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Female‐biased gape and body‐size dimorphism in the New World watersnakes (tribe: Thamnophiini) oppose predictions from Rensch's rule

open access: yesEcology and Evolution, 2019
Sexual‐size dimorphism (SSD) is ubiquitous across animals and often biased in the direction of larger females in snakes and other ectothermic organisms.
Frank T. Burbrink, India Futterman
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Different growth responses to feed ration levels in two freshwater turtle juveniles, the Chinese three-keeled pond turtle Mauremys reevesii and the red-eared slider Trachemys scripta elegans

open access: yesAquaculture Reports
Turtle aquaculture is a rapidly expanding industry whereas the knowledge about the feed ration-dependent growth performances of turtles is limited.
Changyi Zhang   +4 more
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Taxonomic reassessment of the Herpetoreas xenura (Wall, 1907) (Squamata: Serpentes: Natricidae) from Myanmar with description of a new species

open access: yesEuropean Journal of Taxonomy
The review of the taxonomic status of Herpetoreas xenura species complex, based on morphological and molecular data, revealed a new species from Myanmar, which we describe as Herpetoreas davidi sp. nov.
Tan Van Nguyen   +3 more
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Best practices: in the 21st Century, taxonomic decisions in herpetology are acceptable only when supported by a body of evidence and published via peer-review

open access: green, 2013
Hinrich Kaiser   +8 more
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Phylogeny and systematics of the colubrid snake genera Liopeltis and Gongylosoma (Squamata: Colubridae) and description of a new Himalayan endemic genus and species

open access: yesScientific Reports
The colubrid snakes of the genera Gongylosoma Fitzinger, 1843 and Liopeltis Fitzinger, 1843 are distributed across south and southeast Asia with five and eight nominate species, respectively.
Zeeshan A. Mirza   +6 more
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