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
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Using Google Trends to Determine Current, Past, and Future Trends in the Reptile Pet Trade
Animals, 2021 Reptiles are one of the most popular exotic pets in the world, with over a third of all described species currently being traded. However, the most commonly available reptiles are typically non-threatened, captive-bred, and/or domestically obtained ...
Jose W. Valdez
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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
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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
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Evolution of Axial Skeleton Diversity across Reptilia
, 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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Description of a morphologically distinct and phylogenetically divergent new species of the leopard gecko in the genus Eublepharis Gray, 1827 (Reptilia, Eublepharidae) from India [PDF]
HerpetozoaEublepharis, an Asian-endemic genus of leopard geckos, represents the third largest genus within the family Eublepharidae. India harbors six recognized species in the genus Eublepharis, representing the highest species diversity for this genus reported ...
Pratyush P. Mohapatra +7 more
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Palaeoecological Analysis and Diversity of Turtles and Other Reptiles
Diversity, 2022 Reptilia is a very successful monophyletic clade of vertebrates (i [...]
Adán Pérez-García
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A new species of Hemidactylus Goldfuss, 1820 (Squamata, Gekkonidae) from the Northern Eastern Ghats, Odisha, India [PDF]
HerpetozoaWe describe a new species of large-bodied, rock-dwelling gecko of the genus Hemidactylus from the Eastern Ghats of Odisha, India. The new species is genetically distinct, as already indicated in previous studies, and differs from all other congeners in a
Pratyush P. Mohapatra +7 more
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Revisiting the choristodere and stem-lepidosaur specimens of the Guimarota Beds (Kimmeridgian, Portugal): taxonomic implications [PDF]
Acta Palaeontologica PolonicaThe Guimarota beds (Kimmeridgian, Portugal) constitute one of the richest microvertebrate assemblages for the Upper Jurassic, which include a diverse fauna of small reptiles.
ALEXANDRE R.D. GUILLAUME +2 more
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Slithering CSF: Cerebrospinal Fluid Dynamics in the Stationary and Moving Viper Boa, Candoia aspera
Biology, 2021 In the viper boa (Candoia aspera), the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) shows two stable overlapping patterns of pulsations: low-frequency (0.08 Hz) pulses with a mean amplitude of 4.1 mmHg that correspond to the ventilatory cycle, and higher-frequency (0.66 Hz)
Bruce A. Young +2 more
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