What? Another episode? So soon after the last? yes indeed! Episode nine is here, with the Mates, Mark D. Scherz, Gabriel Ugueto, and Ethan Kocak, talking about the hottest new research in herpetology since December 2018!

In this ninth episode, we talk about Eleutherodactylus, yellow anacondas, painting with snake pee, and blind snakes in a great deal of detail! Our featured #HERper is Joan Beauchamp Procter, a visionary woman of the early 20th century!

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Missed Snakes/Follow-up:

Sherratt, E., Coutts, F.J., Rasmussen, A.R. & Sanders, K.L. (in press) Vertebral evolution and ontogenetic allometry: The developmental basis of extreme body shape divergence in microcephalic sea snakes. Evolution & Development. Evolution and Development, 1–10. 10.1111/ede.12284

Works in Frogress:

Mark has submitted his thesis!!! With cover artwork done by Gabriel.

Gabriel’s rendition of Tyrannosaurus rex!

Ethan received his amazing new acquisitions: two species of caecilians!

Breaking Newts:

Marshall JC, Bastiaans E, Caccone A, Camargo A, Morando M, Niemiller ML, Pabijan M, Russello MA, Sinervo B, Sites, Jr. JW, Vences M, Werneck FP, Wollenberg Valero KC, Steinfartz S. 2018. Mechanisms of speciation in reptiles and amphibians: a synopsis. PeerJ Preprints 6, e27279v1 10.7287/peerj.preprints.27279v1

Cunningham, A.A., Smith, F., McKinley, T.J., Perkins, M.W., Fitzpatrick, L.D., Wright, O.N. & Lawson, B. (2019) Apparent absence of Batrachochytrium salamandrivorans in wild urodeles in the United Kingdom. Scientific Reports, 9, 2831. 10.1038/s41598-019-39338-4

Fitzpatrick, L.D., Pasmans, F., Martel, A. & Cunningham, A.A. (2018) Epidemiological tracing of Batrachochytrium salamandrivorans identifies widespread infection and associated mortalities in private amphibian collections. Scientific Reports, 8, 13845. 10.1038/s41598-018-31800-z

Kriss, D., Howe, E., Levinson, J., Rizzo, A., Carò, F. & DeLeonardis, L. (2018) A material and technical study of Paracas painted ceramics. Antiquity, 92, 1492–1510. 10.15184/aqy.2018.164

Camera, B.F., Miranda, E.B.P., Ribeiro, R.P., Barros, M., Draque, J., Waller, T., Micucci, P.A., Dambros, C.S. & Strüssmann, C. (2019) Historical assumptions about the predation patterns of yellow anacondas (Eunectes notaeus): are they infrequent feeders? Journal of Herpetology, 53, 47–52. 10.1670/18-089

Dugo-Cota, Á., Vilà, C., Rodríguez, A. & Gonzalez-Voyer, A. (in press) Ecomorphological convergence in Eleutherodactylus frogs: a case of replicate radiations in the Caribbean. Ecology Letters. 10.1111/ele.13246

Frishkoff, L.O., Gabot, E., Sandler, G., Marte, C. & Mahler, D.L. (in press) Elevation shapes the reassembly of Anthropocene lizard communities. Nature Ecology & Evolution. </s