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The Evolutionary Implications of Hemipenial Morphology of Rattlesnake Crotalus durissus terrificus (Laurent, 1768) (Serpentes: Viperidae: Crotalinae). [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2013 Most amniotes vertebrates have an intromittent organ to deliver semen. The reptile Sphenodon and most birds lost the ancestral penis and developed a cloaca-cloaca mating.
Marcovan Porto +10 more
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Taxonomy, 2023 In this paper, the type material of all five Japanese Paracis species (P. ijimai (Kinoshita, 1909), P. miyajimai (Kinoshita, 1909), P. pustulata (Wright and Studer, 1889), P. spinifera (Nutting, 1912), P.
Asako K. Matsumoto, Leen P. van Ofwegen
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Foraging niche partitioning within a recently established guild of falcons
Ibis, EarlyView.Ecological theory predicts that coexisting species should exhibit realized niche differentiation to minimize competition. However, little is known about patterns of niche differentiation when ‘newcomer’ species spontaneously colonize a new region, leading to novel sympatric conditions.
Alessandro Berlusconi +15 more
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Royal Society Open SciencePleurodonta 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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First record of the invasive Hemidactylus mabouia (Moreau de Jonnès, 1818) (Squamata, Gekkonidae), in the dry Chaco, Argentina [PDF]
, 2018 The invasive Hemidactylus mabouia (Moreau de Jonnès, 1818) is one of the most widespread introduced species of reptiles, being present in the New World at least 500 years ago. In this work, we report for the first time, the presence of the invasive gecko
Cardozo, Dario Elbio +2 more
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Effect of Soil Properties on Species Richness of Fossorial Squamate Reptiles
Journal of Biogeography, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Aim Species richness varies greatly over geographic gradients. Climate and other above‐ground attributes are the most common variables used to explain animal richness patterns. However, soil properties may play an important role in shaping the richness of species living underground.
Donghe Chen, Uri Roll, Shai Meiri
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, 1995 Number of Pages: 4Integrative BiologyGeological ...
Beaman, Kent R. +2 more
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What Are the Phylogenetic Limits to Pollinator Diversity?
Journal of Applied Entomology, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Although huge progress has been made over the past 200 years in identifying the diversity of pollinators of angiosperms and other plants, new discoveries continue to be made each year, especially in tropical areas and in the fossil record. In this perspective article I address the following questions: Just how diverse are the pollinators and ...
Jeff Ollerton
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Repeated Evolution of Digital Adhesion in Geckos: A Reply to Harrington and Reeder [PDF]
, 2017 We published a phylogenetic comparative analysis that found geckos had gained and lost adhesive toepads multiple times over their long evolutionary history (Gamble et al., PLoS One, 7, 2012, e39429).
Bauer, A. M. +4 more
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