A frog last seen 136 years ago is one of 5 lost frogs to be rediscovered in India. The search for the lost frogs in India stems from the story below where scientists searched 21 country’s in search for lost frogs The Chalazodes bubble-nest frog was last documented by a British Herpetologist in 1874. Scientists believe the frog hatches from the egg fully developed. Also found during the search were the Anamalai dot frog, the Dehradun stream frog, the Silent Valley tropical frog, and the Elegant tropical frog.
Search for lost Frogs success.
Last August we spoke about researchers traveling the globe in search for lost Frog species. Their target was 100 lost frogs, the succeeded in finding 4 of those and concluded that the other 96 species were in fact extinct. “Rediscoveries provide reason for hope for these species, but the flip side of the coin is that the vast majority of species that teams were looking for were not found. This is a reminder that we are in the midst of what is being called the Sixth Great Extinction with species disappearing at 100 to 1000 times the historic rate—and amphibians are really at the forefront of this extinction wave,” said Dr. Robin Moore “We need to turn these discoveries and rediscoveries into an opportunity to stem the crisis by focusing on protecting one of the most vulnerable groups of animals and their critical habitats.”
Connecticut cracking down on exotic pets
We have all heard the story back in 2009 where the woman was mauled by a Chimp in Connecticut. Well now the sate is trying to ban exotic animals including Pythons. A bunch of animal enthusiasts, shop owners and exhibitors voiced their concern at a public hearing on the issue. The Maritime aquarium even said that under the proposed law they would no longer be considered an aquarium and some of their exhibits would become illegal. This folks is what we need to stop. A Chip is not a snake and I am offended that they have to pick on everyone for one morons mistake. Contact info for the DEP is below, please contact them in a responsible manor and voice your opinion no matter if you live in the state or not.
| Mailing Address: | Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection 79 Elm Street Hartford, CT 06106-5127 |
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dep.webmaster@ct.gov (Please include your name, postal mail address and telephone number in any e-mail inquiries. In many cases it would be most efficient to respond to you by telephone or postal mail.)
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Audubon Society seeks scholarship applicants
The Bedford Audubon Society is seeking applicants for its 2011 Marty McGuire Scholarship. I past some of the grant has been used for reptile and amphibian research at Audubon’s summer camp in Vermont. The money, up to $1,000 can be used for course registration and materials or project related expenses. The application for the grant can be found online at
http://www.bedfordaudubon.org/documents/marty-mcguire_scholarship11.pdf. The deadline for application is April 15.
Zoo snake enclosure still unfinished
The Chattbir Zoo apparently has yet to finish a snake enclosure. Last year they had to release 32 Sand Boas into the jungle when a mother gave birth to them and they did not have room to keep them do to the enclosure not being done. They do have one Python at the zoo but the cold winter conditions require them to move it to a veterinary hospital during the winter. Work was started on the new snake enclosure in 2008 but is still not complete. Activists filed a complaint agents the zoo claiming they were misusing funds meant to finish the enclosure and according to the zoo an inquiry by the government held up the completion of the new snake enclosure.
Mother and child held captive by man with snakes
A Swedish woman and her child were held captive for hours by a man who said if they tried to leave he would unleash six green Asian pit vipers and two puff adders on them. Police were eventually able to slip in and free the woman and child and the man surrendered without incident. Animal expert Jonas Wahlstrom, director of the Skansen Aquarium collected the snakes and removed them. There were also 2 lizards found and police said the apartment had garbage all over it.
The reptile enthusiasts of Sweden need to stand up, we all need to stand up and work towards the common goal of keeping reptiles out of the hand of people like this. The vast majority of us are good honest people but there are a few who for some reason chose to do stupid things like this and put a bad light on us as a community.
I urge everyone to contact the local government in Stockholm with the contact info below and tell them a story of responsible reptile keeping.
Government Offices of Sweden Switchboard work +46 8 405 10 00
Address work Rosenbad 4
Postal address postal SE-103 33 Stockholm
Could the Eastern Box Turtle be Pennsylvania,s official reptile?
HB634 which is being sponsored by Lawrence Curry after being asked by some Glenside Elementary School students. His previous bill made it to the senate floor but was never voted on. He praised the students teacher for going up and above in educating the students. Last spring the students traveled to Harrisburgto have a front row seat as the bill passed the house vote before being sent to the senate where it died.