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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Reptilia, Leptotyphlopidae, Leptotyphlops salgueiroi Amaral, 1954: distribution extension and geographic variation [PDF]
Check List, 2009 None
Diego José Santana, Henrique C. Costa
exaly +6 more sources
Novel type of egg-clustering in threadsnakes (Serpentes: Leptotyphlopidae) [PDF]
Vertebrate Zoology, 2023 Snakes lay their eggs in clutches of different size, which are usually attached to each other forming a cluster. Egg-clustering is a widespread phenomenon across alethinophidian snakes, mostly recorded in Pythonoidea and caenophidian clades.
Mariana Chuliver, Agustín Scanferla
doaj +6 more sources
A new species of blindsnake from Jalisco, Mexico (Squamata: Leptotyphlopidae)
Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad, 2022 A new snake species of the genus Rena is described from northern Jalisco, Mexico. The new species represents an isolated member of the R. dulcis group in the extreme southwest Mesa Central of the country. We redefine the R. dulcis and R.
Oscar A. Flores-Villela +3 more
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Functional traits and phylogeny explain snake distribution in the world's largest dry forest ecoregion, the Gran Chaco [PDF]
Ecology and Evolution, Volume 12, Issue 11, November 2022., 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
Hugo Cabral +2 more
wiley +2 more sources
Occurrence of Haplometroides odhneri (Trematoda, Digenea, Plagiorchiidae) infecting Leptotyphlops koppesi (Serpentes, Leptotyphlopidae) Ocorrência de Haplometroides odhneri (Trematoda, Digenea, Plagiorchiidae) parasitando Leptotyphlops koppesi (Serpentes, Leptotyphlopidae) [PDF]
Arquivo Brasileiro de Medicina Veterinária e Zootecnia, 2005 Descreveu-se a ocorrência de Haplometroides odhneri (Trematoda, Digenea, Plagiorchiidae) na traquéia e esôfago de Leptotyphlops koppesi (Serpentes, Leptotyphlopidae) proveniente da Usina Hidrelétrica Corumbá I, município de Caldas Novas, Goiás.
R.J. Silva +4 more
doaj +7 more sources
An Overlooked Habitat‐Dependent Link Between Metabolism and Water Loss in Reptiles [PDF]
Integrative Zoology, Volume 21, Issue 3, Page 709-719, May 2026.We measured the gas exchange of six lizard and six snake species, under high and low air humidity, and two intriguing patterns emerged. First, although desert species lose less water via evaporation than similar‐sized mesic species under similar conditions, water loss is virtually the same when each is exposed to its natural conditions.
Shahar Dubiner, Shai Meiri, Eran Levin
wiley +2 more sources
Urban–Wild Interface Diversity: A Comprehensive Checklist of Herpetofauna of Guayaquil, Ecuador [PDF]
Ecology and Evolution, Volume 16, Issue 5, May 2026.Amphibians and reptiles in Guayaquil comprise multiple taxonomic orders and occur across conservation areas, forest remnants, and urban parks, including several endemic species and numerous taxa with type localities in the city. Although most species are globally classified as Least Concern, discrepancies between global and national threat assessments ...
Keyko Cruz‐García +3 more
wiley +2 more sources
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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Occurrence and evolution of cannibal behaviour in extant snakes [PDF]
Biological Reviews, Volume 101, Issue 2, Page 644-664, April 2026.ABSTRACT 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 ...
Bruna B. Falcão +2 more
wiley +2 more sources