Episodes

http://squamatespod.com/wp-content/uploads/SquaMatesEp26_Final_levelled.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 1:46:06 — 147.4MB)Subscribe: TuneIn | RSS | MoreIn this episode we gently debate subspecies, and then dive into several snake papers, from their anomalously extensive and rapid diversification, to a recent taxonomic change. Regrettably the audio on this episode was affected by a technical error, so it…
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http://squamatespod.com/wp-content/uploads/SquaMatesEp25_final.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 1:15:08 — 138.2MB)Subscribe: TuneIn | RSS | MoreIn this episode we talk about a really cool predation observation, the importance of publishing behavioural or observational notes, and some follow-up on the anaconda mess from Episode 24. Remember that you can watch the full episode with video at…
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http://squamatespod.com/wp-content/uploads/SquaMates_Ep24_final.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 1:22:45 — 152.2MB)Subscribe: TuneIn | RSS | MoreIn this episode we talk about the breaking news that caecilians produce milk‽, and get into some recent taxonomic works on anacondas and eyelash palm-pitvipers. Content warning: this episode contains several Hot Takes™. Episode notes sometimes get clipped on your…
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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