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ARKive is focusing on the number nine in nature this week to celebrate its 9th birthday!
The mountain nyla is coming to the party as it has nine stripes across its backside!
Follow us for more number nine facts and awesome photos…
Happy Wildlife Wednesday everyone!
Want to find out more about the cool purple sea urchin?
• Mouth contains five toothed plates that is called “Aristotle’s lantern”
• Spines are used for feeding, moving, defense and even digging
• Hunted and exported to Japan as a delicacy
Check out more photos, videos and facts about the purple sea urchin on ARKive.
More tomorrow…
ARKive’s 9th birthday is on 20 May! We’d like you to join the celebrations!
Look out for number 9 animal facts and photos every day this week. Share with your friends.
Today’s birthday animal is the binturong!
Happy Wildlife Wednesday! Three top badger facts:
Check out more badger photos, videos and facts on ARKive.
Happy Wildlife Wednesday! Today it’s the barn owl.
Check out more photos, videos and facts about the barn owl on ARKive.
Happy Wildlife Wednesday! It’s the Southern giant clam today:
Check out more photos, videos and facts about the Southern giant clam on ARKive.
Check out trailers from Wildscreen Festival’s entrants.
Any filmmakers out there?
Just over a week left to enter your environmental or wildlife film to the most prestigious natural history awards - Wildscreen Festival.
Don’t miss out - enter by 27 April 2012.
Happy Wildlife Wednesday!
black and yellow broadbill
(photo by robert chong)
Two New Frogs Discovered in the Philippines
Pioneering assessment survey provides new information on the ecology and natural history of many species of vertebrates.
by Ally Catterick
Despite its reputation for having fragmented and degraded forests, this impressive list of fauna and flora demonstrates the under-appreciated biodiversity of the Philippines. A biodiversity resource assessment conducted in the Southern Leyte Province of the Philippines in November, has resulted in the discovery of two new species of frog and a total of 229 recorded flora species, 31 of which are endemic.
The assessment was led by Fauna & Flora International, the National Museum of the Philippines, the Protected Areas and Wildlife Bureau-DENR and DENR Region 8. Aimed at generating species inventories and practical information on key species-habitat associations, study results will inform forest and biodiversity management planning.
The month-long ground surveys in Southern Leyte covered six municipalities – Silago, Hinunangan, Sogod, Maasin, Tomas Oppus and Malitbog – and recorded a total of 229 flora species, 31 of which are unique to the Philippines.
The discovery of two undescribed forest-dependent species of frogs of the genus Platymantisis a significant result from the assessment, which is pioneering the detailed documentation of new and important information on the ecology and natural history of many species of vertebrates, endemic to Leyte…
(read more: Fauna and Flora International)
(photos: Arvin Diesmos)
Top wild facts!
• This chameleon can rapidly change to grey or yellow
• Uses its prehensile tail to grip branches when climbing in trees
• Muscles in the tip of its tongue create a vacuum when catching prey
If you haven’t already submitted your entry into our Creative Climate Change Challenge, you need to hurry!
The competition closes Sunday 8 April 2012. Whether it’s body popping for polar bears or rapping for ringed seals, do your part and don’t miss out!
