In this new paper in Biological Reviews, Blackburn & Hughes look at the evolution of viviparity (live-bearing reproduction) and matrotrophy (maternal provision of nutrients during gestation) in chondrichthyan fishes onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.11…

Taxonomy of the Rhampholeon boulengeri Complex (#Sauria: Chamaeleonidae): Five #NewSpecies from Central Africa’s Albertine Rift mapress.com/zt/article/vie… #Taxonomy

A personality SNP? Behavioral genetics in African cichlids Wrote a Trends in Genetics spotlight on recent cichlid research published in Science by Sommer-Trembo et al. If you have an exploratory personality (or want to know why), click the link... authors.elsevier.com/a/1jGPtcQbJBL3B

Mount Mabu in Mozambique may hopefully be turned into a community protected area, prohibiting logging or mining but locals who depend on the forest for their livelihoods will manage and be able to use it. bbc.com/news/articles/…

Happy World Snake day from my favorite West Texas snake 🐍 #bogertophis #WorldSnakeDay

Long male foreclaws in action 💅

Check out my featured spotlight in this month's issue: doi.org/10.1016/j.tig.… A fun one to write!

Reason # 1,466,284,299 to like Trader Joe's: They used PHYLOGENETICS to advertise their chocolate-covered gummy bears! 🧸🍫

Brookesia nofy was described from Ankanin’ny Nofy on the eastern coast of Madagascar. This forest habitat has had significant regeneration over the last 20 years, although it is still quite small & will likely be assessed as Critically Endangered. mapress.com/zt/article/vie…

Wow! A blind snake (Indotyphlops braminus I think) feeding on ant brood. These snakes are completely subterranean, so you can’t really observe them in the wild. They’re specialized predators of ants and termites and, evidently, they look really weird when they eat. Ant 🐜 🐍 🐜

🐢NEW PAPER🐢 We continued work by Graham Netting to document 🐢 population trends in PA Over 60 yrs, wood turtles all but disappeared, box turtles persisted--including a ~75-year-old first marked in 1964! Long-lived species need long-term data doi.org/10.2992/007.09…