The snake that holds the popular title of «world’s most venomous» is the inland taipan (Oxyuranus microlepidotus), an inhabitant of Australia’s arid interior. Astonishingly, a single bite from an inland taipan is capable of delivering enough venom to kill 250,000 lab mice. Leer más.
 | Uno de los mitos más extendidos desde la antigüedad es el de la relación entre la salamandra y el fuego, y que incluso le da el nombre en inglés a la salamandra común (Fire salamander). Las primeras referencias a esta relación aparecen en al mitología griega. Prometeo, el Titán amigo de los mortales, subió al monte Olimpo para robar el fuego a los dioses y entregárselo a los humanos, ya que Zéus se lo había quitado como castigo a un un engaño que Prometeo le había hecho con el reparto de un buey. Leer más. |
It is that time of the year again in Holland …winter has ended and all the amphibians are anxious to start their annual spring migration. Spring arrived quite soon after a very mild winter. We observed active amphibians throughout fall and winter. However, most of the animals snoozed most of winter and are active only since of few weeks. – Leer más.
Four species of endemic Leptobrachium are known from Borneo, two lowland species L. kanowitense and L. abbotti, a montane species L. montanum, and a highland species L. gunungense. Of these, both L. montanum and L. abotti were found to contain several cryptic species by recent molecular studies. Leer más.
This is the third post in The Field Museum series. The museum had a huge animal exhibit that spanned several rooms and included everything from large African mammals to US songbirds to Asiatic cobras. There were several rooms containing wonderful amphibian and reptile displays. – Leer más.
