 | La Fuente de los Atajuelos, en la Sierra de Huétor es uno de los principales puntos de cría de anfibios del Parque. El recubrimiento liso de azulejos de la alberca asociada, la antigua piscina del vivero forestal, suponía una barrera infranqueable hasta para los pequeños sapos, originando en el pasado eventos de mortandad tras la metamorfosis. Leer más. |
Eslizón tridáctilo ibérico (Chalcides striatus) y Culebra viperina (Natrix maura).
Polluted urban and farm runoff in Hawaii has been linked to lethal tumors in endangered sea turtles. A new study finds that excess nitrogen in the runoff accumulates in algae that the turtles eat and can cause the disease Fibropapillomatosis which is the leading known cause of death in endangered green sea turtles. The disease causes the formation of tumors on the animals’ eyes, flippers, and internal organs. Leer más.
P. alleghaniensis is the largest snake in Virginia, adults averaging in size to a length of 80 inches. They are nonvenomous and, generally, not aggressive. I have caught three full grown Black Rat Snakes within the past three years and, out of those three, one put up a fight. Leer más.
