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Genomic signatures of population isolation in an endangered European rodent
BMC GenomicsBackground The garden dormouse (Eliomys quercinus) is one of the fastest-declining mammals in Europe, and action is needed to prevent further population losses.
Paige A. Byerly +14 more
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Stay healthy around pet reptiles and amphibians! [PDF]
Reptiles (such as snakes, lizards, and turtles) and amphibians (such as frogs and toads) can sometimes carry germs that can make people sick. These germs can cause illnesses ranging from fever to serious diarrhea.\u2022 Amphibians and reptiles can carry ...
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The Anatomical Record, EarlyView.Abstract Differences in skull and tooth morphology, stomach contents, and estimated bite force between medium‐to‐large sized (≥100 kg) predatory theropod dinosaurs have long been suspected to correlate with differences in their diets and dietary guilds (e.g., hypercarnivory, piscivory).
Cassius Morrison +9 more
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Ecological Solutions and EvidenceThe garden dormouse (Eliomys quercinus) is an understudied mammal species endemic to Europe. Once distributed widely across the continent, its eastern populations have significantly declined, with the species now found in only 50% of its former range. In
Hanna Liesenfelder +4 more
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Amphibians rise to flourishing under climate change on the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau
HeliyonAmphibian populations are declining globally due to climate change. However, the impacts on the geographic distribution of amphibians on the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau (QTP), a global biodiversity hotspot with 112 species of amphibians that is sensitive to ...
Fangfang He +7 more
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Nature's fading chorus: classic and contemporary writings on amphibians
, 2000 Amphibians have never succumbed easily to logic of simple either-or.in the drama of life on earth, they have for eons proven capable of playing multiple roles, emerging emerging as the archetypal creatures of compromise.
Gordon l. miller
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The Anatomical Record, EarlyView.Abstract Neuroanatomical research has progressed considerably in several vertebrate lineages, yet studies of reptilian brain morphology remain markedly underdeveloped. Here we provide the first description of macroscopic brain anatomy and its ontogeny in the viperid Bothrops moojeni, based on a sample of seven individuals.
Paula Araújo +2 more
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Novel polyomavirus in the endangered garden dormouse Eliomys quercinus
Virology JournalBackground The garden dormouse (Eliomys quercinus) has experienced a significant population decline across Europe in recent decades. While habitat loss and climate change are often cited as primary factors, pathogen exposure, either to novel or to ...
Emilija Vasiliūnaitė +7 more
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The amphibians and reptiles of the Altamaha River, Georgia [PDF]
, 2012 Field surveys of 59 sites conducted in 1999–2012 and a review of existing museum specimens documented 29 species of amphibians (13 salamanders, 16 anurans) and 36 species of reptiles (1 crocodilian, 5 lizards, 19 snakes, 11 turtles) from the Altamaha ...
Stackhouse, Jill +3 more
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The Anatomical Record, EarlyView.Abstract Arhinolemur scalabrinii† Ameghino, 1898 was originally described as a strepsirrhine primate (Mammalia) but has been recognized as an anostomid fish since 2012. It remains the only extinct anostomid species known from complete cranial material.
Karen M. Panzeri +8 more
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