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Ecology and Biogeography of Sexual Size Dimorphism in Squamates

Global Ecology and Biogeography, Volume 34, Issue 6, June 2025.
ABSTRACT Aim Sexual size dimorphism (SSD) is widespread in the animal kingdom. The direction and magnitude of SSD differ considerably across taxa, potentially due to different selective forces acting on female and male sizes. We assembled a comprehensive database of mean body sizes for female and male squamate species.
Tao Liang, Gopal Murali, Anna Zimin, Jacob Dembitzer, Roberta Graboski, Uri Roll, Shai Meiri   +6 more
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Faunal Responses to Habitat Disturbance: Do the Principles Explaining Responses of Ant Communities Also Apply to Terrestrial Reptiles?

Ecology and Evolution, Volume 15, Issue 3, March 2025.
Understanding biotic responses to disturbance and their underlying mechanisms is critical to effective biodiversity conservation, but a predictive understanding of how faunal communities respond to disturbance remains elusive. In this paper, we review the applicability of a disturbance framework centred on habitat openness to understand terrestrial ...
Angga Rachmansah, Keith Christian, Brett P. Murphy, Christine Schlesinger, Alan N. Andersen   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Liolaemus torresi

, 2008
Liolaemus torresi (Núñez, Navarro, Garín, Pincheira-Donoso & Meriggio) (nov. comb.) Phrynosaura reichei Donoso-Barros 1969c: 86 (in part). Phrynosaura torresi Núñez et al. 2003: 77 (type locality: Salar del Indio [22°23’S, 68°52’W], 2430 m, SW Chuquicamata, Antofagasta Region, Chile); Pincheira-Donoso 2005: 148.
Pincheira-Donoso, Daniel, Scolaro, J. Alejandro, Sura, Piotr   +2 more
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A Comparison of Digestive Strategies for Teratoscincus roborowskii With Different Diet Compositions: Digestive Enzyme Activities, Gut Microbiota, and Metabolites

Ecology and Evolution, Volume 14, Issue 12, December 2024.
Teratoscincus roborowskii is an endemic species which displays special frugivorous behavior, and it has been observed consuming grapes. To explore the effects of grape intake on the gut microbiota and metabolites of T. roborowskii, 16S rRNA sequencing and liquid chromatography mass spectrometry metabolomics were applied to investigate the gut ...
Ziyi Wang, Ruichen Wu, Yi Yang
wiley   +1 more source

Liolaemus darwinii

, 2008
Liolaemus darwinii (Bell) Proctotretus darwinii Bell 1843: 14 (type locality: Bahia Blanca, Northern Patagonia, Argentina). Leiolaemus darwinii Gray 1845: 215. Eulaemus darwini Girard 1858a: 198. Liolaemus (Eulaemus) darwini Girard 1858b: 361. Liolaemus darwinii Boulenger 1885a: 155; Müller & Hellmich 1938b: 136; Milstead 1956: 321; Hellmich 1960: 38 ...
Pincheira-Donoso, Daniel, Scolaro, J. Alejandro, Sura, Piotr   +2 more
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Enterobacteriaceae community dynamics in sleepy lizards: Richness, prevalence and co‐occurrence over time

Austral Ecology, Volume 49, Issue 12, December 2024.
Our study examined the co‐occurrence patterns of gut bacteria in 87 sleepy lizards over their activity season, finding that bacterial richness and prevalence generally increased over time, likely due to environmental exposure and behaviour such as tongue‐flicking.
Ko‐Huan Lee, Michaela D. J. Blyton, Stephanie S. Godfrey, Andrew Sih, Michael G. Gardner, Martin J. Whiting, Stephan T. Leu   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Liolaemus jamesi

, 2019
Published as part of Troncoso-Palacios, Jaime, Gamboa, Margarita Ruiz De & Campbell, Patrick D., 2019, Liolaemus jamesi (Boulenger, 1891): restriction of the type locality and holotype characterization (Squamata: Liolaemidae), pp. 442-446 in Zootaxa 4612 (3) on pages 442-444, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4612.3.12, http://zenodo.org/record ...
Troncoso-Palacios, Jaime, Gamboa, Margarita Ruiz De, Campbell, Patrick D.   +2 more
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Liolaemus cranwelli

, 2008
Published as part of Pincheira-Donoso, Daniel, Scolaro, J. Alejandro & Sura, Piotr, 2008, A monographic catalogue on the systematics and phylogeny of the South American iguanian lizard family Liolaemidae (Squamata, Iguania), pp.
Pincheira-Donoso, Daniel, Scolaro, J. Alejandro, Sura, Piotr   +2 more
openaire   +1 more source

Evolutionary Links Between Skull Shape and Body Size Suggest Allometric Forces and Selection at Work in a Generalist Group of Lizards

Ecology and Evolution, Volume 14, Issue 11, November 2024.
We use geometric morphometrics and phylogenetic comparative methods to study skull shape evolution in Sceloporus lizards. We found that overall body size is driving shape evolution; however, sexual selection seems to play a role. Moreover, the skull has evolved as a single unit with little modularity occurring.
Julio A. Rivera, Jesualdo A. Fuentes‐G., Emília P. Martins   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Skeletal variation within the darwinii group of Liolaemus (Iguania: Liolaemidae): new characters, identification of polymorphisms and new synapomorphies for subclades

Acta Herpetologica, 2017
A total of 55 skeletal characters (continuous and discrete) were analyzed for species of the L. darwinii group: L. albiceps, L. chacoensis, L. grosseorum, L. irregularis, L. koslowskyi, L. ornatus, L. quilmes, plus L. inacayali (L.
Linda Díaz Fernández, Andrés S. Quinteros, Fernando Lobo   +2 more
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