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axonomía de serpientes en el Noroeste del Perú

open access: yesManglar, 2018
Se realizó una pesquisa en la provincia de Piura con el objetivo de identificar familias y especies de serpientes, cuya captura fue a través de búsqueda directa en los hábitats.
Kriss Calero   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Fossil lizards and snakes from Ano Metochi – a diverse squamate fauna from the latest Miocene of northern Greece [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
We here describe a new squamate fauna from the late Miocene (Messinian, MN 13) of Ano Metochi, northern Greece. The lizard fauna of Ano Metochi is here shown to be rather diverse, consisting of lacertids, anguids, and potential cordylids, while snakes
Delfino, Massimo   +2 more
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A revision of the genus Leptotyphlops in northeastern Africa and southwestern Arabia (Serpentes: Leptotyphlopidae)

open access: green, 2007
Published, First (2007): A revision of the genus Leptotyphlops in northeastern Africa and southwestern Arabia (Serpentes: Leptotyphlopidae).
First Published
openalex   +3 more sources

Tanzania's reptile biodiversity : Distribution, threats and climate change vulnerability [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
Assessments of biodiversity patterns and threats among African reptiles have lagged behind those of other vertebrate groups and regions. We report the first systematic assessment of the distribution, threat status, and climate change vulnerability for ...
Beraducci, Joe   +19 more
core   +1 more source

Evolutionary dynamics shape two passive defensive mechanisms in Neotropical snake radiations

open access: yesPhyllomedusa: Journal of Herpetology, 2021
We mapped the distribution of two defensive behaviors (balling and head hiding) of Neotropical snakes to evaluate its distribution in distinct phylogenetic groups. Balling behavior was observed in 58 out of the 167 examined species across seven families.
Alexandro Marques Tozetti   +6 more
doaj  

Reptiles of Serra Geral do Tocantins Ecological Station, Central Brazil [PDF]

open access: yes, 2011
Os Cerrados sul-americanos abrigam alta diversidade de répteis, incluindo elevado número de endemismos. No entanto, o conhecimento desta diversidade é ainda incompleto frente à acelerada transformação das paisagens naturais no Brasil central. Constituem,
CAMACHO, Agustín   +8 more
core   +2 more sources

Composição e história natural das serpentes de Cerrado de Itirapina, São Paulo, sudeste do Brasil [PDF]

open access: yes, 2008
Neotropical snake assemblages present high species richness and complex structures. The Cerrado is the second largest biome in Brazil, and was included among the 25 World's biodiversity hotspots.
MARQUES, Otavio Augusto Vuolo   +2 more
core   +1 more source

Island‐restricted reptiles are more threatened but less studied than their mainland counterparts

open access: yesConservation Science and Practice, Volume 8, Issue 3, March 2026.
Reptiles are highly diverse on islands, yet there is no comprehensive overview of island‐restricted reptiles (IRRs) regarding their distribution, threat status, and research efforts. Our assessment revealed that despite IRRs comprising nearly a quarter of global reptile species and 30.8% being threatened, only 7.2% of the literature focuses on them ...
Sara F. Nunes   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Conservation Status of the World’s Reptiles [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
Effective and targeted conservation action requires detailed information about species, their distribution, systematics and ecology as well as the distribution of threat processes which affect them.
Gamble, Tony
core   +1 more source

Deep‐soil sampling in Chile reveals a new elateroid beetle family, Badmaateridae fam. nov. (Coleoptera)

open access: yesSystematic Entomology, Volume 51, Issue 1, January‐March 2026.
Genomic data support the definition of a new elateroid family, Badmaateridae fam. nov., with Badmaater chilensis gen. nov. sp. nov. as the only representative. Badmaateridae is sister to an extensive clade containing fireflies, soldier beetles, net‐winged beetles and click beetles.
Vasily V. Grebennikov   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

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