Results 11 to 20 of about 38,368 (259)
On the classification of the reptilia [PDF]
Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Containing Papers of a Biological Character, 1916 It is gradually becoming recognised that the class Reptilia is not a monophyletic group of diverging forms sprung from a common stem, like the class Aves or the class Mammalia; but is an assemblage containing, on the one hand, the ancestors of the Mammalia, and, on the other hand, the ancestors of the Birds, together with the early Amphibian-like ...
E. Goodrich
openaire +3 more sources
Food transport in Reptilia: a comparative viewpoint. [PDF]
Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci, 2023 Reptilia exploit a large diversity of food resources from plant materials to living mobile prey. They are among the first tetrapods that needed to drink to maintain their water homeostasis.
Bels V +5 more
europepmc +2 more sources
The holotype of the basal archosauromorph Prolacerta broomi revisited [PDF]
Acta Palaeontologica Polonica, 2023 Prolacerta broomi is one of the most important of fossil reptiles. First considered as one of the earliest members of squamates, this basal archosauromorph has been used as a model for diapsid morphological evolution ever since its discovery, playing ...
GABRIELA SOBRAL
doaj +1 more source
Diversity, 2021 Karstic landscapes are immense reservoirs of biodiversity and range-restricted endemism. Nowhere is this more evident than in the world’s third-largest vertebrate genus Cyrtodactylus (Gekkonidae) which contains well over 300 species.
L. Grismer +15 more
semanticscholar +1 more source
Patterns and biases in climate change research on amphibians and reptiles: a systematic review [PDF]
Royal Society Open Science, 2016 Climate change probably has severe impacts on animal populations, but demonstrating a causal link can be difficult because of potential influences by additional factors.
Maiken Winter +5 more
doaj +1 more source
A bird-like skull in a Triassic diapsid reptile increases heterogeneity of the morphological and phylogenetic radiation of Diapsida [PDF]
Royal Society Open Science, 2017 The Triassic Period saw the first appearance of numerous amniote lineages (e.g. Lepidosauria, Archosauria, Mammalia) that defined Mesozoic ecosystems following the end Permian Mass Extinction, as well as the first major morphological diversification of ...
Adam C. Pritchard, Sterling J. Nesbitt
doaj +1 more source
The Inference of the Evolution of Immune Traits as Constrained by Phylogeny: Insight into the Immune System of the Basal Diapsid. [PDF]
Animals (Basel), 2022 Among vertebrates, some of the most vulnerable taxa to emergent fungal pathogens are members of Reptilia. In light of the growing threat of emergent fungal pathogens affecting wildlife, it is important to broaden the current understanding of immune ...
López-Pérez JE, Crother BI, Murray CM.
europepmc +2 more sources
Historia naturalis bulgarica, 2023 Very large specimens of T. graeca ibera were found in Bulgaria, but mostly in the 20th century. Presently, such tortoises are almost absent in the country. Here we summarise data about the largest spur-thighed tortoises registered in Bulgaria and provide
Emanuil Mitrevichin +3 more
doaj +1 more source
Venomous Snake Abundance Within Snake Species’ Assemblages Worldwide
Diversity, 2020 Venomous snakes are among the main sources of mortality for humans in rural regions, especially in tropical countries. In this study, a meta-analysis of quantitative community ecology studies on snake assemblages throughout the world was conducted in ...
Luca Luiselli +3 more
doaj +1 more source
The endocranial anatomy of the stem turtle Naomichelys speciosa from the Early Cretaceous of North America [PDF]
Acta Palaeontologica Polonica, 2019 Fossil turtles are one of the least studied clades in regard to endocranial anatomy. Recently, the use of non-invasive technologies, such as radiographic computed tomography (CT), increased the knowledge of the neuroanatomy of several extinct and extant ...
Ariana Paulina-Carabajal +2 more
doaj +1 more source