponding to 10 currently recognzied nominal species, and evaluated both morphological and genetic data to support the recognition of a new species from Bandar-e Jask, Hormozgan Province, southern Iran—Asaccus authenticus sp. nov. Leer más.
As result of this study, the Bolitoglossa diminuta species group is now recognized to encompass seven species, all confined within the limits of the Cordillera de Talamanca. Leer más.
