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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.
- Sperm characteristics of the Telorchiidae (Digenea, Plagiorchioidea): First ultrastructural data on Telorchis attenuatus an intestinal parasite of Trachemys scripta elegans.
Kacem H, Poonlaphdecha S, Ribas A et al. · Tissue & cell · 2024-08
- Arsenic and metal levels in snake tissues from Lagoa Santa Karst, Brazil.
Quintela FM, Costa PG, Bianchini A · Environmental science and pollution research international · 2024-08
- Effect of water stress on locomotor performance in Pleurodema nebulosum (Anura: Leptodactylidae) a native frog from the Argentina Monte desert
Ontivero RE, Quiroga LB, Rodríguez CY et al. · Journal of Arid Environments. · 2024-08
- Use of agricultural fields by Natterjack toads: Implications for pesticide exposure
Churko G, Haibach G, Bär M et al. · Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment. · 2024-08
- Impact of Personality Trait Interactions on Foraging and Growth in Native and Invasive Turtles.
Gan L, Zhang S, Zeng R et al. · Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2024-08 · open access
Animal personalities play a crucial role in invasion dynamics. During the invasion process, the behavioral strategies of native species vary among personalities, just as the invasive species exhibit variations in behavior strategies across personalities. However, the impact of personality…
- Extreme climatic events modulate chytrid infection across the landscape
Sasso T, McCallum H, Newell D et al. · Biological Conservation. · 2024-08
- Breeding phenology drives variation in reproductive output, reproductive costs, and offspring fitness in a viviparous ectotherm.
Bodineau T, de Villemereuil P, Agostini S et al. · Journal of evolutionary biology · 2024-08
- Virulence factors of Salmonella spp. isolated from free-living grass snakes Natrix natrix.
Pawlak A, Małaszczuk M, Dróżdż M et al. · Environmental microbiology reports · 2024-08 · open access
INTRODUCTION Zoonoses constitute a major problem for public health. The World Health Organization (WHO) estimated that 60% of emerging infectious diseases have a zoonotic origin (WHO, ). Since January 2020, the world has struggled with the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2…
- Assessing the extinction risks of amphibians impacted by infectious diseases
Akçakaya HR, Neam K, Hobin L et al. · Biological Conservation. · 2024-08
- Countrywide screening supports model-based predictions of the distribution of Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis in Ukraine.
Jakóbik J, Drohvalenko M, Fernandez Melendez E et al. · Diseases of aquatic organisms · 2024-08 · open access
The chytrid Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis (Bd) is a widespread fungus causing amphibian declines across the globe. Although data on Bd occurrence in Eastern Europe are scarce, a recent species distribution model (SDM) for Bd reported that western and north-western parts of Ukraine are highly…
- Partitioning the influence of host specificity in amphibian populations threatened by multiple emerging infectious diseases
Hartmann AM, Sash K, Hill EP et al. · Biological Conservation. · 2024-08
- How not to describe a species: lessons from a tangle of anacondas (Boidae: Eunectes Wagler, 1830)
Wolfgang Wüster, Hinrich Kaiser, Marinus Steven Hoogmoed et al. · Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society · 2024-08
- ECR Spotlight – Ruth Gutjahr
Journal of Experimental Biology · 2024-07
- Population Trends and Demography of the Wood Turtle (Glyptemys insculpta) and Woodland Box Turtle (Terrapene carolina carolina) over Six Decades at the Powdermill Nature Reserve, Pennsylvania
R. Bruce Bury, Daniel F. Hughes, Gwendolynn W. Bury et al. · Annals of Carnegie Museum · 2024-07
- Temporal Dynamics of Plasma Catecholamines, Metabolic and Immune Markers, and the Corticosterone:DHEA Ratio in Farmed Crocodiles before and after an Acute Stressor.
Swanepoel AA, Truter C, Viljoen FP et al. · Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2024-07 · open access
1. Introduction Stress is an inherent facet of life and the responses it elicits can have both beneficial and detrimental effects on an organism’s survival. To mitigate the detrimental effects of stress, it is essential to understand the stress response at both behavioral and biological levels,…
- Archival mitogenomes identify invasion by the Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis CAPE lineage caused an African amphibian extinction in the wild.
Sewell TR, van Dorp L, Ghosh PN et al. · Proceedings. Biological sciences · 2024-07 · open access
Introduction Worldwide, amphibian populations are in steep decline and being increasingly threatened by anthropogenic habitat alteration, climate change and the spread of infectious disease. Three decades of research on the disease chytridiomycosis and its causative pathogens, chytrid fungi in the…
- Exposure to polystyrene nanoplastics causes immune damage, oxidative stress and intestinal flora disruption in salamander (Andrias davidianus) larvae.
Li Y, Liao H, Zeng M et al. · The Science of the total environment · 2024-07
- Gekko gecko as a model organism for understanding aspects of laryngeal vocal evolution.
Gutjahr R, Kéver L, Jonsson T et al. · The Journal of experimental biology · 2024-07 · open access
The ability to communicate through vocalization plays a key role in the survival of animals across all vertebrate groups. Although avian reptiles have received much attention relating to their stunning sound repertoire, non-avian reptiles have been wrongfully assumed to have less elaborate…
- Detection of benzotriazole-type ultraviolet stabilizers in sea turtles breeding in the Northwest Pacific Ocean.
Fukuoka T, Mizukawa K, Kondo S et al. · Marine pollution bulletin · 2024-07
- Folliculectomy for the treatment of pre-ovulatory follicular stasis in three illegally captured West Coast green geckos ( Naultinus tuberculatus ) to enable wild rehabilitation.
Gartrell BD, Jolly M, Cree A et al. · New Zealand veterinary journal · 2024-07 · open access
- The Unnatural history of invasive species in the Florida Keys: Paradise Threatened But Not Lost
Jenna Cole, Melissa A. Miller, Paul Evans et al. · EDIS · 2024-07 · open access
- Effects of amphibian genetic diversity on ecological communities.
Benard MF, Burke DJ, Carrino-Kyker SR et al. · Oecologia · 2024-07
- First report of melanophoroma in Salvator merianae
Sofia Silva La Rocca de Freitas, Lucas de Paula Pereira, Maria Estela Mendes da Silva et al. · Brazilian Journal of Veterinary Pathology · 2024-07 · open access
Cutaneous neoplasms have been described in the class Reptilia, and many of them are related to the inadequate management of these animals in captivity. In Brazil, there are few reports of cutaneous neoplasms in Iguana iguana, but no reported cases in Salvator merianae. Therefore, the objective of…
- From birth to bite: the evolutionary ecology of India's medically most important snake venoms.
Senji Laxme RR, Khochare S, Bhatia S et al. · BMC biology · 2024-07 · open access
- Cranial anatomy and phylogenetic affinities of Bolosaurus major, with new information on the unique bolosaurid feeding apparatus and evolution of the impedance-matching ear.
Jenkins KM, Foster W, Napoli JG et al. · Anatomical record (Hoboken, N.J. : 2007) · 2024-07
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