Todd Lewis' Outputs (8)

New population of mountain yellow-legged frog (Rana muscosa) discovered (2009)
Journal Article

For the first time in nearly 50 years, a population of a nearly extinct frog has been re-discovered in the San Bernardino National Forest’s
San Jacinto wilderness. Biologists from the US geological survey (USGS) assessing suitability of sites to r... Read More about New population of mountain yellow-legged frog (Rana muscosa) discovered.

Predation by Corallus annulatus (Boidae) on Rhynchonycteris naso (Emballonuridae) in a lowland tropical wet forest, Costa Rica (2009)
Journal Article

Corallus annulatus (Northern Annulated Tree-boa) is a little-studied tropical Boid occurring disjunctively throughout Central America and tropical South America in mostly lowland tropical moist and wet forests (Holdridge... Read More about Predation by Corallus annulatus (Boidae) on Rhynchonycteris naso (Emballonuridae) in a lowland tropical wet forest, Costa Rica.

New species of herpetofauna from the Greater Mekong region of Southeast Asia reported by WWF (2009)
Journal Article

A remarkable 163 new species discoveries have been made in the past year in the jungles and rivers of the Greater mekong region of Southeast Asia. the new finds in 2008 comprise 100 plants, 28 fish, 18 reptiles, 14 amphibians, 2 mammals and 1 bird sp... Read More about New species of herpetofauna from the Greater Mekong region of Southeast Asia reported by WWF.

Diverse new herpetofauna in the Eastern Himalayas reported by WWF (2009)
Journal Article

A report by WWF has revealed more than 350 new species, including a Flying-frog, from the Eastern Himalayas. The report, The Eastern Himalayas – Where Worlds Collide, highlights a host of new species found over the last decade in the remote mountain... Read More about Diverse new herpetofauna in the Eastern Himalayas reported by WWF.

Ablepharus kitaibelii (Snake-eyed skink): Habitat (2009)
Journal Article

Communal behaviour by Basiliscus plumifrons (Cope 1876) in a Manicaria swamp forest, northeast Costa Rica (2009)
Journal Article

Se describe un comportamiento comunal en Basiliscus plumifrons en una localidad costera del nordeste de Costa Rica. Dos ejemplares de esta especie, macho y hembra, fueron observados juntos sobre una rama a 1.6 m de altura a las 21.30 h de la noche. S... Read More about Communal behaviour by Basiliscus plumifrons (Cope 1876) in a Manicaria swamp forest, northeast Costa Rica.

Sibon longifrenis (Drab Snail-eater). Reproduction (2009)
Journal Article

SIBON LONGIFRENIS (Drab Snail-eater). REPRODUCTION. The genus Sibon is one of four groups of neotropical snake specialized for foraging on snails, slugs, and also amphibian eggs (Montgomery et al. 2007. Herpetol. Rev. 38:343). Sibon longifrenis is a... Read More about Sibon longifrenis (Drab Snail-eater). Reproduction.

Environmental influences on the population ecology of sixteen anuran amphibians in a seasonally flooded neotropical forest (2009)
Thesis

Amphibians are declining globally from climate change, habitat destruction, pollution and disease. In tropical environments deciphering causes of decline is hampered by a lack of population data. In this study, climate, water quality and amphibian po... Read More about Environmental influences on the population ecology of sixteen anuran amphibians in a seasonally flooded neotropical forest.