202 Homeward Hopping Frogs

Herpetological Highlights

This episode we are looking at egg-feeding poison frogs and their ability to find their way back to their home territory. Species of the Bi-week is a fresh mud snake.

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Main Paper References:

Gómez-Consuegra J, Amézquita A. 2024. Ecological and behavioral correlates of homing performance in the egg-feeding poison frog Oophaga histrionica. Evolutionary Ecology 38:241–253. DOI: 10.1007/s10682-023-10283-z.

Species of the Bi-Week:

Nguyen SN, Le MV, Lathrop A, Vo T-D-H, Murphy RW, Che J. 2024. A new species of mud snake (Squamata: Homalopsidae: Myrrophis) from southern Vietnam. Vertebrate Zoology 74:221–233. DOI: 10.3897/vz.74.e116992.

Editing and Music:

Podcast edited by Wojciech – https://www.fiverr.com/buczar

Intro/outro – Treehouse by Ed Nelson

Species Bi-week theme – Michael Timothy

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