Herpetological Highlights

Herpetological Highlights


Latest Episodes

021 Frugivorous Monitors
February 20, 2018

Monitor lizards are renowned savengers... or so is widely thought. There are a few species that have cast aside the scavenger ways of their compatriots, opting ...

020 The Magnificent Vipers
February 06, 2018

Vipers, vipers everywhere. In this episode we muddle our way through some venom research, and learn about the methods employed working out how widespread bushmasters ...

019 Invertebrates Strike Back
January 23, 2018

We usually think of invertebrates as a frog’s favourite meal. But in this episode we explore the times when the tables turn and frogs fall ...

018 Big Trouble in Little Chameleons
January 09, 2018

There is no denying that chameleons are fascinating lizards, but why should the tree-dwelling ones get all the credit? In this episode we unearth some ...

017 ANACONDAS
December 26, 2017

This week’s episode is all about the bulkiest snake beast of them all – the ANACONDA. First we look into what neonate anacondas get up ...

016 Slimy Salamander Sociality
December 12, 2017

Salamanders feature in episode 16, especially North American ones. We chat about the unusual inheritance strategies of Ambystoma, and territorial behaviour and polymorphism (multiple colour patterns) ...

The Interviews 002 - Steve Allain
December 05, 2017

Tom caught up with renowned amphibian man and Imperial College master's student Steve Allain at Venom Day 2017 at Bangor University. Steve's midwife toad project ...

015 Serpents of the Sea
November 28, 2017

Snakes of the sea. Yellow, striped, you name it. We look into some factors changing their colours, and how has the yellow-bellied sea snake become ...

014 Crocs
November 19, 2017

Crocodylians have been around for a while and they know what they’re doing. In this episode we discuss what they do when they’re ticked off, ...

013 Frog Fungus
October 31, 2017

Everyone's favourite fungus is the topic of this week’s episode – Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis, otherwise known as Bd or Chytrid. We discuss some of the ways ...