Preliminary report on the herpetofaunal diversity of Batu Hampar Recreational Forest, Kedah, Malaysia [PDF]
Check List, 2021 Batu Hampar Recreational Forest (BHRF) is a lowland dipterocarp forest located in the northwestern region of Peninsular Malaysia and has not been surveyed for its herpetofauna until now.
Hong Zijia +3 more
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European Journal of Taxonomy, 2022 We herein present the first annotated anuran checklist for the Brazilian state of Amapá, eastern Amazonia, based on a thorough literature review. We recorded the occurrence of 111 species belonging to 13 anuran families distributed across 48 localities ...
Pedro P.G. Taucce +3 more
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Lophyrus spinosus C. Duméril & A. Duméril, 1851, a case of mistaken identity [PDF]
Evolutionary Systematics, 2020 Lophyrus spinosus Duméril & Duméril, 1851 has been considered synonymous with Bronchocela marmorata Gray, 1845 since its original description.
Wolfgang Denzer +3 more
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Field surveys along habitat gradients revealed differences in herpetofauna assemblage in Margalla Hills National Park, Islamabad, Pakistan [PDF]
Biodiversity Data Journal, 2021 This study was conducted to see whether herpetofaunal assemblage differed amongst hiking trails, undisturbed forest and urban areas within the Margalla Hills National Park, Islamabad Capital Territory, Pakistan.
Muhammad Rais +6 more
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Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2023 The world’s reptiles and amphibians are experiencing dramatic and ongoing losses in biodiversity, changes that can have substantial effects on ecosystems and human health.
Matthew J. Gray +14 more
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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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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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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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Comparative Phylogeography of West African Rainforest Frogs Reveals Regional Variation in Refugia Dynamics. [PDF]
Mol EcolABSTRACT Understanding how species responded to climatic change in the past can help predict the long‐term implications of contemporary climate change. The Upper Guinean rainforests of West Africa are a global biodiversity hotspot, and it is well documented that climatic fluctuations in the Pleistocene drove the expansion and contraction of rainforest ...
Ernst M +10 more
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WHAT IS A HERPETOLOGIST AND HOW CAN I BECOME ONE? [PDF]
, 2014 The following is the first in the JNAH series in which we address a variety of topics on herpetology based on essays from our upcoming book “How to Be a Herpetologist,”.
Dorcas, Michael E. +1 more
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