Scientists studying the mimic poison dart frog (Ranitomeya imitator) suggest it might be separating into two different species. The mimic poison dart frog was discovered in the 1980’s and is only found in Peru. Leer más.
A systematic revision of the genus Hylarana in the Western Ghats-Sri Lanka biodiversity hotspot is presented. Leer más.
In the town of Sudbury, Mass., Jason Kubel, a conservationist with the state’s Division of Fisheries and Wildlife’s Natural Heritage and Endangered Species Program, was searching for a first-ever sample in Massachusetts of a new leopard frog species first discovered in 2012 on Staten Island in New York. Leer más.
 | En una tolla d’aigua a més de 1.500 metres d’altura, dins del Massís del Pic de l’Orri, s’ha localitzat una trentena de capgrossos completament blancs. La troballa l’ha fet de manera fortuïta una tècnic forestal i membre de l’Associació ambientalista Lo Pi Negre. A la tolla hi havia una població d’unes 300 larves de tòtil (Alytes obstetricans) entre les quals es trobaven 26 capgrossos amb una coloració anormal aparentment leucítiques. Leer más. |
The Asian keelback snakes (genus Amphiesma) are a widely distributed group of Old World natricines, inhabiting a variety of niches and exhibiting significant morphological variation. Recent molecular phylogenies suggest that this genus is not monophyletic, and that additional cryptic diversity is also likely present. We conducted a phylogenetic analysis of the group based on 3162 bp of one mitochondrial gene (Cyt. b) and three nuclear genes (C-mos, Rag1, NT3), sampling 18 species in addition to those sequenced in previous works. Leer más.
