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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.
- The Wrong Assumptions of the Effects of Climate Change on Marine Turtle Nests with Temperature-Dependent Sex Determination.
Girondot M · Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2025-12 · open access
Contemporary climate change, driven by anthropogenic greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, has raised global temperatures by over 1 °C above pre-industrial levels, profoundly altering Earth's energy balance. In marine turtles, which exhibit temperature-dependent sex determination (TSD), embryonic sex…
- Ophidiomycosis Prevalence and Disease Ecology in a Natrix tessellata (Laurenti, 1768) Population From Northern Italy.
Di Nicola MR, Colla L, Mulder KP et al. · Journal of experimental zoology. Part A, Ecological and integrative physiology · 2025-12 · open access
- Salmonellosis as a One Health-One Biofilm Challenge: Biofilm Formation by Salmonella and Alternative Eradication Strategies in the Post-Antibiotic Era.
Małaszczuk M, Pawlak A, Krzyżek P · Pharmaceuticals (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025-12 · open access
Non-typhoidal Salmonella (NTS) are globally distributed zoonotic pathogens of major concern within the One Health-One Biofilm framework. Fluoroquinolone-resistant Salmonella strains are included by the World Health Organization (WHO) in the Bacterial Priority Pathogens List as high-risk agents. A…
- Biochemical and Hepatic Determinants of Reproductive Failure in Reptiles: A Review of Dystocia Pathophysiology and Management.
Morel M, Gumpenberger M, Kempf H et al. · Veterinary sciences · 2025-12 · open access
Dystocia represents a multifactorial and clinically significant reproductive disorder affecting a broad spectrum of reptilian species. Commonly resulting from prolonged vitellogenesis, endocrine disruption, or hepatic lipidosis, dystocia is often exacerbated by suboptimal husbandry or concurrent…
- Hidden colour signals as key drivers in the evolution of anti-predator coloration and defensive behaviours in snakes.
Loeffer-Henry K, Kang C, Sherratt TN · Nature communications · 2025-12 · open access
- Molecular Characterization and Clinicopathological Findings of Mycoplasma pogonae Infection in Captive Central Bearded Dragons ( Pogona vitticeps ).
Plangsangmas T, Burne A, De Luca E et al. · Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2025-12 · open access
From August to November 2023, a disease outbreak occurred in a research colony of 33 mixed-sex, five-month-old central bearded dragons obtained from a private breeder in the USA. Clinical presentation consisted primarily of dehydration, lethargy, inappetence, weight loss, neck extension, sporadic…
- Effects of naturalistic housing conditions on amphibian growth and microbiome in captivity.
Touchon JC, Hughey MC · Animal microbiome · 2025-12 · open access
- Gonadal development in scorpion mud-turtles, Kinosternon scorpioides, in a controlled environment.
Braga B, Oliveira-Bahia V, Ferreira MA et al. · Anatomical record (Hoboken, N.J. : 2007) · 2025-12 · open access
Research on gonadal development including sexual differentiation of gonads in chelonians is essential for understanding the mechanisms that determine offspring sex and, consequently, the sex ratio of egg clutches. This directly impacts population structure, as sex ratios influence reproductive…
- Diel effects on antipredator behavior: nuanced temporal effects in a dynamic landscape of fear
Sarah White, Jami Baker M., Alicia Mathis · Behavioral Ecology · 2025-12
- Post-breeding dispersal of nesting marine turtles from the NEOM Islands, Saudi Arabia.
Barrios-Garrido H, Alatawi A, Alghrair M et al. · Scientific reports · 2025-12 · open access
Marine turtles, such as green (Chelonia mydas) and hawksbill (Eretmochelys imbricata), face numerous threats across their habitats. While they nest in the Red Sea, limited knowledge exists about their inter-nesting habitats and post-breeding movements. The NEOM Islands support ~ 95% of all…
- A combination of environmental and landscape variables drives movement and habitat use in two Anaxyrus toads.
Ferentinos AM, Check CE, Windorf O et al. · Movement ecology · 2025-12 · open access
- Bearded dragons (Pogona vitticeps) presenting for emergency evaluation with lethargy and anorexia are less likely to survive to discharge.
Budas E, Webster CRL, Barboza T · American journal of veterinary research · 2025-12
- Accuracy and Completeness of AI Chatbot Responses for Leopard Gecko ( Eublepharis macularius ) Husbandry: An Exploratory Comparison of ChatGPT-4o and Gemini 2.5 Pro.
Digirolamo R · Journal of applied animal welfare science : JAAWS · 2025-12
- An Extended Generalized Prandtl-Ishlinskii Hysteresis Model for I 2 RIS Robot.
Yue Y, Esfandiari M, Du P et al. · IFAC-PapersOnLine · 2025-12
- Cryptosporidium varanii Infection in Captive Leopard Gecko ( Eublepharis macularius ) and Its Association with Wasting Syndrome in Thailand.
Nipithakul P, Yodpunya S, Prasitwiset W et al. · Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2025-12 · open access
Cryptosporidiosis is a globally important protozoan disease that causes severe gastrointestinal illness in immunocompromised humans and animals and has been associated with chronic wasting and death in reptiles. This study investigated the role of Cryptosporidium infection in wasting syndrome among…
- Subfamily I ethylene receptors are functionally conserved in calcium permeability across the green lineage.
Yu D, Ju C, Liu Z et al. · Molecular plant · 2025-12 · open access
The gaseous hormone ethylene plays a key role in regulating plant growth and stress responses. Although Ca 2+ has long been implicated in ethylene signaling, the identity of molecules controlling Ca 2+ permeability has remained elusive. In this study, we revealed that Arabidopsis subfamily I…
- Hemostatic hellfire: Rhabdophis helleri (Red-necked Keelback) snake venom pathophysiologically activates Factor VII and Factor X through novel uses of the clotting cofactors calcium, phospholipid, and Factor Va.
Champagne PS, Seneci L, Casewell NR et al. · Toxicon : official journal of the International Society on Toxinology · 2025-12 · open access
Rhabdophis helleri envenomations may cause lethal coagulopathy, yet the venom mechanisms are poorly characterized. This study investigated the procoagulant mechanisms of R. helleri venom, with particular focus on coagulation factor activation and cofactor dependencies. We demonstrate that R.…
- An analysis of the linked decisions in the confiscation of illegally traded turtles
Desireé Smith, Graziella V. DiRenzo, Jill Fleming et al. · Conservation Science and Practice · 2025-12 · open access
A bstract Over the last few decades, freshwater turtles have become more common in the illegal wildlife trade because of growing global demand. Illegally traded turtles may be intercepted by several different agencies with separate jurisdictions. When turtles are confiscated, uncertainties may make…
- Baby Got Bite: Kinematics and Ontogenetic Scaling of Bite Performance in the Northern Giant Musk Turtle (Staurotypus triporcatus).
Zapletal TM, Saarel LS, Penning DA et al. · Journal of experimental zoology. Part A, Ecological and integrative physiology · 2025-12
- Injuries in deep time: interpreting competitive behaviours in extinct reptiles via palaeopathology.
Scott M, Gamble JA, Brown CM et al. · Biological reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society · 2025-12 · open access
- A SECOND-DEGREE THERMAL BURN IN A BURMESE PYTHON (PYTHON BIVITTATUS) – CASE REPORT
Seven Mustafa, Iliana Stefanova Ruzhanova-Gospodinova, Silvi Vladova et al. · Bulgarian Portal for Open Science · 2025-12
- From instinct to experience: understanding feeding behaviour in Python regius (Shaw, 1802)
Octavian Craioveanu, Vlad Stoicescu, Cristina Craioveanu · Studia Universitatis Babeş-Bolyai Biologia · 2025-12 · open access
- The relationships between box turtle gut microbiomes and personality.
Harlow K, Service EK, Geiger JE et al. · PloS one · 2025-12 · open access
Introduction Animal personalities can affect the fitness of individuals and the evolutionary trajectories of populations. There are a variety of vertebrate animals that are considered to have “personalities,” which can be defined as repeatable variation in behavioral propensities among…
- Multi-route induction of Salmonella-based vaccine delivery elicits protective immunity against FV3-like ranavirus in an ornamental fish model.
Kwon J, Senevirathne A, Lee JH · Fish & shellfish immunology · 2025-12
- Microbial communities of selected regions of the Deep Springs Lake aquifer system.
Zaki R, Bourne E, Storino A et al. · Frontiers in microbiology · 2025-12 · open access
Deep Springs Lake is a small, isolated, highly alkaline soda lake in Inyo County of Eastern California, USA. It is a seasonally filled salt lake or playa, and is part of a closed aquifer system. Such closed systems are globally rare, occurring only in arid zones where annual evaporation is greater…
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