198 Ultra-violet Snakes

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This episode is all about why snakes have UV colouration. We have a blue-headed lizard for the Species of the Bi-week.

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Main Paper References:

Crowell HL, Curlis JD, Weller HI, Davis Rabosky AR. 2024. Ecological drivers of ultraviolet colour evolution in snakes. Nature Communications 15:5213. DOI: 10.1038/s41467-024-49506-4.

Species of the Bi-Week:

Venegas PJ, García-Ayachi LA, Chávez-Arribasplata JC, Marchelie A, Bullard S, Quispe E, Valencia JD, Odar J, Torres-Carvajal O. 2024. Two new species of wood lizards (Hoplocercinae: Enyalioides) from Cordillera de Colán in north-eastern Peru. Journal of Vertebrate Biology 73. DOI: 10.25225/jvb.23074.

Other Mentioned Papers/Studies:

Das S, Greenbaum E, Brecko J, Pauwels OSG, Ruane S, Pirro S, Merilä J. 2024. Phylogenomics of Psammodynastes and Buhoma (Elapoidea: Serpentes), with the description of a new Asian snake family. Scientific Reports 14:9489. DOI: 10.1038/s41598-024-60215-2.

Editing and Music:

Podcast edited by Alex – https://www.fiverr.com/alexanderroses

Intro/outro – Treehouse by Ed Nelson

Species Bi-week theme – Michael Timothy

Other Music – The Passion HiFi, https://www.thepassionhifi.com

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