Extraembryonic Membranes and Placentation in the Mexican Snake Conopsis lineata
Journal of Morphology, Volume 285, Issue 10, October 2024.This research is mainly focused on the structure of the extraembryonic membranes and placentation of the viviparous snake Conopsis lineata, during the gestation. C. lineata is a lecithotrophic species, eggs/embryos that develop inside the uterus remain enclosed by a thin eggshell membrane with unchanged fibers throughout gestation; and it has five ...
Cecilia de Dios‐Arcos +1 more
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Repeated Evolution of Digital Adhesion in Geckos: A Reply to Harrington and Reeder [PDF]
, 2017 We published a phylogenetic comparative analysis that found geckos had gained and lost adhesive toepads multiple times over their long evolutionary history (Gamble et al., PLoS One, 7, 2012, e39429).
Bauer, A. M. +4 more
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Courtship entanglements: a first report of mating behavior and sexual dichromatism in the Southeast Asian keel-bellied whipsnake, Dryophiops rubescens [PDF]
, 2012 We describe the first observations of courtship behavior and sexual dichromatism in the keel-bellied whipsnake, Dryophiops rubescens, from an encounter near Sandakan, eastern Sabah, Borneo, Malaysia.
Johnny, Kim +2 more
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Viviparity Stimulates Diversification in an Order of Fish
, 2016 International audienceSpecies richness is distributed unevenly across the tree of life and this may be influenced by the evolution of novel phenotypes that promote diversification.
Helmstetter, AJ +5 more
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Studies on the seasonality of Culiseta inornata in Kern County, California. [PDF]
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First captive breeding of a night skink (Scincidae: Eremiascincus) from Timor-Leste, Lesser Sunda Islands, with remarks on the reproductive biology of the genus [PDF]
, 2016 We report two instances of captive breeding in a species of Timorese night skink (genus Eremiascincus Greer, 1979) in October and December 2012. Four and three neonates, respectively, with total lengths of ca 40 mm each, were discovered during routine ...
Beck, Lother +5 more
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A predictive framework and review of the ecological impacts of exotic plant invasions on reptiles and amphibians [PDF]
, 2011 The invasive spread of exotic plants in native vegetation can pose serious threats to native faunal assemblages. This is of particular concern for reptiles and amphibians because they form a significant component of the world's vertebrate fauna, play a ...
Martin, LJ, Murray, BR
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Snake reproduction – ovipary, vivipary and ovovivipary [PDF]
, 2019 Zmije su vrlo raznolika i široko rasprostranjena skupina životinja. Nastanjuju raznolika staništa, što zahtjeva specifične prilagodbe. Kao i za niz drugih aktivnosti, morale su razviti prilagodbe za razmnožavanje.
Prpić, Paula
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Clones, hermaphrodites and pregnancies: Nature's oddities offer evolutionary lessons on reproduction [PDF]
, 2011 I love the term 'natural history' because it encapsulates the sentiment that nature's operations have evolutionary etiologies. Charles Darwin was a natural historian par excellence and his elucidation of natural selection, artificial selection, and ...
Avise, JC
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THE EVOLUTION OF REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGIES IN ANIMALS – IMPLICATIONS FOR THERIOGENOLOGY
Slovenian Veterinary ResearchReproduction is one of the fundamental biological imperatives shared by all living beings. Organisms must reproduce to pass on their genes to the next generation, ensuring the survival and continuation of their species.
Klementina Fon Tacer, Gregor Majdič
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