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Drivers of tail evolution in squamates and their implications for the fossorial origin of snakes

open access: yesThe Anatomical Record, EarlyView.
Abstract The axial skeleton serves as the primary structural support in all vertebrates and is subdivided into five distinct regions: cervical, thoracic, lumbar, sacral, and caudal. Relaxation of constraints acting on the terminal end of the axial skeleton has led to remarkable variation in caudal vertebrae number across Squamata.
Olivia Binfield   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

A importância dos acidentes ofídicos como causa de mortes em bovinos no Brasil The importance of snake bites as cause of cattle death in Brazil

open access: yesPesquisa Veterinária Brasileira, 2006
A revisão da literatura pertinente indica que as opiniões sobre a importância dos acidentes ofídicos, como causa de mortes em bovinos no Brasil, são divergentes no meio veterinário.
Carlos Hubinger Tokarnia   +1 more
doaj   +1 more source

O CONHECIMENTO TRADICIONAL SOBRE AS SERPENTES EM UMA COMUNIDADE RIBEIRINHA NO CENTRO-LESTE DA AMAZÔNIA

open access: yesEthnoscientia, 2018
A etnociência investiga a origem das atitudes e relações humanas com o ambiente. Nesse contexto, a etnozoologia estuda o conhecimento tradicional do homem sobre os animais.
Lourival Baía Vasconcelos Neto   +3 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

BITES OF SERPENTS. [PDF]

open access: yesJAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association, 1883
In the article on the Medical and Surgical Practice of the Aborigines of America, contributed by F. Andros, M.D., and published in your issue of Aug. 4, it is stated that some tribes apply the bruised wild onion for the stings of bees and wasps. I am not aware that any similar practice has been recommended in the literature of our profession, though ...
openaire   +1 more source

Comparative micro‐ornamentation patterns of reptile skin: Phylogeny‐ecology debate and species‐specific variations

open access: yesThe Anatomical Record, EarlyView.
Phylogenetic limitations seem more decisive than life habit in the diversity of reptile skin micro‐ornamentation. The ancestral form possibly had polygonal cells with regular borders, smooth surface and had no ridges. Cell morphology change gradually on a single scale, especially widths at scale base are greater than those at middle.
Melodi Yenmiş
wiley   +1 more source

The impact of COVID‐19 on public perceptions of wild meat in Central Africa

open access: yesPeople and Nature, EarlyView.
Abstract Wild meat is a significant source of food and income generation in Central Africa. However, there is little knowledge of how the assumed link between COVID‐19 and wild meat consumption has been discussed by the media and received by the public. In this study, we conducted media content analysis of 264 articles published in 2019–2020 related to
Yuhan Li   +14 more
wiley   +1 more source

ESTUDO DA PERCEPÇÃO AMBIENTAL DE ESTUDANTES: FERRAMENTA PARA A CONSERVAÇÃO DE SERPENTES

open access: yesRevista Presença Geográfica, 2018
A relação entre o homem e as serpentes, em muitas situações, apresenta-se conflituosa. O presente trabalho teve como objetivo avaliar a percepção de estudantes, relacionada às serpentes, em duas escolas.
B. Mendes
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Comparative evaluation of funnel, box, and camera traps for reptile and amphibian inventory

open access: yesWildlife Society Bulletin, EarlyView.
We used data from 5 herpetological inventories conducted in Florida to evaluate the relative efficacy of funnel, box, and motion‐triggered camera traps for detecting reptile and amphibian species along drift‐fence arrays. Our results suggest that a hybrid array design (funnel traps + central camera trap) is best suited for general herpetofaunal ...
Tyler B. DeVos   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

New host records for Amblyomma rotundatum (Acari: Ixodidae) from Grussaí restinga, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Novos registros de hospedeiros para Amblyomma rotundatum (Acari: Ixodidae) da restinga de Grussaí, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil

open access: yesRevista Brasileira de Parasitologia Veterinária, 2012
Amblyomma rotundatum Koch is a parthenogenetic tick usually associated with reptiles and amphibians. However, relatively few studies on occurrences of ticks in wild reptile populations in Brazil have been produced.
Lúcio André Viana   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

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