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2014 is Named “The Year of the Salamander”
[…]Reading Salamander larvae Still Being Used as Fish Bait in the USA New Population of Endangered Axolotls Found…in Mexico City! Twelve Rare US Amphibians in Need of […]
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Phorid or Scuttle Flies – A Common Pest in Herp and Invertebrate Collections – Part 1
[…]eggs. This puzzled me until it was discovered me (not by me!) that the flies lay their own eggs on the shells of reptile eggs – the hatchling maggots are so tiny that they actually enter the egg via the air pores in the shell! It’s not known whether they […]
Mate Selection and Sperm Competition in the Painted Dragon, Ctenophorus pictus, and Other Reptiles
[…]on the Venezuelan llanos. In many different animals, sperm can remain alive and able to fertilize eggs for years to come. Queen termites mate once and somehow produce fertilized eggs for up to 20 years after! Further information concerning research with this species at Wollongong University is available […]
Breeding the Green Iguana – Indoor and Outdoor Nest Sites – Part 1
[…]site, but its better to induce them to lay in a specific place, so that you can easily remove the eggs for incubation (it’s difficult to successfully incubate eggs in an outdoor nest). Constructing an Outdoor Nest Site Gravid females will be drawn to dark, moist, protected nesting sites that […]
Urban Herping – Finding Snakes in New York City
[…]be the oddest urban herp experience – Hunting Alligators in NYC’s Sewers. Urban Amphibians: Axolotls Found in Mexico City Park Snakes of NY: Photos and Information Snakes in Indian Cities Milksnake image referenced from wikipedia and originally posted by […]
Ant Mimicry in the Giant Spiny Stick Insect (Macleay’s Spectre), Extatosoma tiaratum: An Unbelievable Survival Strategy
[…]captiulum’s collar is a favored food of ants of the genus Leptomyrmex. The ants carry the eggs into their nest, where the collar is eaten. The stick insect’s eggs are then discarded in the ant colony’s underground rubbish pile, where, protected from predators and the fires that regularly ravage the […]
Providing Clean Water to Reptiles and Amphibians – The Nitrogen Cycle
[…]that most amphibians, especially largely-aquatic species such as African Clawed Frogs and Mexican Axolotls, absorb water and dissolved chemicals over a much greater surface area than do fishes (scale-less fishes, such as eels, loaches and most catfishes, are similar to amphibians in this regard). In fact, when we administer fish […]
Egg Retention (Dystocia) in Turtles – the Problem and Some Solutions – Part 2
[…]– Oxytosin and Surgery If your turtle appears to be gravid but cannot seem to deposit her eggs, prompt veterinary attention is necessary. As mentioned in Part 1 of this article, retained eggs invariably lead to infection and, eventually, the female’s death. Oxytosin, a medication used to induce labor in human […]
Research Note – Amazing Parental Care Supplied by Mountain Chicken Frogs
[…]oophagus (egg-eating) poison frog tadpoles, the chicken frog larvae do not wait until the eggs are actually deposited, but rather swarm about the female’s cloaca, eating ravenously as the eggs emerge. It’s quite a scene! A Taxing Time for Mom Subsequent research has revealed that the harried mother uses her […]
Sheltopusik or Eurasian Glass Lizard History and Care
[…]beetles, spiders, grasshoppers, caterpillars, mice, shrews, voles, ground nesting birds and their eggs, small snakes, lizards and their eggs, and carrion. Averaging 2-3 feet in length, exceptionally large specimens can top 4 feet. Glass lizards, as their name implies, quickly autotomize (shed) their tails when handled or captured by a […]