After 20 Years, the Tetrapod Zoology Highlights — Tetrapod Zoology

Ok, enough preamble. The rest of this article is devoted to articles (grouped together by subject) that I consider among the highlights. It’s not complete nor especially thorough and I’d be interested to know if you, dear reader, have articles not listed here that you consider faves or highlights yourself. Ok, let’s get to it…

Frogs, salamanders, caecilians, oh my! It’s not all charismatic megafauna here and indeed never has been, since I’ve done everything I can to cover obscure small lizards, the incredibly diverse and abundant rodents, and the ever-fascinating and weird amphibians. Amphibians – the anurans (frogs and toads), the caudatans or caudates (salamanders) and the worm-like caecilians – have been a mainstay here, and I’ve made numerous efforts over the years to review the full diversity of these groups. These haven’t ever been fully successful, partly because doing this sort of thing takes forever, and partly because progress has been ruined by the fails of Tet Zoo ver 2 and 3, as discussed above. Indeed, I currently haven’t found intact versions of most ver 2 and 3 salamander- or frog-themed articles (a reminder that I’m compiling a list of archived articles here). Whatever, a lot of amphibian content has been published at Tet Zoo.