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Amphibians and reptiles of the Calakmul Biosphere Reserve, México, with new records [PDF]
Check List, 2015 We provide a list of amphibians and reptiles of the Calakmul Biosphere Reserve in the southern half of the Mexican Yucatan, in the state of Campeche. The study area was sampled through opportunistic, transect and pitfall trap surveys conducted for three ...
Timothy Colston +11 more
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Wildlife Biology, EarlyView.Rehabilitation and release contribute to conservation efforts for threatened species. Ensuring that these efforts are effective requires a good understanding of the factors which determine survival and integration of released animals into wild populations.
Jessica Harvey‐Carroll +3 more
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LilloaThe act of consuming any part of fungi is termed mycophagy. Certain basidiomes contain highly nutritious elements, such as proteins, vitamins, and minerals, which can be extremely valuable in the animal diet.
Larissa Trierveiler-Pereira +3 more
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Nocturnal basking in freshwater turtles: A global assessment
Global Ecology and Conservation, 2023 Diurnal basking (“sunning”) is common in many ectotherms and is generally thought to be a behavioural mechanism for thermoregulation. Recent studies have reported the occurrence of nocturnal basking in a few distantly-related species of freshwater ...
Donald T. McKnight +25 more
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Zoo Biology, EarlyView.Retrospective analysis of chelonian eggs collected from gravid females admitted to a North Carolina wildlife clinic (2010–2023). A total of 2,453 eggs were harvested from live, euthanized, and deceased patients and incubated under standardized conditions, resulting in 38.9% hatching success.
Caroline C. Diehl +6 more
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Tourism, human–wildlife interactions, and wildlife trade in the globalizing Amazon
Conservation Science and Practice, EarlyView.Tourism in the globalizing Peruvian Amazon contributes to harmful human–wildlife interactions and the wildlife trade, with tourists participating in activities such as handling wildlife, taking selfies with animals, purchasing live animals, and wild meat consumption.
Christian J. Rivera +7 more
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AnimalsFibropapillomatosis in sea turtles is a potentially debilitating and fatal disease for which there is still a lack of knowledge, especially for specific regions of Brazil.
Karoline Petrini Pinheiro da Cruz +3 more
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Journal of Experimental Zoology Part A: Ecological and Integrative Physiology, Volume 345, Issue 7, Page 727-734, August 2026.ABSTRACT Hematologic assessment is a common clinical tool used to characterize both individual and population health. In ectothermic organisms, the hematologic response is influenced by external factors such as temperature and season, especially in temperate species. Yet, specific environmental effects have received little direct attention.
Ethan J. Kessler +4 more
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DNA barcoding reveals CITES-listed species among Taiwanese government-seized chelonian specimens
, 2018 Compared to traditional morphological identification, DNA barcodingâ molecular identification based on sequencing of a segment of mitochondrial cytochrome c oxidase subunit I (COI)â provides a shortcut to authenticating chelonian identifications. Here,
Chen, Ting-Yu +13 more
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Inventorization of Chelonian species of Dhubri district of Assam
, 2022 Chelonian is the most primitive poikilothermous animals, amphibious in nature and have adapted to various ways of life. The present study inventorization of chelonian species of Dhubri district, Assam indicates that the district is very rich in turtle ...
D. K. Sharma, Bhabesh Nath
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