This week’s episode is a bit jumbled as we focus on whether birds are using alligators to help protect nests. For the Species of the Bi-week we have a tiny tiny toad.Become a Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/herphighlightsFULL REFERENCE LIST AVAILABLE AT: herphighlights.podbean.comMain Paper References:Burtner BF, Frederick PC. 2017. Attraction of Nesting Wading Birds to Alligators (Alligator mississippiensis). Testing the ‘Nest Protector’ Hypothesis. Wetlands Species of the Bi-Week:Li S-Z, Liu J, Wei G, Wang B. 2020. A new species of the Asian leaf litter toad genus Leptobrachella (Amphibia, Anura, Megophryidae) from southwest China. ZooKeys Other Links/Mentions:Alligator eating ducks: https://bit.ly/36VyJZi Alligators regrowing tails: https://bit.ly/3lXtz3k Music:Intro/outro – Treehouse by Ed NelsonSpecies Bi-week theme – Mike MooneyOther Music – The Passion HiFi, www.thepassionhifi.com