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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.
- Daily and seasonal activity of Testudo graeca (Testudinidae, reptilia) in the Northeast Caucasus (Dagestan, Russia)
U.A. Gichikhanova · Известия Российской академии наук Серия биологическая / Biology Bulletin · 2025-01
- Boa constrictor (Red-tailed Boa). Predation.
Roel de Plecker and Alexander Alken · Herpetological Review · 2025-01
- Lampropeltis getula (Eastern Kingsnake). Diet.
J. Sean Doody, George L. Heinrich, Madden Haag, Tyler Krotenberg, Roel de Plecker, and Alexander Alken · Herpetological Review · 2025-01
- Hormonal and developmental regulation of sex-specific traits in squamate reptiles
Anna Bauerová · Digital Repository (National Repository of Grey Literature) · 2025-01
- In-situ diet-microbiota associations across taxonomic scales in desert-dwelling amphibians and reptiles.
Zhu W, Ni R, Cai B et al. · ISME communications · 2025-01 · open access
Understanding how host and environmental factors shape gut microbiota is central to microbial ecology and evolution. However, the extent to which gut microbes covary with diet and how such variation reflects host phylogeny, remains unclear under natural conditions. Here, we used DNA metabarcoding…
- Comparison of Baseline Painted Turtle (Chrysemys picta) Health Assessments at a Confined Disposal Facility and a Protected Coastal Marsh in Southwestern Lake Erie, Ohio, USA.
Vincent EC, Satern F, Flint J et al. · Journal of wildlife diseases · 2025-01
- Microenvironment, reproductive tactics and morphology in Mediterranean Salamandra
Daniel Escoriza, Jihène Ben Hassine · Canadian Journal of Zoology · 2025-01
- Insights into the Evolution and Regulation of Hybrid Internal-Terminal Exons from Tropomyosin Exon 9A in Xenopus laevis
Méreau A, Lerivray H, Viet J et al. · Biochimie · 2025-01
- Kinosternon baurii (Striped Mud Turtle). Diet.
Herpetological Review · 2025-01
- Double-edged effects of aquatic environmental biofilms on Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis growth and inhibition.
Chen R, Nordheim-Maestas CL, Briggs CJ · ISME communications · 2025-01 · open access
Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis (Bd) is an aquatic chytrid fungus that infects amphibians and has the potential to remain viable outside of hosts. However, the role of aquatic microbiota in influencing Bd growth and survival remains insufficiently understood. In this study, we demonstrated that in…
- Young boy falls prey to gecko – a rare case of animal bite
Joo Ee Saw, Pauline Yap, Wan Azman Wan Sulaiman · UMS Institutional Repository (Universiti Malaysia Sabah) · 2025-01
- Visual Cues modulate nest defense behavior in Japanese tits: Insights from the appearance, posture and size of snake dummies
Yin D, Yu J, Lorrillière R et al. · Avian Research · 2025-01
- Anaxyrus americanus (American Toad). Arboreal behavior.
Steve Kampa, Emily A. Moberg, and Paul J. Moberg · Herpetological Review · 2025-01
- Sternotherus odoratus (Common Musk Turtle). Penile prolapse.
Herpetological Review · 2025-01
- Chelonoidis denticulatus (Yellow-footed Tortoise). Diet.
Alexandra S. Pires · Herpetological Review · 2025-01
- Ambystoma tigrinum (Eastern Tiger Salamander). Habitat use.
Herpetological Review · 2025-01
- Trachemys scripta elegans (Red-eared Slider). Foraging association.
Thomas R. Rainwater · Herpetological Review · 2025-01
- Varanus salvator (Common Water Monitor; Bubu). Diet.
Indraneil das · Herpetological Review · 2025-01
- Opportunistic occupation of Barra da Tijuca Beach, southeastern Brazil, by Salvator merianae: A potential additional threat to the endemic and endangered lizard Liolaemus lutzae (Reptilia: Squamata)
Carla C. Siqueira, Letícia S.M. Feitosa, Julio Cesar Fernandes Proença Gomes et al. · Zoologia (Curitiba) · 2025-01 · open access
ABSTRACT Biological invasions pose significant threats to native biodiversity, particularly within coastal ecosystems. During long-term monitoring of populations of the threatened lizard Liolaemus lutzae Mertens, 1938 along the coast of Rio de Janeiro State, Brazil, we documented the widespread…
- Proline improves intestinal damage induced by hibernation stress through Nrf2/Ho-1/p65 signaling pathway in Pelodiscus sinensis
Luo J, Pan J, Song H et al. · Aquaculture. · 2025-01
- Karyotype analysis of the endangered tree frog Nyctimantis pomba (Anura: Hylidae: Lophyohylini) reveals differences from congeneric species.
Novaes C, Vieira E, Teixeira G et al. · Genome · 2025-01
- Apalone spinifera (Spiny Softshell Turtle). Intergeneric mating attempt.
Herpetological Review · 2025-01
- Chrysemys picta (Painted Turtle). Railroad mortality.
Steven G. Platt and Jordan M. Gray · Herpetological Review · 2025-01
- Early-life exposure to heat wave induces carry-over effects on oxidative status and behaviour in an amphibian
Carpentari-Messina S, Canestrelli D, Screpanti L et al. · Journal of thermal biology · 2025-01
- Safeguarding Iguana diversity: enabling rapid and low-effort tracking of non-native iguanas through terrestrial eDNA innovations
van Kuijk JL, van den Burg MP, Didaskalou EA et al. · Biological invasions · 2025-01 · open access
Reptiles have among the highest extinction risk across terrestrial vertebrates, with habitat fragmentation, habitat destruction, and invasive alien species being the primary causes of reptile species loss on a global scale. Invasive hybridization (i.e. hybridization between native and invasive…
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