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Diversity, distribution and conservation of the terrestrial reptiles of Oman (Sauropsida, Squamata)

PLoS ONE, 2018
In the present work, we use an exceptional database including 5,359 records of 101 species of Oman’s terrestrial reptiles together with spatial tools to infer the spatial patterns of species richness and endemicity, to infer the habitat preference of ...
S. Carranza, M. Xipell, P. Tarroso, Andrew S Gardner, E. N. Arnold, M. Robinson, Marc Simó-Riudalbas, R. Vasconcelos, Philip de Pous, F. Amat, J. Šmíd, R. Sindaco, M. Metallinou, J. Els, J. Pleguezuelos, L. Machado, D. Donaire, Gabriel Martínez, J. Garcia-Porta, T. Mazuch, T. Wilms, J. Gebhart, J. Aznar, J. Gállego, Bernd-Michael Zwanzig, Daniel Fernández-Guiberteau, Theodore Papenfuss, Saleh Al Saadi, A. Alghafri, S. Khalifa, Hamed Al Farqani, Salim Bait Bilal, Iman Sulaiman Alazri, A. A. Al Adhoobi, Zeyana Salim Al Omairi, Mohammed Al Shariani, A. Al Kiyumi, Thuraya Al Sariri, A. A. Al Shukaili, Suleiman Nasser Al Akhzami   +39 more
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Bacterial Culture‐Based Analysis of the Tuatara Gut Reveals Functional Roles of the Core Genus Chryseobacterium

New Zealand Journal of Zoology, Volume 53, Issue 1, March 2026.
The microorganisms living in a host's gut are important for digestion and immune response and are an important facet to understanding host ecology. For tuatara, the gut microbiome presents an opportunity to examine bacteria associated with a long‐lived and evolutionarily distinct reptile and to understand how tuatara ecology is mediated or supported by
T. Caldwell, C. Hoffbeck, D. M. R. L. Middleton, M. W. Taylor   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

A Palaeogene stem crotaphytid (Aciprion formosum) and the phylogenetic affinities of early fossil pleurodontan iguanians

Royal Society Open Science
Pleurodonta is an ancient, diverse clade of iguanian lizard distributed primarily in the Western Hemisphere. Although the clade is a frequent subject of systematic research, phylogenetic resolution among the major pleurodontan clades is elusive.
Simon G. Scarpetta
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Phylogeography and Contact Zones of the Common Grass Snake in Poland (Squamata: Natricidae: Natrix natrix)

Zoologica Scripta, Volume 55, Issue 2, Page 209-219, March 2026.
ABSTRACT Until now, the genetic identity of common grass snakes (Natrix natrix) in Poland remained poorly understood. This study presents the first comprehensive phylogeographic analysis for Poland using mitochondrial DNA sequences (cyt b and ND4 + tRNAs) and 13 nuclear microsatellite loci.
Andrea Criado‐Flórez, Daniel Jablonski, Bartosz Borczyk, Stanisław Bury, Krzysztof Kolenda, Katarzyna Kurek, Sławomir Mitrus, Bartłomiej Najbar, Maciej Pabijan, Beata Prusak, Tomasz Skawiński, Bartłomiej Zając, Uwe Fritz   +12 more
wiley   +1 more source

Embryology of the VNO and associated structures in the grass snake Natrix natrix (Squamata: Naticinae): a 3D perspective

Frontiers in Zoology, 2017
BackgroundSnakes are considered to be vomerolfaction specialists. They are members of one of the most diverse groups of vertebrates, Squamata. The vomeronasal organ and the associated structures (such as the lacrimal duct, choanal groove, lamina ...
P. Kaczmarek, Mateusz Hermyt, W. Rupik
semanticscholar   +1 more source

No Evidence for Pace of Life Evolution Along Elevational Gradients in Squamate Reptiles

Ecology Letters, Volume 29, Issue 2, February 2026.
Ecological conditions can significantly influence the trade‐off between survival, growth, and reproduction, leading to evolutionary divergence in life‐history traits among populations experiencing different environments. The pace of life syndrome hypothesis (POLS) proposes that additional suites of traits, from physiology to behaviour, adaptively co ...
Tiberiu C. Sahlean, Ryan A. Martin
wiley   +1 more source

Spots before the eyes: revision of the saxicoline geckos of the Gehyra punctata (Squamata: Gekkonidae) species complex in the Pilbara region of Western Australia

, 2018
The Gehyra punctata species complex in the Pilbara and surrounding regions of Western Australia has long been known for its confused taxonomy. Recent collections in the region have enabled a reassessment of specimens currently referable to G.
P. Doughty, A. Bauer, Mitzy Pepper, J. Keogh   +3 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Evolutionary History of Platyceps Racers Reveals South Asian Origin and Recurrent Westward Dispersals

Journal of Biogeography, Volume 53, Issue 2, February 2026.
ABSTRACT Aim The aim of this study was to elucidate the phylogenetic and evolutionary history of the colubrid genus Platyceps. Location Saharo–Arabian biogeographic realm. Taxon Genus Platyceps, Colubridae, Squamata. Methods We sequenced four mitochondrial (12S rRNA, cytb, ND4 + tRNA, COI) and two nuclear (c‐mos, NT3) markers of 19 species (115 newly ...
Doubravka Velenská, Daniel Jablonski, Salvador Carranza, V. Deepak, Jean‐François Trape, Tomáš Mazuch, Karin Tamar, Rafaqat Masroor, Timur Abduraupov, Jiří Šmíd   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

Cosmophasis squamata Kulczynski 1910

, 2021
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Hurni-Cranston, Tiziano, Hill, David E.
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Freshwater amphibians and squamates from Villeveyrac (lower Campanian; Hérault, France): palaeodiversity, palaeoenvironment and implications for the Late Cretaceous palaeobiogeography of the European herpetofauna

Papers in Palaeontology, Volume 12, Issue 1, January/February 2026.
Abstract The Late Cretaceous witnessed numerous transgression–regression sequences and the onset of a global cooling phase at the start of the Campanian. In the European archipelago, these environmental changes, combined with active plate tectonics, facilitated the formation of ephemeral land bridges that served as dispersal routes for a variety of ...
Olivier Jansen, Géraldine Garcia, Olga Otero, Marc Augé, Bernard Gomez, Xavier Valentin   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source