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Greater bamboo lemur (Prolemur simus). Image by Charles J. Sharp via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Slash-and-burn farming eats away at a Madagascar haven for endangered lemurs, frogs

Edward Carver 9 Mar 2021

One-hit wonder frog makes a comeback in the southern Philippines

Leilani Chavez 1 Mar 2021

‘Race against time’: Saving the snakes and lizards of Brazil’s Cerrado

Sharon Guynup 2 Feb 2021

Pet trade relies on ‘disposable’ wild chameleons from Madagascar

Chris Scarffe 20 Jan 2021

Top 15 species discoveries from 2020 (Photos)

Liz Kimbrough 28 Dec 2020
Pit Viper in striking mode. The 'mountain fer-de-lance' is a new species of pit viper that was discovered on the Zongo RAP survey. It has since been described as Bothrops monsignifer. Bothrops is a genus of pit vipers endemic to Central and South America. The generic name, Bothrops, is derived from the Greek words βόθρος, bothros, meaning "pit", and ώπς, ops, meaning "eye" or "face", together an allusion to the heat-sensitive loreal pit organs.

[Photos] Tiny frog, venomous viper among 20 new species described in Bolivia

Liz Kimbrough 14 Dec 2020
A drone image reveals trees cut from the Cardamom Mountains being processed in a yard. Photo courtesy of Marcus Hardtke.

Alleged gov’t-linked land grabs threaten Cambodia’s Cardamom Mountains

Kit Humphrey 1 Dec 2020

The newest species of Philippine false gecko is the 10th (and counting)

Mavic Conde 24 Nov 2020
A Loa water frog at the National Zoo of Chile. Photo by the Metropolitan Park of Santiago Parquemet

‘Don’t give up!’ The last known Loa water frogs produce 200 tadpoles

Liz Kimbrough 5 Nov 2020

A chameleon not seen in a century reappears in a Madagascar garden

Mongabay.com 2 Nov 2020

Tradable by default: Reptile trafficking flourishes amid lack of protection

Elizabeth Claire Alberts 23 Oct 2020

Brazilian frog believed ‘extinct’ for 50+ years, found with eDNA testing

Peter Yeung 6 Oct 2020

Land grab, logging, mining threaten biodiversity haven of Woodlark Island

Gianluca Cerullo 1 Oct 2020

Stolen from the wild, rare reptiles and amphibians are freely traded in EU

Elizabeth Claire Alberts 14 Sep 2020
Burmese roofed turtle moments after emerging from an egg collected from a sandbank along the Chindwin River and incubated at a head-starting facility in Limpha village, Sagaing region, Myanmar. Photo by Myo Min Win/WCS Myanmar (Platt et al 2020).

Back from the brink, baby Burmese roofed turtles make their debut

Liz Kimbrough 28 Aug 2020

Hellbenders, super-spreaders, and other salamanders face uncertain futures

Mongabay.com 29 Jul 2020

Brazilian Amazon drained of millions of wild animals by criminal networks: Report

Sharon Guynup 28 Jul 2020

Sea turtles often lose their way, but always reach their destination

Elizabeth Claire Alberts 21 Jul 2020

Can policy prevent a North American salamander pandemic?

Mongabay.com 15 Jul 2020

Habitat of newly described frog in Sumatra threatened by oil palms, roads

Ahmad Supardi, Rahmadi Rahmad 14 Jul 2020

Turtles and tortoises in trouble: More than half of all species face extinction

Liz Kimbrough 8 Jul 2020

International task force unites North America to protect salamander diversity

Mongabay.com 1 Jul 2020

A Sri Lankan herp mystery solved: The snake species that was two

Dilrukshi Handunnetti 18 Jun 2020

Will U.S. scientists find a silent salamander killer in time?

Mongabay.com 17 Jun 2020

Less than a thousand remain: New list of animals on the brink of extinction

Liz Kimbrough 9 Jun 2020

After a century of mistaken identity, a Balinese gecko gets its own name

Fransisca N. Tirtaningtyas, Rahmadi Rahmad 4 Jun 2020

Why are salamanders so diverse in North America?

Mongabay.com 3 Jun 2020

Audio: North America’s looming salamander pandemic: Is the U.S. ready?

Mongabay.com 20 May 2020

One point for Slytherin: New Indian pit viper named after Harry Potter character

Liz Kimbrough 29 Apr 2020
...probably a Natal dwarf puddle frog in the Gambia. Image by Thomas Brown via Flickr (CC BY-NC-SA-2.0)

The frog that wasn’t there: Survey shines a light on Uganda’s amphibians

Fredrick Mugira 11 Apr 2020

Field research, interrupted: How the COVID-19 crisis is stalling science

Liz Kimbrough 9 Apr 2020

In Madagascar, revived environmental crime hotline leads to tortoise bust

Edward Carver 6 Apr 2020

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