Repti~Post

Some happy herping news for those of us who dream of uncovering our very own species. Because just up the road from my place (well, up-the-road in the Australian sense), three new types of herp have been 'discovered' ...
The new species include a 20cm long leaf-tailed gecko, a new species of boulder frog and a new species of shade skink. Biologist Conrad Hoskin made the discovery at the Cape Melville range North QLD -...

Research undertaken at Duke University has shed startling new light on the subject of reptile intelligence.
Anolis Cuvieri credit: Anole Annals
A Duke University experiment tested Puerto Rican anoles on several cognitive tasks and found they can learn and remember to solve a problem they've never faced before....

In an-going effort to reduce Ophidiophobia around the joint, here are some more beautiful pics of some of the worlds less than loved critters
As always, credit to those who took the pics - if it was you let me know and I'll amend them. I simply don't understand why people love bears and loath snakes ... a snake I can deal with. A bear? Well, I'll be needing a can of mace thanks ... maybe it...

Just to prove that for the most part, the media has been laughing up their sleeves at us since Gutenberg - there's this little gem ...
Published: July 10, 1864
The Lock-port Journal tells the following horrible story: A woman living in Mercer, C.W., the wife of Mr. WM. EVERS, has for four years past been afflicted with a singular diffculty in her stomach. Her complaint has until within a short time past, baffled...