Author: SquaMatesThemselves

A totally serious herpetological podcast

SquaMates Ep. 22: Neil Caiman and Crew

http://squamatespod.com/wp-content/uploads/SquaMates_Ep22_final.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 1:43:21 — 191.0MB)Subscribe: TuneIn | RSS | MoreThe Mates are back after two and a half years of hiatus! They talk about all that’s happened in the intervening time, and where we are going from here! Episode notes can get clipped on your device or by your…
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SquaMates Ep. 21: Bachia to the Future

http://squamatespod.com/wp-content/uploads/SquaMates_Ep21_final.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 1:37:31 — 90.0MB)Subscribe: TuneIn | RSS | MoreThe Mates get into the evolution of Ambystoma, whether or not to use subspecies, and the fantastically diverse and oft maligned gymnophthalmids (gymmies!). Episode notes can get clipped on your device or by your podcast provider; for full (extensive) notes (and…
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SquaMates Ep. 20: Lerista Explains It All

http://squamatespod.com/wp-content/uploads/SquaMates_Ep20_final.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 2:35:55 — 143.5MB)Subscribe: TuneIn | RSS | MoreThe Mates are joined this month by Hiral Naik, a snake ecologist from South Africa! We talk turtles, skinks, crocodiles, neocolonialism in science, and Lamprophiidae! Episode notes can get clipped on your device or by your podcast provider; for full…
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SquaMates Ep. 19: Nobody Expects the Lacey Imposition

http://squamatespod.com/wp-content/uploads/SquaMates_Ep19_final.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 2:04:56 — 115.1MB)Subscribe: TuneIn | RSS | MoreAfter a corona-induced hiatus, the Mates are back with a looser format and some deep dives on tiny chameleons, glowing geckos, and the much debated Lacey act! Episode notes sometimes get clipped on your device or by your podcast provider;…
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SquaMates Ep. 18: Amici manere domi!

http://squamatespod.com/wp-content/uploads/SquaMates_Ep18_final.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 1:42:11 — 141.0MB)Subscribe: TuneIn | RSS | MoreHere’s episode 18, a Works in Froggress episode, featuring the Mates, Dr Mark D. Scherz, Gabriel Ugueto, and Ethan Kocak, talking about what’s going on in their new lives stuck inside—Ethan’s setting off on a freelancing lifestyle, Gabriel has been…
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SquaMates Ep. 17: Malayopython and the Glowing Tail

http://squamatespod.com/wp-content/uploads/SquaMates_Ep17_final.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 1:43:28 — 143.5MB)Subscribe: TuneIn | RSS | MoreWe’re back with Episode 17! In this Breaking Newts episode, the Mates, Dr Mark D. Scherz, Gabriel Ugueto, and Ethan Kocak, talk about the coolest new research in herpetology and Gabriel’s extremely squeaky chair! Featuring a few controversial new bits…
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SquaMates Ep. 16: Sex-bias in herpetology

http://squamatespod.com/wp-content/uploads/SquaMates_Ep16_final.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 41:12 — 57.2MB)Subscribe: TuneIn | RSS | MoreEpisode 16 is here, in this episode we—Dr Mark D. Scherz, Gabriel Ugueto, and Ethan Kocak—feature an interview with Professor Emily Taylor of Cal Poly, and two of her students, Isabelle Barnes and Katie Rock, talking about their amazing dataset…
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SquaMates Ep. 15: And now for something completely different

http://squamatespod.com/wp-content/uploads/SquaMates_Ep15_final.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 1:13:30 — 103.0MB)Subscribe: TuneIn | RSS | MoreWe’re back with Episode 15! In this Works in Froggress and Discussion episode, the Mates, Dr Mark D. Scherz, Gabriel Ugueto, and Ethan Kocak, talk about what they’ve been up to since October 2019, and discuss the event of the…
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SquaMates Ep. 14: And Another Thing…

http://squamatespod.com/wp-content/uploads/SquaMates_Ep14_final.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 57:41 — 79.9MB)Subscribe: TuneIn | RSS | MoreDr Mark D. Scherz, Gabriel Ugueto, and Ethan Kocak are back for a new start in 2020 and a small change to our episode format! In this Breaking Newts episode, we highlight important herpetological papers published since October 2019! Episode…
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Squamates Ep. 13: Mostly Humbugs

http://squamatespod.com/wp-content/uploads/SquaMates_Ep13_final.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 1:27:37 — 121.0MB)Subscribe: TuneIn | RSS | MoreWe are the worst, but at least we have an Episode 13, unlike a certain podcast we know. In this long-delayed episode, it’s just two of your normal co-hosts, Dr Mark D. Scherz and Gabriel Ugueto, in a more laid-back, chatty…
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