#vertebrates — Public Fediverse posts

The #frog #Pristimantis #esmeraldas (#Strabomantidae) is listed as "Least Concern" on the #IUCN List of #Threatened #Species; however, it faces threats from #agriculture/#deforestation within its habitats in Ecuador/Colombia. Like all Strabomantidae, it is #livebearing. With 626 known species, this genus is the most #speciose of any #vertebrates. #Biodiversity
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Reference
https://doi.org/10.2305%2FIUCN.UK.2019-3.RLTS.T56589A85864265.en

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#Illustration
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Yun Choi, an artwork from the series “Self-Renewal of Vertebrates”, 2018 ★ S. Korea ★ http://yunyunchoi.com/index.php/18/---self-renewal-of-vertebrates/ #YunChoi #contemporarysculpture #mixedmedia #biomorphic #biomorphism #vertebrata #vertebrates #selfrenewal #selfprocessing #2010s

Yun Choi, an artwork from the series “Self-Renewal of Vertebrates”, 2018 ★ S. Korea ★ http://yunyunchoi.com/index.php/18/---self-renewal-of-vertebrates/ #YunChoi #contemporarysculpture #mixedmedia #biomorphic #biomorphism #vertebrata #vertebrates #selfrenewal #selfprocessing #2010s

Yun Choi, an artwork from the series “Self-Renewal of Vertebrates”, 2018 ★ S. Korea ★ http://yunyunchoi.com/index.php/18/---self-renewal-of-vertebrates/ #YunChoi #contemporarysculpture #mixedmedia #biomorphic #biomorphism #vertebrata #vertebrates #selfrenewal #selfprocessing #2010s

Yun Choi, an artwork from the series “Self-Renewal of Vertebrates”, 2018 ★ S. Korea ★ http://yunyunchoi.com/index.php/18/---self-renewal-of-vertebrates/ #YunChoi #contemporarysculpture #mixedmedia #biomorphic #biomorphism #vertebrata #vertebrates #selfrenewal #selfprocessing #2010s

Yun Choi, an artwork from the series “Self-Renewal of Vertebrates”, 2018 ★ S. Korea ★ http://yunyunchoi.com/index.php/18/---self-renewal-of-vertebrates/ #YunChoi #contemporarysculpture #mixedmedia #biomorphic #biomorphism #vertebrata #vertebrates #selfrenewal #selfprocessing #2010s

#NewResearch Sheds Light on Enigmatic #Jurassic #Crocodile Relatives
https://www.sci.news/paleontology/macrospondylus-bollensis-12362.html

Evaluating growth in #Macrospondylus bollensis (#Crocodylomorpha, Teleosauroidea) in the Toarcian Posidonia Shale, Germany https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/spp2.1529

"juvenile, subadult and adult individuals show nearly equal growth in many areas of the body... We call this isometric growth, which is unusual in #vertebrates.”