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Newly published papers on reptiles and amphibians from the HerpAtlas research library, updated automatically. Browse by animal on the species pages.
- Princes and Paupers: Effects of Annual and Early-Life Resource Variability on Demography in Populations of Common Garter Snakes, Thamnophis sirtalis
Carli R. Dinsmore, Anne M. Bronikowski, Amanda M. Sparkman et al. · Journal of Herpetology · 2024-08
- Facultative parthenogenesis discovered for the first time in Jamaican boa (Chilabothrus subflavus) using novel microsatellite markers.
Bailey CA, Righton AL, Reeves A et al. · Zoo biology · 2024-08
- Unveiling the urban colonization of the Asian water monitor ( Varanus salvator ) across its distribution range using citizen science.
Luna Á, Rausell-Moreno A · PeerJ · 2024-08 · open access
Background This study aims to investigate the urban colonization of the Asian water monitor ( Varanus salvator ) across its entire range of distribution, addressing the paucity of research on this species in urban ecosystems. The research spans the geographic range of the Asian water monitor,…
- Donepezil Nanoemulsion Induces a Torpor-like State with Reduced Toxicity in Nonhibernating Xenopus laevis Tadpoles.
Plaza Oliver M, Gardner E, Lin T et al. · ACS nano · 2024-08 · open access
- Python eats python: A Burmese Python (Python bivittatus) preying on a Reticulated Python (Malayopython reticulatus) in Bangladesh
Iftiker Mahamud, Adnan Azad Asif, MD Rahman et al. · Reptiles & Amphibians · 2024-08 · open access
- Metazoan Endoparasites of the Gecko Phyllopezus periosus (Squamata: Phyllodactylidae) Inhabiting the Rock Cliffs of a Waterfall Canyon in the Semi-Arid Region from Northeastern Brazil.
Gonçalves-Sousa JG, de Sousa Silva C, Ribeiro SC et al. · Acta parasitologica · 2024-08
- Anti-Leptospira spp. antibody test in noncaptive reptiles from urban and peri-urban reas in Brazil’s extreme South
Érica Thurow Schulz, Eduarda Aranha da Costa, Taynara Dias Lansarin et al. · Ciência Rural · 2024-08 · open access
ABSTRACT: The state of Rio Grande do Sul has a great diversity of reptile species distributed throughout its territory. Due to human actions, such as habitat fragmentation, these animals have been frequently observed in urban and peri-urban environments. This facilitates the spread of pathogens…
- Hepatic Metabolomic Responses to Low-Temperature Stress in the Invasive Turtle, Trachemys scripta elegans .
Tang HB, Guo QH, Yang JM et al. · Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2024-08 · open access
Investigating the physiological and biochemical changes of ectothermic species before entering hibernation would contribute to the understanding of how they adapt to low-temperature environments. Here, red-eared slider turtle ( Trachemys scripta elegans ) hatchlings were maintained under different…
- Abiotic and biotic factors jointly influence the contact and environmental transmission of a generalist pathogen.
Suh DC, Lance SL, Park AW · Ecology and evolution · 2024-08 · open access
INTRODUCTION Environmental conditions have direct and indirect effects on pathogen transmission. Directly, abiotic factors, including temperature and humidity, can influence transmission via multiple mechanisms, such as by altering persistence times outside of their host (Gray et al., ; Nazir et…
- Adipose tissue torsion with localized lymphangiectasia in a Rio Cauca caecilian Typhlonectes natans.
Whalen LEW, Walsh TF, Steeil JC et al. · Journal of aquatic animal health · 2024-08
- Albinism in a Common Fire Salamander, Salamandra salamandra (Linnaeus 1758), in Galicia (Spain)
Martín Quintáns Suárez · Reptiles & Amphibians · 2024-08 · open access
- Alpine viper in changing climate: thermal ecology and prospects of a cold-adapted reptile in the warming Mediterranean.
Mizsei E, Radovics D, Rák G et al. · Scientific reports · 2024-08 · open access
Introduction Reptiles are exposed to increasing threats worldwide, with about 20% of species facing the risk of extinction due to the interaction or synergy of factors including habitat loss, fragmentation and degradation, environmental pollution and spread of diseases, among others,. These impacts…
- Acquired Factor VIII Deficiency Presenting as Compartment Syndrome.
Coady-Fariborzian L, Schmit J · Federal practitioner : for the health care professionals of the VA, DoD, and PHS · 2024-08
- Select Venous Analytes and Fibrinogen Determination Using Two Methods in Brown Pelicans.
Gessner-Knepel A, Gentry J, Schmalz S et al. · Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2024-08 · open access
The brown pelican ( Pelecanus occidentalis ) is a species often affected by natural and man-made disasters such as hurricanes and oil spills, as well as general human activities; that subsequently receives medical care and rehabilitation. During rehabilitation, blood may be collected for various…
- Correlations between local geoclimatic variables and hatchling body size in the sea turtles Caretta caretta and Chelonia mydas.
Regalado Fernández OR, Parsi-Pour P, Nyakatura JA et al. · BMC ecology and evolution · 2024-08 · open access
It has been widely demonstrated that air and sand temperatures influence the anatomy of sea turtle hatchlings. We examined the impact of precipitation during the nesting season on the hatchling body size of loggerhead and green turtles from 37 beaches worldwide. Longitudinal data collected between…
- Haematology and plasma biochemistry reference intervals of Española, San Cristobal and Eastern Santa Cruz Galapagos tortoise species.
Nieto-Claudín A, Palmer JL, Brenn-White M et al. · Conservation physiology · 2024-08 · open access
Normal reference intervals (RI) of hematologic and biochemical parameters are important for assessing and monitoring the health status of captive and free-living chelonians; however, such information is not available for most wildlife species. Giant Galapagos tortoises are one of the most iconic…
- Evaluating deterrents to reduce depredation of wood duck eggs in nest boxes
E. Morton Miller, Richard M. Kaminski, Beau A. Bauer et al. · Wildlife Society Bulletin · 2024-08 · open access
Abstract Wood ducks ( Aix sponsa ) are secondary natural cavity‐nesting species that also nest in artificial nest boxes. Since the early 20th century, nest boxes have been widely deployed in North America to increase nesting sites for wood ducks and bolster production. Equipping nest boxes with a…
- Within the optimal thermal range, temperature fluctuations with similar means have little effect on offspring phenotypes: A comparison of two approaches that simulate natural nest conditions.
Hall JM, Tiatragul S, Turner MK et al. · Journal of thermal biology · 2024-08
- Taxonomic determination of Hypselotriton populations distributed in eastern Guangdong, China (Caudata, Salamandridae), with description of a new species and a new subgenus
Jian Wang, Zhao‐Chi Zeng, Tian-Li Wei et al. · Zoosystematics and Evolution · 2024-08 · open access
In this work, the Hypselotriton populations distributed in eastern Guangdong, China are studied in detail to clarify their taxonomic status. Based on morphological comparison and phylogenetic analysis, H. glaucussyn. nov. is synonymised with H. orphicus. Hypselotriton (Cynotriton) oolongsp. nov.…
- Taste aversion training can educate free-ranging crocodiles against toxic invaders.
Ward-Fear G, Bruny M, Rangers TB et al. · Proceedings. Biological sciences · 2024-08 · open access
Apex predators play critical ecological roles, making their conservation a high priority. In tropical Australia, some populations of freshwater crocodiles ( Crocodylus johnstoni ) have plummeted by greater than 70% due to lethal ingestion of toxic invasive cane toads ( Rhinella marina ).…
- Revising the Keystone Species Concept for Conservation: Value Neutrality and Non-Nativeness
Derek Halm · Ethics Policy & Environment · 2024-08 · open access
- Variable susceptibility to an emerging infectious disease, chytridiomycosis, in anurans
Nicole Kenyon · ResearchOnline at James Cook University (James Cook University) · 2024-08
- Centrifugation is an effective and inexpensive way to determine Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis quantity in water samples with low turbidity.
McMahon TA, Katz TS, Barnett KM et al. · Oecologia · 2024-08 · open access
Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis (Bd) is a pathogenic chytrid fungus that is particularly lethal for amphibians. Bd can extirpate amphibian populations within a few weeks and remain in water in the absence of amphibian hosts. Most efforts to determine Bd presence and quantity in the field have…
- Coping with dry spells: Investigating oxidative balance and metabolic responses in the subtropical tree frog Boana pulchella (Hylidae) during dehydration and rehydration exposure.
de Amaral M, Von Dentz MC, Cubas GK et al. · Comparative biochemistry and physiology. Part A, Molecular & integrative physiology · 2024-08
- Diversity and biogeographical patterns in the diet of the culpeo in South America.
Lozano J, Guntiñas M, Cisneros R et al. · Ecology and evolution · 2024-08 · open access
INTRODUCTION The functioning of ecosystems is determined and conditioned by a multitude of ecological processes and parameters, such as evolutionary history and the dynamics of species interaction, such as parasitic, competitive or predator–prey relationships, the latter being the most important in…
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