Ian G. Brennan

Postdoctoral Researcher
The Australian National University

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a New Madagascan Gecko

June 30, 2015 by Ian Brennan

All the lab work from the past couple of years is finally paying off, and we've gotten another paper published in Zootaxa today. Download. We describe a new species of Blaesodactylus gecko from northern Madagascar, and estimate the phylogenetic relationships within the genus. Madagascar is an amazing place with plenty of species waiting to be discovered, so long as deforestation, overcollection, and invasive predators don't get to them first. 

To balance the academic side of things, I've put together a few images of bizarre invertebrates from my recent trip to Borneo. Thanks again to Jackie and Ben for letting me use a few of their photos, find them below:

View fullsize  a wild looking snake mimicking caterpillar. when it was disturbed, it inflated it's head, and puffed out the dark spots on either side of it's neck to look more like a snake.  photo credit: Ben Karin
View fullsize  an iridescent scorpion found under a log. photo credit: Jackie Childers
View fullsize  a very colorful latern bug.
View fullsize  a candy corn colored flatworm.
View fullsize  a velvet worm, a member of a completely unique phylum of life Onycophora. they use paired glands near their mouth to spray stick goo to subdue prey.
View fullsize  an enormous katydid.
View fullsize  the largest beetle grub I've encountered yet.
View fullsize  a common, but impressive rhinoceros beetle.
June 30, 2015 /Ian Brennan
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