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Phylogenetic relationships of African Caecilians (Amphibia: Gymnophiona): insights from mitochondrial rRNA gene sequences [PDF]

, 2003
Africa (excluding the Seychelles) has a diverse caecilian fauna, including the endemic family Scolecomorphidae and six endemic genera of the more cosmopolitan Caeciliidae.
Duellman W.E., Gower D.J., Hillis D.M., Loveridge A., Nussbaum R.A., Nussbaum R.A., Nussbaum R.A., Nussbaum R.A., Parker H.W., Robinson M., Shimodaira H., Swofford D.L., Tamura K., Taylor E.H., Wilkinson M.   +14 more
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Lack of country-wide systematic herpetology collections in Portugal jeopardizes future research and conservation.

Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências
Natural History Collections (NHCs) represent the world's largest repositories of long-term biodiversity datasets. Specimen collection and voucher deposition has been the backbone of NHCs since their inception, but recent decades have seen a drastic ...
B. S. Santos, M. P. Marques, Luis M. P. Ceríaco   +2 more
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EFFECT OF RACCOON (PROCYON LOTOR) REDUCTION ON BLANDING’S TURTLE (EMYDOIDEA BLANDINGII) NEST SUCCESS [PDF]

, 2016
The Lake County Forest Preserve District has monitored a state-endangered Blanding’s Turtle (Emydoidea blandingii) population at two adjoining nature preserves along the Illinois–Wisconsin border since 2004.
Glowacki, Gary A., Nielsen, Clayton K., Urbanek, Rachael E.   +2 more
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EFFECT OF RECREATIONAL TRAIL TRAFFIC LEVEL ON EASTERN RED-BACKED SALAMANDER (PLETHODON CINEREUS) RELATIVE ABUNDANCE [PDF]

, 2017
The effects of roads and trails on terrestrial salamanders, primarily plethodontids, can be important. The abundance of terrestrial salamanders often increases with distance from roads.
Burger, Anthony C., Marlowe, Brett W., Rettig, Jessica E., Smith, Geoffrey R., Tristano, Elizabeth P.   +4 more
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Tropidophis celiae [PDF]

, 2018
Number of pages: 8Geological SciencesIntegrative ...
Estrada, Alberto R., Powell, Robert, Torres, Javier   +2 more
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NATURAL HISTORY OF DEKAY’S BROWNSNAKE, STORERIA DEKAYI (HOLBROOK, 1836), AT A SITE IN NORTHWESTERN PENNSYLVANIA [PDF]

, 2014
A population of Dekay’s Brownsnake, Storeria dekayi was studied using mark-recapture techniques in Erie County, Pennsylvania, USA during the spring, summer and autumn of 2012.
Gray, Brian S.
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Evaluation of factors associated with predation on Caiman latirostris nests (Crocodylia: Alligatoridae) in Argentina [PDF]

, 2016
La predación es una de las mayores causas de pérdida de huevos de cocodrilianos. Estudios previos reportan que los predadores detectan a las presas mediante signos visuales u olfativos, por ejemplo los producidos por el hombre.
Costa Gonçalves Portelinha, Thiago, Parachu Marco, Maria Virginia, Piña, Carlos Ignacio, Simoncini, Melina Soledad   +3 more
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Anolis gingivinus [PDF]

, 2012
Number of Pages: 8Integrative BiologyGeological ...
Bauer, Aaron M., Powell, Robert
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MORPHOLOGY, REPRODUCTION, SEASONAL ACTIVITY AND HABITAT USE OF A NORTHERN POPULATION OF THE SMOOTH GREENSNAKE (OPHEODRYS VERNALIS) [PDF]

, 2020
The Smooth Greensnake (Opheodrys vernalis) is a small, slender, oviparous, colubrid snake that is widely distributed in North America. Nonetheless, there have been few studies on this species, and little is known about Canadian populations. The objective
Cairns, Nicholas A., Rutherford, Pamela L.   +1 more
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ADVANTAGES OF HOLOTIPUS FOR TAXONOMIC HERPETOLOGY

Holotipus, 2020
This is an open letter to researchers in specimen-based taxonomic herpetology, to bring to your attention a new open-access peer-reviewed journal which emphasizes the importance of type material and voucher specimens in taxonomy and systematics.
Pier Cacciali
semanticscholar   +1 more source