Manuela Gonzalez Suarez
@mgs-cielo-azul.bsky.social
Quantitative ecologist, conservation & population dynamics. EcCo lab PI. Assoc Prof at Uni. of Reading, UK. She/her.
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We think we should protect Xanthos!
Xanthos is geographically restricted, looks & behaves differently, even if apparently "the same" genetically as the most widely distributed sea snake, we owe to protect this Golfo Dulce endemic sea snake
We could lose biodiversity if we just focus on genes
Xanthos is geographically restricted, looks & behaves differently, even if apparently "the same" genetically as the most widely distributed sea snake, we owe to protect this Golfo Dulce endemic sea snake
We could lose biodiversity if we just focus on genes
October 20, 2025 at 9:06 AM
We think we should protect Xanthos!
Xanthos is geographically restricted, looks & behaves differently, even if apparently "the same" genetically as the most widely distributed sea snake, we owe to protect this Golfo Dulce endemic sea snake
We could lose biodiversity if we just focus on genes
Xanthos is geographically restricted, looks & behaves differently, even if apparently "the same" genetically as the most widely distributed sea snake, we owe to protect this Golfo Dulce endemic sea snake
We could lose biodiversity if we just focus on genes
This puzzle is relevant beyond defining a taxon
Currently H. platurus xanthos is listed as Endangered by the IUCN Red List www.iucnredlist.org/es/species/2...
Yet, genetically could be clustered with H. platurus, listed as Least Concern
Should we still protect Xanthos 🐍?
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Currently H. platurus xanthos is listed as Endangered by the IUCN Red List www.iucnredlist.org/es/species/2...
Yet, genetically could be clustered with H. platurus, listed as Least Concern
Should we still protect Xanthos 🐍?
👇
The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
Established in 1964, the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species has evolved to become the world’s most comprehensive information source on the global conservation status of animal, fungi and plant specie...
www.iucnredlist.org
October 20, 2025 at 9:06 AM
This puzzle is relevant beyond defining a taxon
Currently H. platurus xanthos is listed as Endangered by the IUCN Red List www.iucnredlist.org/es/species/2...
Yet, genetically could be clustered with H. platurus, listed as Least Concern
Should we still protect Xanthos 🐍?
👇
Currently H. platurus xanthos is listed as Endangered by the IUCN Red List www.iucnredlist.org/es/species/2...
Yet, genetically could be clustered with H. platurus, listed as Least Concern
Should we still protect Xanthos 🐍?
👇
Yet genetic analyses of 1000s of SNPs show no population structure! 🤔
What is happening?
We do not know but divergence may be too recent to show a genetic signal, differences may occur in very few genes not detected in our SNPs analyses, differences could be epigenetic...
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What is happening?
We do not know but divergence may be too recent to show a genetic signal, differences may occur in very few genes not detected in our SNPs analyses, differences could be epigenetic...
👇
October 20, 2025 at 9:06 AM
Yet genetic analyses of 1000s of SNPs show no population structure! 🤔
What is happening?
We do not know but divergence may be too recent to show a genetic signal, differences may occur in very few genes not detected in our SNPs analyses, differences could be epigenetic...
👇
What is happening?
We do not know but divergence may be too recent to show a genetic signal, differences may occur in very few genes not detected in our SNPs analyses, differences could be epigenetic...
👇
The Golfo dulce yellow sea Hydrophis platurus xanthos🐍 (on the photo) is morphologically 100% diagnosable by color, size, tail shape, and scale counts.
It is geographically isolated in Costa Rica and behaves differently from its relative the yellow-bellied sea 🐍 Hydrophis platurus platurus
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It is geographically isolated in Costa Rica and behaves differently from its relative the yellow-bellied sea 🐍 Hydrophis platurus platurus
👇
October 20, 2025 at 9:06 AM
The Golfo dulce yellow sea Hydrophis platurus xanthos🐍 (on the photo) is morphologically 100% diagnosable by color, size, tail shape, and scale counts.
It is geographically isolated in Costa Rica and behaves differently from its relative the yellow-bellied sea 🐍 Hydrophis platurus platurus
👇
It is geographically isolated in Costa Rica and behaves differently from its relative the yellow-bellied sea 🐍 Hydrophis platurus platurus
👇
And kudos to the whole cosupervisory team
@cpcarmona.bsky.social @josephtobias.bsky.social
@expecocons.bsky.social
& Chris Venditti
It was great to work with you all!
@cpcarmona.bsky.social @josephtobias.bsky.social
@expecocons.bsky.social
& Chris Venditti
It was great to work with you all!
August 9, 2025 at 7:58 AM
And kudos to the whole cosupervisory team
@cpcarmona.bsky.social @josephtobias.bsky.social
@expecocons.bsky.social
& Chris Venditti
It was great to work with you all!
@cpcarmona.bsky.social @josephtobias.bsky.social
@expecocons.bsky.social
& Chris Venditti
It was great to work with you all!
Studying thousands of species from plants to birds we find life is organised similarly.
The rule is simple: in every region on Earth, most species cluster together in small 'hotspot' areas, then gradually spread outward with fewer and fewer species able to survive farther away from these hotspots.
The rule is simple: in every region on Earth, most species cluster together in small 'hotspot' areas, then gradually spread outward with fewer and fewer species able to survive farther away from these hotspots.
June 4, 2025 at 11:15 AM
Studying thousands of species from plants to birds we find life is organised similarly.
The rule is simple: in every region on Earth, most species cluster together in small 'hotspot' areas, then gradually spread outward with fewer and fewer species able to survive farther away from these hotspots.
The rule is simple: in every region on Earth, most species cluster together in small 'hotspot' areas, then gradually spread outward with fewer and fewer species able to survive farther away from these hotspots.