An updated look at a very special group of remarkable burrowing snakes…
Among the most poorly known of all squamate groups are the dibamids…
For some years now, a prolific amateur herpetologist has published an absolutely extraordinary number of new taxonomic names for snakes, lizards and other reptiles…
Now would be a good time to publish a massive and comprehensive overview of where we’re at in our understanding of colubrid snake diversity and phylogenetic history. But that’s not happening today. Instead…
Over 200 modern lizard species possess slits, apertures and folds in the skin that lead to epidermal structures often termed mite pockets…
Regular readers here, and those who follow me on social media (@TetZoo on Twitter/X and Instagram; I’m on Facebook too), will know that I’m now fairly heavily invested in the Common frog Rana temporaria population that live in the scruffy ‘garden’ areas that surround my house….
Giant tortoises are among the most remarkable reptiles that have ever evolved….
Long-time readers of Tetrapod Zoology will know of my long-term plans to complete a series of articles that cover the TOADS OF THE WORLD, the first part of which was published in 2009….
Welcome to 2024! And we kick things off with frogs. What, I hear you ask, is a strabomantid?
In the previous article we looked briefly at those new amphibian and mammal species named during 2023. This time we skip ahead to reptiles… including birds because – yes – birds are reptiles in the phylogenetic sense)….
Way back in 2009 (the ScienceBlogs years) I published a Tetrapod Zoology article titled ‘Tell me something new about basilisks, puh-lease’ wherein I lamented the fact that people only ever say the same one thing about basilisks. Aware that there’s all too little squamate content here at Tetrapod Zoology ver 4, I here present a much augmented and updated version of that article…
I have elected to republish my articles on caecilians. (1) Because TetZoo always needs more amphibian coverage. (2) Because caecilians are awesome. The text you’re about to read - assuming you choose to continue - first appeared in 2008 (original here); I haven’t much updated it. Here we go…
Frogs and toads – anurans – have profoundly modified skeletons and are among the most atypical of tetrapods...
It seems a good time to republish this article from the archives, first published at ver 2 in 2009, and then again at ver 3 in 2015…
Ever aiming to allay turtle guilt (regular readers will know what I’m talking about), welcome to a very brief article - mostly published because I still don’t have time to produce anything more substantive - on leopard tortoises…
“There’s no such thing as a pure herbivore”, the tortoise’s eye view…
I’ve often said that turtles (in the broadest, Americanesque, sense of the term) haven’t been sufficiently covered at TetZoo. Even today this remains true, despite efforts…
It’s time once more to talk about monitor lizards…
Once more, it’s time we spoke about the frogs.
Like so many people worldwide, I have a great fondness of, and feel a great connection to, frogs.
