Revisiting the Karyotype Evolution of Neotropical Boid Snakes: A Puzzle Mediated by Chromosomal Fissions [PDF]
Cells, 2020 The Boidae family is an ancient group of snakes widely distributed across the Neotropical region, where several biogeographic events contributed towards shaping their evolution and diversification.
Patrik F. Viana +7 more
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Detection of Mycoplasma spp. from snakes from five different families [PDF]
BMC Veterinary ResearchBackground Mycoplasmas are an important cause of respiratory diseases in tortoises. In snakes, evidence of mycoplasma infections has been found almost exclusively in pythons.
Marline M. Faulhaber +5 more
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Herpetofauna, Santa Edwiges I and II hydroelectric power plants, state of Goiás, Brazil [PDF]
Check List, 2009 This paper presents a check list of amphibians and reptiles of the area under the influence of Santa Edwiges I and IIsmall hydroelectric power plants on Rio Buritis, state of Goiás, Brazil.
Cintra, C. E. D. +2 more
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Reptiles, Squamata, Parque Natural Municipal da Taquara, municipality of Duque de Caxias, state of Rio de Janeiro, Southeastern Brazil [PDF]
Check List, 2010 Herein we report a list of the reptiles from Parque Natural Municipal da Taquara, municipality of Duque deCaxias, state of Rio de Janeiro, southeastern Brazil, an area situated in the Atlantic Rainforest Domain.
Salles, R. O. L. +2 more
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Feliz cumpleaños, 21 years for the Beni Anaconda, Eunectes beniensis (Dirksen, 2002) (Serpentes, Boidae): an update of voucher specimens, species’ distribution, and clarification of locality data of type specimens [PDF]
Check List, 2023 Little information for Eunectes beniensis (Dirksen, 2002) (Serpentes, Boidae) exists in the scientific literature and museum data. We review the natural history, diet, reproduction, distribution of this species and discuss its identifying characteristics.
Randy L. Powell +4 more
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Revista de Biologia Neotropical, 2023 A Coleção Etnográfica Awá-Guajá é constituída de uma assembleia faunística de vertebrados proveniente de depósitos de descarte da comunidade Awá-Guajá, localizada no estado do Maranhão. Estudos zoológicos e etnoecológicos com mamíferos, peixes e aves já
Camila da Silva Praita +3 more
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Mycoplasma spp. in captive snakes (Boa constrictor and Bothrops atrox) from Brazil [PDF]
Ciência Rural, 2020 : Although rare, mycoplasmas are included among the causes of respiratory diseases in reptiles and, in the order Squamata, three reports of these microorganisms causing diseases in pythons have already been reported.
Barbara Souza Neil Magalhães +10 more
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Reptile occurrences data in the Volga River basin (Russia) [PDF]
Biodiversity Data Journal, 2020 The Volga basin is one of the most industrially developed regions of Russia with a high degree of anthropogenic impact on natural ecosystems. Human influence negatively affects the species diversity and number of animals, including reptiles. There are no
Andrey Bakiev +6 more
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Diversity, 2020 Our knowledge of early evolution of snakes is improving, but all that we can infer about the evolution of modern clades of snakes such as boas (Booidea) is still based on isolated bones.
Agustín Scanferla, Krister T. Smith
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Fossil snakes (Squamata, Serpentes) from the tar pits of Venezuela: taxonomic, palaeoenvironmental, and palaeobiogeographical implications for the North of South America during the Cenozoic/Quaternary boundary [PDF]
PeerJ, 2018 Background Tar seep deposits in South America historically are well-known for their rich record of fossil mammals, contrasting with only a few formal reports of reptile remains. Here we report a new snake fauna recovered from two tar pits from Venezuela.
Silvio Onary +2 more
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