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Last update January 1, 2014

Herpetology

Komodo dragons sleep headfirst in large burrows. It is a very, very, very bad idea to even think of pulling its tail.
- Douglas Adams

The kiss originated when the first male reptile licked the first female reptile, implying in a subtle, complimentary way that she was as succulent as the small reptile he'd had for dinner the night before.
- F. Scott Fitzgerald

 

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Taxonomy/Classification
A rose by any other name, or Making sense of those long, funny names
A rose by any other name, revisited
Agamids vs. Iguanids
Curiosities of Binomial Nomenclature
Translations of the Scientific Names of North American Herps
Genealogy of Scaly Reptiles Rewritten by New Research
Standard Common and Current Scientific Names for North American Herps (2009; PDF)

Natural History
Adaptations to Herbivory in Iguanine Lizards
The Amazin' Shrinkin' Iguanas of the Galapagos

Duvernoy's Glands and "Warm" Herping
Female Impersonaters: More on Garter Snakes
Flying Snakes Slither Through the Air
How to Hold Reptiles
Not So Common Garters
Reptile Hearing
Reptile Vision
Snake Hearing (and Shhh! The snake can hear you)
The Truth Behind Snake Charming
Threadsnakes Gobble Food to Avoid Danger
Ecology/Herpetology/Zoology Societies & Associations

 

Science and Nature
Biological Warfare for the Garden
Chameleons' Tongues Give Up Their Secret
Contribution of Gular Pumping to Lung Ventilation in Monitor Lizards
Dinosaurs, dragons, and dwarfs: The evolution of maximal body size
Drinking in Snakes
Ecological Meltdown in Predator-Free Forest Fragments
Feeling Old?
Michael Balsai on the Savannah Monitor Diet
Myths and Fascinating Facts
Open Letter To Emergency Responders to Biting Snake Calls
Ophidiphobes and Ophidiphobia
Scientists Home In On Causes Of Amphibian Deformities
Snake's Defensive Farts (Cloacal popping)
Study of Poisonous Snakes Boosts Old Batesian Principle of Mimicry
Urban Rattlers

 

Web Resources
AmphibiaWeb
Animal Diversity Web: Vertebrata
Center for North American Herpetology
ENature.com Local Wildlife Guides
California Academy of Sciences/Herpetology
TIGR Reptile Database

 

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