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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.
- Tailored toxins: Coagulotoxic variations in Atropoides, Cerrophidion, Metlapilcoatlus, and Porthidium viperid venoms against diverse vertebrate plasmas
Jones L, Neri-Castro E, Youngman NJ et al. · Toxicon · 2025-09
- Ludwigia adscendens (L.) Hara extract inhibits sebum overproduction and improves sebaceous gland function via the PPARγ/LXRα/SREBP1 pathway
Liu Y, Liu J, Xu R et al. · Journal of Ethnopharmacology · 2025-09
- Is individual heterogeneity in growth rates relevant to population dynamics of long-lived reptiles?
Armstrong DP, Keevil MG, Moldowan PD et al. · Ecology · 2025-09 · open access
- Local Adaptation May Help Mitigate Feminisation of Sea Turtle Populations Globally.
Tromp JJ, Staines MN, Laloë JO et al. · Global change biology · 2025-09 · open access
Introduction Climate change poses significant challenges for the survival of some species and ecosystems (Malhi et al. ), including general warming as well as more extreme weather conditions such as heatwaves (Cheung and Frölicher ; Marx et al. ; Smale et al. ), droughts (Yuan et al. ), cyclones…
- Quantification of sea turtle swimming patterns using a standardized arena to minimize effort in welfare assessment
Inoue NK · Behavioural processes · 2025-09
- Thermal performance curves, activity and survival in a free‐ranging ectotherm
Wild KH, Roe JH, Curran J et al. · Journal of Animal Ecology · 2025-09
- Environmental temperature and pathogen dose affect histologic lesion count and severity in Notophthalmus viridescens infected with Batrachochytrium salamandrivorans
Wesley C. Sheley, Mark Q. Wilber, Edward Davis Carter et al. · Frontiers in Amphibian and Reptile Science · 2025-09 · open access
Introduction Batrachochytrium salamandrivorans (Bsal) was discovered a decade ago in Europe, where it is emerging and decimating salamander populations. North America, a global hotspot for salamander biodiversity, faces risk of Bsal introduction through trade or other pathways. An abundant…
- Skin Defenses and Host-Environment Microbiome Interactions in Spotted Salamanders.
Urrutia-Carter J, Madison JD, Frederick JA et al. · Integrative and comparative biology · 2025-09
- Microplastic pollution and amphibian health: Complex physiological effects of different microplastic types on juvenile Glandirana rugosa
Pak Cg, Do Y · Aquatic Toxicology · 2025-09
- Seasonally migrating juvenile green turtles (Chelonia mydas) feeding on gelatinous prey exhibit better nutritional status than resident herbivorous individuals
Kawai M, Kameda K, Fukuoka T et al. · Mar Biol · 2025-09
- Is exposure to chytrid fungus and ranavirus higher in ponds invaded by American bullfrogs?
Everts T, Van Driessche C, Jacquemyn H et al. · Biological invasions · 2025-09
- New Records of Cryptosporidium serpentis (Apicomplexa: Cryptosporidiidae) in Water Snakes (Nerodia spp.) from Texas, USA
Mckinstry CC, Neely WJ, Rodriguez D · Comparative Parasitology · 2025-09
- Multiscale habitat selection of an imperiled stream‐dwelling turtle
Jenkins AJ, Godwin JC, Warner DA et al. · journal of wildlife management · 2025-09
- Distribution and activity of a herpetofaunal community at Gettysburg National Military Park: The ecological value of beaver dams
Walter E. Meshaka, Eugene Wingert · Journal of the Pennsylvania Academy of Science · 2025-09
- Trunk muscle differentiation—a lesson from the Chinese fire-bellied newt (Hypselotriton orientalis)
Dubińska-Magiera M, Brania MJ, Kolenda K et al. · Protoplasma · 2025-09
- Gut Microbiome Community Assembly Across Three Snake Communities.
Colston TJ, França FGR, Noonan BP et al. · Integrative and comparative biology · 2025-09
- Freeze-tolerant frogs accumulate cryoprotectants using photoperiod: A potential ecological trap.
Neptune TC, Koester DC, Benard MF · The Journal of animal ecology · 2025-09 · open access
- Temporary threshold shifts in the Eastern painted turtle (Chrysemys picta picta) in response to narrowband underwater noise exposures.
Salas AK, Sims MA, Harms CA et al. · The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America · 2025-09
- Communal roosting in the Japanese toad Bufo japonicus
Nishikawa K, Kojima W · Journal of ethology · 2025-09
- Diagnosis and Management of Pericardial Mesothelioma in a Leopard Gecko (Eublepharus macularius).
Wen A, Sandiford T, Nakashima A et al. · Veterinary radiology & ultrasound : the official journal of the American College of Veterinary Radiology and the International Veterinary Radiology Association · 2025-09
- Compound Chinese herbal medicine improves immune function and alters intestinal microbiome composition of Hoplobatrachus rugulosus
Yang X, Guo R, Tang Z et al. · Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - Part D: Genomics and Proteomics · 2025-09
- Helminths of the Eastern Kingsnake, Lampropeltis getula (L.), and the Mole Kingsnake, Lampropeltis rhombomaculata (Holbrook) (Squamata: Colubridae), from North Carolina, U.S.A.
Flowers JR, Beane JC · Comparative Parasitology · 2025-09
- Seasonal occurrence of and adult diapause in the tortoise leaf beetle Aspidimorpha difformis (Motschulsky, 1860) (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae)
Noma K, Nisimura T · Entomological Science · 2025-09
- Die Spiegelstation – Eine innovative Methode zur individuellen Unterscheidung und dreidimensionalen Vermessung von Feuersalamandern (Salamandra salamandra) im Freiland
Karolin Egle, Simeon Egle, Finja Egle · Carolinea · 2025-09
- Mechanisms of Carotenoid Metabolism: Understanding the Links between Red Coloration, Cellular Respiration, and Individual Quality.
Koch RE, Toomey MB, Zhang Y et al. · Integrative and comparative biology · 2025-09
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