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Effect of Soil Properties on Species Richness of Fossorial Squamate Reptiles
Journal of Biogeography, Volume 52, Issue 6, June 2025.ABSTRACT Aim Species richness varies greatly over geographic gradients. Climate and other above‐ground attributes are the most common variables used to explain animal richness patterns. However, soil properties may play an important role in shaping the richness of species living underground.
Donghe Chen, Uri Roll, Shai Meiri
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Microhabitat and adhesive toepads shape gecko limb morphology
Integrative Zoology, Volume 20, Issue 3, Page 634-650, May 2025.Microhabitat affects gecko limb morphology differently than expected in other lizards. Although adhesive toepads' state is phylogenetically conserved, they were acquired and lost multiple times in geckos, with an association of toepads with arboreality. Padless geckos generally have longer limbs and limb segments than pad‐bearing species.
Anna ZIMIN +7 more
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Nueva especie de Anolis (Sauria: Iguanidae) de la región norte de Cuba oriental
Revista de Biología Tropical, 2000 Se describe una nueva especie de Anolis de la sección Alpha para la región norte de Cuba oriental (provincia Holguín). Difiere del resto de las especies cubanas del género en su color verde con franjas verticales gris verdosas en el cuerpo, la cola y las
Ansel Fong G, Orlando H Garrido
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The Anoles (Sauria, Iguanidae) of the Lesser Antilles
, 1972 (Uploaded by Plazi from the Biodiversity Heritage Library) No abstract provided.
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The Contemporary Distribution of Scincine Lizards Does Not Reflect Their Biogeographic Origin
Journal of Biogeography, Volume 52, Issue 3, Page 767-779, March 2025.ABSTRACT Aim We assess the systematic relationships and historical biogeographic patterns in the subfamily Scincinae, a group of lizards that primarily inhabits the Afro‐Madagascan and Saharo‐Arabian regions with isolated lineages in Europe, North America, East Asia, India and Sri Lanka. The contemporary distribution of these lineages on the historical
Aniruddha Datta‐Roy +10 more
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Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, 1998 Three new species of Eimeria are described from iguanid lizards of Central and South America. The oocysts of each species have no micropyles or residua and the sporocysts lack Stieda bodies, but all have a sporocyst residuum.
Daszak P, Ball SJ
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Hidden Armour: The Passive Protective Function of Caudal Osteoderms in Snakes
Journal of Morphology, Volume 286, Issue 2, February 2025.Well‐developed caudal osteoderms were discovered in shield‐tailed snakes (Uropeltidae). Dermal armour at the tail tip likely provides passive protection against predators, though roles in locomotion or phragmosis cannot be excluded. Our findings emphasise the functional and evolutionary versatility of osteoderms and highlight the need for further ...
Petra Frýdlová +5 more
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The anoles (Sauria, Iguanidae) of the Guadeloupéen Archipelago
, 1964 (Uploaded by Plazi from the Biodiversity Heritage Library) No abstract provided.
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Ecology and Evolution, Volume 15, Issue 1, January 2025.We provide boundaries of the Sierra Madre Oriental in Mexico through a multi‐taxa endemicity analysis. ABSTRACT The Sierra Madre Oriental (SMO) is a significant mountain range and one of Mexico's 14 biogeographical provinces. Its delimitation has been debated.
Irene Goyenechea Mayer‐Goyenechea +5 more
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Caldasia, 1982 Two species of the Andean lizard genus Stenocercus are reported from Colombia, in addition to the well-known S. trachycepbalus. The presence of Stenocercus guentheri, group lizards in the southern Departamento de Nariño is confirmed.
Castro Fernando, Ayala Stephan C.
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