Alyssa Anwar Biography
October 31, 2014 2:53 pmAlyssa Anwar is currently a senior undergraduate anthropology student at the University of Oklahoma. Alyssa was born and raised in Tulsa, Oklahoma. She has spent a great...
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Photo of the Day: Gigantes Gecko
October 28, 2014 4:23 amThis is one of my favorite photographs of Gekko gigantes, a species of Philippine gecko known only from the tiny islands of North and South Gigantes. I...
Updated Data for Newly Described Monitor Lizard
October 27, 2014 8:36 pmSome of Southeast Asia’s most enigmatic reptile species include the arboreal (tree-dwelling), frugivorous (fruit-eating) monitor lizards of the central and northern Philippines. Comprised of just three known...
Herping in Oliver’s Woods
October 27, 2014 6:24 pmThis past Friday, October 24th, Cameron, Jessa, Elyse, Nick, Alyssa and I took a short trip to Oliver’s Woods to look for herps. The nature area is...
Water Monitor Biogeography Grounded Through the Use of Fossils
October 22, 2014 8:45 pmThe Philippines represent an ideal region for examining the effects of geologic and climatic influences on evolutionary processes and the accumulation of new species. Though the monitor...
Photo of the Day: Asian Pit Viper
October 22, 2014 4:36 amI know, not another pit viper. These continue to be some of my favorite reptiles to photograph in the wild. This species of viper in the Philippines...
Photo of the Day: Asian Pit Viper
October 21, 2014 9:08 pmThis photograph was taken by Cameron D. Siler on a recent expedition to the eastern Philippines. The Philippine species of these beautiful vipers are actually quite easy...
Population Genetics and Biogeography of Tridactyl Skink
October 21, 2014 8:10 pmThe genus Brachymeles represents a unique radiation of semi-fossorial (burrowing) lizards, all but two of which are endemic to the Philippines in Southeast Asia. This radiation represents...
BioBlitz! 2014
October 21, 2014 4:34 pmFive members of the Siler Lab (Elyse Freitas, Greg Jongsma, Alyssa Anwar, Tucker Walton, and Rachel Flanagan) attended Oklahoma’s BioBlitz! 2014 at Washita Battlefield National Historic Site,...
Photo of the Day: Asian Tree Snake
October 12, 2014 9:11 pmThis common tree snake was photographed by Cameron D. Siler on a recent expedition to the eastern Philippines. It took quite a few shots to get the...
New Platymantis from Luzon Island
October 12, 2014 7:42 pmFrogs in the genus Platymantis are extraordinarily diverse in the Philippine Archipelago, and new lineages within it are being discovered frequently. Species within Philippine Platymantis vary in...
