http://exoticrescueforum.forumotion.com/global-reptile-amphibian-f6/-t1.htm General Chat & Info Reptile & Amphibian Related worldwide that maybe endangered. Fri, 11 Jul 2008 23:15:20 GMT 10 http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v300/denisefrain/120816115437195.gif http://exoticrescueforum.forumotion.com/global-reptile-amphibian-f6/-t1.htm http://exoticrescueforum.forumotion.com/global-reptile-amphibian-f6/climate-change-may-cause-reptile-to-change-sex-t989.htm Snakes Incorporated Climate Change May Cause Reptile To Change Sex, NZ July 2, 2008 Prehistoric Tuatara reptiles in New Zealand may become extinct because all their females will be gone. A recent study says that in higher temperatures all the new born creatures will be male, and the authors of Australian research suggest organising artificial shadowed areas above the Tuatara nests. Scientists from Melbourne University have published a study which claims the Tuatara will hardly ever be able to change ... Global Reptile & Amphibian Fri, 11 Jul 2008 23:15:20 GMT http://exoticrescueforum.forumotion.com/global-reptile-amphibian-f6/climate-change-may-cause-reptile-to-change-sex-t989.htm#8263 http://exoticrescueforum.forumotion.com/global-reptile-amphibian-f6/climate-change-may-cause-reptile-to-change-sex-t989.htm http://exoticrescueforum.forumotion.com/global-reptile-amphibian-f6/threatened-atlantic-leatherback-turtles-split-into-two-group-t794.htm Reptile Rescue Den ScienceDaily (Mar. 26, 2008) Threatened Atlantic Leatherback Turtles Split Into Two Groups To Forage, Isotope Analysis Suggests The beaches of French Guiana constitute a major reproduction site for leatherback turtles. This sea turtle, although a protected species, is threatened by human activity: it ingests plastics, get accidentally caught in fishing nets, sees its egg-laying sites destroyed and its adults hunted illegally for their meat and their eggs. Female turtles return to the same ... Global Reptile & Amphibian Fri, 11 Apr 2008 08:05:19 GMT http://exoticrescueforum.forumotion.com/global-reptile-amphibian-f6/threatened-atlantic-leatherback-turtles-split-into-two-group-t794.htm#6891 http://exoticrescueforum.forumotion.com/global-reptile-amphibian-f6/threatened-atlantic-leatherback-turtles-split-into-two-group-t794.htm http://exoticrescueforum.forumotion.com/global-reptile-amphibian-f6/turtle-nesting-threatened-by-logging-practices-in-gabon-t795.htm Reptile Rescue Den ScienceDaily (Mar. 19, 2008) Turtle Nesting Threatened By Logging Practices In Gabon, Smithsonian Warns Endangered sea turtles are victims of sloppy logging practices in the west central African country Gabon, according to a study led by William Laurance, staff scientist at the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute. Sea turtle nesting attempts are impeded by lost or abandoned logs that accumulate along the country's coastal beaches. Logs are floated downriver from forests to coastal ... Global Reptile & Amphibian Fri, 11 Apr 2008 08:07:58 GMT http://exoticrescueforum.forumotion.com/global-reptile-amphibian-f6/turtle-nesting-threatened-by-logging-practices-in-gabon-t795.htm#6892 http://exoticrescueforum.forumotion.com/global-reptile-amphibian-f6/turtle-nesting-threatened-by-logging-practices-in-gabon-t795.htm http://exoticrescueforum.forumotion.com/global-reptile-amphibian-f6/scientists-solve-reptile-sex-puzzle-australia-t517.htm Snakes Incorporated Scientists Solve Reptile Sex Puzzle, Australia University of Sydney researchers have finally solved a conundrum scientists have been puzzling over for thirty years: why nest temperature can affect the likelihood of certain reptiles being born male or female. The simple answer is that in some reptile species, the nest temperatures that produce the fittest and most fertile males are very different to the nest temperatures that produce the fittest and most fertile females, says Professor ... Global Reptile & Amphibian Wed, 06 Feb 2008 05:23:54 GMT http://exoticrescueforum.forumotion.com/global-reptile-amphibian-f6/scientists-solve-reptile-sex-puzzle-australia-t517.htm#4021 http://exoticrescueforum.forumotion.com/global-reptile-amphibian-f6/scientists-solve-reptile-sex-puzzle-australia-t517.htm http://exoticrescueforum.forumotion.com/global-reptile-amphibian-f6/chinese-alligator-fund-t326.htm Reptile Rescue Den Did you know there are two species of alligator on the planet? We all know about the American alligator, but its distant cousin is the diminutive Chinese alligator, restricted to a small province of eastern China called Anhui. Recent surveys conducted by the Wildlife Conservation Society came up with this alarming news: there are probably less than 150 Chinese alligators left in the wild, and they're disappearing fast. Unless things change, the creature which inspired the fabled Chinese ... Global Reptile & Amphibian Sun, 13 Jan 2008 10:02:25 GMT http://exoticrescueforum.forumotion.com/global-reptile-amphibian-f6/chinese-alligator-fund-t326.htm#2188 http://exoticrescueforum.forumotion.com/global-reptile-amphibian-f6/chinese-alligator-fund-t326.htm http://exoticrescueforum.forumotion.com/global-reptile-amphibian-f6/the-blue-iguana-conservation-program-t53.htm Reptile Rescue Den http://www.blueiguana.ky/conservplan.htm]]> Global Reptile & Amphibian Thu, 27 Dec 2007 21:40:37 GMT http://exoticrescueforum.forumotion.com/global-reptile-amphibian-f6/the-blue-iguana-conservation-program-t53.htm#106 http://exoticrescueforum.forumotion.com/global-reptile-amphibian-f6/the-blue-iguana-conservation-program-t53.htm