in-creible:

Rana Dendrobates. Dendrobates Frog. Foto.

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realmonstrosities:

Namaqua Rain Frog. The Great, Big Squeak.

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animals-animals-animals:

Mimic Poison Frog (Ranitomeya imitator) Carrying a Tadpole (by John P Clare)

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projectnoah:

Extinction is a natural process of evolution. Some animals are unable to cope with changes in the environment and naturally disappear as more adaptable or better competitors fill their niches. Dinosaurs are a prime example of this. Current theory believes that many small events lead up to the mass…

rhamphotheca:

Morrinhosuchus luziae • a New Notosuchian Crocodylimorph from the Bauru Basin (Upper Cretaceous), Brazil  [2009]

Morrinhosuchus luziae, A new species of a Crocodylomorpha Notosuchia from the Bauru Basin, Adamantina Formation (Upper Cretaceous, Turonian-Santonian), Brazil is described. The fossil consists of the distal portions of skull and mandible. The posterior teeth present globoid crown  and circular cross-section.

Among the notosuchians discovered in the Bauru Basin, only Mariliasuchus presents similar teeth, however, the arrangement of these teeth, besides other autapomorphies, allow the establishment of a new taxa. This fossil widens the number and diversity of Notosuchia, showing the success of this clade throughout Gondwana and several ecological niches during the Cretaceous.

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reference:

Iori, F.V.; and Carvalho, I.S. (2009). “Morrinhosuchus luziae, um novo Crocodylomorpha Notosuchia da Bacia Bauru, Brasil”. Revista Brasileira de Geociências 39 (4): 717–725

http://www.sbgeo.org.br/pub_sbg/rbg/vol39_down/3904/11539.pdf

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morrinhosuchus

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rhamphotheca:

reptilefacts:  Almost one in five reptiles are struggling to survive

Nineteen percent of the world’s reptiles are estimated to be threatened with extinction, states a paper published today by the Zoological Society of London (ZSL) in conjunction with experts from the IUCN Species Survival Commission (SSC).

The study, printed in the journal of Biological Conservation, is the first of its kind summarising the global conservation status of reptiles. More than 200 world renowned experts assessed the extinction risk of 1,500 randomly selected reptiles from across the globe.

Out of the 19% of reptiles threatened with extinction, 12% classified as Critically Endangered, 41% Endangered and 47% Vulnerable

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snakefanciers:

A sampling of the different colors of Atheris squamigera, the variable bush viper.

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rhamphotheca:

earthlynation: Motuo bamboo pit viper (Trimeresurus medoensis), Asia

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astronomy-to-zoology:

Olive Sea Snake (Aipysurus laevis)

also known as the golden sea snake, the olive sea snake is a species of marine snake found throughout the Indo-Pacific. Like most sea snakes this species is highly venomous. They are mainly found in warm waters with coral reefs, where it hunts for fish and small invertebrates.

Phylogeny

Animalia-Chordata-Reptilia-Squamata-Serpentes-Elapidae-Aipysurus-laevis

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rhamphotheca:

Megalancosaurus is a genus of extinct reptile from the Late Triassic period of Northern Italy, and one of the best known drepanosaurids. was fairly small, its adult length was only about 25 cm (10 in). It was built like a chameleon and probably lived a similar arboreal lifestyle. Even its feet were chameleon like, with two toes being opposed to the remaining three. The tail is long, prehensile, and bears a strange claw like organ made of fused vertebrae at its end…

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