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Asian geckos were observed running over water at nearly a meter per second, as fast as on land. Lab experiments show how. They get support from surface tension but also slap the water rapidly with their feet. They also semi-plane over the surface and use their tail for stabilization and propulsion. They thus sit between insects, which use only surface tension, and larger animals, which run upright via foot slapping alone. Leer más.

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A new species of blunt-nosed viper of the genus Macrovipera is described from the central and southern parts of Iran on the basis of morphological and molecular examination. The mitochondrial Cytb gene was used to investigate phylogenetic relationships amongst the Iranian species of the genus Macrovipera. A dataset with a final sequence length of 1043 nucleotides from 41 specimens from 18 geographically distant localities across Iran was generated. The findings demonstrated that two major clades with strong support can be identified within the genus Macrovipera in Iran. Leer más.

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El passat dimecres, dia 28 de novembre,es va emetre a les 14:00 a la televisió pública valenciana À Punt el reportatge que hem gravat recentment els companys de l’Associació Herpetològica Timon amb l’equip del programa «Terra viva» sobre efectes-trampa, estructures de creació humana com cisternes, basses, aljubs, pous, etc., on hi queda atrapada la fauna salvatge i acaba morint. Leer más.

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