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Thursday, August 28, 2025

Rare snake feeding on another rare snake in Tobago

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Tobago false coral ( Erythrolamprus ocellatus ) swallowing a One-lined ground snake ( Atractus fuliginosus ) in Tobago (Photo by Renoir Augu...
Saturday, August 16, 2025

Herping in Trinidad & Tobago Part 2: Main Ridge Reserve (Amphibians)

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The Main Ridge Forest Reserve is one of the oldest desginated forest reserves in the world. It is found on the island of Tobago, Republic ...
Saturday, April 12, 2025

History of Amphibian Research in Trinidad & Tobago

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[Tobago glass frog, Hyalinobatrachium orientale tobagoense . Photo by Renoir Auguste]. When most people think of amphibians (frogs) in Trin...
Saturday, September 28, 2024

Discovering the call of the Golden Tree Frog for the first time

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The golden tree frog ( Phytotriades auratus ) and its its microhabitat, the giant arboreal bromeliads of the species Glomeropitcairnia erect...
Wednesday, May 29, 2024

New snake species described from Trinidad

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[ Chironius nigelnoriegai sp. nov (Trinidadian Sipo, Machete). Photo by John Murphy]. || A new study has shown that the Trinidad populatio...
Tuesday, May 7, 2024

Worm lizard produces vocal sounds

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(White worm lizard, Amphisbaena alba . Photo by Renoir Auguste) || Many animals emit sounds to communicate. For example, frogs, birds, inse...
Sunday, February 18, 2024

New study suggests that there are two species of green anacondas, not one

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(Green Anaconda. Photo By John Murphy). A new study by Rivas and colleagues (2024) ( link ) has revealed that the green anaconda consists o...
Monday, January 8, 2024

New lizard for Trinidad discovered in garden

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Anolis lizards are widespread across the Caribbean and continental Americas. In Trinidad and Tobago, there is one confirmed plus one putati...
Saturday, January 6, 2024

Frog in Trinidad rediscovered after nearly thirty years

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The Suriname toad ( Pipa pipa ) is an aquatic frog found across South America and on the island of Trinidad. The last reported documentatio...
Tuesday, November 28, 2023

Community science reveals new frog in Tobago for the first time

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(Lesser dark-spotted thin-toed frog: Adenomera cf hylaedactyla . Photo by Renoir Auguste). || "Community science events like the Biobl...
Thursday, October 5, 2023

Why we need to save and better protect amphibians

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(Photo: Turpin's frog, Pristimantis turpinorum , mating pair, observed in Tobago. Photograph by Renoir J. Auguste). | A recent study pu...
Wednesday, May 3, 2023

Deadly fungus detected in the Endangered Golden Tree Frog

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Golden Tree Frog ( Phytotriades auratus ) from Trinidad. Photo by Rick Lehtinen. ||| The golden tree frog is found in Trinidad and Venezuela...