Tamaki Yuri Biography
October 11, 2014 3:55 pmTamaki Yuri is the Collection Manager of Ornithology and Lab Manager of Genetic Resources Core Facility at the Sam Noble Museum. Tamaki’s keen interest in birds began...
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More new species of Philippine Slender Skinks
October 9, 2014 6:17 amWe review the species of the Brachymeles bonitae Complex (B. bonitae and B. tridactylus) and describe an additional two new species in this highly specialized, limb-reduced, endemic...
Photo of the Day: Asian Vine Snake
October 8, 2014 2:52 pmThis colorful vine snake was photographed by Cameron D. Siler on a recent trip to the eastern Philippines....
New Fruit-eating Varanus Discovered in Philippines
October 6, 2014 8:54 pmWhile new species are always being discovered, it is very uncommon to discover a completely new species of large-bodied vertebrates. Most large vertebrates have been discovered because...
Fulbright Scholar, Dr. Sanguila, Joins Us From the Philippines
October 6, 2014 6:21 pmTess’s interest in herpetology was sparked when she was previously awarded with a fellowship from the Philippine Commission on Higher Education to the University of Kansas to...
Differential Colonization of the Philippines by Two Frog Genera
October 4, 2014 8:31 pmResearchers want to know more about the evolutionary history and achieve a greater understanding of the diversity of land vertebrates in the Philippines. Though technological and statistical...
Photo of the Day: Philippine Stream Frog
October 2, 2014 4:48 amSuch a beautiful species, Hylarana luzonensis occurs in the northern Philippines. Due to continued loss of its primary habitats around pristine river and stream systems, this species appears to...
Caterpillar Mimics Venomous Coral Snake
October 1, 2014 8:45 pmBackground Aposematic Batesian mimicry occurs when one relatively harmless species has a close resemblance to a dangerous or poisonous different species. Over time, as the two species...
Brachymeles Species Boundaries
October 1, 2014 7:24 pmThere are only four groups of scincid lizards at the genus level which have species that are fully limbed as well as species without limbs. All species...
