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		<title>Burrowers playing leapfrog? An extraordinary new diamond frog from Madagascar</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Jul 2015 23:26:19 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[With over 4% of the planet’s named frog species, Madagascar is one of the hottest amphibian hotspots in the world. That number is rising rapidly; earlier this year Madagascar surpassed its 300th described frog. With estimated species numbers above 500, this climb is not expected to end in the near future. While some of the [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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			<media:title type="html">You&#039;re missing out on a handsome picture.</media:title>
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		<title>Swimming through substrate costs an arm and/or a leg</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Jun 2015 19:36:58 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Last week, a paper was published in the Open Access journal PLoS ONE, entitled &#8216;Distinct Patterns of Desynchronized Limb Regression in Malagasy Scincine Lizards (Squamata, Scincidae)&#8216;, by Aurélien Miralles and colleagues. This paper dealt with a fascinating case of convergent evolution, and I thought I would share my thoughts on it. As some readers may [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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			<media:title type="html">A figure from Miralles et al. (2015) depicting the new taxonomic groups based on their taxonomic conclusions (tree shown below). Licensed under CC BY 4.0.</media:title>
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			<media:title type="html">Pectoral girdles of selected members of genera studied by Miralles et al. (2015). Licensed under CC BY 4.0.</media:title>
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		<title>Biodiversity Day 2015: Madagascar in Focus</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 22 May 2015 20:29:02 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[For Biodiversity Day 2015, I wanted to shine a spotlight on Madagascar. I don&#8217;t have time for a long post, so here are some short points about the biodiversity of Madagascar: First of all, Madagascar is the world&#8217;s fourth largest island, and stretches 1000 km from northern to southern tip. It could eat Germany, and [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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