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Juvenile ornate or painted wood turtle (Rhinoclemmys pulcherrima)

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Vocal communication recorded in 53 animals we thought were silent

New recordings of sounds made by reptiles, amphibians and fish suggest that vocal communication has a common evolutionary origin in vertebrates

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Artistic reconstruction of the reptile adaptive radiation in a terrestrial ecosystem during the warmest period in Earth?s history. Image depicts a massive, big-headed, carnivorous erythrosuchid (close relative to crocodiles and dinosaurs) and a tiny gliding reptile at about 240 million years ago. The erythrosuchid is chasing the gliding reptile and it is propelling itself using a fossilized skull of the extinct Dimetrodon (early mammalian ancestor) in a hot and dry river valley. Image created by Henry Sharpe.

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Reptile boom 250 million years ago may have been due to global warming

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200 million year old deposits of the precursor of the Mediterranean Sea have been preserved in the Swiss High Alps. Whale-sized ichthyosaurs came from the open sea only occasionally into shallower water.

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Ichthyosaur tooth from the Swiss Alps is largest ever discovered

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DRX16P A Pig-Nosed Turtle swims in the Atlanta Aquarium.

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Over a fifth of reptile species are at risk of extinction

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horned adder (Bitis caudalis), photographed in Namibia

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Vipers evolved either nose or eye horns depending on their habitat

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BH2FJJ A Western Diamond-backed Rattlesnake (Crotalus atrox) in a defensive posture at dusk, illuminated by car headlights.

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Rattlesnakes use auditory illusion to make us think they are nearby

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