[herpsandbirds]

Giant Bullfrog (Pyxicephalus adspersus), male, family Pyxicephalidae, Bray, Botswana

photographs by Chad Keates

[un-interesting]

6/27/19

[ortut]

Joe L’Estrange - Old Cat Walking (oil on board), 2007

[eirene]

Sparrows in a Cherry Tree, 1905 Bruno Liljefors

[ddestroyangels]

In a Roman Osteria by Carl Heinrich Bloch, detail, 1866, oil on canvas

National Gallery of Denmark, Copenhagen

[antiqueanimals]

Wildlife in North Carolina, November 1957. Illustration by Bob Dance.

Internet Archive

[nakan]

[strangledplanet]

[herpsandbirds]

 East African Shovel-Snout (Prosymna stuhlmanni), family Prosymnidae, South Africa

Feed on lizard and snake eggs, using a specialized tooth to slice open the shell and suck out the contents of the egg.

photographs by Chad Keates

[herpsandbirds]

Bahia Leaf Frog (Phyllomedusa bahiana), BIG STEPPY!!!, family Hylidae, endemic to Bahia, Brazil

photograph by Alex Popovkin

[antiqueanimals]

Don Balke (American, b. 1933). Raccoon, 1987. Gouache and watercolor on board.

MutualArt

[grayghostofthenorth]

Artist Komarov Aleksey Nikanorovich “Whirlwind” (Collections of the Darwin Museum) paper, gouache, dry brush (1964)

[herpsandbirds]

A new species of Goniurosaurus (Sauria, Gekkota, Eublepharidae) from Guangxi, China

Hui-Ling Chen, Jia-Yi Yu, You-Bang Li, Yu-Hui Li, Ze-Ning Chen

Abstract

In recent years, with advances in field surveys and molecular biology research, many new species of Goniurosaurus have been discovered, enhancing our understanding of their diversity and distribution. In this study, we present an integrated analysis of morphological evidence and mitochondrial and nuclear DNA sequence data to describe a new species from Guilin, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, China: Goniurosaurus wuzhengjuni sp. nov. This species can be distinguished morphologically from its congeners by a specific combination of characteristics: (1) 23 precloacal pores in males; (2) a grayish-white dorsal ground color on the head, body, and limbs covered with dense, irregular black blotches; (3) seven nasal scales surrounding the nostril; and (4) 101–108 midbody scale rows. Phylogenetic analyses indicate that this species forms a monophyletic lineage sister to G. araneus within the G. luii group, as supported by mitochondrial cyt b and 16S rRNA and nuclear C-mos gene sequences. Uncorrected pairwise genetic distances based on mitochondrial cyt b sequences range from 8.7% to 22.0% compared with those of all previously known species.

Read the paper here:

A new species of Goniurosaurus (Sauria, Gekkota, Eublepharidae) from Guangxi, China

[escuerzoresucitado]

[urgetocreate]

Sueellen Ross (American b.1941), Moving Day, 2024, Oil on canvas

[morganathewitch]

He followed us into the forest, he really wanted to join us for a walk~

[rafefar]

Elephant seals

San Simeon California