#squamates — Public Fediverse posts

finally there's a new episode of squamatespod and I'm going to listen to it! http://squamatespod.com/archives/2022

it's by @blackmudpuppy , @serpenillus , @markscherz , and @HiralNaik (sadly they don't seem to use their fediverse accounts, *sigh* )

#squamates
#squamatesPod
#herps
#herpetology

@KateShaw has released a new episode: The snakes of Snake Island (a lancehead and a snail-eater), the Martinique Fer-de-lance (a different lancehead), and the Louisiana Pine Snake (a constrictor).

https://strangeanimalspodcast.blubrry.net/2024/07/29/episode-391-welcome-to-snake-island/

#snakes
#squamates
#reptiles
#ferDeLance
#pitVipers

The Mysterious Dibamids https://tetzoo.com/blog/2024/5/13/the-mysterious-dibamids by @TetZoo

"Among the most poorly known of all squamate groups are the #dibamids, a group so obscure that they don’t really have a common or vernacular name... They’re near-limbless, fossorial, snake-shaped, near-blind, insectivorous #squamates mostly occurring in southern and south-eastern Asia (as far east as #NewGuinea). A single species – the #MexicanBlindLizard Anelytropsis papillosus – occurs in eastern #Mexico."

#Squamates with #horns more likely to take 'sit-and-wait' approach to hunting
https://phys.org/news/2023-12-squamates-horns-sit-and-wait-approach.html

Foraging mode constrains the #evolution of cephalic horns in #lizards and #snakes https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rsbl.2023.0395

"it is not clear if the species modified their hunting habits to accommodate their horns after they evolved for other purposes, such as fighting with rivals for a mate or scaring off predators—or if the horns tended to develop in species that adopted a sit-and-wait approach to hunting."

Just because I find #paleontology interesting.
#Scotland #lizard #Scottish #squamates #BellairsiaGracilis #fossils
https://phys.org/news/2022-10-scottish-fossil-lizards.html

#NewPaper #Paleontology #Squamates

Brownstein, C.D., Meyer, D.L., Fabbri, M. et al. Evolutionary origins of the prolonged extant squamate radiation. Nat Commun 13, 7087 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-34217-5

Qui lézardait juste devant la maison cet aprèm' ? Un lézard vivipare (Lacerta vivipara) très coloré vu de près. Une douzaine de cm environ.
#reptile #Squamata #Squamates #lézard #lizard

The NYTimes on possibly the earliest known example of a squamate (the family containing lizards, snakes, etc.): Megachirella.

#Fossils #Palaeontology #Squamates #Triassic

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/08/science/lizards-snakes-fossils-squamates.html

Thanks to the #Squamates #podcast with @blackmudpuppy I even know how to pronounce anole!

(It rhymes with cannoli :)

http://squamatespod.com/

RT: @indi
https://mastodon.art/users/indi/statuses/100607523253668036
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MORE HERPS! #herps Squirrel tree frog, green anole (phased brown), five lined or blue tailed skink, and a house gecko, I think Mediterranean.