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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.
- Electrospray Regime Controls Sensitivity and Quantitative Performance in Micro- and Nano-Flow CE-ESI-MS.
O'Neal RM, Rodriguez LG, Nemes P · Analytical chemistry · 2026-05
- Spectral Acoustic Niche Partitioning in Three Sympatric Frogs From the Caribbean
Auguste RJ, Deacon AE, Hulme MF · Biotropica. · 2026-05
- Stenotrophomonas testudinis sp. nov., isolated from the faecal material of a painted turtle living in the wild.
Grachan TJ, McLaughlin RW, Lawson PA et al. · International journal of systematic and evolutionary microbiology · 2026-05
- Host and Environmental Drivers of Gut Microbiome Variation in Wild Anolis Lizards.
López Tacoaman YF, Alcivar M, Alujević K et al. · Molecular ecology · 2026-05
- First Record of Yellow‐Footed Tortoise (Chelonoidis denticulatus) Feces Attracting Dung Beetles
Querino T, Bordin BR, Starling‐Manne C et al. · Biotropica. · 2026-05
- AXOLOTL: an accurate method for detecting aberrant gene expression in rare diseases using coexpression constraints.
Xu W, Shen Y, Liu X et al. · Bioinformatics (Oxford, England) · 2026-05 · open access
Motivation The assessment of aberrant transcription events in rare disease patients holds great promise for enhancing the prioritization of causative genes-a strategy already widely adopted in clinical settings to improve diagnostic accuracy. Nevertheless, the accurate identification of causal…
- Can Physical Closeness Measure Variation and Change in Pair Association Strength in Captive Geckos?
Alena Krummenacher, Birgit Szabo · Animal Behavior and Cognition · 2026-05 · open access
Pair bonding is a key social behavior but remains understudied in reptiles despite a growing body of evidence suggesting that some species exhibit complex sociality. The lack of evidence regarding the expression of pair association in social lizard species hampers our understanding of its effects…
- STAT Signaling and Its Anti-Apoptotic Effects in Dehydrated Xenopus laevis.
Biggar Y, Kamath AA, Breedon SA et al. · Biology of the cell · 2026-05 · open access
- OsNPF3.5 mediates gibberellin allocation and grain yield in rice.
Wen TT, Liu ZJ, Yan J et al. · Plant physiology · 2026-05
- Urbanization Shapes Dietary Composition and Snout Morphology of Salamanders.
Marques AJD, Alarcón-Ríos L, Mata VA et al. · Molecular ecology · 2026-05 · open access
- Balancing Selection on a Single Locus Controls Colour Polymorphism in a Reptile via Tubulin Modification.
Xie H, Wu D, Wen G et al. · Molecular ecology · 2026-05
- Shifting baselines in amphibian conservation: Historic survey uncovers the disease-driven collapse of a once mega-diverse community
Lansac C, Riva Idl, Miñarro M et al. · Biodiversity and conservation · 2026-05
- Complex Life Cycles and Postcranial Skeletal Morphology: Morphometric and Biomechanical Analysis of the Eastern Newt (Notophthalmus viridescens)
Aaron J Hardgrave · Digital Commons - East Tennessee State University (East Tennessee State University) · 2026-05
- Ectoparasite presence is associated with alterations in immune function after an acute stressor in cane toads (Rhinella marina).
Floreste FR, Titon B Jr, Gomes FR et al. · General and comparative endocrinology · 2026-05 · open access
Parasites can alter host fitness and physiology in multiple ways, including chronic activation of the hypothalamus-pituitary-adrenal/interrenal (HPA/I) axis, resulting in prolonged glucocorticoid release. Such chronic effects may also disrupt the acute stress response mediated by the HPA/I axis,…
- Aquatic vegetation limits the impact of Xenopus laevis on macroinvertebrate diversity: implications for pond management
Secondi J, Lorrain-Soligon L, Grell A et al. · Biological invasions. · 2026-05
- A multifaceted approach to identify disease response genes in the endangered massasauga rattlesnake.
Bolton PE, Mathur S, Gibbs HL · The Journal of heredity · 2026-05
- Predation risk of gregarious and aposematic insect larvae in an urban-agricultural landscape
Baluno RA, Mamangkas GO, Lidasan AK et al. · Ecoscience · 2026-05
- Life-history strategy mediates the effects of multiple developmental stressors on Australian lizards.
Leibold DC, Recio P, Peardon AY et al. · Proceedings. Biological sciences · 2026-05 · open access
Maternal stress and the developmental environment jointly affect offspring fitness and phenotype during early life. Mothers transmit stress to offspring through the deposition of hormones and energy into developing embryos, who are themselves subject to environmental stressors. A species'…
- Deconstructing cardiovascular and coagulation-related traits links dietary ecology to multi-functional snake venom specificity.
Holding ML, Pontius MHH, Ward MS et al. · Evolution; international journal of organic evolution · 2026-05 · open access
Animal venoms vary greatly in compositional complexity, where complex venoms are hypothesized to be maintained by greater dietary breadth. Beyond explaining venom composition, the dietary breadth hypothesis predicts that these more complex venoms should show greater functional breadth in terms of…
- Meteorology and geography, more than biological traits, drive variation in frog phenology across decades.
Klinges DH, Freidenburg LK, Rubinstein AD et al. · Ecology · 2026-05 · open access
The fate of a species is a function of interacting environmental and biological processes. Disentangling the roles and interactions of such processes can elucidate the breadth of possible responses to global change, for instance, the potential for phenotypic plasticity or trait evolution to rescue…
- Host Specificity and Activity Synchronization Drive Frog‐Biting Midge Incidence on Torrent Frogs (Hylodidae)
Serrano FC, Diaz‐Ricaurte JC, Gaiarsa MP et al. · Biotropica. · 2026-05
- Cross-species and cross-platform disparities in public cognition of invasive alien species
Zhang L, Huang J, Liu X · Biological invasions. · 2026-05
- A multi‐trait evaluation of patterns and fitness consequences of breeding phenology plasticity with nocturnal warming and food restriction in a lizard
Bodineau T, de Villemereuil P, Lemaire B et al. · Functional Ecology · 2026-05
- How beavers affect habitat availability for two native turtle species
Krige RN, Guderyahn L, Holzer K et al. · journal of wildlife management. · 2026-05
- MUSEUM SPECIMENS OF WESTERN DIAMOND-BACKED RATTLESNAKES (VIPERIDAE: CROTALUS ATROX) REVEAL TRENDS IN BODY SIZE, DIET, AND ENDOPARASITES OVER THE LAST 75 YEARS.
Arroyo-Torres I, Brant SV, Giermakowski JT et al. · The Journal of parasitology · 2026-05
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