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Description of a new species of Cyrtodactylus Gray, 1827 (Reptilia, Gekkonidae) from India with redescriptions of the holotypes of C. gubernatoris (Annandale, 1913) and C. himalayicus (Annandale, 1906) [PDF]
ZooKeysA new species of the genus Cyrtodactylus Gray is described from the eastern Himalayan region of West Bengal state, India. The new species is assigned to the C.
Sumidh Ray +4 more
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Food transport in Reptilia: a comparative viewpoint [PDF]
Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 2023 Michel Baguette +2 more
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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
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The turtles of the Purbeck Limestone Group of Dorset, southern England [PDF]
, 2004 The turtles from the Purbeck Limestone are revised and it is concluded that there are four shell-based cryptodire species present, namely Pleurosternon bullockii, ‘Glyptops’typocardium comb. nov., Helochelydra anglica comb. nov.,Hylaeochelys latiscutata.
Milner, Andrew R.
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Evolution of Axial Skeleton Diversity across Reptilia [PDF]
, 2022 The axial skeleton is a key diagnostic character of vertebrate animals. Comprising the vertebral column and ribs, the axial skeleton is a support structure from which all appendages of the vertebrate body are suspended. Reptilia is a hugely diverse clade
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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
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Journal of Developmental Biology, 2021 The ability to repair injuries among reptiles, i.e., ectothermic amniotes, is similar to that of mammals with some noteworthy exceptions. While large wounds in turtles and crocodilians are repaired through scarring, the reparative capacity involving the ...
Lorenzo Alibardi +1 more
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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
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Zoodiversity, 2023 For the ongoing range shifts under climate change, it is essential to have reference information on the current presence of the species. In recent years, there has been an increase in observations of thermophilic reptiles outside their historical range ...
N. A. Smirnov +2 more
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