We talk about tourists intimidating lizards, pythons eating each other, and some fun skink action including a brand new dragon-like skink.
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Main Paper References:
Golawska S, Charalambidou I, Surmacki A, Golawski A. 2024. Tourism influences escape behavior of lizards in relationship with human clothing color. Scientific Reports 14:16869. DOI: 10.1038/s41598-024-68092-5.
Species of the Bi-Week:
Wang K, Li L, Mu H-N, Xu S-J, Che J. 2024. A New Species of the Genus Tropidophorus Duméril, Bibron, 1839 (Reptilia: Squamata: Scincidae) from China-Vietnam Border Region in Southeastern Yunnan Province, China. Zootaxa 5486:129–141. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5486.1.6.
Other Mentioned Papers/Studies:
Mahamud I, Asif AA, Rahman MM, Sarker S, Shome AR. 2024. Python eats python: A Burmese Python (Python bivittatus) preying on a Reticulated Python (Malayopython reticulatus) in Bangladesh. Reptiles & Amphibians 31:e21418. DOI: 10.17161/randa.v31i1.21418.
Other Links/Mentions:
Aesculapian snakes paper: https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2024.09.01.610713v1
Editing and Music:
Intro/outro – Treehouse by Ed Nelson
Species Bi-week theme – Michael Timothy
Other Music – The Passion HiFi, https://www.thepassionhifi.com
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