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Herpetofauna of an urban fragment of Atlantic Forest in Paraíba State, Northeast Brazil [PDF]

Biotemas, 2008
The Herpetofauna of an urban fragment of Atlantic Forest was investigated in relation to species richness and habitat use. Fourteen species of amphibian anurans pertaining to the families Bufonidae, Brachycephalidae, Hylidae, Leptodactylidae, Leiuperidae,
Yuri C. C. Lima, Fagner R. Delfim, Gentil A. Pereira-Filho, Washington L. S. Vieira, Gindomar Gomes Santana, Kleber S. Vieira   +5 more
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Population Dynamics of Tropidurus torquatus (Wied, 1820) (Squamata, Tropiduridae) in Southern Brazil

South American Journal of Herpetology, 2011
ABSTRACT. Population dynamics of the lizard Tropidurus torquatus was studied between May 2008 and June 2009 in a rocky formation in Alegrete municipality, Rio Grande do Sul state, southern Brazil. The study was carried out using the capture, marking and recapture method, the area being randomly searched from 08:00 am to 6:00 pm.
Vieira, Renata Cardoso, Felappi, Jéssica Francine, Caruccio, Rodrigo, Verrastro Viñas, Laura   +3 more
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Distribution extension of Stenocercus squarrosus Nogueira and Rodrigues, 2006 (Reptilia, Squamata, Tropiduridae) in Northeastern Brazil

Biotemas, 2009
Extensão da distribuição de Stenocercus squarrosus Nogueira and Rodrigues, 2006 (Reptilia, Squamata, Tropiduridae) no nordeste do Brasil. Lagartos do gênero Stenocercus Duméril & Bibron, 1837 são amplamente distribuídos na América do Sul, podendo ...
Samuel Cardozo Ribeiro, Igor Joventino Roberto, Débora Lima Sales, Waltécio de Oliveira Almeida   +3 more
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Seasonal and geographic variation in thermal biology of the lizard Microlophus atacamensis (Squamata: Tropiduridae)

Journal of Thermal Biology, 2008
Abstract 1. We studied physiological thermal adaptation in the lizard Microlophus atacamensis along a latitudinal range. 2. Field body temperatures were independent from thermal environmental conditions, and show seasonal, but not geographical differences.
Sepúlveda, Maritza, Vidal, Marcela A., Fariña, José M., Sabat Kirkwood, Alejandro Pablo   +3 more
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Herpetofauna em um fragmento de Floresta Atlântica no Estado da Paraíba, Região Nordeste do Brasil

Biotemas, 2008
A herpetofauna de um fragmento urbano de Floresta Atlântica foi estudada quanto à riqueza de espéciese à utilização do habitat. A coleta de espécimes  foi realizada através de procura visual limitada por tempo e armadilhas de interceptação e queda ...
Gindomar Gomes Santana, Washington L. S. Vieira, Gentil A. Pereira-Filho, Fagner R. Delfim, Yuri C. Lima, Kleber S. Vieira   +5 more
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Structure of claws and toes of two tropidurid lizard species of Restinga from Southeastern Brazil: adaptations to the vertical use of the habitat Estructura de garras y dedos en dos lagartos tropidúridos de Restinga, sureste de Brasil: adaptaciones al uso vertical del hábitat

Revista Chilena de Historia Natural, 2004
Tropidurus torquatus and Liolaemus lutzae, found in a restinga habitat, show some morphological differences associated with differential microhabitats use. There were made measurements of the snout-vent length, length and width of the largest toe of hand
Sueli Carvalho Ribas, Ana Lucia Rosario Velloso, Pedro Teixeira-Filho, Oscar Rocha-Barbosa, Heitor Evangelista, Elaine Alves dos Santos   +5 more
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Allozyme Divergence in Two Syntopic Liolaemus of the Liolaemus monticola Group (Squamata: Tropiduridae)

Journal of Herpetology, 2003
Abstract Genetic divergence between two traditionally recognized subspecies, Liolaemus monticola chillanensis and Liolaemus monticola ssp., was assessed by allozymic comparison. Both morphotypes are syntopic and restricted to the mountains of the Cordillera de Chillan.
Torres-Pérez, Fernando, Ortiz, Juan Carlos, Victoriano, Pedro, Lamborot, Madeleine   +3 more
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Analysis of diet composition and morphological characters of the Peruvian lizard Microlophus stolzmanni (Squamata: Tropiduridae)

Phyllomedusa: Journal of Herpetology, 2019
Analysis of diet composition and morphological characters of the Peruvian lizard Microlophus stolzmanni (Squamata: Tropiduridae). Microlophus stolzmanni is a diurnal lizard that is endemic to the dry forest of northern Peru.
Antonia Beuttner, Claudia Koch
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A new species of pentastomida infecting Tropidurus hispidus (Squamata: Tropiduridae) from Caatinga in Northeastern Brazil [PDF]

Brazilian Journal of Biology, 2008
This article describes a new species of Brazilian Raillietiella Sambon, 1910 from lungs of Tropidurus hispidus (Spix, 1825). Between July and October 2005 eighteen specimens of T. hispidus were actively captured with elastic rubber slings in granite outcrops (lajeiros) (06° 59’ S and 39° 31’ W) from caatinga formations in the municipality of Farias ...
Almeida, WO., Freire, EMX., Lopes, SG.
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First assessment of the endoparasitic nematode fauna of four psammophilous species of Tropiduridae (Squamata: Iguania) endemic to north-eastern Brazil

Acta Herpetologica, 2012
Tropiduridae (Squamata: Iguania) is a lizard taxon widely distributed in the neotropics. Among its representatives, some species are classified as generalists regarding habitat usage. Others exhibit a very restricted and probably relict distribution, and
Markus Lambertz, Tiana Kohlsdorf, Steven Perry, Robson Ávila, Reinaldo da Silva   +4 more
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