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Multiple paths to aquatic specialisation in four species of Central American Anolis lizards
(2015-02-26)
Aquatic anoles present an interesting ecomorphological puzzle. On the one hand, the link between habitat use and morphology is well established as convergent within the Caribbean anole radiation. On the other hand, aquatic ...
Multiple paths to aquatic specialisation in four species of Central American Anolis lizards
(2015-02-26)
Aquatic anoles present an interesting ecomorphological puzzle. On the one hand, the link between habitat use and morphology is well established as convergent within the Caribbean anole radiation. On the other hand, aquatic ...
Revisiting the feeding anatomy of the semi-aquatic lizard Dracaena guianensis Daudin, 1801 (Reptilia, Sauria) from the Western Brazilian Amazon
(2021-01-01)
Introduction: There are about 842 reptile species known in Brazil, including 799 Squamata, being the most diverse assemblage, comprising 72 amphisbaenians, 276 lizards, and 405 snakes. Lizards have adapted to different ...
Genotoxicity induced by Roundup® (Glyphosate) in tegu lizard (Salvator merianae) embryos
(Academic Press Inc Elsevier Science, 2016-06)
Environmental contaminants produce multiple adverse consequences at individual, population and ecosystem levels. High volumes of agrochemicals applied to great variety of crops, together with agricultural expansion, generate ...
Was Mesosaurus an aquatic animal? How do we know If an ancient species was aquatic or terrestrial?
(Frontiers Media, 2019)
Mesosaurs are lizard-like reptiles that lived at the beginning of the Permian Period (280–290 million years ago) or even earlier. Mesosaurs are known from thousands of skeletons recovered in Uruguay, Brazil, and Southern ...
Life-history adaptations to arboreality in snakes
(Ecological Soc AmerWashingtonEUA, 2007)
Tetrapodophis amplectus is not a snake: Re-assessment of the osteology, phylogeny and functional morphology of an Early Cretaceous dolichosaurid lizard
(Taylor & Francis, 2021-11)
The origin of snakes remains one of the most contentious evolutionary transitions in vertebrate evolution. The discovery of snake fossils with well-formed hind limbs provided new insights into the phylogenetic and ecological ...
Os Répteis do Município de São Paulo: Diversidade e ecologia da fauna pretérita e atual
(2009-11-12)
The reptile fauna in the municipality of São Paulo is well sampled due to intensive collection in the last 100 years. In the present work we provide a checklist of reptile species in São Paulo municipality based on preserved ...
Os Répteis do Município de São Paulo: Diversidade e ecologia da fauna pretérita e atual
(2009-11-12)
The reptile fauna in the municipality of São Paulo is well sampled due to intensive collection in the last 100 years. In the present work we provide a checklist of reptile species in São Paulo municipality based on preserved ...
Homonota horrida (South American Marked Gecko): Aquatic locomotion
(Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles, 2019-06)
On 26 November 2017 at 2134 h, in at La Majadita, Valle Fértil, San Juan, Argentina (30.7152°S, 67.4940°W; WGS 84; 1006 m elev.), an adult H. horrida was observed floating on water in a slow-flowing stream (Fig. 1),while ...