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A Proposed Method for Assessing the Spatio-Temporal Distribution of Carcharhinus melanopterus (Quoy and Gaimard, 1824) in Shallow Waters Using a UAV: A Study Conducted in Koh Tao, Thailand

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In this study, we propose a method for assessing the temporal and spatial distribution of Carcharhinus melanopterus in shallow waters using unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs).
Andrea Di Tommaso, Sureerat Sailar, Francesco Luigi Leonetti, Emilio Sperone, Gianni Giglio   +4 more
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Female‐biased gape and body‐size dimorphism in the New World watersnakes (tribe: Thamnophiini) oppose predictions from Rensch's rule

Ecology 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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Population structure of the broad-snouted caiman (Caiman latirostris) in natural and man-made water bodies associated with a silvicultural landscape [PDF]

, 2016
The broad-snouted caiman (Caiman latirostris) is a South American crocodilian with a wide geographical distribution. Water bodies originally occupied by the species have suffered extreme anthropogenic pressure; however, the broad-snouted caiman has a ...
Bassetti, Luís Antonio Bochetti, Lara, Neliton Ricardo Freitas, Marques, Thiago Simon, Millan, Cristian Honora, Piña, Carlos Ignacio, Verdade, Luciano Martins   +5 more
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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

Aquaculture Reports
Turtle aquaculture is a rapidly expanding industry whereas the knowledge about the feed ration-dependent growth performances of turtles is limited.
Changyi Zhang, Shufen Jiang, Xinyue Liu, Siting Zhong, Wenyi 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

European 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, Hmar Tlawmte Lalremsanga, Lal Biakzuala, Gernot Vogel   +3 more
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Notes on Hispaniolan herpetology. 8. The forms related to Anolis hendersoni Cochran

, 1963
Ernest E. Williams
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A bush frog with multiple names: New populations of Raorchestes kempiae (Boulenger, 1919) and reassessment of the taxonomic status of Philautus namdaphaensis (Sarkar and Sanyal, 1985) and Raorchestes manipurensis (Mathew and Sen, 2009)

Journal of Asia-Pacific Biodiversity
We examined morphological and phylogenetic relationships of the bush frog species Raorchestes kempiae and two other species described from within its distribution range: Philautus namdaphaensis from Arunachal Pradesh and R. manipurensis from Manipur.
Ravi Shanthy Naveen, Kirty Prosad Nath, Hmar Tlawmte Lalremsanga, Kaushik Deuti, Ht Decemson, Lal Muansanga, Mathipi Vabeiryureilai, Fanai Malsawmdawngliana, Holiness Warjri, Jayaditya Purkayastha   +9 more
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Stanford University’s John Otterbein Snyder: Student, Collaborator, and Colleague of David Starr Jordan and Charles Henry Gilbert [PDF]

, 2008
John Otterbein Snyder (1867–1943) was an early student of David Starr Jordan at Stanford University and subsequently rose to become an assistant professor there.
Brittan, Martin R., Jennings, Mark R.
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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

Scientific 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, Virender K. Bhardwaj, Saunak Pal, H. T. Lalremsanga, Gernot Vogel, Patrick D. Campbell, Harshil Patel   +6 more
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Is taxonomy still important in herpetology [PDF]

, 2016
Indraneil Das
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