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Herp Review is out now! HR 56(1) features a photo of Coluber constrictor etheridgei by Clint Guadiana from east Texas.
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December 8, 2025 at 8:44 PM
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A Tale of Two Streams

Researchers investigated the nesting behavior of two closely related salamanders (Eurycea bislineata complex) where their ranges overlap.

Read more at Herpetological Review 55(2)
Newly Discovered Eurycea nest Adult Eurycea from the parapatric contact zone. Note the row of light circles beneath the dorsolateral stripe and the extension of the stripe to the tail tip on E. cirrigera (A) and the brighter color, the absence of light circles below the dorsolateral stripe, and the row of dots rather than an unbroken stripe running down the posterior portion of the tail on E. cf. wilderae
November 3, 2025 at 7:15 PM