November 27th, 2011
biomedicalephemera: Thamnocenchris aurifer (now Bothriechis aurifer) consuming Agalychnis moreletii The Guatemalan pit viper and Morelet’s treefrog share virtually the same habitat (southern Mexico through Guatemala), and both have suffered from habitat loss. However, the Morelet’s treefrog (like almost every treefrog species in the area) has been hit hard by the transmissible fungus, chytridiomycosis, and is now critically endangered. Approximately 80% of the already-small population is expected to die off in the next few years if there’s no way found to halt the progression of this disease. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 1860.

biomedicalephemera:

Thamnocenchris aurifer (now Bothriechis aurifer) consuming Agalychnis moreletii

The Guatemalan pit viper and Morelet’s treefrog share virtually the same habitat (southern Mexico through Guatemala), and both have suffered from habitat loss.

However, the Morelet’s treefrog (like almost every treefrog species in the area) has been hit hard by the transmissible fungus, chytridiomycosis, and is now critically endangered. Approximately 80% of the already-small population is expected to die off in the next few years if there’s no way found to halt the progression of this disease.

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 1860.

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June 23rd, 2011
biomedicalephemera: “Hi! I’m a snake! I’m here to live in your nightmares! When can I move in?!” Thanatophis colgadora’s accepted binomial name is now Bothriechis schlegelii. It’s a pit viper (known as the Eyelash Viper) from throughout Central America, comes in tons of colors, and is not at all endangered. And given that it’s a pit viper, it is of course venomous. It usually doesn’t get above 2.5 ft., though.

biomedicalephemera:

“Hi! I’m a snake! I’m here to live in your nightmares! When can I move in?!”

Thanatophis colgadora’s accepted binomial name is now Bothriechis schlegelii. It’s a pit viper (known as the Eyelash Viper) from throughout Central America, comes in tons of colors, and is not at all endangered. And given that it’s a pit viper, it is of course venomous. It usually doesn’t get above 2.5 ft., though.

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