#caecilians at the @WCHerp 10th World Congress of #Herpetology #WCH24
@BellaLGonzalez presenting on “Welcome to Miami: Reproductive Traits and Pathogen Potential in Introduced Caecilians”
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Ranjith Vengot presenting on “Patterns of elevational variation in the distribution of caecilians: A study from a northern Kerala part of the Western Ghats of peninsular”, supervised by @RamKotharambath
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Avanthika Prakash presents her poster on “Surface activity and circadian rhythm in caecilians (Amphibia: Gymnophiona): new experimental data on animals in captivity” supervised by @RamKotharambath
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@RamKotharambath presents
“New insights into the natural history of Western Ghats caecilians”
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@QuentinWildlife Quentin Martinez gives us a “Preliminary investigation of the brain and olfactory apparatus of caecilians”
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Sina Amini presenting on “Unexpected maintenance of the long-wavelength sensitive (LWS) cone opsin in
caecilians”
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Mark Wilkinson @Atretochoana asking “Are cardiovascular and pulmonary systems of caecilians impacted by burrowing?”
A topic he’s wanted to look at since his early PhD days…
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@chungkamei presenting “A taxonomic review of the unstriped forms of the Asian caecilian genus Ichthyophis”
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Pedro Mailho-Fontana talking on
“Milk provisioning in oviparous caecilian amphibians”
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Symposium organised by @axkupfer @QuentinWildlife @DrClaudiaKoch on “A brief introduction to the diversity of
subterranean amphibians and reptiles” with lots of talks on caecilians all morning!
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Mark Wilkinson @Atretochoana
presenting “Systematics of caecilians of the Seychelles”
Arguably the most well studied caecilians in the world: “Remarkable diversity in a tiny area”
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@TorresSanchezM presents “Blind Dates: caecilian amphibians and the evolution of courtship pheromones”
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@Simon_Maddock giving a touching memorial to Ron Nussbaum, one of the grandfathers of caecilian research
#caecilians at the @WCHerp 10th World Congress of #Herpetology #WCH24
@Simon_Maddock presenting “Living in
paradise: comparative phylogeography of
Seychelles caecilian amphibians reveals
differing evolutionary histories”