Ikaheka and Other ‘Palatine Draggers’, Cryptozoic Elapid Snakes of Melanesia

It’s time once more to visit the amazing world of squamates, and again we’re looking at snakes. Today: the extremely obscure Small-eyed or Ikaheka snake of New Guinea and some of the surrounding islands. What’s the deal with this unusual animal?

The Third Edition of Naish and Barrett's Dinosaurs: How They Lived and Evolved

Among the proudest of my achievements is the publication of Dinosaurs: How They Lived and Evolved, DHTLE for short, co-authored with Professor Paul Barrett and published by the Natural History Museum, London. I think it’s fair to say that it’s the flagship ‘dinosaur book’ of the museum. It’s also one of only a handful of dinosaur-themed books written at ‘adult level’. “Finally, a modern, intelligent, trade book on dinosaurs for thoughtful readers”, to quote a reviewer at Quarterly Journal of Biology.

Live Spawnwatch Action From Pond 2 at Tet Zoo Towers

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….

Tetrapod Zoology Reaches 18 Years of Age

Once again, it’s late January, meaning that Tetrapod Zoology the blog – initiated one dark night in the long-ago age of 2006 – has reached another birthday. It’s 18th, no less. And thus it’s once more time to look back at the previous year from the very biased, wholly whimsical and personal perspective of Tet Zoo- themed events…

TetZooCon 2023 the report

The tenth TetZooCon – that’s the Tetrapod Zoology Convention – happened between Friday December 1st and Monday December 4th, and I think I’ve just about recovered. Hosted once again at Bush House, King’s College London (KCL), it was the biggest, busiest and most successful of our events so far, as is fitting for the tenth one…

At TetZooCon 2023

Yes, TetZooCon 2023 is happening right now… more or less (I’m writing this on Thursday 30th November)… and that explains the lack of action here lately. A summary of what will be happening at TetZooCon 2023 has already been published here, but here are random thoughts before I leave….