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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.
- Effects of climate change and El Niño anomalies on historical declines, extinctions, and disease emergence in Brazilian amphibians.
Ferrante L, Baccaro FB, Kaefer IL et al. · Conservation biology : the journal of the Society for Conservation Biology · 2025-04
- First report of desmatosuchine aetosaur (Pseudosuchia, Aetosauriformes) osteoderms from the Upper Triassic Tiki Formation of India: Their complex internal vascular system, functional significance and biostratigraphy.
Haldar A, Ray S · Journal of anatomy · 2025-04
- Mercury exposure and health challenges in Rapa Nui green turtles: urging conservation and long-term monitoring in the South Pacific.
Álvarez-Varas R, Ayala E, Lagos R et al. · Conservation physiology · 2025-04 · open access
The endangered green sea turtle ( Chelonia mydas; hereafter C. mydas ) plays a crucial role in maintaining the balance of marine ecosystems. However, its populations are highly vulnerable to various threats, including marine pollution. Rapa Nui (Easter Island), an isolated location in the…
- Demography, commonly recorded disorders and mortality in chelonia under UK primary veterinary care: A VetCompass study.
Hornby JM, Hedley J, Brodbelt DC et al. · PloS one · 2025-04 · open access
Little information has been published on the recorded disorders of pet chelonia. This cohort study aimed to report on demography, commonly recorded disorders and mortality recorded in chelonia under UK primary veterinary care in 2019. Electronic health records on a random sample of chelonia in…
- Impacts and transport of microplastics: Population dynamics in frogs and the transfer between aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems.
Park JK, Lee JE, Do Y · Journal of hazardous materials · 2025-04
- Using the axial skeleton as armor: mechanical behavior of sea turtle carapaces throughout ontogeny.
Lezcano IJ, Wyneken J, Porter ME · The Journal of experimental biology · 2025-04
- Infrared camouflage in leaf-sitting frogs: a cautionary tale on adaptive convergence.
Stuart-Fox D, Rankin KJ, Shah Scott M et al. · Journal of the Royal Society, Interface · 2025-04 · open access
Introduction Many animals are green and appear camouflaged against a background of green leaves. A universal feature of green leaves is that they reflect a high proportion of near-infrared (NIR; 700−2500 nm) light due to the light scattering properties of leaf cellular structures. Curiously, some…
- Decreased food intake as a fecundity-dependent cost of reproduction in keelback snakes ( Tropidonophis mairii , Colubridae).
Brown GP, Shine R · Royal Society open science · 2025-04 · open access
The physical burden of pregnancy may render females slower and less able to evade predation, favouring a reduction in feeding in order to avoid a reduction in survivorship. Life-history theory predicts that an organism's optimal level of investment into reproduction depends upon whether or not the…
- Nest predators of sagebrush‐obligate songbirds in the Northern Great Basin
Vanessa M. Schroeder, W. Douglas Robinson, Jonathan B. Dinkins · Wildlife Society Bulletin · 2025-04 · open access
Abstract A major cause of reproductive failure in songbirds is nest predation, yet the full suite of predator species and their relative contribution to nest predation are unknown for most species. We identified nest predator species using motion sensor cameras placed near nests of Brewer's sparrow…
- Revisiting Thermal Gradient Experiments: Effects of Thermal Heterogeneity on Salamander Behavior.
Laterza-Barbosa J, Rainha R, Flores-Guzman A et al. · Integrative organismal biology (Oxford, England) · 2025-04 · open access
Introduction Temperature influences function and homeostasis in ectothermic animals, with impacts on physiological processes and spatial distributions. However, the degree of thermal dependence varies among species, as many lineages can thermoregulate their body temperature using behavior, with…
- Methodological rigour and reporting quality of the literature on wildlife rescue, rehabilitation, and release: a global systematic review.
Massie GN, Backstrom LJ, Holland DP et al. · The veterinary quarterly · 2025-04 · open access
Wildlife rescue, rehabilitation, and release is a global practice with a broad body of scientific literature; nonetheless, no studies have assessed and quantified the methodological rigour and reporting quality of this literature. In this PRISMA systematic review, we assessed and quantified the…
- Optimized toolkit for the manipulation of immortalized axolotl fibroblasts.
Tajer BJ, Kalu G, Jay S et al. · Methods (San Diego, Calif.) · 2025-04
- Potential ecotoxicological effects of global change on organisms inhabiting high-mountain lakes in the Alps.
Pastorino P, Elia AC, Mossotto C et al. · The Science of the total environment · 2025-04
- Tokay geckos adjust their behaviour based on handler familiarity but according to context.
Damas-Moreira I, Bégué L, Ringler E et al. · Scientific reports · 2025-04 · open access
- Pharmacokinetic evaluation of meloxicam following intravenous and intramuscular administration in Crocodylus siamensis, a freshwater crocodile.
Laut S, Poapolathep S, Khidkhan K et al. · Veterinary journal (London, England : 1997) · 2025-04
- Effects of snake fungal disease (ophidiomycosis) on the skin microbiome across two major experimental scales
Romer AS, Grisnik M, Dallas JW et al. · Conservation biology : the journal of the Society for Conservation Biology · 2025-04
- Aphanoascella galapagosensis Shell Lesion Coverage of Free-Living Galapagos Tortoises: Implications for Health and Conservation.
Brunner TJ, Deem SL, Stevens C et al. · Journal of wildlife diseases · 2025-04
- Viral Prevalence in Galapagos Giant Tortoises.
Mendoza-Alcívar G, Deem SL, Esperón F et al. · Journal of wildlife diseases · 2025-04
- Predictable ecological dynamics over incredibly small spatial scales influence early-life phenotypes in a species with temperature-dependent sex determination.
Terebiznik M, Leivesley JA, Edge CB et al. · Journal of evolutionary biology · 2025-04 · open access
- Ranavirus in native amphibians from the Pyrenees National Park, France: a case study
Peñafiel-Ricaurte A, Price SJ, Fisher MC et al. · Eur J Wildl Res · 2025-04
- GTP cyclohydrolase II (gch2) and axanthism in ball pythons: A new vertebrate model for pterin-based pigmentation.
García-Elfring A, Roffey HL, Abergas JM et al. · Animal genetics · 2025-04
- On protected areas and other effective area-based conservation measures to conserve biodiversity. Exploring their contribution to Colombian snakes
Rey Pulido KG, Velazco SJE · Perspectives in Ecology and Conservation · 2025-04
- Cold-induced fibrosis and metabolic remodeling in the turtle (Trachemys scripta) ventricle.
Keen AN, McConnell JC, Mackrill JJ et al. · Acta physiologica (Oxford, England) · 2025-04 · open access
Aim Cardiac fibrosis contributes to systolic and diastolic dysfunction and can disrupt electrical pathways in the heart. There are currently no therapies that prevent or reverse fibrosis in human cardiac disease. However, animals like freshwater turtles undergo seasonal remodeling of their hearts,…
- Detection of Borrelia turcica from Hyalomma aegyptium ticks and blood of turtles (Testudo graeca) in northern west of Iran
Enferadi A, Ownagh A, Tavassoli M · Eur J Wildl Res · 2025-04
- Incorporating citizen science into IUCN Red List assessments
Gallagher R, Roger E, Packer J et al. · Conservation biology : the journal of the Society for Conservation Biology · 2025-04
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