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Genetic diversity among reptilian orthoreoviruses isolated from pet snakes and lizards

open access: yesFrontiers in Veterinary Science, 2023
Reovirus infections in reptiles are frequently detected and associated with various clinical diseases; yet, our knowledge about their genetic diversity and evolutionary relationships remains limited.
Renáta Varga-Kugler   +11 more
doaj   +1 more source

Sceloporus slevini [PDF]

open access: yes, 2003
Number of Pages: 6Integrative BiologyGeological ...
Chiszar, David   +2 more
core   +1 more source

Lepidophyma gaigeae [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
Number of Pages: 4Integrative BiologyGeological ...
Hibbitts, Toby J., Leavitt, Daniel J.
core   +1 more source

Frequency-dependent and correlational selection pressures have conflicting consequences for assortative mating in a color-polymorphic lizard, Uta stansburiana [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
Acknowledgments We would like to thank the numerous undergraduate researchers involved with this project for their invaluable assistance in lizard rearing and data collection. We also thank D. Haisten, A. Runemark, Y. Takahashi, and M.
Hipsley, Christy A   +3 more
core   +1 more source

Determinants of spread in an urban landscape by an introduced lizard

open access: yesLandscape Ecology, 2016
Urban landscapes are a mixture of built structures, human-altered vegetation, and remnant semi-natural areas. The spatial arrangement of abiotic and biotic conditions resulting from urbanization doubtless influences the establishment and spread of non ...
J. Kolbe   +6 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Anatomy, morphology and evolution of the patella in squamate lizards and tuatara (Sphenodon punctatus) [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
The patella (kneecap) is the largest and best-known of the sesamoid bones, postulated to confer biomechanical advantages including increasing joint leverage and reinforcing the tendon against compression.
Benjamin M   +18 more
core   +2 more sources

Physiological and microbial adjustments to diet quality permit facultative herbivory in an omnivorous lizard

open access: yesJournal of Experimental Biology, 2016
While herbivory is a common feeding strategy in a number of vertebrate classes, less than 4% of squamate reptiles feed primarily on plant material.
K. Kohl   +7 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Female–female aggression in the Gila monster (Heloderma suspectum)

open access: yesRoyal Society Open Science, 2023
Historically, the role of aggression in the social lives of animals overwhelmingly focused on males. In recent years, however, female–female aggression in vertebrates, particularly lizards, has received increasing attention.
Gordon W. Schuett   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Helminths infecting Dryadosaura nordestina (Squamata: Gymnophthalmidae) from Atlantic Forest, northeastern Brazil

open access: yesHelminthologia, 2018
We analyzed the patterns of infection by helminths in populations of the Gymnophthalmidae lizard Dryadosaura nordestina from three Atlantic Forest fragments in Northeast Brazil.
Teixeira A. A. M.   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source

Characterization of the complete mitochondrial genome and phylogenetic status of a recently described species of Mountain Dragon, Diploderma vela (Reptilia: Squamata: Agamidae), from the upper Lantsang valley in west China

open access: yesMitochondrial DNA. Part B. Resources, 2021
The mountain dragon, Diploderma vela, is an endemic and protected valley lizard that inhabits the upper Lantsang Valley in West China. In this study, we sequenced the complete mitochondrial genome of a male individuals of D.
Yayong Wu   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

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