Daniel Jablonski
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First confirmed occurrence of the desert racer snake known as 𝘗𝘴𝘢𝘮𝘮𝘰𝘱𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘴𝘤𝘩𝘰𝘬𝘢𝘳𝘪 in Lebanon. 🐍
This study fills a significant distributional gap for the genus Psammophis in the Levant: doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1268.177920
This study fills a significant distributional gap for the genus Psammophis in the Levant: doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1268.177920
February 6, 2026 at 1:11 PM
First confirmed occurrence of the desert racer snake known as 𝘗𝘴𝘢𝘮𝘮𝘰𝘱𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘴𝘤𝘩𝘰𝘬𝘢𝘳𝘪 in Lebanon. 🐍
This study fills a significant distributional gap for the genus Psammophis in the Levant: doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1268.177920
This study fills a significant distributional gap for the genus Psammophis in the Levant: doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1268.177920
A remarkable new book by Philippos Katsiyiannis and Elias Tzoras has just been published, offering a comprehensive overview of the amphibians and reptiles of the Peloponnese. The volume also includes a chapter dedicated to the biogeography of this exceptionally rich and fascinating herpetofauna.
September 20, 2025 at 11:01 AM
A remarkable new book by Philippos Katsiyiannis and Elias Tzoras has just been published, offering a comprehensive overview of the amphibians and reptiles of the Peloponnese. The volume also includes a chapter dedicated to the biogeography of this exceptionally rich and fascinating herpetofauna.
Endemic taxon or environmentally induced colour morph?
New paper on the genetics of the insular subspecies of Platyceps najadum (Serpentes: Colubridae) from Kalymnos, Greece: zookeys.pensoft.net/articles.php...
New paper on the genetics of the insular subspecies of Platyceps najadum (Serpentes: Colubridae) from Kalymnos, Greece: zookeys.pensoft.net/articles.php...
July 5, 2025 at 6:59 AM
Endemic taxon or environmentally induced colour morph?
New paper on the genetics of the insular subspecies of Platyceps najadum (Serpentes: Colubridae) from Kalymnos, Greece: zookeys.pensoft.net/articles.php...
New paper on the genetics of the insular subspecies of Platyceps najadum (Serpentes: Colubridae) from Kalymnos, Greece: zookeys.pensoft.net/articles.php...
A snake in Denmark trying to eat a hare **10× its size**
🔗 www.newsweek.com/watch-snake-...
🔗 www.newsweek.com/watch-snake-...
Video shows snake trying to eat prey 10 times her size
"The hare was lying on the ground moving its four legs jerkily and head with difficulty," researchers said.
www.newsweek.com
July 2, 2025 at 5:12 PM
A snake in Denmark trying to eat a hare **10× its size**
🔗 www.newsweek.com/watch-snake-...
🔗 www.newsweek.com/watch-snake-...
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An adult female common European adder (Vipera berus) attempted to kill and swallow a young European hare (Lepus europaeus) nearly ten times its own mass.
See the ambitious adder's attempt and learn more about its scientific relevance on the @pensoft.net blog:
blog.pensoft.net/2025/07/01/a...
See the ambitious adder's attempt and learn more about its scientific relevance on the @pensoft.net blog:
blog.pensoft.net/2025/07/01/a...
More than it can chew: ambitious adder takes on hare
See footage of the interaction below.
blog.pensoft.net
July 1, 2025 at 10:54 AM
An adult female common European adder (Vipera berus) attempted to kill and swallow a young European hare (Lepus europaeus) nearly ten times its own mass.
See the ambitious adder's attempt and learn more about its scientific relevance on the @pensoft.net blog:
blog.pensoft.net/2025/07/01/a...
See the ambitious adder's attempt and learn more about its scientific relevance on the @pensoft.net blog:
blog.pensoft.net/2025/07/01/a...
New Book on the Snakes of Iraqi Kurdistan
The first illustrated field guide to the region’s snakes, published in two languages – English and Kurdish. It includes photographs, maps, and detailed information on the diversity of local snake species.
chimaira.de #snakes #herpetology #Iraq #Kurdistan
The first illustrated field guide to the region’s snakes, published in two languages – English and Kurdish. It includes photographs, maps, and detailed information on the diversity of local snake species.
chimaira.de #snakes #herpetology #Iraq #Kurdistan
June 30, 2025 at 7:12 PM
New Book on the Snakes of Iraqi Kurdistan
The first illustrated field guide to the region’s snakes, published in two languages – English and Kurdish. It includes photographs, maps, and detailed information on the diversity of local snake species.
chimaira.de #snakes #herpetology #Iraq #Kurdistan
The first illustrated field guide to the region’s snakes, published in two languages – English and Kurdish. It includes photographs, maps, and detailed information on the diversity of local snake species.
chimaira.de #snakes #herpetology #Iraq #Kurdistan
The Balkans in Central Europe: a case of introduced lineage of Podarcis muralis in Slovakia highlighting the impact of international trading and climate change herpetozoa.pensoft.net/articles.php...
June 30, 2025 at 4:33 PM
The Balkans in Central Europe: a case of introduced lineage of Podarcis muralis in Slovakia highlighting the impact of international trading and climate change herpetozoa.pensoft.net/articles.php...
Overly optimistic adder, Vipera berus (Linnaeus, 1758), killing and intending to swallow an oversized young hare, Lepus europaeus Pallas, 1778 herpetozoa.pensoft.net/articles.php...
Overly optimistic adder, Vipera berus (Linnaeus, 1758), killing and intending to swallow an oversized young hare, Lepus europaeus Pallas, 1778
In snakes, predatory attacks on oversized prey are not uncommon. Here, we describe an adult female Vipera berus that likely bit and intended to swallow an oversized young hare, Lepus europaeus. The es...
herpetozoa.pensoft.net
June 30, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Overly optimistic adder, Vipera berus (Linnaeus, 1758), killing and intending to swallow an oversized young hare, Lepus europaeus Pallas, 1778 herpetozoa.pensoft.net/articles.php...
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just published
europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ej...
europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ej...
Resolving taxonomic ambiguities in extant Himalayan lazy toads: A new species of the genus Scutiger (Anura, Megophryidae) from eastern Nepal
| European Journal of Taxonomy
europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu
June 5, 2025 at 8:34 PM
just published
europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ej...
europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ej...
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It's not a dire wolf. It's a gray wolf clone with 20 dire-wolf gene edits, and with some dire wolf traits. And here's my story! Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2025/04/07/s...
April 7, 2025 at 4:38 PM
It's not a dire wolf. It's a gray wolf clone with 20 dire-wolf gene edits, and with some dire wolf traits. And here's my story! Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2025/04/07/s...
Frog-derived synthetic peptides display anti-infective activity against Gram-negative pathogens: Trends in Biotechnology www.cell.com/trends/biote...
Frog-derived synthetic peptides display anti-infective activity against Gram-negative pathogens
Synthetic peptides, inspired by the natural defenses of amphibians, demonstrate selective
activity against Gram-negative pathogens while sparing the gut microbiota and Gram-positive
strains. Rationall...
www.cell.com
April 2, 2025 at 5:40 AM
Frog-derived synthetic peptides display anti-infective activity against Gram-negative pathogens: Trends in Biotechnology www.cell.com/trends/biote...
🐍 New snake records in Afghanistan! 🏔️
Our latest study in Zootaxa expands the known herpetofauna, adding Lycodon bicolor & Spalerosophis arenarius to the country’s species list!
doi.org/10.11646/zoo...
#Herpetology #Snakes #Afghanistan #Biodiversity
Our latest study in Zootaxa expands the known herpetofauna, adding Lycodon bicolor & Spalerosophis arenarius to the country’s species list!
doi.org/10.11646/zoo...
#Herpetology #Snakes #Afghanistan #Biodiversity
Untangling the Wallacean Shortfall: The herpetofauna of central-eastern Afghanistan including two snake species new for the reptiles list of the country
| Zootaxa
doi.org
February 15, 2025 at 3:49 PM
🐍 New snake records in Afghanistan! 🏔️
Our latest study in Zootaxa expands the known herpetofauna, adding Lycodon bicolor & Spalerosophis arenarius to the country’s species list!
doi.org/10.11646/zoo...
#Herpetology #Snakes #Afghanistan #Biodiversity
Our latest study in Zootaxa expands the known herpetofauna, adding Lycodon bicolor & Spalerosophis arenarius to the country’s species list!
doi.org/10.11646/zoo...
#Herpetology #Snakes #Afghanistan #Biodiversity
Reposted by Daniel Jablonski
Dans #The_Science_of_Nature vol.112 (17) #OpenAccess
Une étude moléculaire sur des cuisses de grenouilles consommées en Suisse et mal étiquetées recèlent une biodiversité insoupçonnée.
Espèces d'origines diverses, exotiques,envahissantes ou inconnues des zoologistes!
#Amphibian #Biological_invasion
Une étude moléculaire sur des cuisses de grenouilles consommées en Suisse et mal étiquetées recèlent une biodiversité insoupçonnée.
Espèces d'origines diverses, exotiques,envahissantes ou inconnues des zoologistes!
#Amphibian #Biological_invasion
February 13, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Dans #The_Science_of_Nature vol.112 (17) #OpenAccess
Une étude moléculaire sur des cuisses de grenouilles consommées en Suisse et mal étiquetées recèlent une biodiversité insoupçonnée.
Espèces d'origines diverses, exotiques,envahissantes ou inconnues des zoologistes!
#Amphibian #Biological_invasion
Une étude moléculaire sur des cuisses de grenouilles consommées en Suisse et mal étiquetées recèlent une biodiversité insoupçonnée.
Espèces d'origines diverses, exotiques,envahissantes ou inconnues des zoologistes!
#Amphibian #Biological_invasion
Reposted by Daniel Jablonski
Patrones de diversidad genómica en el sapo partero común: perspectivas filogeográficas y de conservación. Open access:
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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Genome-wide patterns of diversity in the European midwife toad complex: phylogeographic and conservation prospects - Conservation Genetics
Assessing how genetic diversity is spatially structured underlies many research questions in evolutionary ecology and contributes to understanding the factors implicated in population declines and ext...
link.springer.com
February 6, 2025 at 9:40 AM
Patrones de diversidad genómica en el sapo partero común: perspectivas filogeográficas y de conservación. Open access:
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
@chrisdufresnes.bsky.social @benwielstra.bsky.social @
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
@chrisdufresnes.bsky.social @benwielstra.bsky.social @
Want to learn more about Syria’s amphibians? 🐸🌍
Check out our chapter in the vol. 11 of Amphibian Biology from the Middle East! 📖
link.springer.com/book/10.1007...
@chrisdufresnes.bsky.social
@springer1842.bsky.social
#Herpetology #Amphibians #Syria #MiddleEast
Check out our chapter in the vol. 11 of Amphibian Biology from the Middle East! 📖
link.springer.com/book/10.1007...
@chrisdufresnes.bsky.social
@springer1842.bsky.social
#Herpetology #Amphibians #Syria #MiddleEast
February 3, 2025 at 1:32 PM
Want to learn more about Syria’s amphibians? 🐸🌍
Check out our chapter in the vol. 11 of Amphibian Biology from the Middle East! 📖
link.springer.com/book/10.1007...
@chrisdufresnes.bsky.social
@springer1842.bsky.social
#Herpetology #Amphibians #Syria #MiddleEast
Check out our chapter in the vol. 11 of Amphibian Biology from the Middle East! 📖
link.springer.com/book/10.1007...
@chrisdufresnes.bsky.social
@springer1842.bsky.social
#Herpetology #Amphibians #Syria #MiddleEast
Our study on Duttaphrynus melanostictus evolution published in Nature Communication. We showed how these toads likely spread across the Indian Ocean via human transport, from ancient trade routes to modern shipping. 🌍🐸
@chrisdufresnes.bsky.social
@naturecomms.bsky.social
@comeniusuni.bsky.social
@chrisdufresnes.bsky.social
@naturecomms.bsky.social
@comeniusuni.bsky.social
February 1, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Our study on Duttaphrynus melanostictus evolution published in Nature Communication. We showed how these toads likely spread across the Indian Ocean via human transport, from ancient trade routes to modern shipping. 🌍🐸
@chrisdufresnes.bsky.social
@naturecomms.bsky.social
@comeniusuni.bsky.social
@chrisdufresnes.bsky.social
@naturecomms.bsky.social
@comeniusuni.bsky.social