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No Evidence for Pace of Life Evolution Along Elevational Gradients in Squamate Reptiles

Ecology Letters, Volume 29, Issue 2, February 2026.
Ecological conditions can significantly influence the trade‐off between survival, growth, and reproduction, leading to evolutionary divergence in life‐history traits among populations experiencing different environments. The pace of life syndrome hypothesis (POLS) proposes that additional suites of traits, from physiology to behaviour, adaptively co ...
Tiberiu C. Sahlean, Ryan A. Martin
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The ecological associations of surface-dwelling lizards in Qom Province in the Northwest of Central Plateau of Iran. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2013
We used pitfall trapping to investigate the effects of elevation, plant density and soil structure on species diversity and the impact of these habitat factors on lizard habitat selectivity in the Qom Province in the Central Plateau of Iran. From a total
Mehregan Ebrahimi, Mehregan Ebrahimi, Faraham Ahmadzadeh, Hossein Mostafavi, Aahmad Reza Mehrabian, Asghar Abdoli, Abdolrasoul Salman Mahini   +6 more
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FIGURE 4 in A new species of Acanthodactylus Fitzinger, 1834 (Sauria: Lacertidae) from the Zagros Mountains, Iran

, 2021
FIGURE 4. Head scalation of Acanthodactylus zagrosicus sp. nov. (A) Lateral view; (B) Dorsal view.Published as part of Mozaffari, Omid, Mohammadi, Sima, Saberi-Pirooz, Reihaneh & Ahmadzadeh, Faraham, 2021, A new species of Acanthodactylus Fitzinger, 1834
Mozaffari, Omid, Mohammadi, Sima, Saberi-Pirooz, Reihaneh, Ahmadzadeh, Faraham   +3 more
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Reptiles and their conservation in south-west Ukraine

Oryx
Knowledge of the spatial distribution of reptiles is essential for decision-making in conservation under future climate change scenarios. We present a new compilation of reptile records for Odesa Oblast (i.e. province), south-west Ukraine.
Oleksandra Oskyrko, Roman Lysenko, Daryna Obikhod, Maksym Yakovliev, Oleksandr Haidash   +4 more
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Cryptic Ontogenetic Changes in the Ventral Coloration of a Color Polymorphic Wall Lizard (Podarcis muralis)

Journal of Experimental Zoology Part A: Ecological and Integrative Physiology, Volume 345, Issue 1, Page 39-57, January 2026.
Wall lizards' ventral coloration undergoes cryptic ontogenetic color changes invisible without UV vision. We tracked wall lizards from hatching to one year of age. Spectrophotometry and visual modeling reveal that juveniles show a distinct UV‐enhanced white coloration that changes differently across sexes and body regions.
Javier Abalos, Alicia Bartolomé, Guillem Pérez i de Lanuza, Fabien Aubret, Enrique Font   +4 more
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The local paleoenvironment of Kalavan‐2 based on small‐vertebrate remains and its implications for human‐environment‐dynamics between 60 and 35 ka in the Armenian Highlands

Journal of Quaternary Science, Volume 41, Issue 1, Page 153-177, January 2026.
ABSTRACT Kalavan‐2, a high‐altitude (∼1640 m a.s.l.) open‐air site in Armenia, preserves stratified Middle Paleolithic occupations with a rich small‐vertebrate record. Luminescence dating has placed site formation between ~60 and 45 ka, but without independent chronological control of the microvertebrate accumulation.
Dominik L. Rogall, Monika V. Knul, Hugues‐Alexandre Blain, Boris Gasparyan, Ariel Malinsky‐Buller   +4 more
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Freshwater amphibians and squamates from Villeveyrac (lower Campanian; Hérault, France): palaeodiversity, palaeoenvironment and implications for the Late Cretaceous palaeobiogeography of the European herpetofauna

Papers in Palaeontology, Volume 12, Issue 1, January/February 2026.
Abstract The Late Cretaceous witnessed numerous transgression–regression sequences and the onset of a global cooling phase at the start of the Campanian. In the European archipelago, these environmental changes, combined with active plate tectonics, facilitated the formation of ephemeral land bridges that served as dispersal routes for a variety of ...
Olivier Jansen, Géraldine Garcia, Olga Otero, Marc Augé, Bernard Gomez, Xavier Valentin   +5 more
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Extensive Field Observations Throw Light on the Evolution of Mimicry in Camponotus lateralis (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)

Ecology and Evolution, Volume 15, Issue 12, December 2025.
Camponotus lateralis (C, D) mimics regional color morphs of Crematogaster (A, B). Field trips brought insights into ecology, trail sharing, sexual reproduction, colony foundation, nest defense, and predation pressure of this mimetic ant. We found that the mimicry is Batesian and suggest several preadaptations for its evolution.
Herbert C. Wagner, Felix Kraker, Gregor Bračko, Enrico Schifani   +3 more
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Biología reproductora de tres especies mediterráneas de Lacertidae

, 1990
Se han estudiado diferentes aspectos de la reproducción de tres especies ibéricas de Lacertidae, Psammodromus algirus, Psammodromus hispanicus y Acanthodactylus erythrurus, en un área adehesada del centro-oeste peninsular.
Pérez Mellado, Valentín, Pollo Mateos, César J.   +1 more
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Morphological Features of the Digestive Tube in Sand Lizards, Lacerta agilis (Sauria, Lacertidae)

, 2020
Fig. 3. Fragment of microscopic structure of duodenum of sand lizard: 1 — wall of villus; 2 — epithelial cells; 3 — stroma of villus. Hematoxilin and eosin. ×100; 400.Published as part of Skrypka, M. V., Panikar, I. I., Kyrychko, B. P. & Tul, O. I., 2020,
Skrypka, M. V., M. V. Skripka, O. I. Tul, Kyrychko, B. P., Panikar, I. I., I. I. Panikar, B. P. Kyrychko, Tul, O. I.   +7 more
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