Moving beyond the surface: Comparative head and neck myology of threadsnakes (Epictinae, Leptotyphlopidae, Serpentes), with comments on the ‘scolecophidian’ muscular system [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2019 Studies on the cephalic myology of snakes provide a series of relevant data on their biology and systematics. Despite the great amount of descriptive studies currently available for the group, much of the knowledge remains obscure for most scolecophidian
Angele Martins +2 more
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Functional traits and phylogeny explain snake distribution in the world's largest dry forest ecoregion, the Gran Chaco. [PDF]
Ecol Evol, 2022 Chacoan snakes show a latitudinal pattern of distribution, with a marked verticality. Long‐tailed species richness and verticality increases in areas with high stratified habitats and stable temperature; and short‐tailed species richness and fossoriality is driven mainly by soil conditions, especially soils with fewer sand particles and less stratified
Cabral H, Guedes TB, Santana DJ.
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Herpetofauna, Santa Edwiges I and II hydroelectric power plants, state of Goiás, Brazil [PDF]
Check List, 2009 This paper presents a check list of amphibians and reptiles of the area under the influence of Santa Edwiges I and II small hydroelectric power plants on Rio Buritis, state of Goiás, Brazil. The list was the result of faunal rescue operations carried out
Carlos Cintra +2 more
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Occurrence and evolution of cannibal behaviour in extant snakes. [PDF]
Biol Rev Camb Philos SocABSTRACT Extant snakes (Serpentes) are a highly diverse group of squamate reptiles, which have independently evolved key morphological adaptations to consume a large variety of vertebrate and invertebrate prey. While these predator–prey interactions have been widely addressed by several studies, little is known regarding the occurrence of cannibal ...
Falcão BB +2 more
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Herpetofauna, Ponte de Pedra Hydroelectric Power Plant, states of Mato Grosso and Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil [PDF]
Check List, 2009 This paper presents a check list of amphibians and reptiles of the area under influence of Ponte de Pedra hydroelectric power plant on Correntes River (municipality of Sonora), between the Brazilian states of Mato Grosso do Sul and Mato Grosso.
Nelson da Silva Jr. +6 more
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Unraveling Biogeographic Boundaries Within the Sierra Madre Oriental, México: An Endemicity Analysis Using a Taxonomically Diverse Dataset. [PDF]
Ecol EvolWe 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.
Goyenechea Mayer-Goyenechea I +5 more
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Multiple independent structural dynamic events in the evolution of snake mitochondrial genomes [PDF]
BMC Genomics, 2018 Background Mitochondrial DNA sequences have long been used in phylogenetic studies. However, little attention has been paid to the changes in gene arrangement patterns in the snake’s mitogenome.
Lifu Qian +6 more
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A century of waiting: description of a new Epictia Gray, 1845 (Serpentes: Leptotyphlopidae) based on specimens housed for more than 100 years in the collection of the Natural History Museum Vienna (NMW) [PDF]
PeerJ, 2019 We describe a new species of Epictia based on eight specimens from Nicaragua collected and housed in the collection of the Natural History Museum Vienna for more than a century.
Claudia Koch +2 more
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Reptilia, Leptotyphlopidae, Leptotyphlops salgueiroi Amaral, 1954: distribution extension and geographic variation [PDF]
Check List, 2009 None
Henrique Caldeira Costa, Diego J Santana
exaly +4 more sources
Filling gaps on the distribution of Tricheilostoma salgueiroi (Amaral, 1955) in the state of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (Serpentes: Leptotyphlopidae) [PDF]
Check List, 2011 Tricheilostoma salgueiroi occurs in northeastern and southeastern Brazil, in the states of Bahia, Minas Gerais, Espírito Santo and Rio de Janeiro. We collected one adult male of this species at Lagoa de Cima, municipality of Campos dos Goytacazes, state ...
Caio Figueiredo-de-Andrade +2 more
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