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Conserving The Puerto Rican Herpetofauna [PDF]

, 2011
With a total area of 8900 km2, Puerto Rico is the smallest of the Greater Antilles. It is divided in three physiographic regions or areas of relief: the mountainous interior, the karst region, and the coastal plains and valleys. The island comprises six ecological life zones: subtropical dry forest, subtropical moist forest, subtropical wet forest ...
Pérez-Buitrago, Néstor, Joglar, Rafael L., Álvarez, Alberto O., Aide, T. Mitchell, Barber, Diane, Burrowes, Patricia, García, Miguel A., León-Cardona, Abimael, Longo, Ana V., Puente, Alberto, Rios-López, Neftalí, Tolson, Peter J.   +11 more
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First checklist of the herpetofauna (Amphibia, Reptilia) of the Kapas and Gemia Islands, Peninsular Malaysia, South China Sea [PDF]

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Off the coast of Terengganu, Peninsular Malaysia, lie the Kapas and Gemia Islands. The biota, and particularly the herpetofauna, of these small, famous islands is poorly known.
Muhamad F. Syafiq, Baizul Hafsham Badli-Sham, Mohamad Aqmal-Naser, Muhammad Fahmi-Ahmad, Evan S. H. Quah, Larry L. Grismer, Amirrudin B. Ahmad   +6 more
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Effect of fire on the herpetofauna of the Koanaka Hills, Ngamiland, Botswana [PDF]

Check List, 2012
Ngamiland is one of the most remote regions in Botswana, and its herpetofauna is largely under-surveyed. This study documents the herpetofauna of the Koanaka Hills (KH) in Ngamiland in 2009 following extensive fire destruction and compares it to the pre ...
Alicia Kennedy, Johan Marais, Aaron Bauer, Patrick Lewis, Monte Thies   +4 more
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Determinants of Herpetofaunal Diversity in a Threatened Wetland Ecosystem: A Case Study of the Ramaroshan Wetland Complex, Western Nepal

Animals, 2022
Wetlands are among the highly threatened ecosystems due to anthropogenic activities. The Ramaroshan Wetland Complex (RWC) of Achham District, Nepal is one of the high-altitude wetlands facing human induced degradation and loss.
Janaki Paudel, Laxman Khanal, Naresh Pandey, Laxmi Prasad Upadhyaya, Chandra Bahadur Sunar, Bina Thapa, Chet Raj Bhatta, Ramesh Raj Pant, Randall C. Kyes   +8 more
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Variation of amphibian and reptile composition in forest fragments of Veracruz highlands, Mexico

Phyllomedusa: Journal of Herpetology, 2021
The central mountain region of Veracruz is one of the richest areas of herpetofauna in Mexico. The steep topographic gradient of this region is associated with climatic gradients that enable the occurrence of highly diverse herpetofauna communities.
Angel Ivan Contreras-Calvario, Abigail Mora Reyes, Rene Avalos Vela, Jorge L. Castillo Juárez, M. Delia Basanta   +4 more
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KEANEKARAGAMAN SPESIES HERPETOFAUNA PADA BERBAGAI TIPE TUTUPAN LAHAN DI LANSEKAP PERKEBUNAN SAWIT: Studi Kasus di PT. BLP Central Borneo

Journal of Natural Resources and Environmental Management, 2019
The expansion of oil palm plantations in Indonesia is often blamed as the drivers of natural resource destruction and decrease the tropical biodiversity.
Rozza Tri Kwatrina
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Knowledge and interactions of the local community with the herpetofauna in the forest reserve of Quininí (Tibacuy-Cundinamarca, Colombia)

Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine, 2020
Background The study of human-nature relationship has made possible to understand the life dynamics of the communities and the biodiversity with which they cohabit. Although there has been a rise of ethnobiological studies over the last decade, little is
Juan Camilo Ríos-Orjuela, Nelson Falcón-Espitia, Alejandra Arias-Escobar, María José Espejo-Uribe, Carol Tatiana Chamorro-Vargas   +4 more
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The conservation status of the herpetofauna of Honduras

Amphibian & reptile conservation, 2003
(Uploaded by Plazi from the Biodiversity Heritage Library) No abstract provided.
Wilson, Larry David, McCranie, James R.
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The Herpetofauna of the Tunisian islands.

, 2022
Abstract Studies on the herpetofauna of Tunisia’s numerous islands and islets began in 2000 thanks to targeted research programs. The data collected were compared and merged with others reported in the literature, thus obtaining an updated and detailed checklist of the Amphibians and Reptiles present on the Tunisian islands.
C. Corti, P. Lo Cascio, M.-J. Delaugerre, V. Rivière, R. Ouni, S. Nouira, S. Ben Haj   +6 more
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The herpetofauna of Sonora, Mexico, with comparisons to adjoining states [PDF]

Check List, 2009
Situated in the topographically complex transition between the Neotropics and the temperate biomes of North America,the state of Sonora, Mexico, has an extraordinarily diverse herpetofauna.
Enderson, E. F., Quijada-Mascareñas, A., Turner, D. S., Rosen, P. C., Bezy, R. L.   +4 more
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