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Christian A. Perez

@alephrocco

Herpetology, Entomology, & all things Evolution, PhD student @MizzouBiology, undergrad @HarvardOEB, tropical field research in lizard ecology and behavior

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Joined April 2014
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Shawn Thomas@shawnkthomas14 May 2021
Have you ever sequenced the genome of a speedboat @PacBio ? Jokes aside Cakile maritima (Sea rocket) is a mesopolyploid halophyte with tolerance to heavy metals that has traversed the seven seas! Lots of cool biology to explore with a genome! #plantyourhifi – at Missouri, USA
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Shawn Thomas@shawnkthomas13 May 2021
First "first-author" paper ACCEPTED! Definitely feeling the meme below, but thank you reviewers, editors and co-authors for great feedback and helping me through this process! #TakesAVillage
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#FundGirlsEducation in Laikipia county!! Please retweet to support! #WeLoveAfricanacity #WeAreOneWithYou
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Check out @BucknellU faculty and staff raising money for vulnerable VAP that will be losing their healthcare in this uncertain time. #GoFundMe #HealthCARE #NTT #doingtherightthing gofundme.com/f/bucknell-vap-… @CNN @andersoncooper @ErinBurnett

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Our natural history note just came out on dunging behavior in the crab-eating frog (Fejervarya cancrivora) from Rinca Island, Indonesia. Huge thanks to @field_daze for this amazing illustration!
Dr. Julia Riley (@jr4science) profile pictureDr. Julia Riley@jr4science11 Mar 2020
Dunging: A predator using faecal matter as an ambush site to increase their chances of predation of prey that may be attracted to the poo (like insects). Thank you to @field_daze for this amazing #sciArt depicting this phenomenon!
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A little blue penguin (kororā, Eudyptula minor) makes its way to shore at dusk, en route to the trilling calls of chicks huddled by their sandy burrows. Kororā are the world’s smallest species of penguin, only a foot tall!
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The Lizard Lab@lizard_lab9 Jan 2020
Check out our poster at #WCH9 on the function of the frill in the iconic frillneck lizard. Work led by @alephrocco and in collaboration with @jr4science and just published in J Biol Linn Soc.
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I didn’t realize so many could fit inside!
Dr Lizzy Lowe (@LizyLowe) profile pictureDr Lizzy Lowe@LizyLowe23 Dec 2019
Such a cool find on my balcony: mud dauber nests CHOCK-FULL of paralysed spiders to feed the wasp larvae inside! In the 4 nests there were 48 spiders!!
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In case you missed my previous tweet, check out my new paper w/ @lizard_lab & @jr4science investigating antipredator behaviour in the frillneck lizard. I will also be presenting this research @WCHerp in New Zealand in a couple of weeks!
Biological Journal of the Linnean Society (@BiolJLinnSoc) profile pictureBiological Journal of the Linnean Society@BiolJLinnSoc17 Dec 2019
New article: Uncovering the function of an enigmatic display: antipredator behaviour in the iconic Australian frillneck lizard buff.ly/2RZIK0D
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Dr. Julia Riley@jr4science19 Dec 2019
🚨 NEW PAPER 🚨 Check out @alephrocco’s great research investigating the function of the Frillneck Lizard’s frill! #herpetology #colsci #naturalHistory #communication
Christian A. Perez (@alephrocco) profile pictureChristian A. Perez@alephrocco19 Dec 2019
Very excited to finally have my first paper in print! Check out our study of an enigmatic display in the iconic Australian frillneck lizard (the frillies!): doi.org/10.1093/biolinnean/b…. w/ @lizard_lab @jr4science Feel free to message me if you'd like a pdf of the article!
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Very excited to finally have my first paper in print! Check out our study of an enigmatic display in the iconic Australian frillneck lizard (the frillies!): doi.org/10.1093/biolinnean/b…. w/ @lizard_lab @jr4science Feel free to message me if you'd like a pdf of the article!
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Julio Rivera, PhD@piskomantis17 Dec 2019
New mantis from Peru impales its prey using modified spines on their forelegs. First insect ever observed using such hunting strategy. Abstract: link.springer.com/article/10…
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A new paper on the gular pouch in chameleons and its potential use as an amplifier for vibratory signals produced by some chameleon species. anatomypubs.onlinelibrary.wi… #AndersonLabUSD
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Bibiana Rojas@biobiiana6 Jul 2019
Have you ever wondered how far #tadpoles travel in the rainforest? @frog_tracker @MatthiasLoretto and I tackle this question in 2 spp of #poisonfrogs : they can go REALLY far on the back of their dads, who often ignore the closest pools🐸 #HerpSci #CienciaCriolla #OA @evoecology
Andrius Pašukonis (@frog_tracker) profile pictureAndrius Pašukonis@frog_tracker5 Jul 2019
It took 5 years and 3 field seasons but our natural history note with @MatthiasLoretto and @biobiiana on tadpole transport in poison frog is now out! Some frogs carry their tadpoles very far and we don't really know why. @RNNouragues & #ACPPanguana. link.springer.com/article/10…
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Giant ichneumon wasp (Megarhyssa macrurus) and her incredible ovipositor! alephrocco.wordpress.com
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Dakota Smith
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Hurricane Dorian putting on a lightning show tonight. Spectacular imagery.
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Chinese mantis (Tenodera cf. angustipennis) preying on a bumblebee alephrocco.wordpress.com
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terrestrial bats!
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Jonathan B. Losos@JLosos30 Aug 2019
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The Lizard Lab@lizard_lab29 Aug 2019
Congrats Jane and Steve! I have already ordered a copy. It's a must buy. Can't wait to read it.
Jane Melville AM (@MVLizards) profile pictureJane Melville AM@MVLizards28 Aug 2019
Look what arrived in the mail today! So exciting to see the final product. Huge thanks to my co-author Steve Wilson, without who this wouldn't have been possible. #dragonlizards @museumsvictoria
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