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Ecology and Evolution, Volume 15, Issue 1, January 2025.We provide boundaries of the Sierra Madre Oriental in Mexico through a multi‐taxa endemicity analysis. ABSTRACT The Sierra Madre Oriental (SMO) is a significant mountain range and one of Mexico's 14 biogeographical provinces. Its delimitation has been debated.
Irene Goyenechea Mayer‐Goyenechea +5 more
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Mandibular osteosynthesis in a Boa constrictor snake
Semina: Ciências Agrárias, 2014 Nowadays are observed an increase in the finding of certain wild animals in urban areas, due to environmental changes caused by deforestation and economic use of natural areas.
Jorge Luiz Costa Castro +9 more
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THE LECTOTYPE AND TYPE LOCALITY OF CANDOIA CARINATA (REPTILIA, SERPENTES) [PDF]
, 1998 The lectotype of Boa carinata Schneider, 1801, has been rediscovered and is now ZMFK35503, having been transferred in 1977 from the Göttingen Museum, its original location.
Bohme, Wolfgang +4 more
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Ecology and Evolution, Volume 14, Issue 11, November 2024.A tetraplex digital PCR assay was developed for four invasive snake species in the Florida Everglades. This assay is a resource that will be used in eDNA monitoring of these invasive species. ABSTRACT Florida, USA is a hotspot of biological invasions with over 500 non‐native species reported. Reptiles encompass most of the non‐native wildlife with over
Melissa A. Miller +7 more
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Preliminary Investigation of the Frictional Response of Reptilian Shed Skin
, 2012 Developing deterministic surfaces relies on controlling the structure of the rubbing interface so that not only the surface is of optimized topography, but also is able to self-adjust its tribological behaviour according to the evolution of sliding ...
Abdel-Aal +25 more
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How anatomy influences measurements of snakes
Journal of Morphology, Volume 285, Issue 8, August 2024.The anatomy of snakes compromises the precision and accuracy of measurements of their trunk and head. The trunk vertebral column has many synovial intervertebral joints, each capable of limited compression and extension, making a single, exact resting state unlikely.
David Cundall +2 more
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Squamata reptiles of a fragment of tropical dry forest in northwestern Venezuela (Lake Maracaibo region) [PDF]
Check List, 2012 We present a commented taxonomic list of the reptiles found during herpetological surveys carried out in an isolated fragment of tropical dry forest located in the municipality of San Francisco, Zulia state, northwestern Venezuela between January ...
Junior Larreal +3 more
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Ecology and Evolution, Volume 14, Issue 7, July 2024.We perform a rapid survey of amphibians, reptiles, and bats at the Mata de Plátano Field Station and Nature Reserve in Arecibo, Puerto Rico, a protected reserve adjacent to a larger forest. Our rapid survey resulted in finding 70%, 14%, and 22% of the amphibians, reptiles, and bat fauna, respectively, highlighting that smaller areas can act as refuges ...
Justin Matthew Bernstein +4 more
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Trophic Ecology of the Cuban Boa, Chilabothrus angulifer (Boidae)
Reptiles & Amphibians, 2020 The Cuban Boa (Chilabothrus angulifer) is a top terrestrial predator in Cuba. References to prey species consumed by this boa date to when the first Europeans arrived in the region more than 500 years ago. However, long-term studies on its trophic ecology do not exist.
Tomás M. Rodríguez-Cabrera +3 more
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