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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.
- Oxidative stress-mediated neurotoxicity of para-xylene and neuroprotection by gluconolactone in Xenopus laevis
Han L, Huang W, Meng L et al. · Environmental Pollution · 2025-10
- Are the Kids Alright? Dehydration and High Temperatures During Pregnancy Impact Offspring Physiology, Morphology, and Survival in a Cold-adapted Lizard.
Brusch GA 4th, Le Galliard JF, Viton R et al. · Integrative and comparative biology · 2025-10 · open access
Climate change will continue to increase mean global temperatures, with daily minima increasing more than daily maxima temperatures on average. In addition, altered rainfall patterns due to climate change will disrupt water availability. Such changes are likely to influence thermo-hydroregulation…
- Beating the Heat: A Lowland Tropical Lizard Expresses Heat Shock Protein Networks in Response to Acute Thermal Stress.
Wuthrich KL, Chung AK, Rosso AA et al. · Integrative and comparative biology · 2025-10
- The Medullary Audio-Vocal Network in the Toad Bombina orientalis.
Huggenberger S, Walkowiak W · The Journal of comparative neurology · 2025-10 · open access
Anurans are an established paradigm to study vocal mechanisms in vertebrates. Regarding the motor patterns, airborne vocalization of most evolutionarily old anurans (Archaeobatrachia) resembles breathing-that is, lung inflation is used to generate sound. Vocal behavior and call timing can be…
- Organization of the Auditory Brainstem in a Lizard, Gekko gecko. II. Afferent and Efferent Projections of Nuclei of the Lateral Lemniscus and the Torus Semicircularis.
Han D, Tang Y, Christensen-Dalsgaard J et al. · The Journal of comparative neurology · 2025-10 · open access
In reptiles, two taxa, lepidosaurs and archosaurs, have ears with thin tympanic membranes that permit sensitive hearing of high-frequency sounds in air. The organization of their central auditory systems may reflect this increased sensitivity to sound. To understand auditory processing in…
- Dietary kinetics of a PFAS mixture in the American toad (Anaxyrus americanus): laboratory insights into trophic transfer of PFAS.
East AG, Simini M, Stricklin EE et al. · Environmental toxicology and chemistry · 2025-10
- Ranavirus-Positive Hatchling Eastern Box Turtles (Terrapene carolina carolina) Suggest Vertical Transmission without Observed Disease.
Rimple RJ, Lance SL, Buhlmann KA et al. · Journal of wildlife diseases · 2025-10
- Unilateral loss of recql4 function in Xenopus laevis tadpoles leads to ipsilateral ablation of the forelimb, hypoplastic Meckel's cartilage, and vascular defects.
Beck CW, Reily-Bell M, Bicknell LS · G3 (Bethesda, Md.) · 2025-10 · open access
RECQL4 encodes a RecQ helicase, one of a family of DNA unwinding enzymes with roles in DNA replication, double-strand break repair, and genomic stability. Pathogenic variants in RECQL4 are clinically associated with 3 rare autosomal recessive conditions: Rothmund-Thomson syndrome type II,…
- Long-Term Incubation Duration Decline Indicates Climate-Change Driven Feminization of Three Sea Turtle Species in Florida, USA.
Ceriani SA, Casale P · Global change biology · 2025-10 · open access
- Retrospective Analysis of Parasites in Wild-Caught Eastern Newts (Notophthalmus viridescens) Experimentally Exposed to Batrachochytrium salamandrivorans.
Demers TC, Miller DL, Gray MJ et al. · Journal of wildlife diseases · 2025-10
- Mosaic anatomy in an early fossil squamate.
Benson RBJ, Walsh SA, Griffiths EF et al. · Nature · 2025-10 · open access
Main Squamates (lizards and snakes) diverged from their closest living relative, the tuatara ( Sphenodon ), by the early Triassic period, and molecular clocks suggest that their crown group originated by the Early Jurassic epoch, around 190 million years ago (Ma). However, confident records of…
- Influences of Landscape and Vegetation Structures on Herpetofauna Communities in Canebrakes and Associated Floodplain Forests
Suriyamongkol T, Pease BS, Zaczek JJ et al. · Wetlands. · 2025-10
- Extraordinary creatures: poison frogs
Journal of Experimental Biology · 2025-10
- FEEDING HABITS OF THE GREAT HORNED OWL (BUBO VIRGINIANUS) IN A DESERT REGION IN MEXICO
Vargas-Miranda B, López-Vidal JC, Elizalde-Arellano C et al. · The Southwestern Naturalist · 2025-10
- ANTIPREDATOR BLOOD-SQUIRTING AND SEED-HARVESTING ANTS (POGONOMYRMEX) IN THE EVOLUTION OF MYMECOPHAGY IN HORNED LIZARDS (PHRYNOSOMA)
Sherbrooke WC · The Southwestern Naturalist · 2025-10
- Phytogenic diet enhances the growth and disease resistance of the black-spotted frog, Pelophylax nigromaculatus, by stabilizing intestinal homeostasis and boosting innate immunity
Hu Y, Liang Y, Han L et al. · Fish and Shellfish Immunology · 2025-10
- PATHOGEN SURVEILLANCE IN MUSK TURTLES ( STERNOTHERUS SP.) IN ALABAMA.
McCain S, Rivas AE, Jenkins AJ et al. · Journal of zoo and wildlife medicine : official publication of the American Association of Zoo Veterinarians · 2025-10
- The impact of wildfires on the diet of Podarcis lusitanicus revealed by DNA metabarcoding.
Simões C, Vasconcelos DS, Xavier R et al. · PloS one · 2025-10 · open access
Fire has long been recognized as an important ecological and evolutionary force in plant communities, but its influence on vertebrate community ecology, particularly regarding predator-prey interactions, remains understudied. This study reveals the impact of wildfires on the diet of Podarcis…
- Preferred body temperatures are increasing in 3 anguimorph lizards with passive thermoregulation.
Domínguez-Guerrero SF, Woolrich-Piña GA, Muñoz MM · Integrative and comparative biology · 2025-10
- Comparative Study of 3D Reconstruction Techniques on Rhinoceros Iguana Skull by Utilizing Computer Tomography Scans
José Raduán Jaber, Mario Encinoso, Alejandro Morales-Espino et al. · Macedonian Veterinary Review · 2025-10 · open access
Abstract The rhinoceros iguana is an endangered species native to the Caribbean, currently listed on the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Red List. While most available studies focus on its ecology and conservation, there is a lack of detailed anatomical descriptions,…
- Feral cat video collars reveal differences in hunting behaviour between mammal, reptile and insect prey
McGregor H, Johnson C, Legge S et al. · Biological Conservation. · 2025-10
- The tortoise and the air: climate shapes sex-ratio reaction norm variation in turtles.
Krueger CJ, Girondot M, Janzen FJ · Evolution; international journal of organic evolution · 2025-10 · open access
For some species, gonadal sex determination relies on environmental cues and thus ought to match local conditions, which can be accomplished through changes in maternal behavior and/or the sex-ratio reaction norm. Here, we investigate the evolution of the latter at broad spatial and phylogenetic…
- Mixing in Moderation: Slow Transmission of Non-Local Macroparasites Following a Population Augmentation of an Endangered Australian Skink.
Derne BT, Godfrey SS, Hutchinson MN et al. · Molecular ecology · 2025-09 · open access
Translocating threatened wildlife to more suitable habitat is increasingly necessary for conserving biodiversity. However, parasite dynamics in such translocations are poorly characterised, despite their potential importance for influencing translocation success and contributing to biodiversity and…
- The unorthodox aquaporin-12L ortholog is essential for oogenesis in the crustacean Artemia franciscana.
Rey-Alfonso A, Chauvigne F, Finn RN et al. · Bioscience reports · 2025-09
- Biomagnification of chlorinated paraffins in amphibians from an e-waste effected ecosystem, South China: evidence from quantitative fatty acid signature analysis.
Pan H, Ding Y, Zheng X et al. · Environmental pollution (Barking, Essex : 1987) · 2025-09
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