Abstract. Social monogamy, the formation of stable male-female pairs, is uncommon among reptiles and is particularly rare among squamates, in which only a handful of cases has been reported. Only one case of persistent pair formation has ever been reported in anoles, for Anolis limifrons, at a single site in Costa Rica. Detailed studies of A. limifrons
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Intra-specific body size variation is common and often is assumed to be adaptive. Studies of body size variation among sites should include or consider environmental and ecological variables in their designs. Additionally, reciprocal transplant or common
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Predation on the lizard Polychrus acutirostris (Squamata, Polychrotidae) by the curl-crested jay Cyanocorax cristatellus (Aves, Corvidae) in the Cerrado of Central Brazil [PDF]
Predation on lizards is difficult to observe in nature. Here, we report for the first time an act of predation on the lizard Polychrus acutirostris by the Curl-crested Jay Cyanocorax cristatellus in a Cerrado area of the Chapada dos Veadeiros National ...
Frederico Gustavo Rodrigues França +1 more
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Lizards as Model Organisms of Sex Chromosome Evolution: What We Really Know from a Systematic Distribution of Available Data? [PDF]
Mezzasalma M, Guarino FM, Odierna G.
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Population Genetic Structure and Species Delimitation of a Widespread, Neotropical Dwarf Gecko [PDF]
Amazonia harbors the greatest biological diversity on Earth. One trend that spans Amazonian taxa is that most taxonomic groups either exhibit broad geographic ranges or small restricted ranges.
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REPTILES DE ÁREAS ASOCIADAS A HUMEDALES DE LA PLANICIE DEL DEPARTAMENTO DE CÓRDOBA, COLOMBIA
Para el sistema cenagoso ciénaga Grande del Bajo Sinú, ciénaga de Ayapel y elcomplejo cenagoso de Arcial-El Porro-Cintura, departamento de Córdoba, Colombia,registramos 44 especies de reptiles distribuidas en 16 familias.
CARVAJAL-COGOLLO JUAN E. +3 more
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An overview of the tapeworms of vertebrate bowels of the earth [PDF]
entire volume OA; selected chapter posted hereCopyright: © The University of Kansas, Natural History Museum. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International ...
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En el presente trabajo se describe la morfología de los espermatozoides de dos especies de lagartos cubanos, Anolis sagrei y Anolis porcatus, abordando también aspectos ultraestructurales.
Yamilka Rodríguez-Gómez +1 more
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Amphibians and reptiles of Parque Nacional da Serra das Lontras: an important center of endemism within the Atlantic Forest in southern Bahia, Brazil. [PDF]
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\u3ci\u3eUrotrema shirleyae\u3c/i\u3e n. sp. (Trematoda: Digenea: Urotrematidae) in \u3ci\u3eNorops oxylophus\u3c/i\u3e and \u3ci\u3eN. cupreus\u3c/i\u3e (Squamata: Iguania: Polychrotidae) from the Área de Conservación Guanacaste, Costa Rica [PDF]
A new species of Urotrema inhabits Norops oxylophus and Norops cupreus from the Área de Conservación Guanacaste, Costa Rica. The new species is most similar to Urotrema scabridum but differs by having a relatively longer esophagus, at least 10% of the ...
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