The critically endangered leaf-scaled (Aipysurus foliosquama) and short-nosed (A. apraefrontalis) sea snakes are currently recognised only from Ashmore and Hibernia reefs ~600km off the northwest Australian coast. Leer más.

A new study focusing on the Bornean gliding lizard (Draco cornutus) has discovered the lizards disguise themselves as falling leaves when they glide from tree to tree. Lizards of the genus Draco are they only living lizards with extendable membranes used for gliding (for more info on flying lizards please refer to Flying Herps Part III: Lizards). Leer más.

We describe a new species of Lower Jurassic (Hettangian/Sinemurian–Pliensbachian) ichthyosaur, Ichthyosaurus anningae, sp. nov., from west Dorset, England, U.K. Leer más.

C. RATO, I. SILVAROCHA, E. GONZÁLEZ-MiRAS, F. RODRÍGUEZ-LUQUE, B. FARÑñA, M. A. CARRETERO. HERPETOZOA 27 (3/4) Wien, 30. Jänner 2015 SHORT NOTE. In the present study, mitochondrial markers were used to assess the putative origin(s) of some of these European populations, namely those from the Canary islands and iberia. Descargar pdf.

A number of invertebrates and 33 dead reptiles, which appear to have been tagged for use as specimens, were also discovered amongst more than 157 reptiles and amphibians being transported out of Western Australia. Leer más.