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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.
- Key areas for the conservation of endangered reptile species in the Kresna Gorge, south-western Bulgaria
Georgi Sashev Popgeorgiev, Angel Dyugmedzhiev, Simeon P. Lukanov et al. · Historia naturalis bulgarica · 2025-03 · open access
Kresna Gorge and the broader Struma River Valley in south-western Bulgaria host high species diversity, including species of conservation importance and locally restricted distribution. Precise published data on amphibian and reptile distributions, however, are limited and incomplete. Here we…
- Discovery of XY Sex Chromosomes in Mauremys mutica Provides Insights Into the Role of KDM6B Gene in Coexistence of Temperature-Dependent and Genetic Sex Determination.
Liu J, Liu S, Dong J et al. · Molecular ecology · 2025-03
- Investigating the Temporal Effects of Thermal Stress on Corticosterone Release and Growth in Toad Tadpoles.
Panahi Hassan Barough S, Monroe DJ, Clark TC et al. · Biology · 2025-03 · open access
1. Introduction Amphibians are declining globally due to numerous factors, including habitat loss and fragmentation, climate change, disease, contaminants, invasive species, and their synergistic effects. Among these threats, rising temperatures due to climate change and urbanization pose a…
- Ecology of the Painted Wood Turtle (Rhinoclemmys pulcherrima Gray 1856): Insights from Three Populations in Mexico and Morphological Comparisons of All Four Subspecies
Taggert G. Butterfield, Alejandra Monsiváis-Molina, Martha Harfush‐Meléndez et al. · Chelonian Conservation and Biology · 2025-03
- Environmental factors influencing bioaccumulation of xenobiotic metals in freshwater turtles
Darien N. Becker, Donald J. Brown, Jason A. Hubbart et al. · Environmental Pollutants and Bioavailability · 2025-03 · open access
Human-induced land use practices can result in the bioaccumulation of metals in turtles. We assessed relationships between land use and pollutant concentrations in painted turtles (Chrysemys picta) and snapping turtles (Chelydra serpentina) through non-destructive tissue sampling across 22 sites…
- Fluoromicrometry reveals minimal influence of tendon elasticity during snake locomotion.
Tingle JL, Garner KL, Astley HC · The Journal of experimental biology · 2025-03 · open access
Multiarticular muscle systems are widespread across vertebrates, including in their necks, digits, tails and trunks. In secondarily limbless tetrapods, the multiarticular trunk muscles power nearly all behaviors. Using snakes as a study system, we previously used anatomical measurements and…
- Comparing Nutrient Intake by Wolf Spiders ( Hogna carolinensis ) Consuming Frogs ( Acris blanchardi ) and Crickets ( Gryllodes sigillatus ).
Hunsucker CG, Herzog C, Reeves JT et al. · Ecology and evolution · 2025-03 · open access
Introduction Animals acquire nutrients using strategies adapted to their individual traits and ecological circumstances. For instance, some herbivores and omnivores have been shown to selectively choose their food source and thereby balance their nutrient intake depending on their nutritional needs…
- Low Requirement on the Nest Site Selection Influencing the Invasion Success of House Geckos
Andrade RA, Passos DC · Biotropica. · 2025-03
- Rapid geographic divergence in competitive ability of cane toad larvae (Rhinella marina) during a biological invasion.
Clarke GS, Shine R, Brown GP et al. · Ecology · 2025-03 · open access
- Deep learning-based detector of invasive alien frogs, Polypedates leucomystax and Rhinella marina, on an island at invasion front
Kimura K, Fukuyama I, Fukuyama K · Biological invasions · 2025-03
- Prevalence and Virulence Profiles of Klebsiella pneumoniae Isolated From Different Animals.
Liu HC, Tang HL, Chiou CS et al. · Veterinary medicine and science · 2025-03 · open access
- Trunk muscle differentiation-a lesson from the Chinese fire-bellied newt (Hypselotriton orientalis).
Dubińska-Magiera M, Brania MJ, Kolenda K et al. · Protoplasma · 2025-03
- Observational studies on per- and polyfluoroalkyl substance toxicity in marine species: hints for the extrapolation of a screening value.
Miniero R, Brambilla G, Maffucci F et al. · Environmental toxicology and chemistry · 2025-03 · open access
- Drifting survival: Impacts of climate change on the distribution of continental chelonians in the Amazon
da Silva IB, Fagundes CK, de Oliveira GL et al. · Journal for Nature Conservation · 2025-03
- Current distribution of Phelsuma inexpectata, a threatened Réunion Island endemic gecko
Mickäel Sanchez, Alicia Bonanno, Margot Caubit et al. · Oryx · 2025-03 · open access
- Disentangling the molecular mechanisms underlying yellow body coloration in a soft-shelled turtle.
Zhang J, Ding ZH, Wu PF et al. · Zoological research · 2025-03 · open access
- Glucocorticoid responses of wildlife to anthropogenic stressors are influenced by disturbance type and species traits
Mirante D, Santini L, Costantini D et al. · Functional Ecology · 2025-03
- Citizen Observations Shed New Light on Geographic Variation in Colour Polymorphism of a Widespread Reptile
Jansen N, Pruijn N, Mayer M · Journal of biogeography · 2025-03
- Amphibian skin bacteria contain a wide repertoire of genes linked to their antifungal capacities
González-Serrano F, Romero-Contreras YJ, Orta AH et al. · World journal of microbiology & biotechnology. · 2025-03
- Identification of enterobacteriaceae causing septicemia in the axolotl Ambystoma mexicanum.
Diaz OL, Buendia A, Sánchez J et al. · Antonie van Leeuwenhoek · 2025-03 · open access
The Ambystoma mexicanum axolotl is a highly threatened amphibian and a valuable research model, with very little information about bacterial diseases affecting it. The aim of this study was to perform an identification of bacteria responsible for septicemia in three individuals. For all of them,…
- AN INVESTIGATION OF AN AMYLOID-LIKE DEPOSITION DISORDER IN REPTILES.
Gilbert S, Pacheco R, Armien AG et al. · Journal of zoo and wildlife medicine : official publication of the American Association of Zoo Veterinarians · 2025-03
- CROSS-SPECIES TRANSMISSION OF A GENOGROUP C FERLAVIRUS IN A ZOOLOGICAL COLLECTION IN THE UNITED STATES.
Pastor AR, West G, Swenson J et al. · Journal of zoo and wildlife medicine : official publication of the American Association of Zoo Veterinarians · 2025-03
- Necrophagy in Aspidoscelis lineattissimus (Cope, 1878) and Incilius marmoreus (Wiegmann, 1833) by the Dung Beetle Canthon cyanellus (LeConte, 1859) in a Dry Tropical Forest of Mexico
Díaz‐García JM, Salomão RP · Austral Ecology. · 2025-03
- Could Flumazenil Be Used Pre-hospital by Intramuscular Injection for Coma due to Mixed Drug Overdose Not Responding to Naloxone?: A Systematic Review of the Evidence.
Farcas I, Schölin L, Eddleston M · Basic & clinical pharmacology & toxicology · 2025-03 · open access
- Assessing the effects of climate and visitor use on amphibian occupancy in a protected landscape with long‐term data
Amanda M. Kissel, Mary Kay Watry, Evan M. Bredeweg et al. · Ecosphere · 2025-03 · open access
Abstract Determining where animals are, and if they are persisting across protected landscapes, is necessary to implement appropriate management and conservation actions. For long‐lived animals and those with boom‐and‐bust life histories, perspective across time contributes to discerning temporal…
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