by Whiting | May 22, 2012 | China field work, Lab news, Toad-headed agamas
Our great friend and colleague Dr. Qi Yin of the Chengdu Institute of Biology, who is an associate of the lab, has just finished building an amazing complex of enclosures at Xiaman Conservation Station in the Zoige Wetland Nature Reserve, Sichuan Province. We like to...
by Whiting | May 13, 2012 | Behaviour, Lab news, Sexual selection
by Mitch Scott The Lizard Lab has experienced a first this past year, with an honours project on the chemical communication in snakes, wrapping up this past April. The project has generated some excitement, both positive and slightly hesitant, with lizard enthusiasts...
by Whiting | May 9, 2012 | Desert skink project, Lab news, Lizard Lab adventures
A Lizard Lab update is long overdue! The lab has had the pleasure of hosting Stephan Leu as a visiting postdoc. Stephan and Martin have been working on a paper together and planning upcoming research on blueys (social networks) and sleepy lizards (with Mike Bull)....
by Whiting | Apr 4, 2012 | Uncategorized
Last seen in Hawaii in the 60’s, this beautifully coloured skink is now considered extinct from the Hawaiian Islands. The copper-striped blue-tailed skink (Emoia impar) persists in other tropical pacific island groups, with the extinction of the Hawaiian...
by Whiting | Feb 29, 2012 | Lizard ecology, Science news
A brightly coloured, semi-aquatic mountain dwelling lizard has been discovered in Peru, Potamites montanicola. The article describing this new species was published in Zookeys this year, an open access journal. A popular account of this exciting discovery can be found...
by Whiting | Feb 21, 2012 | Science news, Weird and unusual
In recent years we have seen the description of new species of miniature frogs, fishes, salamanders and lizards. Frank Glaw, Jorn Kohler, Ted Townsend and Miguel Vences have just described four new species of Malagasy leaf chameleons (Brookesia) that are small enough...
by Whiting | Jan 30, 2012 | Ceratophora tennenttii, Lab news, Lizard ecology, Lizard Lab adventures, Sexual selection, Sri Lanka lizards
I didn’t have internet access in the field, so this dispatch is actually coming from my living-room in Sydney! I have just returned from a field trip with Ruchira Somaweera to the Knuckles Mountain range, which is to the north of Kandy in central Sri Lanka....
by Whiting | Jan 2, 2012 | Lab news
Hi everyone, Another year has flown by at warp speed. We had the pleasure of hosting both Pau Carazo (University of Valencia) and Qi Yin (Chengdu Institute of Biology) for short-term postdocs. Both made a big impact in their brief time here! We also continued with a...
by Whiting | Dec 17, 2011 | Behaviour, Weird and unusual
A pet Bearded Dragon makes the Sydney Morning Herald for its superior ability on the video game Ant Crusher. Lizard Lab associate Peter Harlow is called upon to comment. Read about it here: Aussie lizard has smartphone game...
by Whiting | Nov 27, 2011 | Cane toad cognition, Cane toads, Lab news
In case you are not Australian, you may not know that the cane toad was introduced into Australia in 1935 to control beetle pests in sugar cane fields in Queensland. Martin is working with Pau Carazo, Rick Shine and Josh Amiel on toad cognition and brain structure. In...
