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Abstract Snake envenomation remains a critical global public health challenge. In Brazil, the genus Bothrops is responsible for most accidents, typically resulting in coagulopathy, hemorrhage, and renal failure. Despite its clinical prevalence, the molecular mechanisms driving plasma protein disturbances remain poorly understood.
Bianca C. S. C. de Barros +6 more
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Elevational Distribution Patterns in an Australian Subtropical Rainforest Lizard Fauna
ABSTRACT Baseline data are critical to understanding the impacts of climatic change on the distribution of animals and plants. Here we present the results of elevational surveys for rainforest lizards along two routes in Lamington National Park in subtropical eastern Australia.
Paul M. Oliver +4 more
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Sexual dimorphism in the sand viper, Vipera ammodytes L. from western Serbia (Yugoslavia)
3rd World Congress of Herpetology. Book of Abstracts, p.
Radojičić, Jelena +2 more
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ABSTRACT Understanding the habitat requirements and potential distribution of threatened species is fundamental to mitigating threats and protecting significant populations. In Australia, a range of studies have been undertaken into the ecology and habitat requirements for the nationally threatened pink‐tailed worm‐lizard (Aprasia parapulchella) in the
Rob Armstrong +5 more
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The herpetofauna of the cloud forests of Honduras [PDF]
The cloud forest amphibians and reptiles constitute the most important herpetofaunal segment in Honduras, due to the prevalence of endemic and Nuclear Middle American-restricted species.
Wilson, Larry David, McCranie, James R.
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A new species of fossorial snake of the genus Trachischium Günther, 1858, from the Indo–Burma biodiversity hotspot [PDF]
A new species of fossorial natricine snake, Trachischium lalremsangai sp. nov., is described from the Indo-Burma biodiversity hotspot. The holotype was collected from Murlen National Park, Mizoram, near the India–Myanmar border, while the paratype ...
Virender K. Bhardwaj +3 more
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A large and unusually colored new snake species of the genus Tantilla (Squamata; Colubridae) from the Peruvian Andes [PDF]
A new colubrid species of the genus Tantilla from the dry forest of the northern Peruvian Andes is described on the basis of two specimens, which exhibit a conspicuous sexual dimorphism. Tantilla tjiasmantoi sp. nov.
Claudia Koch, Pablo J. Venegas
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ABSTRACT The introduction of exotic species, alongside habitat degradation and global warming, is one of the most pressing issues in conservation ecology. Trachemys scripta is now widespread throughout Europe after decades of pet trade and releases and is often considered a threat to native freshwater turtles.
Giacomo Rosa +5 more
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WHAT IS A HERPETOLOGIST AND HOW CAN I BECOME ONE? [PDF]
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,”.
Gibbons, J. Whittfield +1 more
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This third edition, now fully revised and updated by two of Dr. Zug\u27s colleagues, provides herpetology students and amateur reptile and amphibian keepers with the latest taxonomy and species developments from around the world. Herpetology is a rapidly
Andrews, Robin M. +5 more
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