Diversity, 2022 We quantified functional traits (escape strategy, sprint speed and predatory performance) and population density across 10 lizard species representing morphotype stages in the acquisition of burrowing snake-like morphotypes (BSLM), from Brazil.
Agustín Camacho +3 more
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Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad, 2015 Reseña sobre el libro Herpetology at Kansas, a centennial ...
Oscar Alberto Flores Villela
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Doubtful records of reptile species in some areas of the Danube Delta Biosphere Reserve (Romania) [PDF]
Scientific Annals of the Danube Delta Institute, 2012 In the present paper there are provided details on the doubtful data on the occurrence of some reptile species in various parts of the Danube Delta Biosphere Reserve.
TÖRÖK Zsolt Csaba
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A taxonomic revision of the south-eastern dragon lizards of the Smaug warreni (Boulenger) species complex in southern Africa, with the description of a new species (Squamata: Cordylidae) [PDF]
PeerJ, 2020 A recent multilocus molecular phylogeny of the large dragon lizards of the genus Smaug Stanley et al. (2011) recovered a south-eastern clade of two relatively lightly-armoured, geographically-proximate species (Smaug warreni (Boulenger, 1908) and S ...
Michael F. Bates, Edward L. Stanley
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Acta Herpetologica, 2022 Natural history museums are irreplaceable tools to study and preserve the biological diversity around the globe and among the primary actors in the recognition of species and the logical repositories for their type specimens.
Franco Andreone +43 more
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Hidden in plain sight: reverification of citizen-science data unveils the widespread distribution of Tarentola parvicarinata Joger, 1980 (Squamata, Phyllodactylidae) in Côte d’Ivoire [PDF]
Check ListTarentola parvicarinata Joger, 1980 is a phyllodactylid gecko recently reported for the first time from the Grand-Bassam area of Côte d’Ivoire.
Wawogninlin H.Y. Yeung +4 more
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The Batrachian Barf Bowl: An authentic research experience using ecological data from frog diets
Ecology and Evolution, 2022 Authentic research experiences (AREs) are a powerful strategy for inspiring and retaining students in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) fields.
Joanna G. Larson +3 more
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Preference of spectral features in auditory processing for advertisement calls in the music frogs
Frontiers in Zoology, 2019 Background Animal vocal signals encode very important information for communication during which the importance of temporal and spectral characteristics of vocalizations is always asymmetrical and species-specific.
Yanzhu Fan +6 more
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Molecular phylogenetic analysis of the genus Gloydius (Squamata, Viperidae, Crotalinae), with description of two new alpine species from Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, China [PDF]
ZooKeys, 2021 We provide a molecular phylogeny of Asian pit vipers (the genus Gloydius) based on four mitochondrial genes (12S, 16S, ND4, and cytb). Sequences of Gloydius himalayanus, the only member of the genus that occurs south of the Himalayan range, are included ...
Jing-Song Shi +8 more
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Koedoe: African Protected Area Conservation and Science, 2015 We surveyed six protected areas along the Wild Coast of the Eastern Cape, South Africa, to determine general herpetofaunal diversity as well as the representation of species of special conservation concern.
Jan A. Venter, Werner Conradie
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