Hatching time for spotted salamanders in KY, which generally means maximum colonization (and color) by the algal symbiont Oophila amblystomatis. This species not only penetrates into the capsule, but into cells of the larvae themselves! #herpetology #caudata #Ambystoma
Looking back on 2023, we spotted some cool species in French Guiana and Australia!
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'New records of the Yucatecan Dwarf Short-tailed Snake, (Tantillita canula) Cope 1875 (Squamata: Colubridae), in Southern Mexico' by Jesús-Espinosa et al. (2024) has recently been published in #Reptiles andAmphibians : doi.org/10.17161/randa… #Herpetology #Reptiles #Snakes
'Host-specific ectoparasitic isopod (Nerocila loveni) found on a Little Filesnake (Acrochordus granulatus) on Surwada Beach, Gujarat, India' by Patel et al. (2024) has recently been published in #Reptiles andAmphibians : doi.org/10.17161/randa… #Herpetology #Reptiles #Snakes