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The Reptipage: Reptilian Rants

http://reptilis.net

A repository of reptile information, and the sciences related to them. Also home to the personal rants of the webmaster.

• Added on: Feb 5th, 2008
• Country: United States
• Language: English

• Author: Jura
• Listed in: Science Personal
• Tags: biology reptiles dinosaurs paleontology herpetology herpetoculture

Recent Posts

• Bone histology says ectothermic goats, but does it?

  Posted on Friday December 4th, 2009 at 17:24 in reptiles, reptile, goats, dwarfism, extant reptiles, myotragus balearicus, ectothermy, myotragus, ecotherm, ectothermic goat

  Once again the blog has taken a backseat to my real life work. It’s unfortunate too as there have been at least three really interesting news stories / technical papers that I feel the need to tackle. The first story I want to talk about is the...

• Land lubbing crocs get their day in the sun. Also, there’s a varanid special on NOVA.

  Posted on Tuesday October 20th, 2009 at 23:55 in crocodile, extinct reptiles, gondwana, monitor lizard, paul sereno, paleontology., lacertilia, extant reptiles, eric pianka, varanid, crurotarsi, boar croc

  After spending  a few years collecting and looking at the weirdness that is Gondwanan crocodyliformes, Dr. Paul Sereno has finally started to unveil stuff. With the help of National Geographic comes When Crocs Ate Dinosaurs. It appears to be a speci...

• Turns out Komodo dragons aren’t all that unique afterall.

  Posted on Wednesday September 30th, 2009 at 14:57 in monitor lizards, komodo dragon, ora, giantism, varanus komodoensis, megalania, varanid, varanus salvator, island giantism, varanus prisca, varanus priscus, varanus silvalensis

  A new study on Komodo dragon phylogeny has found that the mighty ora was, in fact, one of many. The paper in question is: Hocknull, S.A., Piper, P.J., van den Bergh, G.D., Due, R.A., Morwood, M.J., Kurniawan, I. 2009. Dragon’s Paradise Lost: Pa...

• Wordpress upgrade

  Posted on Monday July 20th, 2009 at 22:35 in blog, wordpress, site developments

  If one has noticed a slight change to the blog, it has to do with an upgrade to Wordpress. I had been trying get the auto-update to go through, but it was being very stubborn. I have since learned that it was a 1and1 problem (my host), and that I nee...

• New paper says dinosaurs were endomorphs.

  Posted on Tuesday July 14th, 2009 at 22:59 in math, Ecology, Evolution, reptiles, dinosaurs, formula, mathematics, body size, mammals, sauropods, growth rate, extinct reptiles

  Endo-what now? Allow me to explain. If one studies physical fitness (academically, or practically), then one is bound to come across the three main human body types. The endomorph, mesomorph and ectomorph. Endomorphs are characterized by their abilit...

• New paper dispells Komodo myth. Also Megalania may have been the world’s largest venomous animal.

  Posted on Monday May 18th, 2009 at 19:21 in venom, komodo dragon, megalania prisca, extinct reptiles, ora, venomous, finite element analysis, lacertilia, varanus komodoensis, megalania, extant reptiles, auffenberg

  Just announced today in the journal: PNAS, is a new comprehensive study on Komodo dragon feeding ecology.  The comprehensive nature of the paper is the result of the contributions from around 28 individuals from all over Australia, as well as the Ne...

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