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    Herpetological Highlights

    Bringing you the recent scientific advancements in the field of Herpetology.

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    207 Monitor Lizards Munching Manky Marsupials Oct 01, 2024
    Show notes

    In Australia rotten meat is a valuable commodity that monitor lizards compete for against dingoes and red foxes. Plus new work from a team including ZSL has discovered a key ingredient to some lizard and crocodilian teeth that explains how they are so tough.

    Become a Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/herphighlights

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    Full reference list available here: http://www.herphighlights.podbean.com

    Main Paper References:

    Cairncross RJ, Spencer EE, Meisuria N, Crowther MS, Newsome TM. 2024. Carrion use by a reptile is influenced by season, habitat and competition with an apex mammalian scavenger. Ecology and Evolution 14:e70211. DOI: 10.1002/ece3.70211.

    Other Mentioned Papers/Studies:

    LeBlanc ARH, Morrell AP, Sirovica S, Al-Jawad M, Labonte D, D’Amore DC, Clemente C, Wang S, Giuliani F, McGilvery CM, Pittman M, Kaye TG, Stevenson C, Capon J, Tapley B, Spiro S, Addison O. 2024. Iron-coated Komodo dragon teeth and the complex dental enamel of carnivorous reptiles. Nature Ecology & Evolution. DOI: 10.1038/s41559-024-02477-7.

    Editing and Music:

    Intro/outro – Treehouse by Ed Nelson

    Species Bi-week theme – Michael Timothy

    Other Music – The Passion HiFi, https://www.thepassionhifi.com


    206 Lizards on Red Alert Sep 25, 2024
    Show notes

    We talk about tourists intimidating lizards, pythons eating each other, and some fun skink action including a brand new dragon-like skink.

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    Full reference list available here: http://www.herphighlights.podbean.com

    Main Paper References:

    Golawska S, Charalambidou I, Surmacki A, Golawski A. 2024. Tourism influences escape behavior of lizards in relationship with human clothing color. Scientific Reports 14:16869. DOI: 10.1038/s41598-024-68092-5.

    Species of the Bi-Week:

    Wang K, Li L, Mu H-N, Xu S-J, Che J. 2024. A New Species of the Genus Tropidophorus Duméril, Bibron, 1839 (Reptilia: Squamata: Scincidae) from China-Vietnam Border Region in Southeastern Yunnan Province, China. Zootaxa 5486:129–141. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5486.1.6.

    Other Mentioned Papers/Studies:

    Mahamud I, Asif AA, Rahman MM, Sarker S, Shome AR. 2024. Python eats python: A Burmese Python (Python bivittatus) preying on a Reticulated Python (Malayopython reticulatus) in Bangladesh. Reptiles & Amphibians 31:e21418. DOI: 10.17161/randa.v31i1.21418.

    Other Links/Mentions:

    Aesculapian snakes paper: https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2024.09.01.610713v1

    Editing and Music:

    Intro/outro – Treehouse by Ed Nelson

    Species Bi-week theme – Michael Timothy

    Other Music – The Passion HiFi, https://www.thepassionhifi.com


    205 SquaMates Podcast Crossover Sep 11, 2024
    Show notes

    At the World Congress of Herpetology in Borneo we had the pleasure of meeting Mark and Hiral from the SquaMates Podcast, and took the opportunity to record an episode together. You can watch the video on our YouTube channel: https://youtu.be/ptXlOtEzivs

    Check out Mark D. Scherz, Ethan Kocak, Gabriel Ugueto, and Hiral Naik in the SquaMates Podcast: http://squamatespod.com/

    Become a Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/herphighlights

    Merch: https://www.redbubble.com/people/herphighlights/shop

    Full reference list available here: http://www.herphighlights.podbean.com

    Editing and Music:

    Intro/outro – Treehouse by Ed Nelson

    Species Bi-week theme – Michael Timothy

    Other Music – The Passion HiFi, https://www.thepassionhifi.com


    204 World Congress of Herpetology Sep 07, 2024
    Show notes

    Back from the World Congress in Borneo, we catch up about the experience, and finish with the recording of the mini podcast we did in front of a live audience. Special thanks to the Singapore Herpetological Society for inviting us to speak in their symposium about outreach and inclusivity in herpetology.

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    Full reference list available here: http://www.herphighlights.podbean.com

    Presentations at WCH References:

    Isaac Krone, Kat Magoulick and Ryan Yohler “All (the Herps) the Earth will not Remember: How Geographic Gaps Pattern the Future Fossil Record of Reptiles and Amphibians”

    Chantelle Derez, Cameron Baker, Joshua Llinas, Ross Dwyer and Richard Fuller “No Place Like Home: Relocated ‘Nuisance’ Pythons Move Further and Die Earlier”

    Kaiqi Wu, Peng Guo, Yayong Wu and Gang Gao “From Plateau to Clouds - How to Promote Herpetology Research in the Qinghai-Xizang Plateau through Online Science Popularisation” Documentaries at: https://www.youtube.com/@Terraristik4all/videos & space.bilibili.com/485572109

    Sarin Tiatragul, Alexander Skeels and Scott Keogh “Spaghetti and Sausages: A Nonadaptive Radiation of Australian Blindsnakes”

    Krystal A. Tolley, Wade K. Stanton-Jones, Jody M. Barends, Melissa Petford, Anthony Herrel and Graham J. Alexander “Responses to Habitat Change in Knysna Dwarf Chameleons (Bradypodion damaranum)”

    Check out the Singapore Herpetological Society: https://herpsocsg.com/

    Species of the Bi-Week:

    Kurita T, Nishikawa K, Hossman MY, Mizuno T, Sato H, Gumal M. 2024. Description of a new sandstone-dwelling species of genus Cnemaspis (Sauria: Gekkonidae) from Gunung Santubong National Park, southwestern Sarawak, Malaysia. Zootaxa 5468:361–378. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5468.2.7.

    Editing and Music:

    Intro/outro – Treehouse by Ed Nelson

    Species Bi-week theme – Michael Timothy

    Other Music – The Passion HiFi, https://www.thepassionhifi.com


    203 Impulsive Skinks Aug 20, 2024
    Show notes

    This episode is all behaviour, looking at whether Australian lizards can exercise inhibitory control.

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    Main Paper References:

    Szabo B, Hoefer S, Whiting MJ. 2020. Are lizards capable of inhibitory control? Performance on a semi-transparent version of the cylinder task in five species of Australian skinks. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 74:118. DOI: 10.1007/s00265-020-02897-y.

    Editing and Music:

    Podcast edited by Wojciech – https://www.fiverr.com/buczar

    Intro/outro – Treehouse by Ed Nelson

    Species Bi-week theme – Michael Timothy

    Other Music – The Passion HiFi, https://www.thepassionhifi.com


    202 Homeward Hopping Frogs Aug 16, 2024
    Show notes

    This episode we are looking at egg-feeding poison frogs and their ability to find their way back to their home territory. Species of the Bi-week is a fresh mud snake.

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    Full reference list available here: http://www.herphighlights.podbean.com

    Main Paper References:

    Gómez-Consuegra J, Amézquita A. 2024. Ecological and behavioral correlates of homing performance in the egg-feeding poison frog Oophaga histrionica. Evolutionary Ecology 38:241–253. DOI: 10.1007/s10682-023-10283-z.

    Species of the Bi-Week:

    Nguyen SN, Le MV, Lathrop A, Vo T-D-H, Murphy RW, Che J. 2024. A new species of mud snake (Squamata: Homalopsidae: Myrrophis) from southern Vietnam. Vertebrate Zoology 74:221–233. DOI: 10.3897/vz.74.e116992.

    Editing and Music:

    Podcast edited by Wojciech – https://www.fiverr.com/buczar

    Intro/outro – Treehouse by Ed Nelson

    Species Bi-week theme – Michael Timothy

    Other Music – The Passion HiFi, https://www.thepassionhifi.com


    201 Toxic Toe-tapping Frogs Aug 06, 2024
    Show notes

    Popular pets, dart frogs are known to tap their toes, but the precise reasoning behind it has eluded scientists until now.

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    Main Paper References:

    Parrish TQ, Fischer EK. 2024. Tap dancing frogs: Posterior toe tapping and feeding in Dendrobates tinctorius. Ethology 130:e13465. DOI: 10.1111/eth.13465.

    Species of the Bi-Week:

    Phung TM, Pham CT, Nguyen TQ, Ninh HT, Nguyen HQ, Bernardes M, Le ST, Ziegler T, Nguyen TT. 2023. Southbound – the southernmost record of Tylototriton (Amphibia, Caudata, Salamandridae) from the Central Highlands of Vietnam represents a new species. ZooKeys 1168:193–218. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1168.96091.

    Other Mentioned Papers/Studies:

    Claessens, L. S. A., Ganchev, N. O., Kukk, M. M., Schutte, C. J., & Sloggett, J. J. (2020). An investigation of toe-tapping behaviour in anurans by analysis of online video resources. Journal of Zoology, 312(3), 158–162. https://doi.org/10.1111/jzo.12815

    Other Links/Mentions:

    Caramaschi U., Nascimento LB, Silvano D. 2004. Dendropsophus jimi. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2004: e.T55520A11324324. http://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2004.RLTS.T55520A11324324.en

    Call of Dendropsophus jimi from: https://amphibiaweb.org/cgi/amphib_query?where-genus=Dendropsophus&where-species=jimi

    Editing and Music:

    Podcast edited by Wojciech– https://www.fiverr.com/buczar

    Intro/outro – Treehouse by Ed Nelson

    Species Bi-week theme – Michael Timothy

    Other Music – The Passion HiFi, https://www.thepassionhifi.com


    200 Episode 200 Jul 30, 2024
    Show notes

    To celebrate 200 episodes we test each other on how well we remember them, before diving in to a paper about urban water snakes.

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    Full reference list available here: http://www.herphighlights.podbean.com

    Main Paper References:

    Mészáros B, Bürgés J, Tamás M, Gál B, Schmera D, Hamer AJ. 2024. Urban oasis? Abundant dice snake (Natrix tessellata) populations along artificial lakeside habitats in urban landscapes. Landscape Ecology 39:124. DOI: 10.1007/s10980-024-01917-w.

    Other Mentioned Papers/Studies:

    Fondren A, Swierk L, Putman BJ. 2020. Clothing color mediates lizard responses to humans in a tropical forest. Biotropica 52:172–181. DOI: 10.1111/btp.12744.

    Rai TP. 2020. An Elongated Tortoise Attempting to Prey on a Buff-striped Keelback the Turtle Rescue and Conservation Centre in Eastern Nepal. IRCF Reptiles & Amphibians 27:297–299.

    Brock KM, Chelini M-C, Ayton C, Madden IE, Ramos C, Blois JL, Pafilis P, Edwards DL. 2022. Colour morph predicts social behaviour and contest outcomes in a polymorphic lizard (Podarcis erhardii). Animal Behaviour 191:91–103. DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2022.06.017.

    Nirody JA, Jinn J, Libby T, Lee TJ, Jusufi A, Hu DL, Full RJ. 2018. Geckos Race Across the Water’s Surface Using Multiple Mechanisms. Current Biology 28:4046-4051.e2. DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2018.10.064.

    Editing and Music:

    Podcast edited by Wojciech– https://www.fiverr.com/buczar

    Intro/outro – Treehouse by Ed Nelson

    Species Bi-week theme – Michael Timothy

    Other Music – The Passion HiFi, https://www.thepassionhifi.com


    199 Frog Saunas Save Lives Jul 23, 2024
    Show notes

    Frogs are being severely impacted by Bd fungus, but in this episode we look at a paper highlighting a potential buffer that may protect them –heat.

    Become a Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/herphighlights

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    Full reference list available here: http://www.herphighlights.podbean.com

    Main Paper References:

    Waddle AW, Clulow S, Aquilina A, Sauer EL, Kaiser SW, Miller C, Flegg JA, Campbell PT, Gallagher H, Dimovski I, Lambreghts Y, Berger L, Skerratt LF, Shine R. 2024. Hotspot shelters stimulate frog resistance to chytridiomycosis. Nature. DOI: 10.1038/s41586-024-07582-y.

    Editing and Music:

    Podcast edited by Alex – https://www.fiverr.com/alexanderroses

    Intro/outro – Treehouse by Ed Nelson

    Species Bi-week theme – Michael Timothy

    Other Music – The Passion HiFi, https://www.thepassionhifi.com


    198 Ultra-violet Snakes Jul 16, 2024
    Show notes

    This episode is all about why snakes have UV colouration. We have a blue-headed lizard for the Species of the Bi-week.

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    Full reference list available here: http://www.herphighlights.podbean.com

    Main Paper References:

    Crowell HL, Curlis JD, Weller HI, Davis Rabosky AR. 2024. Ecological drivers of ultraviolet colour evolution in snakes. Nature Communications 15:5213. DOI: 10.1038/s41467-024-49506-4.

    Species of the Bi-Week:

    Venegas PJ, García-Ayachi LA, Chávez-Arribasplata JC, Marchelie A, Bullard S, Quispe E, Valencia JD, Odar J, Torres-Carvajal O. 2024. Two new species of wood lizards (Hoplocercinae: Enyalioides) from Cordillera de Colán in north-eastern Peru. Journal of Vertebrate Biology 73. DOI: 10.25225/jvb.23074.

    Other Mentioned Papers/Studies:

    Das S, Greenbaum E, Brecko J, Pauwels OSG, Ruane S, Pirro S, Merilä J. 2024. Phylogenomics of Psammodynastes and Buhoma (Elapoidea: Serpentes), with the description of a new Asian snake family. Scientific Reports 14:9489. DOI: 10.1038/s41598-024-60215-2.

    Editing and Music:

    Podcast edited by Alex – https://www.fiverr.com/alexanderroses

    Intro/outro – Treehouse by Ed Nelson

    Species Bi-week theme – Michael Timothy

    Other Music – The Passion HiFi, https://www.thepassionhifi.com


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