item: #1 of 429 id: ah-10016 author: Zambrano-Fernández, Sonia; Zamora-Camacho, Francisco Javier; Aragón , Pedro title: Does chronic exposure to ammonium during the pre-metamorphic stages promote hindlimb abnormality in anuran metamorphs? A comparison between natural-habitat and agrosystem frogs date: 2020-12-08 words: 3473 flesch: 54 summary: These include diverse malforma- tions, such as lacking and extra limbs and digits, as well as fused or misshaped limbs (Johnson and Bowerman, 2010; Reeves et al., 2013). Aligned with our results, prevalence of limb abnormality was not greater in Rana temporaria frogs from agrosystems than from natu- ral habitats (Piha et al., 2006). keywords: abnormality; ammonium; effects; et al; exposure; frogs; hindlimb; metamorphs; perezi; prevalence cache: ah-10016.pdf plain text: ah-10016.txt item: #2 of 429 id: ah-10079 author: Mascarenhas-Junior, Paulo; Bassetti, Luis Antonio; Manso Sayão, Juliana title: Bone histology of Broad-snouted Caiman Caiman latirostris (Crocodylia: Alligatoridae) as tool for morphophysiological inferences in Crocodylia date: 2021-11-05 words: 7854 flesch: 55 summary: There is a gradient associated with age which reflects the start of slow-growth strategy, although without finaliza- tion of definitive bone growth, evidenced by the absence of an External Fundamental System and the opening of primary osteons in the cortex towards the periosteum (Ricqlès et al., 2003; Woodward et al., 2011; Andrade et al., 2018). Bone histology is an important tool for the interpretation of life patterns in animals of the past and extant fauna. keywords: bone; caiman; canals; cortex; crocodylians; fig; growth; histology; horner; lags; latirostris; osteons; sayão; specimens; tissue; verdade; woven; years cache: ah-10079.pdf plain text: ah-10079.txt item: #3 of 429 id: ah-10188 author: Blasi, Monica Francesca; Hochscheid, Sandra; Bardelli, Roberta ; Bruno, Chiara; Melodia, Carolina; Salzeri, Perla; De Rosa, Paolo; Madonia, Paolo title: First report on two loggerhead turtle (Caretta caretta) nests in the Aeolian Archipelago (Southern Italy) date: 2022-04-28 words: 4402 flesch: 59 summary: 7:181-188. Chu, C.T., Booth, D.T., Limpus, C.J. (2008): Estimating the sex ratio of loggerhead turtle hatchlings at Mon Repos rookery (Australia) from nest temperatures. On the top, location of study area and loggerhead turtle nests. keywords: caretta; hatchlings; incubation; italy; lipari; loggerhead; nest; nesting; period; sea; stromboli; temperature; turtle cache: ah-10188.pdf plain text: ah-10188.txt item: #4 of 429 id: ah-10229 author: Barbieri, Giacomo ; Costa, Andrea; Salvidio, Sebastiano title: Is the Northern Spectacled Salamander Salamandrina perspicillata aposematic? A preliminary test with clay models date: 2021-11-06 words: 3297 flesch: 53 summary: Distribution of attacks and supposed predators on the dif- ferent body parts of Salamandrina perspicillata clay models. A preliminary test with clay models Giacomo Barbieri, Andrea Costa, Sebastiano Salvidio* DISTAV, University of Genova, Corso Europa 26, I-16132 Genova, Italy *Corresponding author. keywords: aposematic; clay; dorsal; models; northern; perspicillata; salamander; salamandrina; tail cache: ah-10229.pdf plain text: ah-10229.txt item: #5 of 429 id: ah-10306 author: Dudás, György; Frank, Krisztián title: Sexual size dimorphism in the tail length of the Caspian Whip Snakes, Dolichophis caspius (Serpentes, Colubridae), in south-western Hungary date: 2021-09-17 words: 2273 flesch: 62 summary: Males typically possess longer tails than females and this dimorphism in tail length has generally been attributed to the importance of the tail in mating and reproduction. Selective pressures on the tails of female snakes are less obvious, as tail length may be linked to more than one function, and hence be simultaneously subjected to more than one type of selective force. keywords: females; length; males; shine; snakes; tail cache: ah-10306.pdf plain text: ah-10306.txt item: #6 of 429 id: ah-10402 author: Ottonello, Dario; D'Angelo, Stefania; Oneto, Fabrizio; Malavasi, Stefano; Zuffi, Marco Alberto Luca; Spadola, Filippo title: So close so different: what makes the difference? date: 2021-09-17 words: 7665 flesch: 61 summary: Vv., 2008), it is likely to assume that Emys trinacris is one of the top aquatic predators in many of these environments in Sicily, with an opportunistic and generalist pattern oriented mainly towards aquatic invertebrates (Ottonello et al., 2017a). These data may provide important information to address management strategies and conservation actions of small wetland areas inhabited by pond turtles, pointing out a threats never highlighted up to now. Keywords. keywords: alto; basso; data; difference; emys; et al; females; freshwater; gorghi; gorgo; growth; medio; orbicularis; pond; site; size; species; turtles cache: ah-10402.pdf plain text: ah-10402.txt item: #7 of 429 id: ah-10418 author: Mezzasalma, Marcello; Odierna, Gaetano title: Sex chromosome diversification in the smooth snake Coronella austriaca (Reptilia, Serpentes) date: 2021-05-05 words: 5007 flesch: 51 summary: The ZZ/ZW sex determination system was sup- posed to be a plesiomorphic state in snakes (Mengden, 1981; Matsubara et al., 2016), however recent evidences suggest that different sex chromosome systems evolved multiple times, independently, in different snake line- ages, including species with either female (ZZ/ZW) or male (XX/XY) heterogamety along with a discrete num- ber of species with undifferentiated sex chromosomes (Gamble at al., 2017; Mezzasalma et al., 2019). This mtDNA gene was chosen con- sidering the number of available sequences for several popula- tions of C. austriaca (Llorente et al., 2012; Santos et al., 2008, 2012; Galarza et al., 2015; Jablonsky et al., 2019). keywords: austriaca; chromosome; clades; et al; mezzasalma; odierna; samples; sex; species cache: ah-10418.pdf plain text: ah-10418.txt item: #8 of 429 id: ah-10742 author: Reyes-Puig, Carolina; Guayasamin, Juan M.; Koch, Claudia; Brito-Zapata, David ; Hollanders, Matthijs ; Costales, Melissa; Cisneros-Heredia, Diego F. title: A new species of the genus Noblella (Amphibia: Strabomantidae) from Ecuador, with new information for Noblella worleyae date: 2021-09-17 words: 15206 flesch: 63 summary: Individuals were found in the lower forest stra- tum, camouflaged extremely well in leaflitter and hav- ing an evasive behavior, similar to other Noblella species (Reyes-Puig et al., 2019c). Systematic accounts Noblella mindo new species. keywords: adult; andes; anura; brown; cream; dark; dorsal; ecuador; et al; female; fig; fingers; genus; guayasamin; length; mindo; new; noblella; nov; phalanges; puig; ramus; reyes; rounded; species; svl; tips; tubercles; worleyae; zsfq cache: ah-10742.pdf plain text: ah-10742.txt item: #9 of 429 id: ah-10870 author: Salvidio, Sebastiano; Delfino, Massimo title: MARIELLA TURRINI – La tartaruga nella cultura dei popoli – Miti, leggende e Folklore date: 2021-05-11 words: 822 flesch: 50 summary: The book “La tartaruga nella cultura dei popoli – Miti, leggende e Folklore” is edited and available from Edizioni Belvedere (Latina, Italy) that with this new pub- lication consolidates furthermore its position as a leading publisher of herpetological books. Remarkable, but focused on a single topic, is also the booklet edited by Del Cimmuto (2013) that nicely illus- trates a thematic collection of art objects and painting portraying turtles, tortoises and terrapins. keywords: book; societies; turtles cache: ah-10870.pdf plain text: ah-10870.txt item: #10 of 429 id: ah-11294 author: Farina, Renata K.; Moser, Camila F.; Scali, Stefano; de Oliveira, Mateus; Witt, Patricia; Marques Tozetti, Alexandro title: Diet and trophic niche overlap of four syntopic species of Physalaemus (Anura: Leptodactylidae) in southern Brazil date: 2023-07-01 words: 5246 flesch: 63 summary: The number of studies on the diet of Neotropical anurans has increased in recent years (Siqueira et al., 2006, Dietl et al., 2009, Rodrigues and Santos-Costa, 2014, Moser et al. 2017; Oliveira et al. 2017, Dias et al. 2018, Farina et al. 2018, Moser et al. 2019, Protázio et al. 2019, Oliveira et al. 2021, Moser et al. 2022). In contrast, for P. henselii (Bsta = 0.32, Farina et al., 2018), trophic niche breadth was higher than for other species of this study and also of the literature, such as P. gracilis and P. lisei (Bsta = 0.15 and Bsta = 0.11 respectively, Moser et al., 2017), P. ephippifer (Bsta = 0.19, Rodrigues and Santos-Costa, 2014) and P. biligonigerus (Bsta = 0.04, Oliveira et al., 2015), suggest- ing a more generalist behavior in relation to its congeners (Farina et al., 2018). keywords: biligonigerus; brazil; cuvieri; diet; et al; gracilis; henselii; niche; overlap; p. cuvieri; physalaemus; prey; species cache: ah-11294.pdf plain text: ah-11294.txt item: #11 of 429 id: ah-11315 author: da Silva Gonçalves, Brena; Hendges, Carla D.; Madalozzo, Bruno; Santos, Tiago G. title: Re-description of external morphology and factors affecting body and tail shape of the stone frog tadpoles date: 2022-05-14 words: 6395 flesch: 61 summary: External morphology re-description The body of L. macroglossa tadpoles is ovoid in dor- sal view and depressed globular in lateral view (BH/BW: 0.79), representing one third of the total length (BL/TL: 0.35). In (B) from the depth influence in the lateral and dorsal views of tad- poles of Limnomedusa macroglossa. 67Morphology and shape of the rapid frog tadpoles’ DISCUSSION Shape variation in lateral and dorsal view This study provides the first description of the body and tail shape of L. macroglossa tadpoles. keywords: altig; anura; body; dorsal; eyes; height; macroglossa; morphology; nostrils; shape; species; tadpoles; tail; variation; view cache: ah-11315.pdf plain text: ah-11315.txt item: #12 of 429 id: ah-11339 author: Rameh-de-Albuquerque, Luciana C.; Zanotti, Alexandre P.; Souza, Denisson S.; Diniz, George T.; Mascarenhas-Junior, Paulo B.; Santos, Ednilza M.; Correia, Jozelia M.S. title: Hematological values of wild Caiman latirostris (Daudin, 1802) in the Atlantic Rainforest in Pernambuco, Brazil date: 2021-11-04 words: 6374 flesch: 57 summary: 2. Photomicrographs of Caiman latirostris blood cells coloured with modified May-Grunwald-Giemsa (Rosenfield, 1947) Aspectos morfológicos e citoquímicos dos glóbulos sangüíneos de Caiman crocodilus yac- are (Daudin, 1802) (Reptilia, Crocodilia). keywords: blood; brazil; caiman; cells; count; hemoglobin; latirostris; mean; parameters; pernambuco; study; total; values cache: ah-11339.pdf plain text: ah-11339.txt item: #13 of 429 id: ah-11386 author: Ciracì, Andrea; Razzetti, Edoardo; Pavesi, Maurizio; Pellitteri-Rosa, Daniele title: Preliminary data on the diet of Chalcides chalcides (Squamata: Scincidae) from Northern Italy date: 2022-04-29 words: 4085 flesch: 62 summary: Skinks diet is known mainly for extra-European spe- cies, especially from Australia (Wapstra and Swain, 1996; Duffield and Bull, 1998; Clemann et al., 2004; Shea, 2006; Pavey et al., 2010), where these lizards are represented by a great number of species, while, in comparison, data for species from other continents are scarce. It represents a very fascinating topic never investi- gated before for European skink species, so further stud- ies on this or even other species are needed, possibly tak- ing into account larger sample sizes, in order to perform reliable statistical tests. keywords: adults; caputo; chalcides; chalcides chalcides; diet; italy; items; juveniles; lizard; northern; prey; skink; species; toed cache: ah-11386.pdf plain text: ah-11386.txt item: #14 of 429 id: ah-11453 author: da Silva Martins, Ana Glaucia; Rebouças, Raoni; Santos, Isaias; Rosa Domingos, Adão Henrique; Toledo, Luís Felipe title: Influence of tail injury on the development of Neotropical elegant treefrog tadpoles date: 2022-04-28 words: 5341 flesch: 58 summary: % tail injury Intercept 0.15 0.004 34.42 <0.001 30% -0.005 0.006 0.79 0.44 50% 0.005 0.006 % tail injury 30% - control -0.005 0.006 0.73 50% - control 0.005 0.006 0.75 70% - control 0.001 0.006 keywords: control; development; feeding; individuals; influence; injury; metamorphosis; predation; predators; smi; tadpoles; tail; tail injury; time cache: ah-11453.pdf plain text: ah-11453.txt item: #15 of 429 id: ah-11502 author: Hoefer, Sebastian; Rotger, Andreu; Mills, Sophie; Robinson, Nathan J. title: Semi-automated photo-identification of Bahamian Racers (Cubophis vudii vudii) date: 2021-11-01 words: 2719 flesch: 56 summary: All recaptured snakes were correctly identified using APHIS from both camera or phone images as validated by our manually derived results. We conclude that APHIS is an effective tool for photo-identification in snakes. keywords: aphis; identification; images; photo; pileus; scale; snakes cache: ah-11502.pdf plain text: ah-11502.txt item: #16 of 429 id: ah-11547 author: Radi, Giacomo; Zuffi, Marco title: One site, three species, three stories: syntopy of geckoes Euleptes europaea (Gené, 1839), Hemidactylus turcicus (Linnaeus, 1758), Tarentola mauritanica (Linnaeus, 1758) in a coastal area of southern Tuscany (central Italy) date: 2022-08-03 words: 5802 flesch: 59 summary: Ecological data on Hemidactylus turcicus and Tarentola mauritanica of Italy are quite descriptive (Capula and Luiselli, 1994; Luiselli and Capizzi, 1999; Aprea et al., 2011; Zuffi et al., 2011) with the exception of a few stud- ies on sympatric geckoes in Italy and Croatia (Lisicic et al., 2012; Simbula et al., 2019). The study of the ecology of the Italian reptile species is particularly advanced for some groups, especially for tortoises (e.g., Chelazzi and Carlà, 1986; Rugiero and Lui- selli, 2006), pond turtles (e.g., Rovero and Chelazzi, 1996; Lebboroni and Chelazzi, 1998; Zuffi et al., 2004, 2007), as well as for snakes (e.g., Luiselli et al., 1996; Zuffi, 2008; Zuffi et al. 2009; Scali et al., 2011) and lizards (e.g., Perez- Mellado and Corti, 1993; Sacchi et al., 2007; Salvidio and Oneto, 2008; Bombi et al., 2009; Zuffi et al., 2011, 2012). keywords: area; distribution; et al; euleptes; geckoes; hemidactylus; italy; luiselli; mauritanica; site; species; tarentola; zuffi cache: ah-11547.pdf plain text: ah-11547.txt item: #17 of 429 id: ah-11945 author: Zocca, Cássio; Lourenço-de-Moraes, Ricardo; Campos, Felipe S.; Ferreira, Rodrigo B. title: The high diversity and phylogenetic signal of antipredator mechanisms of the horned frog species of Proceratophrys Miranda-Ribeiro, 1920 (Amphibia: Anura: Odontophrynidae) date: 2022-05-02 words: 4183 flesch: 53 summary: Our observations show the first records of antipredator mechanisms for P. laticeps, and the first report of interrupt calling for Proceratophrys genus, contributing to the knowledge on the behavioural ecology of Proceratophrys species, addressing new insights for ecological trait evolution by multiple ancestral states of amphibians. We extracted the records of Proceratophrys species from the global database of antipredator mechanisms (see Ferreira et al., 2019). keywords: antipredator; antipredator mechanisms; calling; camouflage; et al; ferreira; mechanisms; proceratophrys; signal; species cache: ah-11945.pdf plain text: ah-11945.txt item: #18 of 429 id: ah-11995 author: Dursun, Cantekin; Gül, Serkan; Özdemir, Nurhayat title: Age estimation and body size of the Parsley Frog, Pelodytes caucasicus Boulenger, 1896 from Lake Borçka Karagöl, Turkey date: 2023-02-16 words: 7451 flesch: 63 summary: In this study, we described age structure, body size, body mass and the relationships among these param- eters for a population of P. caucasicus from Lake Borçka Karagöl, Artvin, Turkey. To conclude, this study was the first to determine age structure and growth patterns in Borçka Karagöl population and weight data for P. caucasicus was presented for the first time in the literature. keywords: age; body; caucasicus; et al; females; growth; males; pelodytes; population; size; species; structure; svl; weight; years cache: ah-11995.pdf plain text: ah-11995.txt item: #19 of 429 id: ah-12179 author: Vacheva, Emiliya; Naumov, Borislav title: A contribution to the knowledge on the diet and food preferences of Darevskia praticola (Reptilia: Lacertidae) date: 2022-04-29 words: 5789 flesch: 62 summary: The Meadow lizard (Darevskia praticola s.l.) is one of the more poorly-studied lizard species in Europe, and no detailed data on its diet is available. The Meadow lizard (Darevskia praticola s.l.) occurs only in SE Europe and its distribution is limited to parts of NE Serbia, S Romania, Bulgaria, NE Greece, European Turkey, SW Russia, and NW Georgia (Sillero et al., 2014). keywords: darevskia; gabrovitsa; immatures; lizard; males; ogosta; otus; praticola; prey; samples; sub cache: ah-12179.pdf plain text: ah-12179.txt item: #20 of 429 id: ah-12187 author: Li, Hai Ying; Shang , Man Jun; Guo, Jie; Chen, Bo Jun; Chen, Peng Zhen; Yu, Tong Lei title: The directional testes asymmetry increases with temperature in seven plateau brown frog (Rana kukunoris) populations date: 2022-04-29 words: 4784 flesch: 62 summary: However, other studies (e.g., Rana omeimontis, Mi et al., 2012; Hylarana guenther, Liu et al., 2011; Rana kukunoris, Chen et al., 2014) do not show this pattern. INTRODUCTION Environmental stress (e.g., resource availability, com- petition, or temperature) has generally been an impor- tant evolutionary force for promoting the differentiation of life-history traits (Blanckenhorn and Demont, 2004; Liao et al., 2015). keywords: age; asymmetry; body; condition; dta; et al; mass; size; temperature; testis cache: ah-12187.pdf plain text: ah-12187.txt item: #21 of 429 id: ah-12326 author: Mouadi, Jalal; Pafilis, Panayiotis; Elbahi , Abderrafea ; Okba, Zahra ; ElOuizgani, Hassan ; El Mouden, El Hassan ; Aourir, Mohamed title: The effect of weight and prey species on gut passage time in an endemic gecko Quedenfeldtia moerens (Chabanaud, 1916) from Morocco date: 2022-04-29 words: 3813 flesch: 63 summary: Here, we exam- ine the influence of prey weight and prey species on GPT in the endemic diurnal gecko Quedenfeldtia moerens, from the Anti-Atlas Mountains in central Morocco. The influence of prey weight and prey species was tested at a constant temperature. keywords: digestive; et al; gpt; gut; pafilis; passage; prey; prey species; species; time; weight cache: ah-12326.pdf plain text: ah-12326.txt item: #22 of 429 id: ah-12349 author: Andreone, Franco; Ansaloni, Ivano; Bellia, Enrico; Benocci, Andrea; Betto, Carlotta; Bianchi, Gabriella; Boano, Giovanni; Borzatti de Loewestern, Antonio; Brancato, Rino; Bressi, Nicola; Bulla, Stefano; Capula, Massimo; Caputo Barucchi, Vincenzo; Carlino, Piero; Chalvien, Umberto; Coloberti, Marta; Crucitti, Pierangelo; Deflorian, Maria Chiara; Doria, Giuliano; Farina, Simone; Franceschini, Valeria; Guioli, Simona; Improta, Roberta; Lapini, Luca; Latella, Leonardo; Manganelli, Giuseppe; Mazzotti, Stefano; Meneghini, Marta; Nicolosi, Paola; Nistri, Annamaria; Novarini, Nicola; Razzetti, Edoardo; Repetto, Giovanni; Salmaso, Roberta; Salza, Guido C.; Scali, Stefano; Scillitani, Giovanni; Sforzi, Andrea; Sindaco, Roberto; Stancher, Gionata; Valle, Marco; Zanata Santi, Giannantonio; Zuffi, Marco Alberto Luca; Tessa, Giulia title: Threatened and extinct amphibians and reptiles in Italian natural history collections are useful conservation tools date: 2022-04-29 words: 9211 flesch: 54 summary: Polo Museale Università di Modena e Reggio Emilia, Museo di Zoologia e Anatomia Comparata, Via G. Campi, 213/D, I-41125 Mo- dena, Italy 3 Museo di Zoologia “P. Doderlein”, Via Archirafi, 16, I-90100 Palermo, Italy 4 Museo di Storia Naturale dell’Accademia dei Fisiocritici, Piazzetta S. Gigli, 2, I-53100 Siena, Italy 5 Dipartimento di Geoscienze, Università di Padova, Via Gradenigo, 6, I-35131 Padova, Italy 6 Museo Civico di Storia Naturale, Via Cortivacci, 2, I-23017 Morbegno, Italy 7 Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Carmagnola, Via San Francesco di Sales, 188, 10022 Carmagnola, Italy 8 Museo di Storia Naturale del Mediterraneo, Via Roma, 234, I-57127 Livorno, Italy 9 Museo Civico Craveri di Storia Naturale, Via F. Craveri, 15, I-12042 Bra, Italy 10 Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Trieste, Via dei Tominz, 4, I-34139 Trieste, Italy 11 Museo di Storia Naturale, U.O. Musei d’Ateneo, Università di Parma, Strada L.C. Farini, 90, I-43121 Parma, Italy 12 Museo Civico di Zoologia, Via U. Aldrovandi, 18, I-00197 Roma, Italy 13 Dipartimento di Scienze della Vita e dell’Ambiente, Università Politecnica delle Marche, Via Brecce Bianche, I-60131 Ancona, Italy 14 Museo di Storia Naturale del Salento, sp Calimera Borgagne km 1, I-73021 Calimera, Italy 15 Museo Civico di Storia Naturale Silvia Zenari, Via della Motta, 16, I-33170 Pordenone, Italy 16 Museo di Storia Naturale “P. Calderini”, Palazzo del Musei, Via Calderini, 25, I-13019 Varallo Sesia, Italy 17 Società Romana di Scienze Naturali, Via Fratelli Maristi, 43, I-00137 Roma, Italy 18 MUSE Museo delle Scienze, Corso del Lavoro e della Scienza, 3, I-38122 Trento, Italy 19 Museo Civico di Storia Naturale “G. Doria”, Via Brigata Liguria, 9, I-16121 Genova, Italy 20 Museo di Storia Naturale dell’Università di Pisa, Via Roma, 79, I-56011 Calci, Italy 21 Collezione di Anatomia Comparata, Sistema Museale di Ateneo, Università di Bologna, Via F. Selmi, 3, I-40121 Bologna, Italy 22 Civico Museo di Scienze Naturali, Via A. Gramsci, 1, I-27058 Voghera, Italy 23 Centro Musei delle Scienze Naturali e Fisiche, Università di Napoli Federico II, Via Mezzocannone, 8, I-80134 Napoli, Italy 24 Museo Civico di Storia Naturale, Via C. Gradenigo Sabbadini, 22/32, I-33100 Udine, Italy 25 Museo di Storia Naturale, Lungadige Porta Vittoria, 9, I-37129 Verona, Italy 26 Università di Siena, Dipartimento di Scienze Fisiche, della Terra e dell’Ambiente, Via P.A. Mattioli, 4, I-53100 Siena, Italy 27 Museo Civico di Storia Naturale, Largo F. Vancini, 2, I-44121 Ferrara, Italy 28 Museo di Zoologia, Università di Padova,Via G. Jappelli, 1/a, I-35121 Padova, Italy 29 Museo di Storia Naturale, Università di Firenze, Via Romana, 17, I-50125 Firenze, Italy 30 Museo di Storia Naturale di Venezia G. Ligabue, Santa Croce, 1730, I-30135 Venezia, Italy 31 Kosmos - Museo di Storia Naturale, Università degli Studi di Pavia, Piazza Botta, 9/10, I-27100 Pavia, Italy 32 Museo Civico di Storia Naturale “F. Eusebio”, Via Vittorio Emanuele II, 19, I-12051 Alba, Italy 46 Franco Andreone et alii 33 Museo di Storia Naturale “Don Bosco”, Viale E. Thovez, 37, I-10131 Torino, Italy 34 Museo di Storia Naturale di Milano, Corso Venezia, 55, I-20121 Milano, Italy 35 Università degli Studi di Bari Aldo Moro, Dipartimento di Biologia, via Orabona, 4a, I-70125 Bari, Italy 36 Museo di Storia Naturale della Maremma, Strada T. Corsini, 5, I-58100 Grosseto, Italy 37 Fondazione Museo Civico di Rovereto, Largo Santa Caterina, 41, I-38068 Rovereto, Italy 38 Museo Civico di Scienze Naturali, Piazza Cittadella, 10, I-24129 Bergamo, Italy 39 Musei del Seminario Vescovile di Treviso, Piazzetta Benedetto XI, 2, I-31100 Treviso, Italy *Corresponding author. Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Verona, Verona. keywords: amphibians; andreone; civico; collections; del; della; di scienze; di storia; extinct; history; italy; municipality; museo; museo di; museums; naturale; reptiles; scienze; species; specimens; storia; storia naturale cache: ah-12349.pdf plain text: ah-12349.txt item: #23 of 429 id: ah-12388 author: Zuffi, Marco Alberto Luca; Coladonato, Alan J.; Lombardo, Gianluca ; Torroni, Antonio; Boschetti, Matilde; Scali, Stefano; Mangiacotti, Marco; Sacchi, Roberto title: The Italian wall lizard, Podarcis siculus campestris, unexpected presence on Gorgona Island (Tuscan Archipelago) date: 2022-07-28 words: 6297 flesch: 60 summary: Colonization times and population structure of intro- duced species are often underestimated and genetic data of insular populations may provide correct information on the original distribution of analysed species (Silva- Rocha et al., 2019). These introductions were accidental and the lizards pos- sibly arrived with olive trees and other plants (Clemens and Allain, 2021), rather than together with the fodder for domestic animals or using man-made objects, con- firming the high invasive potential of the species (Silva- Rocha et al., 2014; Clemens and Allain, 2021). keywords: cyb; et al; gorgona; haplogroup; individuals; island; lizard; podarcis; podarcis siculus; sequences; siculus; species; wall cache: ah-12388.pdf plain text: ah-12388.txt item: #24 of 429 id: ah-12539 author: de Souza, André Luis; Micalichen, Mayara Aparecida das Neves; da Rocha, Roger Alves; Noleto, Rafael Bueno title: Revisiting the polyploidy in the genus Odontophrynus (Anura: Odontophrynidae) date: 2023-02-22 words: 4162 flesch: 53 summary: Odontophrynus americanus was the first case of natu- ral polyploidy found in vertebrates (Beçak et al., 1966). It includes currently four diploid spe- cies: O. cordobae Martino and Sinsch, 2002, O. juquinha Rocha, Sena, Pezzuti, Leite, Svartman, Rosset, Baldo, and Garcia, 2017, O. lavillai Cei, 1985 and O. maisuma Rosset, 2008 with 2N = 2x = 22 chromosomes, and one widely distributed tetraploid species (O. americanus) with 2N = 4x = 44 chromosomes (Beçak et al., 1966; Ruiz et 62 André Luis de Souza et alii al., 1981; keywords: americanus; anura; brazil; chromosomes; diploid; et al; odontophrynus; ruiz; species cache: ah-12539.pdf plain text: ah-12539.txt item: #25 of 429 id: ah-12542 author: Oskyrko, Oleksandra; Sreelatha, Lekshmi B.; Silva-Rocha, Iolanda ; Sos, Tibor ; Vlad, Sabina E.; Cogălniceanu, Dan ; Stănescu, Florina ; Iskenderov, Tavakkul M.; Doronin, Igor V.; Lisičić, Duje; Carretero, Miguel A. title: Molecular analysis of recently introduced populations of the Italian wall lizard (Podarcis siculus) date: 2022-07-18 words: 7220 flesch: 59 summary: It may also hybridize with native, unrelat- ed Podarcis species contributing to the dilution of their 149New introduced populations of Podarcis siculus genetic identity (Capula, 1993, 2002; Capula et al., 2002), and may undergo fast phenotypic shifts after introduction suggesting great levels of adaptability (Herrel et al., 2008). In our study, we provide molecular evidence indicat- ing the origin of P. siculus in six populations outside its native range, from: Romania (Bucharest and Alba Iulia; Stănescu et al., 2020; Iftime and Iftime 2021), Azerbai- jan (Baku; Iskenderov et al., 2021), Lampedusa island (Lo Valvo and Nicolini, 2001) and inland Croatia (Kar- lovac and Zagreb; D. Lisičić unpubl.). keywords: azerbaijan; bucharest; clade; et al; introduction; lizard; new; podarcis; populations; range; romania; samples; siculus; species; wall cache: ah-12542.pdf plain text: ah-12542.txt item: #26 of 429 id: ah-12556 author: Di Nicola, Matteo R.; Melfi, Raffaella; Faraone, Francesco P.; Iversen, Daniel L.N.; Giacalone, Gabriele; Paolino, Giovanni; Lo Valvo, Mario title: Preliminary genetic characterisation of Southern Smooth Snake Coronella girondica (Serpentes, Colubridae) populations in Italy, with some considerations on their alpine distribution date: 2022-07-18 words: 6428 flesch: 64 summary: Later, using CLUSTAL W (Larkin et al., 2007) with default parameters, the sequences from Italian samples generated in this study were aligned with homologous sequence downloaded from GenBank (Carranza et al., 2004; Santos et al., 2008, 2012a; Carvalho et al., 2017). In order to infer the phylogenetic relationships between Italian samples and other populations, we select- ed the mitochondrial DNA cytochrome b (cyt b) gene, a marker often used to infer intra-specific diversity on many vertebrates and invertebrates species, including snakes (Carranza et al., 2006; Mezzasalma et al., 2015; Faraone et al., 2020b). keywords: coronella; et al; fig; girondica; italian; italy; iversen; nicola; obs; pers; populations; razzetti; samples; santos; species cache: ah-12556.pdf plain text: ah-12556.txt item: #27 of 429 id: ah-12660 author: Calsbeek, Ryan; Calsbeek, Ava; Calsbeek, Isabel title: Sunny-side up: ontogenetic variation in egg mass temperatures of the wood frog Rana sylvatica date: 2022-08-01 words: 4306 flesch: 57 summary: © Firenze University Press ISSN 1827-9643 (online) www.fupress.com/ah DOI: 10.36253/a_h-12660 Sunny-side up: ontogenetic variation in egg mass temperatures of the wood frog Rana sylvatica Ryan Calsbeek*, Ava Calsbeek, Isabel Calsbeek Department of Biological Sciences, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire 03755 USA *Corresponding author. The mirror group was designed to 161Variation in egg mass temperatures of the wood frog reverse the direction of sun exposure from the melan- ic dorsal to the white ventral side of the embryo. keywords: calsbeek; egg; embryos; frog; gosner; group; mass; masses; mirror; stage; temperatures; thermal; wood cache: ah-12660.pdf plain text: ah-12660.txt item: #28 of 429 id: ah-13069 author: Mangiacotti, Marco; Lo Cascio, Pietro; Corti, Claudia; Biaggini, Marta; Carretero, Miguel Angel; Lymberakis, Petros title: XI International Symposium on the Mediterranean Lacertid Lizards date: 2022-04-29 words: 693 flesch: 24 summary: © Firenze University Press ISSN 1827-9643 (online) www.fupress.com/ah Acta Herpetologica 17(1): 3, 2022 DOI: 10.36253/a_h-13069 Editorial XI International Symposium on the Mediterranean Lacertid Lizards Marco Mangiacotti1, Pietro Lo Cascio2, Claudia Corti2, Marta Biaggini2, Miguel Angel Carretero2, Pet- ros Lymberakis2 1 Editor in Chief, Acta Herpetologica 2 XI International Symposium on the Mediterranean Lacertid Lizards Marco Mangiacotti1, Pietro Lo Cascio2, Claudia Corti2, Marta Biaggini2, Miguel Angel Carretero2, Petros Lymberakis2 keywords: international; lacertid; lizards; mediterranean; symposium cache: ah-13069.pdf plain text: ah-13069.txt item: #29 of 429 id: ah-13089 author: Şahin, Mehmet Kürşat; Candan, Kamil; Karakasi, Danae ; Lymberakis, Petros; Poulakakis, Nikos; Kumlutaş, Yusuf; Yildirim, Elif; Ilgaz, Çetin title: Ecological niche differentiation in the Anatolian rock lizards (Genus: Anatololacerta) (Reptilia: Lacertidae) of the Anatolian Peninsula and Aegean Islands date: 2022-08-03 words: 7204 flesch: 56 summary: Phillips, S.J., Dudík, M., Schapire, R.E. (2017): Maxent software for modeling species niches and distribu- tions (Version 3.4.1). Predicting species distributions from small numbers of occurrence records: A test case using cryptic geckos in Madagascar. keywords: anatololacerta; distribution; et al; finikensis; genus; ilgaz; kumlutaş; models; niche; overlap; pelasgiana; species; test cache: ah-13089.pdf plain text: ah-13089.txt item: #30 of 429 id: ah-13209 author: Barrantes-Madrigal, Jimmy; Spínola Parallada, Manuel; Alvarado, Gilbert; Acosta-Chaves, Víctor J. title: Occupancy and probability of detection of the introduced population of Eleutherodactylus coqui in Turrialba, Costa Rica date: 2022-07-28 words: 6364 flesch: 52 summary: Common coqui frog (Eleutherodactylus coqui) found in a bromeliad, Turrialba, Costa Rica. As in Puerto Rico, E. coqui populations in Hawaii are abundant; it has been reported population densities of up to 91000 individu- als per hectare at the archipelago, a number three times higher than the estimates reported in Puerto Rico (Beard et al., 2008). keywords: area; coqui; costa; costa rica; detection; eleutherodactylus; frog; habitat; probability; puerto; rica; selection; site; species; study; turrialba; vegetation cache: ah-13209.pdf plain text: ah-13209.txt item: #31 of 429 id: ah-13279 author: Dondero, Lorenzo; Allaria, Giorgia; Rosa, Giacomo; Ficetola, Gentile Francesco; Cogoni, Roberto; Grasselli, Elena; Salvidio, Sebastiano title: Threats of the emerging pathogen Batrachochytrium salamandrivorans (Bsal) to Italian wild salamander populations date: 2023-01-12 words: 4812 flesch: 47 summary: The pathogenic effect of Bsal is caused by its zoosporangia that pene- trate the skin cells of adult salamanders, breaking innate immunological defences, and producing tissue erosions and deep ulcerations that may disrupt the host infected 4 Lorenzo Dondero et alii skin respiratory and rehydration functions (Martel et al., 2013; Grogan et al., 2020). In fact, Bsal is constantly expanding from the Netherlands, where it was first detected and where it caused a popu- lation collapse in the local fire salamander Salamandra salamandra population (Martel et al., 2013). keywords: batrachochytrium; bsal; et al; high; martel; salamanders; salamandrivorans; species; speleomantes cache: ah-13279.pdf plain text: ah-13279.txt item: #32 of 429 id: ah-13467 author: Mezzasalma, Marcello; Brunelli, Elvira; Odierna, Gaetano; Guarino, Fabio M. title: Comparative cytogenetics on Zamenis lineatus and Elaphe quatuorlineata (Serpentes: Colubridae) date: 2022-11-07 words: 4559 flesch: 51 summary: Our results show that the karyotypes of E. quatuor- lineata and Z. lineatus have the same diploid number (2n = 36) and a similar general structure, but a different mor- phology of chromosome pair 8. We also highlight that both genera Elaphe and Zamenis show progressive evolutionary stages of the W chromo- some, supporting the heterochromatinization model of sex chromosome diversification (see e.g., Mezzasalma et al., 2021). keywords: chromosome; et al; karyotype; lineatus; mezzasalma; pair; quatuorlineata; sex; species cache: ah-13467.pdf plain text: ah-13467.txt item: #33 of 429 id: ah-13627 author: Corti, Claudia; Biaggini, Marta; Nulchis, Valeria; Cogoni, Roberto; Cossu, Ilaria Maria; Frau, Salvatore; Mulargia, Manuela; Lunghi, Enrico; Bassu, Lara title: Species diversity and distribution of amphibians and reptiles in Sardinia, Italy date: 2022-10-20 words: 5859 flesch: 53 summary: For each UTM mesh, we also extrapolated the number of all species (NTOT); endemic species (NETOT, Discoglossus sardus, Euproc- tus platycephalus, Speleomantes spp., Hyla sarda among amphibians; Algyroides fitzingeri, Archaeolacerta bedria- gae, Euleptes europaea, Natrix helvetica cetti, Podarcis tiliguerta among reptiles); amphibian species (NAmph); endemic amphibian species (NEAmph); reptile spe- cies (NRept); endemic reptile species (NERept). Number of reptile species in meshes UTM 10 × 10 km grid. keywords: abundance; amphibians; corti; distribution; endemic; et al; reptiles; sardinia; species; δelev cache: ah-13627.pdf plain text: ah-13627.txt item: #34 of 429 id: ah-14050 author: Boullhesen, Martín; Vaira, Marcos; Barquez, Rubén Marcos; Akmentins, Mauricio Sebastián title: Patterns of acoustic phenology in an anuran assemblage of the Yungas Andean forests of Argentina date: 2023-07-01 words: 8702 flesch: 60 summary: The surveying of advertisement calls has proven to be a useful technique for detection and moni- toring of anuran species at large spatial scales (de Solla et 24 Martín Boullhesen et alii al., 2006), as well as for assessing population changes over time (Buckley and Beebee, 2004; Pieterson et al., 2006). Several works focused on better describing the breeding acoustic strategies that can be found in anuran species (Chen et al., 2023; Donnelly and Guyer, 1994; Forti et al., 2022; Huang et al., 2001; Prado et al., 2005; Prasad et al., 2022; Bertoluci and Rodrigues, 2002) but there is still missing information mainly for Neotropical anurans. keywords: activity; anuran; argentina; breeders; breeding; calling; calls; et al; fig; guild; niche; patterns; period; phenology; rayleigh; species; study; summer; temporal; yungas cache: ah-14050.pdf plain text: ah-14050.txt item: #35 of 429 id: ah-14358 author: Dollen, Carter; Coleman, Tracy J.; Robbins, Travis R. title: Assessment of fall season habitat and coverboard use by snakes in a restored tallgrass prairie community date: 2023-03-09 words: 5346 flesch: 50 summary: We record- ed the relative humidity and temperature from the Kes- trel and repeated this process for each of the stations 55Habitat use of prairie snake community along the transect, whether or not snakes were present. Snake species were identified and counted, and ambient temperatures and humidity were checked under each coverboard. keywords: community; coverboards; creek; habitat; humidity; metal; nebraska; prairie; snake; species; tallgrass; temperature; type; upland; use cache: ah-14358.pdf plain text: ah-14358.txt item: #36 of 429 id: ah-14359 author: Marini, Daniele; Filippi, Ernesto; Montinaro, Gianpaolo; Origgi, Francesco C. title: Screening of Ophidiomyces ophidiicola in the free-ranging snake community annually harvested for the popular ritual of San Domenico e dei Serpari (Cocullo, AQ, Italy) date: 2023-07-01 words: 7020 flesch: 65 summary: The DNA has been extracted by placing each swab (with or without tissue) in a 1,5 47Ophidiomyces screening in Cocullo snake community ml safe-seal tube with one aliquot (500 µl) of lysis buff- er (0.1 M Tris–HCl, pH 8.5, 0.05% Tween 20, 0.24 mg/ ml proteinase K), then placed in a heat block first at 60 °C for 1 hour and after 95 °C for 15 minutes. 49Ophidiomyces screening in Cocullo snake community Id Sp ec ie s Se x an d ag e SV L (c m ) W ei gh t (g ) keywords: al s; et al; snake cache: ah-14359.pdf plain text: ah-14359.txt item: #37 of 429 id: ah-1490 author: Boistel, Renaud; de Massary, Jean-Christophe; Angulo, Ariadne title: Description of a new species of the genus Adenomera (Amphibia, Anura, Leptodactylidae) from French Guiana date: 2006-06-29 words: 5248 flesch: 61 summary: A.heyeri A. andreae A. hylaedactyla A. marmorata n 1 3 1 1 dSQ (s) 30.2 39.6 3.7 17.2 dN (ms) 154.2 ± 13.5 (136.87-184.5) n = 17 66.5 ± 10.9 (44.5-85.7) n A. andreae A. hylaedactyla A. marmorata A. heyeri data taken by R. Boistel A. Angulo W.R. Heyer R. Boistel date 20 April 1998 (18:50-19:20 h) 26 January 1999 (19:11 h) 12 december 1976 24 April 1998 (18:50 h) Locality Saint-Eugène (French Guiana) keywords: adenomera; advertisement; boistel; duration; frequency; genus; heyeri; mnhn; new; species; specimens cache: ah-1490.pdf plain text: ah-1490.txt item: #38 of 429 id: ah-1491 author: Andreone, Franco; Aprea, Gennaro; Odierna, Gaetano; Vences, Miguel title: A new narrow-mouthed frog of the genus Paradoxophyla (Microhylidae: Scaphiophryninae) from Masoala rainforest, northeastern Madagascar date: 2006-06-29 words: 5220 flesch: 62 summary: Comparative examined specimens We compared the adult specimens of the new species with the holotype and paratype of Paradoxophyla palmata from Ambana (south-eastern Madagascar), and with a further series from 17A new Paradoxophyla from NE Madagascar eastern-central Madagascar (Andasibe and Ranomafana). This genus, so far represented by the single species Paradoxophyla palmata (Guibé, 1974), is the only deep Madagascan lineage restricted to rainforests and at the same time special- ized to pond breeding. keywords: andreone; madagascar; palmata; paradoxophyla; species; tiarano; vences cache: ah-1491.pdf plain text: ah-1491.txt item: #39 of 429 id: ah-1492 author: Ghielmi, Samuele; Bergò, Paolo Eusebio; Andreone, Franco title: Nuove segnalazioni di Zootoca vivipara Jaquin e di Vipera berus Linnaeus, in Piemonte, Italia nord-occidentale (Novitates Herpetologicae Pedemontanae II) date: 2006-06-29 words: 3280 flesch: 64 summary: Vengono forniti nuovi dati distributivi di Zootoca vivipara e di Vipe- ra berus in Piemonte (Italia nordoccidentale). Nuove segnalazioni di Zootoca vivipara e di Vipera berus in Piemonte. keywords: alpe; berus; carniolica; che; con; della; esposizione; museo; piemonte; s.l.m; sentiero; strona; una; valle; vipera; vivipara; zootoca cache: ah-1492.pdf plain text: ah-1492.txt item: #40 of 429 id: ah-1493 author: Zuffi, Marco A.L.; Rovina, Laura title: Habitat characteristics of nesting areas and of predated nests in a Mediterranean population of the European pond turtle, Emys orbicularis galloitalica date: 2006-06-29 words: 6546 flesch: 61 summary: Because of the rela- tively common occurrence of canal habitat in several parts of the European distribution area of the species (Austria: Rössler, 2000b; France: Servan, 2000; Hungary: Farkas, 2000; Italy: Lebboroni and Chelazzi, 1998; Ukraina: Kotenko, 2000), our information set arises to a particular relevance. Habitat and canal classification PCA analysis found that habitat, canal margin, average height of the closest bush, dis- tance to the nearest tree, percentage of vegetation coverage, light intensity and inter nest distance, among other parameters, explained more than 70 % of the observed variability of Table 4. keywords: areas; canals; distance; emys; habitat; margins; nesting; nests; orbicularis; pond; vegetation; zuffi cache: ah-1493.pdf plain text: ah-1493.txt item: #41 of 429 id: ah-1494 author: Angelini, Claudio; Cari, Bruno; Utzeri, Carlo title: Records of Salamandrina perspicillata (Savi, 1821) in the Colli Albani (Latium, central Italy), with some ecological notes (Urodela, Salamandridae) date: 2006-06-29 words: 3187 flesch: 69 summary: By this note we record eight sites for Salamandrina perspicillata in the Colli Albani, to which Angelini & Cari (2004) make undetailed reference. It is of interest the use of the man-made tuff tunnels for oviposition sites [so far, only Razzetti et al. keywords: albani; angelini; colli; larvae; limbs; salamandrina; sites; terdigitata cache: ah-1494.pdf plain text: ah-1494.txt item: #42 of 429 id: ah-1495 author: Bernini, Franco; Candiotto, Alessandro; Nardi, Pietro Angelo; Rossi, Simone; Razzetti, Edoardo title: Reptiles in the diet of a Oncorhynchus mykiss (Osteichthyes: Salmonidae) naturalized population in Piedmont (N Italy) date: 2006-06-29 words: 1068 flesch: 59 summary: A hundred and seventeen specimens of rainbow trout (75 from the Lemme torrent and 42 from Rio del Molino, total length 87-390 mm) were studied. Fish species found in the Lemme stream and in the Rio del Molino and relative abundance esti- mates (x=present; xx keywords: fish; mykiss; natrix; oncorhynchus; predation; species cache: ah-1495.pdf plain text: ah-1495.txt item: #43 of 429 id: ah-1496 author: Gentilli, Augusto; Scali, Stefano; Sacchi, Roberto title: Morphometric differences between extant and extinct Italian populations of the adder, Vipera berus (Linnaeus, 1758) date: 2006-06-29 words: 3083 flesch: 69 summary: Po plain adders inhabited only wetlands and marshlands (Ninni, 1879; Camerano, 1888), while alpine adders regularly frequent dry and rocky habitats, generally above 1000 asl (Nilson & Andrén, 1997a; Lapini et al., 1999; Caldonazzi et al., 2002). The isolation of the Po plain population from the main distribution range of the species leads to hypothize that Po plain adders might belong to a different form or subspecies. keywords: adders; berus; component; females; plain; vipera cache: ah-1496.pdf plain text: ah-1496.txt item: #44 of 429 id: ah-1497 author: Salvidio, Sebastiano; Calvi, Gaia; Lamagni, Luca; Gardini, Giulio title: Primi dati sulla dieta della lucertola ocellata Timon lepidus (Daudin, 1802) in Italia date: 2006-06-29 words: 1319 flesch: 65 summary: e della Spagna (Castilla et al., 1991; Hernández et al., 1991; Hódar et al., 1996) L’interesse biogeografico e conservazionistico di queste popolazioni al limite di areale è pertanto evidente, keywords: della; lepidus; numero; prede; sono; stati cache: ah-1497.pdf plain text: ah-1497.txt item: #45 of 429 id: ah-1498 author: Scoccianti, Carlo title: Rehabilitation of habitat connectivity between two important marsh areas divided by a major road with heavy traffic date: 2006-06-29 words: 1404 flesch: 58 summary: Between 1995 and 1996 this stretch of road was included in a group of roads of Tuscany (a total of 55 km) where once a week for one year a census of the remains of vertebrates was taken (Scoccianti et al., 2001). For instance at the end of July 1997, after a night rainstorm, we counted over 6,500 remains of newly- emerged Rana synklepton hispanica juveniles on a mere 100 metre stretch of road. keywords: marsh; road; species; viaduct cache: ah-1498.pdf plain text: ah-1498.txt item: #46 of 429 id: ah-1499 author: Egea-Serrano, Andrés; Oliva-Paterna, Francisco J.; Tejedo, Miguel; Torralva, Mar title: Breeding habitat selection of an endangered species in an arid zone: the case of Alytes dickhilleni Arntzen & García-París, 1995 date: 2007-04-29 words: 5263 flesch: 44 summary: As regards water body typology, the reproduction of Alytes dickhilleni in the study area has been confirmed in water bodies from all the different typologies considered in the present study, which confirms the results presented in previous studies (París et al., 2002; Martínez-Solano et al., 2003). Nevertheless, although some publications describe the typologies of water bodies used for breeding by Alytes dickhilleni in the Iberian Peninsula, no detailed investigation about breeding habitat selection by this species has been under- taken. keywords: alytes; analysis; area; bodies; body; breeding; dickhilleni; habitat; selection; species; use; variables; vegetation; water cache: ah-1499.pdf plain text: ah-1499.txt item: #47 of 429 id: ah-1500 author: Alting, Ronald title: Discussions of the origin and evolution of the oral apparatus of anuran tadpoles date: 2007-04-29 words: 5488 flesch: 51 summary: However, if posterior tooth rows were lost in the common ancestor of the group to which M. lugubris belongs, then selection may have promoted modification of submarginal oral papillae to take on the functional role of tooth rows on the posterior labium. Transverse tooth rows with the teeth facing the mouth seems intuitive based on the directions and presume functions of either removing or conveying materials toward the mouth or stabilizing the oral disc via a gripping action. keywords: altig; disc; feeding; jaw; labial; papillae; ridges; rows; structures; tadpoles; teeth; tooth cache: ah-1500.pdf plain text: ah-1500.txt item: #48 of 429 id: ah-1501 author: Sicilia, Alessandra; Lillo, Francesco; Zava, Bruno; Bernini, Franco title: Breeding phenology of Bufo viridis Laurenti, 1768 in Sicily date: 2007-04-29 words: 4641 flesch: 60 summary: Observations sur l’activité de Pelobates cultripes (Anoura, Pelobatidae), Bufo calamita et Bufo bufo (Anoura, Bufonidae) dans la mare du Grand Travers (Herault). Breeding phenology of Bufo viridis at La Fossa (Palermo). keywords: activity; breeding; bufo; fossa; populations; reproductive; viridis cache: ah-1501.pdf plain text: ah-1501.txt item: #49 of 429 id: ah-1502 author: Zanghellini, Franco; Bionda, Radames; Casale, Fabio; Marsilli, Alessandro; Torboli, Claudio title: Il rospo smeraldino Bufo viridis in Val d’Ossola (Amphibia: Anura: Bufonidae) date: 2007-04-29 words: 711 flesch: 55 summary: segnala la presenza del rospo smeraldino in tutte le province piemontesi, limi- tatamente però ai territori planiziali; il limite distributivo settentrionale della specie viene posto poco a nord della città di Novara. Dal punto di vista della tutela della specie, la presenza di estese superfici di greto e di significative formazioni ripariali lungo il fiume sembra poterne garantire la conservazione nel tempo, anche in rapporto all’esistenza di un’area protetta in qualità di sito di importan- za comunitaria (IT1140006 Greto torrente Toce tra Domodossola e Villadossola). keywords: del; d’ossola; rospo; smeraldino; val cache: ah-1502.pdf plain text: ah-1502.txt item: #50 of 429 id: ah-1503 author: Andreone, Franco; Aprea, Gennaro title: A new finding of Uroplatus alluaudi in north-eastern Madagascar widens considerably its distribution range (Reptilia, Gekkonidae) date: 2007-04-29 words: 1377 flesch: 57 summary: Location of Besariaka Forest (where the new individual of Uroplatus alluaudi MRSN R1630 was found) and of other forest sites around Andapa, NE Madagascar. This record enlarges considerably the species’ distribution range, up to now restricted to Montagne d’Ambre. keywords: alluaudi; besariaka; d’ambre; madagascar cache: ah-1503.pdf plain text: ah-1503.txt item: #51 of 429 id: ah-1504 author: Kalboussi, Mohsen; Aprea, Gennaro; Splendiani, Andrea; Giovannotti, Massimo; Caputo, Vincenzo title: Standard karyotypes of two populations of the Scincus scincus complex from Tunisia and Morocco (Reptilia: Scincidae) date: 2007-04-29 words: 1327 flesch: 55 summary: The karyotype of S. scincus scincus (Linnaeus, 1758) from Egypt (Caputo et al., 1994) is identical to those described in the present paper, whereas that of S. hemprichii Fig. Faunal works and checklists by Bons and Geniez (1996), Schleich et al. (1996), and Geniez et al. (2000) variously regarded them as separated species or subspecies of S. scincus, but without further review of evidence. keywords: chromosome; populations; scincus cache: ah-1504.pdf plain text: ah-1504.txt item: #52 of 429 id: ah-1505 author: Escobedo Galván, Armando H. title: Temperature variation in nests of Caiman crocodilus (Crocodylia: Alligatoridae) date: 2007-04-29 words: 1862 flesch: 61 summary: Keywords: Caiman crocodilus, nest temperatures, Costa Rica. She concluded that nest temperature is determined by nesting habitat but that the effect of habitat depends on weather conditions. keywords: caiman; crocodilus; incubation; nests; temperature cache: ah-1505.pdf plain text: ah-1505.txt item: #53 of 429 id: ah-1506 author: Ristić, Nemanja; Tomović, Ljiljana; Ajtić, Rastko; Crnobrnja-Isailović, Jelka title: First record of the four-lined snake Elaphe quatuorlineata (Lacépède, 1789) in Serbia date: 2007-04-29 words: 1559 flesch: 63 summary: Elaphe quatuorlineata, first record, Serbia. The presence of several Mediterranean species and very high diversity of amphibians and reptiles (Džukić, 1995) are the main arguments that suggest Pčinja River region to be included in the list of important herpetological areas in Serbia and Montenegro and for the Balkan Peninsula. keywords: džukić; elaphe; mediterranean; quatuorlineata; record; river; serbia; species cache: ah-1506.pdf plain text: ah-1506.txt item: #54 of 429 id: ah-1507 author: Patto, Claudio E.G.; Pie, Marcio R. title: Escape behaviour in the Neotropical frog Hylodes asper (Anura: Leptodactylidae) date: 2007-04-29 words: 2238 flesch: 62 summary: Escape distances varied according to the time of the day in both juveniles and adults. One pos- sible way of addressing this question is to study the factors that influence the maximum distance a prey allows a predator to approach before fleeing, also called escape distance (ED) (Rand, 1964). keywords: asper; day; distance; escape; frog; time cache: ah-1507.pdf plain text: ah-1507.txt item: #55 of 429 id: ah-1508 author: Lo Cascio, Pietro; Pasta, Salvatore title: Preliminary data on the biometry and the diet of a microinsular population of Podarcis wagleriana (Reptilia: Lacertidae) date: 2007-04-29 words: 2673 flesch: 61 summary: Preliminary data on the biometry and the diet of a micro- insular population of Podarcis wagleriana (Reptilia: Lacertidae) Prey size distribution inferred from faecal pellets of Podarcis wagleriana. keywords: diet; islet; lizards; podarcis; prey; wagleriana cache: ah-1508.pdf plain text: ah-1508.txt item: #56 of 429 id: ah-1509 author: Bovero, Stefano; Angelini, Claudio; Utzeri, Carlo title: Aging Salamandrina perspicillata (Savi, 1821) by skeletochronology date: 2007-04-29 words: 2191 flesch: 65 summary: Using the skeletochronology meth- od for age determination in amphibians has shown how different life-history traits in pop- ulations from different altitudes or environmental contexts may be marked by differences in longevity, in age and size at sexual maturity and in the relationships between body size and growth rate (Berven, 1982; Hemelaar, 1988; Caetano and Castanet, 1993; Diaz-Pania- gua and Mateo, 1999; Kutrup et al., 2005). Amphibia-Reptilia 26: 49-54 Marnell, F. (1997): The use of phalanges for age determination in the smooth newt Tritu- rus vulgaris L.. Herpetol. keywords: age; females; perspicillata; salamandrina; svl cache: ah-1509.pdf plain text: ah-1509.txt item: #57 of 429 id: ah-1510 author: Angulo, Ariadne; de Massary, Jean-Christophe; Boistel, Renaud title: Addenda and errata to “Description of a new species of the genus Adenomera (Amphibia, Anura, Leptodactylidae) from French Guiana" date: 2007-04-29 words: 1946 flesch: 56 summary: Because of these two points, the comparison of head length and head width would not be a useful diagnostic feature of A. heyeri with regards to A. hylaedactyla. Last three lines of the second paragraph, Diagnosis: “Adenomera heyeri is distinct from A. hylaedactyla by having the head as wide as long, its snout is, from above, nearly rounded versus subovoid, pulses are absent and note duration is longer”. keywords: adenomera; angulo; anura; heyeri; page; species cache: ah-1510.pdf plain text: ah-1510.txt item: #58 of 429 id: ah-1511 author: Mercurio, Vincenzo; Li Vigni, Fabrizio title: Rediscovery of Pelobates fuscus insubricus in the Asti Province, north-western Italy date: 2006-06-30 words: 2518 flesch: 60 summary: Species composition, migration period of P. fuscus, and biometric data are provided. Relevant importance has been given to P. fuscus, since we reconfirm its presence in one of the ponds 13 years after its first finding in the area. keywords: andreone; fuscus; insubricus; pelobates; period; site; species cache: ah-1511.pdf plain text: ah-1511.txt item: #59 of 429 id: ah-1512 author: Naumov, Borislav; Tomović, Ljiljana title: A review of distribution and conservation status of Zamenis situla (Linnaeus, 1758) (Reptilia: Colubridae) in Bulgaria date: 2006-06-30 words: 1615 flesch: 62 summary: DISTRIBUTION OF THE LEOPARD SNAKE IN BULGARIA The leopard snake, Zamenis situla (Linnaeus, 1758) is distributed mainly in the Bal- kan Peninsula (Dalmatian coastal region, southern Bosnia and Montenegro, Macedonia, Albania, southern Bulgaria, European Turkey and Greece); outside the Balkans, this spe- cies occurs in southern Italy, Malta, Crete, Ionian and Aegean islands, western Anatolia and in the Crimean Peninsula (Obst et al., 1993; Sofianidou, 1997). The last time when Z. situla was recorded in the Black Sea region was in 2000 (Beyer, 2000), at the Elenite local- ity (UTM record no. 1). keywords: beshkov; bulgaria; leopard; situla; snake; species cache: ah-1512.pdf plain text: ah-1512.txt item: #60 of 429 id: ah-1513 author: Peichoto, María Elisa; Céspedez, Jorge Abel; Pascual, Juan Antonio title: Report of a bite by the South American colubrid snake Philodryas olfersii latirostris (Squamata: Colubridae) date: 2006-06-30 words: 2098 flesch: 62 summary: Green snake, Philodryas olfersii latirostris, snakebite, Argentina, vertigo, labyrinthine syndrome. Salomão, E.L., Di-Bernardo, M. (1995): Philodryas olfersii: uma cobra comum que mata. keywords: case; colubrid; olfersii; philodryas cache: ah-1513.pdf plain text: ah-1513.txt item: #61 of 429 id: ah-1514 author: Romano, Antonio; Montinaro, Gianpaolo; Mattoccia, Marco; Sbordoni, Valerio title: Amphibians of the Aurunci Mountains (Latium, Central Italy). Checklist and conservation guidelines date: 2006-06-30 words: 3356 flesch: 64 summary: Monti Aurunci Regional Park, Italy, Amphibia, distribution, conserva- tion. Sites were also distinguished between breeding sites and presence site (i.e. where spawning activity was not recorded). keywords: amphibian; aurunci; bologna; breeding; carpaneto; corsetti; mounts; sites; species cache: ah-1514.pdf plain text: ah-1514.txt item: #62 of 429 id: ah-1515 author: Sacchi, Roberto; Scali, Stefano; Fasola, Mauro; Galeotti, Paolo title: The numerical encoding of scale morphology highly improves photographic identification in lizards date: 2006-06-30 words: 3704 flesch: 55 summary: REFERENCES Bell, B.B., Pledger, S. (2005): Does toe clipping affect the return rates of the terrestrial frog Leiopelma pakeka on Maud Island, New Zealand? Toe clipping effects. keywords: herpetol; identification; individuals; lizards; marking; pattern; time; toe cache: ah-1515.pdf plain text: ah-1515.txt item: #63 of 429 id: ah-1516 author: Sindaco, Roberto; Razzetti, Edoardo; Ziliani, Ugo; Wasonga, Victor; Carugati, Caterina; Fasola, Mauro title: A new species of Hemidactylus from Lake Turkana, Northern Kenya (Squamata: Gekkonidae) date: 2006-06-30 words: 4414 flesch: 69 summary: The main differences are the extremely distinctive pattern, and the sequence of mental scales (in particular the second pair of post-mentals not entering the 3rd infralabials in H. barbierii) and the number of subdigital lamellae beneath the fourth toe (10 in H. barbierii instead of 6-9 in H. bavazzanoi). The species, which is most similar to H. barbierii, is the very rare H. bavazzanoi Lan- za, 1978 (occurring in S Somalia and NE Kenya), having a similar arrangement of dorsal enlarged tubercles. keywords: barbierii; dorsal; head; hemidactylus; kenya; mzut; pattern; scales; somalia; species; tubercles; turkana cache: ah-1516.pdf plain text: ah-1516.txt item: #64 of 429 id: ah-1517 author: Spadola, Filippo; Di Toro, Francesco title: Complete albinism in a Podarcis muralis newborn date: 2006-06-30 words: 848 flesch: 72 summary: Concerning records of albinism in European lizards, cases of albinism have been reported for Timon lepidus (Arribas and Cliville, 1994), Gallotia caesaris gomer- ae (López-Jurado and Mateo, 1998), Euleptes europaea (Delaugerre, 1981), Anguis fragilis (Robert et al., 1965), and Podarcis muralis (Fontanet and Matallanas, 1985). The authors describe a case of complete albinism in a Podarcis muralis new- born, from Chieti (Abruzzo, central Italy) in September 2004. keywords: albinism; herpetol; muralis; podarcis cache: ah-1517.pdf plain text: ah-1517.txt item: #65 of 429 id: ah-1518 author: Tessa, Giulia; Crottini, Angelica; Andreone, Franco title: A new finding of Salamandra lanzai in the Upper Sangone Valley (NW Italy) marks the species' most disjunct population (Amphibia: Urodela: Salamandridae) date: 2006-06-30 words: 2348 flesch: 60 summary: Following its discovery, the distribution of S. lanzai initially appeared limited to a few alpine valleys in Italian and French Cottian Alps, roughly around the Monviso Massif (Andreone, 2007), and until recently its known distribution was limited to about 50 observations in France (31 1 × 1 km UTM squares, of which 10 confirmed) and 60 in Italy (45 1 × 1 km UTM squares, of which 31 confirmed) The salamander was measured for its basic parameters: its size of 89 mm snout-vent length and 165 mm total length felt within the typical range of S. lanzai; in addition, we also ascertained the specific identity by comparing the photograph to that of other indi- viduals from the Italian and French Alps. keywords: andreone; distribution; finding; lanzai; salamandra; species; valley cache: ah-1518.pdf plain text: ah-1518.txt item: #66 of 429 id: ah-1519 author: Vaccaro, Angelo; Turrisi, Giuseppe Fabrizio title: Ritrovamento di Zamenis longissimus (Laurenti, 1768) (Reptilia, Colubridae) sull'Isola d'Elba (Toscana, Italia) date: 2006-06-30 words: 1782 flesch: 63 summary: L’attua- le vegetazione non sarebbe altro che il risultato di una relativamente recente evoluzione delle garighe e della macchia fino alla ricostituzione di cenosi forestali o prossimo-fore- stali, che hanno così riconquistato ampi territori, grazie anche alle massicce campagne di rimboschimento intraprese a partire dalla seconda metà del Novecento. Per verificare quale di queste tre modalità sia quella più accettabile per spiegare la pre- senza di Z. longissimus sull’Elba, e quindi se questa specie debba considerarsi indigena del- l’Isola o meno, sono naturalmente necessarie più approfondite ed organiche ricerche sulla sua diffusione insulare e sull’ecologia, nonché indagini sugli aspetti storico-ambientali del- l’Elba. keywords: che; del; d’elba; italia; laurenti; longissimus; non; specie; una; zamenis cache: ah-1519.pdf plain text: ah-1519.txt item: #67 of 429 id: ah-1520 author: Osservatorio Erpetologico Italiano, title: Osservatorio Erpetologico Italiano date: 2006-06-30 words: 1072 flesch: 62 summary: La SHI non incoraggia la raccolta di esemplari al solo fine della segnalazione e non pubblicherà segnalazioni di animali sacrificati senza le necessarie autorizzazioni. +RAR/S Riconferma di segnalazione/sito storico (non confermato da oltre 10 anni) di specie endemica rara o al limite di areale +TES Sito accertato di riproduzione di testuggine del genere Testudo +ECO Significativa segnalazione di interesse ecologico (esempio: limite altitudinale, nuovo ambiente, nuovi aspetti di nicchia trofica o riproduttiva, ecc.) keywords: della; dintorni; località; segnalazione; sito; specie cache: ah-1520.pdf plain text: ah-1520.txt item: #68 of 429 id: ah-1521 author: Pearlson, Oren; Degani, Gad title: Molecular DNA variation among Triturus vittatus vittatus (Urodela) from different breeding sites at the southern limit of its distribution date: 2007-11-01 words: 3707 flesch: 58 summary: © 2007 Firenze University Press Molecular DNA variation among Triturus vittatus vittatus (Urodela) from different breeding sites at the southern limit of its distribution Oren Pearlson1, 2, 3, Gad Degani1, 2 1 MIGAL–Galilee Technology Center, P. O. Box 831, Kiryat Shmona 11016, Israel. Molecular DNA variation among Triturus vittatus vittatus (striped newt) from different breeding sites at the southern limit of the species distribution (where environmental conditions are most extreme) was studied by the random amplification of polymorphic DNA (RAPD) method that has been found to be appropriate for other Triturus species. keywords: degani; dna; pond; populations; triturus; vittatus; water cache: ah-1521.pdf plain text: ah-1521.txt item: #69 of 429 id: ah-1522 author: Zuffi, Marco A. L.; Plaitano, Annalisa title: Similarities and differences in adult tortoises: a morphological approach and its implication for reproduction and mobility between species date: 2007-11-01 words: 3374 flesch: 67 summary: We hypothesize that T. hermanni males need to be more mobile than T. graeca males. For instance, male T. hermanni chases the female, bites her hind legs and back of the carapace. keywords: carapace; females; graeca; hermanni; length; species; zuffi cache: ah-1522.pdf plain text: ah-1522.txt item: #70 of 429 id: ah-1523 author: Canova, Luca; Marchesi, Manuela title: Amphibian and reptile communities in eleven Sites of Community Importance (SCI): relations between SCI area, heterogeneity and richness date: 2007-11-01 words: 3578 flesch: 61 summary: We suggest that a general reduction of ponds along the main course of a number of large rivers, and the late egg-laying period (May-June), can heavily influence the reproductive performances of P. viridis in the dry flood plain of the Adda river, an habitat dynamics not shared by other amphibian species which reproduced earlier. Relative abundance of other species as P. viridis, appeared lower than expected; in some sectors of the Po plain P. viridis is considered a declining species, as previously reported for some European populations (Honegger, 1981); the most com- mon threaths to its conservation are identified in the reduction of temporary pond (Boni- ni and Bressi, 2004), and this can partially explain the reduction of the species’ population over large areas. keywords: abundance; amphibians; habitat; reptiles; richness; sci; species cache: ah-1523.pdf plain text: ah-1523.txt item: #71 of 429 id: ah-1524 author: Chen, Xiongwen; Wang, Yong title: Emergent spatial pattern of herpetofauna in Alabama, USA date: 2007-11-01 words: 6869 flesch: 61 summary: Varied relationships between herpetofaunal species richness and annual average precipitation (a) and annual average temperature (b). There is a high correction between herpetofaunal species richness and the total stream length or road density if aggregated data is used. keywords: alabama; amphibians; area; density; diversity; et al; forest; herpetofauna; pattern; pine; reptiles; richness; river; scale; species; species richness; study cache: ah-1524.pdf plain text: ah-1524.txt item: #72 of 429 id: ah-1525 author: Ruiz García, José Augusto; Hernando, Alejandra title: Standard karyotype and nucleolus organizer region of Neotropical blindsnake Typhlops brongersmianus (Serpentes: Typhlopidae) date: 2007-11-01 words: 1564 flesch: 58 summary: Das, I., Ota, H. (1998): A checklist of chromosome numbers of South Asian reptiles. L.R. (%): percentage length of chromosome pair over total genome length. keywords: brongersmianus; chromosome; species; typhlops cache: ah-1525.pdf plain text: ah-1525.txt item: #73 of 429 id: ah-1526 author: Pastorelli, Christian; Laghi, Paolo; Melloni, Luigi title: Distribuzione di Coronella girondica (Daudin, 1803) in Romagna (Reptilia: Squamata: Colubridae) date: 2007-11-01 words: 2711 flesch: 77 summary: Ivano Fabbri di Faenza e Maurizio Sirotti di Forlì. Romagna geografica e segnalano il ritrovamento di nuovi reperti. Keywords. keywords: coronella; della; girondica; provincia; romagna cache: ah-1526.pdf plain text: ah-1526.txt item: #74 of 429 id: ah-1527 author: Corsetti, Luigi; Romano, Antonio title: Amphibians of the Ausoni Mountains (Latium, Central Italy) date: 2007-11-01 words: 3194 flesch: 63 summary: The Sørensen’s coefficient of similarity (Hayek 1994) was carried out among species and sites, using amphibian breeding sites to detect the affinity among species in their reproductive habitats. Despite in Latium (Central Italy) herpetological field researches have been carried out systematically (Bologna et al., 2000), there are large disproportion among data from differ- ent areas, and the southernmost portion of the region have been investigated only occa- sionally (cf. keywords: amphibian; aurunci; ausoni; mountains; romano; sites; species cache: ah-1527.pdf plain text: ah-1527.txt item: #75 of 429 id: ah-1528 author: Tessa, Giulia; Guarino, Fabio M.; Giacoma, Cristina; Mattioli, Fabio; Andreone, Franco title: Longevity and body size in three populations of Dyscophus antongilii (Microhylidae, Dyscophinae), the tomato frog from north-eastern Madagascar date: 2007-11-01 words: 2922 flesch: 59 summary: Three breeding colonies of tomato frogs were used in this study. At all localities, tomato frogs were searched during the rainy season (January-Febru- ary 2006), when they were active and in breeding condition. keywords: age; antongilii; females; lampirano; maroantsetra; populations cache: ah-1528.pdf plain text: ah-1528.txt item: #76 of 429 id: ah-1529 author: Warburg, Michael R. title: The phenology of a rare salamander (Salamandra infraimmaculata) in a population breeding under unpredictable ambient conditions: a 25 year study date: 2007-11-01 words: 4160 flesch: 64 summary: The chances of capturing salamanders increase greatly with the duration of the study period since salamanders are known to return to the breeding sites even after long inter- vals (Warburg, 2006). Semlitsch, R.D., Scott, D.E., Pechmann, J.H.K., Gibbons, W.J. (1993): Phenotypic variation in the arrival time of breeding salamanders: individual repeatability and environ- mental influences. keywords: breeding; feldmann; infraimmaculata; m.r; population; salamandra; study; warburg; year cache: ah-1529.pdf plain text: ah-1529.txt item: #77 of 429 id: ah-1530 author:  ,   title: Book review date: 2007-11-01 words: 662 flesch: 62 summary: Guide and reference to the Amphibians of Eastern and Central North America (North of Mexico). Guide and reference to the Crocodilians, Turtles and Lizards of Eastern and Central North America (North of Mexico). keywords: bartlett; north cache: ah-1530.pdf plain text: ah-1530.txt item: #78 of 429 id: ah-1531 author: Jackman, Todd R.; Bauer, Aaron M.; Greenbaum, Eli title: Phylogenetic relationships of geckos of the genus Nactus and their relatives (Squamata: Gekkonidae) date: 2008-06-01 words: 8254 flesch: 56 summary: Kearney (2003) suggested that H. binoei might represent such a case in the Australian desert, and one might consider the nocturnal terrestrial niche for lizards in much of the Pacific a similar vacuum that may have provided an equivalent opportunity for Nactus pelagicus. 64: 1-139. Donnellan, S.C., Moritz, C. (1995): Genetic diversity of bisexual and parthenogenetic pop- ulations of the tropical gecko Nactus pelagicus (Lacertilia: Gekkonidae). keywords: a.m.; bauer; data; dixonius; dna; et al; geckos; gekkonidae; genera; genus; heteronotia; kluge; lizards; nactus; new; nuclear; pelagicus; relationships; species; vankampeni cache: ah-1531.pdf plain text: ah-1531.txt item: #79 of 429 id: ah-1532 author: Luiselli, Luca; Angelici, Francesco M.; Rugiero, Lorenzo; Akani, Godfrey C.; Eniang, Edem A.; Pacini, Nic; Politano, Edoardo title: Negative density dependence of sympatric Hinge-back Tortoises (Kinixys erosa and K. homeana) in West Africa date: 2008-06-01 words: 6819 flesch: 60 summary: The parameters estimated by the model produced an elaborate characterisation of tortoise distribution, which proved to be useful in the formulation of hypotheses about tortoise densities. Model results revealed a considerable degree of variability in tortoise densities between transects, but in general there was a higher density for K. homeana than K. erosa (Table 2). keywords: density; erosa; homeana; k. homeana; kinixys; line; luiselli; nigeria; population; species; tortoises; transects cache: ah-1532.pdf plain text: ah-1532.txt item: #80 of 429 id: ah-1533 author: Ibrahim, Adel A. title: Contribution to the herpetology of southern Libya date: 2008-06-01 words: 8334 flesch: 79 summary: Laurent et al., 1997; Frynta et al., 2000; Pieh and Perälä, 2002; Wilms, 2004; Ibrahim and Ineich, 2005). toads observed in these localities showed a color difference distinct from Morzoq area individuals. keywords: c t; e z; ibrahim; libya; species; z c cache: ah-1533.pdf plain text: ah-1533.txt item: #81 of 429 id: ah-1534 author: Bhatta Krishnamurthy, Sannanegunda Venkatarama; Manjunatha Reddy, Aall Hanumantha title: An estimate of local population of Nyctibatrachus aliciae at two habitat gradients of forest in Western Ghats date: 2008-06-01 words: 1803 flesch: 57 summary: Parameter Native forest (n = 17) Secondary forest (n = 17) F1, 32 P Air Temperature (°C) 22.99 ± 0.47 (19-26) 25.31 ± 0.55 (22-30) 10.371 0.003 Water Temperature (°C) 22.20 ± 0.66 (18-30) 23.18 ± 0.56 (20-26) 1.299 0.264 Soil Temperature (°C) 22.64 ± 0.36 (21-25) 23.42 ± 0.45 (18-26) 1.832 0.187 Humidity (%) 76.88 ± 2.13 (63-90) 69.96 ± 2.80 (44-84) 3.865 0.041 Canopy cover (%) 83.53 ± 1.02 (79-92) 80.10 ± 0.37 (78-84) 10.09 0.004 Light intensity (Lux) 993.42 ± 135.63 (273-1,639) 1,990.88 ± 443.10 (511-7,260) 4.633 0.040 53An estimate of local population of Nyctibatrachus aliciae Compared to native forest site, average air temperature and light intensity, recorded dur- ing the study period, were higher in secondary forest site (Table 1). Further, the frog population was low in secondary forest site amounting to only 42.3% of those recorded in native forest site. keywords: forest; frog; habitat; native; population cache: ah-1534.pdf plain text: ah-1534.txt item: #82 of 429 id: ah-1535 author: Carretero, Miguel A. title: Preferred temperatures of Tarentola mauritanica in spring date: 2008-06-01 words: 3067 flesch: 57 summary: Body temperatures were recorded during a single day at seven con- secutive intervals (Fig. 1, Table 1) between 16 and 24 hours (local time, GMT) when the activity of the species in this season peaks in the field (Martínez-Rica, 1974). Labra, A. (1998): Selected body temperatures of seven species of Chilean Liolaemus liz- ards. keywords: body; carretero; mauritanica; tarentola; temperatures; variation cache: ah-1535.pdf plain text: ah-1535.txt item: #83 of 429 id: ah-1536 author: Rohilla, Manoj Singh; Tiwari, Pramod Kumar title: Simple method of blood sampling from Indian freshwater turtles for genetic studies date: 2008-06-01 words: 2083 flesch: 61 summary: In this study we describe a method of blood collection from various spe- cies of Indian freshwater turtles for genetic characterization and discuss its advantages over the previously described techniques. We conclude that the femoral vein is probably the most suitable site for blood collection from Indian freshwater turtles for various experimental pro- cedure and methodologies related to genetic characterization. keywords: blood; freshwater; method; sampling; species; turtles cache: ah-1536.pdf plain text: ah-1536.txt item: #84 of 429 id: ah-1537 author: Romano, Antonio; Spilinga, Cristiano; Montioni, Francesca; Fiacchini, David; Ragni, Bernardino title: Egg predators of an endemic Italian salamander, Salamandrina perspicillata (Savi, 1821) date: 2008-06-01 words: 2158 flesch: 55 summary: Furthermore, a record on Salamandrina eggs predation has regarded Rana italica tadpoles Dubois 1987 (Laghi and Pastorelli, 2006). Salamandrina perspicillata, egg predation, leeches, trichopterans, Urode- la, Italy. keywords: cerbo; eggs; larvae; perspicillata; predation; salamandrina; species cache: ah-1537.pdf plain text: ah-1537.txt item: #85 of 429 id: ah-1538 author: Beukema, Wouter; Brakels, Peter title: Discovery of Salamandra atra aurorae (Trevisan, 1982) on the Altopiano di Vezzena, Trentino (Northeastern Italy) date: 2008-06-01 words: 1644 flesch: 62 summary: Adult male Salamandra atra aurorae from Val Postesina 79Discovery of Salamandra atra aurorae 4. Salamandra atra aurorae, first record, Trentino, Northeastern Italy. keywords: altopiano; aurorae; val cache: ah-1538.pdf plain text: ah-1538.txt item: #86 of 429 id: ah-1539 author:  ,   title: Osservatorio Erpetologico Italiano date: 2008-06-01 words: 443 flesch: 51 summary: ovviamente, anche segnalazioni di altre specie di erpetofauna alloctona sono benve- nute, ma vi preghiamo di tralasciare l’avvistamento di singoli esemplari. le specie su cui riteniamo di focalizzare l’attenzione sono: Rana catesbeiana, Xenopus laevis, Trachemys scripta e altre testuggini palustri naturalizzate. keywords: riproduzione; specie; trachemys cache: ah-1539.pdf plain text: ah-1539.txt item: #87 of 429 id: ah-1540 author: Scali, Stefano; Mangiacotti, Marco; Bonardi, Anna title: Living on the edge: habitat selection of Hierophis viridiflavus date: 2008-12-31 words: 5635 flesch: 60 summary: The methodological consequence of our data is that VES could be successfully used for habitat selection studies provided that: the target species do not spend most of their time underground or in heavy undergrowth; selected areas can be easily and completely surveyed; the research effort is homogeneous among all the available habitats (Manly et al., 1993; Garshelis, 2000; Millspaugh and Marzluff, 2001). The same pattern of habitat use is documented for other whip snakes and can be related to the high thermal quality of edges, although other factors could not be ruled out (e.g., prey/shelters abundance). keywords: area; data; habitat; luiselli; radio; selection; snakes; use; viridiflavus; weatherhead; wood cache: ah-1540.pdf plain text: ah-1540.txt item: #88 of 429 id: ah-1541 author: Kupriyanova, Larissa; Kuksin, Alex; Odierna, Gaetano title: Karyotype, chromosome structure, reproductive modalities of three Southern Eurasian populations of the common lacertid lizard, Zootoca vivipara (Jacquin, 1787) date: 2008-12-31 words: 2536 flesch: 44 summary: Concerning Z. vivipara populations inhabiting Russia, combined data on their repro- ductive modality, karyotype and chromatinic markers have been obtained mainly in specimens from western and north-western parts of Russia: two different chromosomal forms of Z. v. vivipara with viviparous mode of reproduction were found (Kupriyanova et al. 1995, Kupriyanova, 2004; Kupriyanova et al., 2007). Such a hypothesis has been verified by compar- ing the karyotype, chromosome structure, and reproductive modality of three popula- tions of south-eastern part of Russia, including Altai and neighbouring regions, where small territories remained isolated during the Pleistocene cooling and where Pleistoce- nic fossils of Z. vivipara have been found. keywords: kupriyanova; odierna; populations; vivipara; viviparous cache: ah-1541.pdf plain text: ah-1541.txt item: #89 of 429 id: ah-1542 author: Menegon, Michele; Doggart, Nike; Owen, Nisha title: The Nguru mountains of Tanzania, an outstanding hotspot of herpetofaunal diversity date: 2008-12-31 words: 7623 flesch: 56 summary: Lovett and Thomas (1988) surveyed both Kanga and Nguru South Forest Reserves provid- ing a brief account of the vegetation. Kanga and Nguru South Forest Reserves are managed directly by the Morogoro Regional Catchment Forest Office while Mkindo is man- aged jointly by the four surrounding communities and the Morogoro Regional Catchment Forest Office. keywords: arc; area; eastern; endemic; forest; howell; kanga; km2; montane; mountains; nectophrynoides; nguru; nguru mountains; nguru south; nov; reserves; sites; south; species; tanzania cache: ah-1542.pdf plain text: ah-1542.txt item: #90 of 429 id: ah-1543 author: Bonnet, Xavier; Akoka, Serge; Shine, Richard; Pourcelot, Léandre title: Disappearance of eggs during gestation in a viviparous snake (Vipera aspis) detected using non-invasive techniques date: 2008-12-31 words: 4504 flesch: 56 summary: Proximate constraints on the evolution of egg size, number, and total clutch mass in lizards. Sinervo, B., Licht, P. (1991b): Hormonal and physiological control of clutch size, egg size, and egg shape in side-blotched lizards (Uta stansburiana): constraints on the evolu- tion of lizard life histories. keywords: blackburn; eggs; embryos; female; gestation; imaging; nmr; parturition; resorption; size; species cache: ah-1543.pdf plain text: ah-1543.txt item: #91 of 429 id: ah-1544 author: Quagliata, Sara; Malentacchi, Cecilia; Giachi, Filippo; Delfino, Giovanni title: Chemical skin defence in the Eastern fire-bellied toad Bombina orientalis: an ultrastructural approach to the mechanism of poison gland rehabilitation after discharge date: 2008-12-31 words: 5555 flesch: 54 summary: Serous glands, anuran skin, secretory release, ultrastructure. This association between axonal endings and myoepithelial cells represents the neuro-contractile apparatus responsible for regulating secretory dis- charge from serous glands in anuran skin defence responses. keywords: bombina; cells; cytoplasm; delfino; fig; glands; granules; poison; secretory; skin; syncytium; type cache: ah-1544.pdf plain text: ah-1544.txt item: #92 of 429 id: ah-1545 author: Ayres, César; Comesaña Iglesias, Julian title: Leech presence on Iberian Brown Frog, Rana iberica, (Amphibia: Anura: Ranidae) from north-western Spain date: 2008-12-31 words: 1995 flesch: 64 summary: But to our knowledge there are few reports about amphibian predation by medicinal leeches in the Iberian Peninsula. As Merilä and Sterner (2002) stated, medicinal leeches could act as important source of mortality for adult amphibians. keywords: amphibians; iberica; leeches; populations; rana; species cache: ah-1545.pdf plain text: ah-1545.txt item: #93 of 429 id: ah-1546 author: Trakimas, Giedrius; Sidaravičius, Jonas title: Road mortality threatens small northern populations of the European pond turtle, Emys orbicularis date: 2008-12-31 words: 2494 flesch: 60 summary: When such movements intersect with roads turtles are poten- tially vulnerable to road associated mortality. Little is known about road mortality and the effects to European pond turtle Emys orbicularis populations at the northern border of its range. keywords: emys; european; mortality; orbicularis; pond; populations; road; turtle cache: ah-1546.pdf plain text: ah-1546.txt item: #94 of 429 id: ah-1547 author: Korsós, Zoltán; Barina, Zoltán; Pifkó, Dániel title: First record of Vipera ursinii graeca in Albania (Reptilia: Serpentes, Viperidae) date: 2008-12-31 words: 2631 flesch: 63 summary: First record of Vipera ursinii graeca in Albania (Reptilia: Serpentes, Viperidae) Zoltán Korsós1, Zoltán Barina2, Dániel Pifkó2 1 Department of Zoology, Hungarian Natural History Museum, Baross u. 13, H-1088 Budapest, Hun- gary. In the framework of the botanical and zoological expeditions of the Hun- garian Natural History Museum to the Balkans, a specimen of Vipera ursinii graeca was observed in the southern Nemerçke Mountains of Albania. keywords: albania; andrén; graeca; macrops; mountain; nilson; ursinii; vipera cache: ah-1547.pdf plain text: ah-1547.txt item: #95 of 429 id: ah-1548 author: Canova, Luca; Gentilli, Augusto title: Diet of the asp viper Vipera aspis in woodland habitats of the Po plain (NW Italy) date: 2008-12-31 words: 1516 flesch: 67 summary: The diet of Asp viper Vipera aspis was studied in forested habitat of North- ern Italy Diet of the asp viper Vipera aspis in woodland habitats of the Po plain (NW Italy) Luca Canova, Augusto Gentilli Dipartimento di Biologia Animale, Università di Pavia, Piazza Botta 9, I-27100 Pavia. keywords: aspis; diet; study; vipera; woodland cache: ah-1548.pdf plain text: ah-1548.txt item: #96 of 429 id: ah-1549 author: Corsetti, Luigi; Romano, Antonio title: On the occurrence of the Italian Aesculapian snake, Zamenis lineatus (Camerano, 1891), in Latium (Central Italy) date: 2008-12-31 words: 1961 flesch: 65 summary: The Aesculapian snake, Zamenis longissimus (Laurenti, 1768), and the Italian Aesculapian snake, Z. lineatus (Camerano, 1891), are distinguishable using external morphological characters (Lenk and Wüster, 1999), molecular data (Lenk et al., 2001; Utiger et al., 2002), differences in the blood proteins (Lenk and Joger, 1994), visceral organ topography, osteology and allozymes (Helfenberger, 2001). Lenk and Wüster (1999) indicated the northern limit of Z. lineatus near Pannarano (province of Benevento, Campania region, southern Italy), and they established the south- ern limit of Z. longissimus near Rosello (province of Chieti, Abruzzi, Central Italy; see also Razzetti and Zanghellini, 2006). keywords: capula; italy; latium; lenk; lineatus; region cache: ah-1549.pdf plain text: ah-1549.txt item: #97 of 429 id: ah-1550 author: , title: Osservatorio Erpetologico Italiano date: 2008-12-31 words: 1269 flesch: 61 summary: La SHI non incoraggia la raccolta di esemplari al solo fine della segnalazione e non pubblicherà segnalazioni di animali sacrificati senza le necessarie autorizzazioni. Sarà data priorità alle osservazioni riguardanti specie di interesse conservazionistico internazionale (specie incluse negli allegati II e IV della Direttiva Europea 92/43/CEE “Habitat”), nazionale (specie endemiche, rare o al lim- ite di areale) keywords: agosto; della; località; non; rar; segnalazione; sito; specie cache: ah-1550.pdf plain text: ah-1550.txt item: #98 of 429 id: ah-1551 author: Carretero, Miguel A.; Perera, Anna; Lo Cascio, Pietro; Corti, Claudia; Harris, D. James title: Unexpected phylogeographic affinities of Psammodromus algirus from Conigli islet (Lampedusa) date: 2009-07-01 words: 1987 flesch: 58 summary: The only Italian population of the lacertid Psammodromus algirus is found in Conigli islet whereas the species is absent from the nearby island of Lampedusa. 5Phylogeography of Psammodromus algirus from Conigli islet vided by Riserva Naturale Orientata “Isola di Lampedusa” (management Legambiente). keywords: algirus; conigli; islet; lampedusa; psammodromus; species cache: ah-1551.pdf plain text: ah-1551.txt item: #99 of 429 id: ah-1552 author: Bombi, Pierluigi; Luiselli, Luca; Capula, Massimo; Salvi, Daniele title: Predicting elusiveness: potential distribution model of the Southern smooth snake, Coronella girondica, in Italy date: 2009-07-01 words: 2722 flesch: 54 summary: Acta Herpetologica 4(1): 7-13, 2009 Predicting elusiveness: potential distribution model of the Southern smooth snake, Coronella girondica, in Italy Pierluigi Bombi1, Luca Luiselli2, Massimo Capula3, Daniele Salvi4 1 Via Maria Giudice 23, I-00135 Roma, Italy. Potential distribution model for Coronella girondica. keywords: coronella; distribution; girondica; italy; species; var cache: ah-1552.pdf plain text: ah-1552.txt item: #100 of 429 id: ah-1553 author: Rohilla, Singh; Jagannadha Rao, Rayavarapu; Kumar Tiwari, Pramod title: Enzyme polymorphism in Indian freshwater soft shell turtle Lissemys punctata date: 2009-07-01 words: 5313 flesch: 53 summary: In turtle populations, the first zone of activity corresponds to Est- 1 locus. In turtle populations, the first zone of activity corresponding to the locus Per-1 revealed only one band, Per- 1*100. keywords: activity; bands; diversity; heterozygosity; individuals; loci; locus; polymorphic; populations; punctata; species; turtle cache: ah-1553.pdf plain text: ah-1553.txt item: #101 of 429 id: ah-1554 author: Parry, Harold Vega; Vintiñi, Elisa; Arce, Osvaldo E.A.; Manes, Mario E. title: Nutritional perfomance of Tupinambis merianae lizards fed with corn starch as source of energy date: 2009-07-01 words: 3709 flesch: 62 summary: The quantity of this ingredient in Tupinambis diet is markedly inferior to that used in farm diets for other animals (i.e., diets for poultry, pigs and rabbits), which include a great quantity of cereal flour rich in amylaceous carbohydrates (Scott et al., 1973; Osman, 1982; INRA, 1986). Acta Herpetologica 4(1): 29-36, 2009 Nutritional perfomance of Tupinambis merianae lizards fed with corn starch as source of energy Harold Vega Parry, Elisa Vintiñi, Osvaldo E.A. Arce, Mario E. Manes Facultad de Agronomía y Zootecnia, Universidad Nacional de Tucumán, F. Ameghino s/n, El Manan- tial, (4105), Tucumán, Argentina. keywords: amylase; corn; diet; energy; merianae; starch; tupinambis cache: ah-1554.pdf plain text: ah-1554.txt item: #102 of 429 id: ah-1555 author: Sillero, Neftalí title: Modelling a species in expansion at local scale: is Hyla meridionalis colonising new areas in Salamanca, Spain? date: 2009-07-01 words: 4608 flesch: 59 summary: Ensemble forecasting of species distributions. Selecting thresholds of occurrence in the prediction of species distributions. keywords: area; data; distribution; expansion; hyla; meridionalis; models; salamanca; sillero; species cache: ah-1555.pdf plain text: ah-1555.txt item: #103 of 429 id: ah-1556 author: Karunarathna, D.M.S. Suranjan; Bandara, I. Nuwan; Chanaka, A.W. Amila title: The ovipositional behaviour of the endemic whistling lizard Calotes liolepis Boulenger, 1885 (Reptilia: Agamidae) in the Knuckles forest region of Sri Lanka date: 2009-07-01 words: 4088 flesch: 67 summary: Our heartfelt thanks go to Mr. Mendis Wickramasinghe, Mr. Bathiya Kekulandala, Mr. Sandun Perera, Mr. Sampath Goonatilake, Mr. Prasanna Samarawickrama, Mr. Naalin Perera, Mr. Sarath Ekanayake, Mr. Vimukthi Weeratunga, Mr. Samantha Suranjan and Mr. Dilup Chandranimal (IUCN Sri Lanka) for their kind help during the preparation of this paper. IUCN Sri Lanka, Colombo. keywords: body; calotes; eggs; hole; lanka; liolepis; sri; sri lanka cache: ah-1556.pdf plain text: ah-1556.txt item: #104 of 429 id: ah-1557 author: Kharin, Sergey; Shmakov, Dmitry title: A comparative study of contractility of the heart ventricle in some ectothermic vertebrates date: 2009-07-01 words: 7345 flesch: 62 summary: Differences were considered to be significant at P < 0.05. rESuLtS Heart ventricle weight and electrocardiographic parameters The mean values of heart ventricle weight were found to be similar in frogs (216 ± 53 mg), snakes (271 ± 126 mg), and tortoises (231 ± 46 mg). The process of heart ventricle depolarization and the formation of an electrocardiographic QrS complex in the frog. keywords: contractility; frogs; heart; snakes; species; study; time; tortoises; ventricle; ventricular cache: ah-1557.pdf plain text: ah-1557.txt item: #105 of 429 id: ah-1558 author: Spadola, Filippo; Insacco, Gianni title: Endoscopy of cloaca in 51 Emys trinacris (Fritz et al., 2005): morphological and diagnostic study date: 2009-07-01 words: 1606 flesch: 61 summary: In this work the authors are describing cloaca anatomy, pathological findings and endoscopic technique applied to Emys trinacris (Fritz et al., 2005). Performing a cloacoscopy requires an in-depth knowledge of the anatomy of the cloaca; otherwise the risk of technical mistakes dangerous for the animals, is high (Cop- poolse et al., 1985, 1986; Divers, 1998; Jekl, 2007; Scott, 2003; Spadola et al., 2001, 2003, 2008; Smith, 1958; Taylor, 2006). keywords: cloaca; emys; fig; spadola cache: ah-1558.pdf plain text: ah-1558.txt item: #106 of 429 id: ah-1559 author: Sindaco, Roberto; Ziliani, Ugo; Razzetti, Edoardo; Carugati, Caterina; Grieco, Cristina; Pupin, Fabio; Al-Aseily, Badr Awadh; Pella, Francesca; Fasola, Mauro title: A misunderstood new gecko of the genus Hemidactylus from Socotra Island, Yemen (Reptilia: Squamata: Gekkonidae) date: 2009-07-01 words: 8247 flesch: 70 summary: Some of this research also resulted in the description of new species: Pristurus sam- haensis, Pristurus obsti and Hemidactylus dracaenacolus by Rösler and Wranik (1999) and Mesalina kuri by Joger and Mayer (2002); other new species have been tentatively identi- fied, but not formally described. The herpetological investigation of Socotra started in 1880 with the expedition of Isaac Bayley Balfour; in the following twenty years a few British, German and Austrian expedi- tions collected zoological specimens on the island, including new reptile species that were later described by William Thomas Blanford (1881), Albert Günther (1881), Wilhelm Peters (1882), Franz Steindachner (1899, 1903) and particularly by George Albert Boulenger (1899, 1903). keywords: hemidactylus; mcc; pores; reptiles; scales; sindaco; socotra; species; specimens; tubercles; wranik cache: ah-1559.pdf plain text: ah-1559.txt item: #107 of 429 id: ah-1560 author: Spadola, Filippo; Insacco, Gianni title: Newborn dicephalic Podarcis sicula date: 2009-07-01 words: 704 flesch: 60 summary: Podarcis sicula is distributed throughout the entire territory and it can be found everywhere, often alongside with Podarcis wagleriana. Dicephalic newborn of Podarcis sicula. keywords: dicephalism; podarcis; ragusa; sicula cache: ah-1560.pdf plain text: ah-1560.txt item: #108 of 429 id: ah-1561 author: McClure, Katherine V.; Mora, Jordan W.; Smith, Geoffrey R. title: Effects of light and group size on the activity of wood frog tadpoles (Rana sylvatica) and their response to a shadow stimulus date: 2009-07-01 words: 1910 flesch: 60 summary: Our results suggest that the factors influencing tadpole activity can include a diverse range of factors and cues, including lighting conditions and group size. Previous studies on tadpole activity suggest light conditions can influence activi- ty patterns in tadpoles. keywords: activity; conditions; groups; light; tadpoles cache: ah-1561.pdf plain text: ah-1561.txt item: #109 of 429 id: ah-1562 author: Pernetta, Angelo P.; Reading, Christopher J. title: Observations of two melanistic smooth snakes (Coronella austriaca) from Dorset, United Kingdom date: 2009-07-01 words: 1138 flesch: 63 summary: These two individuals constitute the second published report of melanism in smooth snakes from the United Kingdom. Melanism, smooth snake, United Kingdom. keywords: austriaca; colouration; coronella; dorset; melanism; snakes cache: ah-1562.pdf plain text: ah-1562.txt item: #110 of 429 id: ah-1563 author: Gollmann, Günter; Benkö, Andreas; Hödl, Walter title: Release calls of female Bombina bombina (Anura: Bombinatoridae) date: 2009-07-01 words: 868 flesch: 65 summary: Female release calls are known from other families of anurans; usually, their structure is similar to the release calls of males (Brzoska et al., 1977), where- as differences in frequency and amplitude are probably caused by sexual dimorphism of the laryngeal apparatus (Wells, 2007: 271). These authors distinguished several call types of males (mating call, release call, territorial call, contact call) and stated that females do not emit calls. keywords: bombina; calls; release cache: ah-1563.pdf plain text: ah-1563.txt item: #111 of 429 id: ah-1564 author: , title: Osservatorio Erpetologico Italiano date: 2009-07-01 words: 558 flesch: 45 summary: Per quanto riguarda le testuggini del genere Testudo, saranno pubblicate solo le segnalazioni di siti in cui è provata la riproduzione. di specie endemica italica +RAR/S Riconferma di segnalazione/sito storico (non confermato da oltre 10 anni) di specie endemica rara o al limite di areale +TES Sito accertato di riproduzione di testuggine del genere Testudo +ECO Significativa segnalazione di interesse ecologico (esempio: limite altitudinale, nuovo ambiente, nuovi aspetti di nicchia trofica o riproduttiva ecc) keywords: della; segnalazione; sito; specie cache: ah-1564.pdf plain text: ah-1564.txt item: #112 of 429 id: ah-1565 author: Giacalone, Gabriele; Lo Valvo, Mario; Fritz, Uwe title: Phylogeographic link between Sicilian and Corso-Sardinian Testudo h. hermanni confirmed date: 2009-12-28 words: 1884 flesch: 66 summary: Cyt b: Fritz et al. (2006), CR: this study 121Phylogeography of Testudo hermanni Laboratory procedures followed Fritz et al. Collection sites of Sicilian Testudo hermanni hermanni samples used in this study and in Fritz et al. (2006). keywords: fritz; hermanni; sicilian; study cache: ah-1565.pdf plain text: ah-1565.txt item: #113 of 429 id: ah-1566 author: Ferreira, Rodrigo B.; Teixeira, Rogério L. title: Feeding pattern and use of reproductive habitat of the Striped toad Rhinella crucifer (Anura: Bufonidae) from Southeastern Brazil date: 2009-12-28 words: 3908 flesch: 64 summary: For example, not much is known about the diet, foraging modes and use of reproductive habitat of R. crucifer. The purpose of this study is to describe the dietary composition, foraging mode and analyze the use of reproductive habitat of the Striped toad, R. crucifer. keywords: bufo; crucifer; diet; foraging; formicidae; prey; rhinella; species; specimens; toads cache: ah-1566.pdf plain text: ah-1566.txt item: #114 of 429 id: ah-1567 author: Barquero, Marco D.; Arguedas, Viviana P. title: Structural habitat use by the Many-scaled Anole, Anolis polylepis (Squamata: Polychrotidae) date: 2009-12-28 words: 3188 flesch: 60 summary: Norops polylepis (Lagartija, Anole, Anolis lizard), In: Historia Natural de Costa Rica, p. 413-415. Syst. 25: 467-493. Losos, J.B., Marks, J.C., Schoener, T.W. (1993): Habitat use and ecological interactions of an introduced and a native species of Anolis lizard on Grand Cayman, with a review of the outcomes of anole introductions. keywords: anolis; habitat; height; individuals; perch; polylepis; species; use cache: ah-1567.pdf plain text: ah-1567.txt item: #115 of 429 id: ah-1568 author: Manenti, Raoul; Ficetola, Gentile F.; Bianchi, Barbara; De Bernardi, Fiorenza title: Habitat features and distribution of Salamandra salamandra in underground springs date: 2009-12-28 words: 3825 flesch: 56 summary: Acta Herpetologica 4(2): 143-151, 2009 Habitat features and distribution of Salamandra salamandra in underground springs Raoul Manenti1, Gentile F. Ficetola1,2, Barbara Bianchi3, Fiorenza De Bernardi1 1 Dipartimento di Biologia, Università degli Studi di Milano, Via Celoria, 26, I-20133 Milano, Italy. In underground springs, larval development apparently required longer time than in nearby epigeous streams. keywords: amphibians; development; galleries; habitat; larvae; manenti; presence; salamandra; springs cache: ah-1568.pdf plain text: ah-1568.txt item: #116 of 429 id: ah-1569 author: Girish, Kalamanji Govindaiah; Bhatta Krishnam, Sannanegunda Venkatarama title: Distribution of tadpoles of large wrinkled frog Nyctibatrachus major in central Western Ghats: influence of habitat variables date: 2009-12-28 words: 3143 flesch: 58 summary: The relationship between habitat variables and the distribution and abun- dance of adults and tadpoles of Nyctibatrachus major (large wrinkled frog) in 35 forest streams in central Western Ghats is detailed in this paper. Analysis of habitat variables at streams showed significant relationship with canopy cover over the streams, presence of leaf litter and high relative humidity on the occurrence of tadpoles. keywords: density; distribution; habitat; major; streams; tadpoles; variables cache: ah-1569.pdf plain text: ah-1569.txt item: #117 of 429 id: ah-1570 author: Santos, Xavier; Llorente, Gustavo A. title: Decline of a common reptile: case study of the viperine snake Natrix maura in a Mediterranean wetland date: 2009-12-28 words: 4310 flesch: 65 summary: The recovery of the N. maura population in the rice fields of the Ebro Delta depends on an integral change in agricultural management, including the reduced use of pollutants, the recovery of snake prey, and the maintenance of favorable habitats to prevent predation. The observation of water snakes in rice fields near natural lagoons indicates that protected natural areas act as natural ref- uges for fauna with reduced mobility, such as viperine snakes. keywords: delta; ebro; fields; llorente; maura; natrix; natural; rice; santos; snakes cache: ah-1570.pdf plain text: ah-1570.txt item: #118 of 429 id: ah-1571 author: Esqueda, Luis Felipe; Natera-Mumaw, Marco; La Marca, Enrique title: First record of salamander predation by a Liophis (Wagler, 1830) snake in the Venezuelan Andes date: 2009-12-28 words: 1663 flesch: 55 summary: 172 L.F. Esqueda, M. Natera-Mumaw and E. La Marca Predation of plethodontids in Liophis snakes has been little documented. Acta Herpetologica 4(2): 171-175, 2009 First record of salamander predation by a Liophis (Wagler, 1830) snake in the Venezuelan Andes Luis Felipe Esqueda1, Marco Natera-Mumaw2, Enrique La Marca3 1 Investigador Asociado, Colección de Anfibios y Reptiles, Laboratorio de Biogeografía, Facultad de Ciencias Forestales y Ambientales, Universidad de Los Andes. keywords: bolitoglossa; liophis; predation; reginae; salamanders; species; venezuela cache: ah-1571.pdf plain text: ah-1571.txt item: #119 of 429 id: ah-1572 author: Avcı, Aziz; Üzüm, Nazan; Ilgaz, Çetin; Olgun, Kurtuluş title: A new finding of Rhynchocalamus barani, Baran’s black-headed dwarf snake (Reptilia, Colubridae), in the Mediterranean region of Turkey widens its distribution range date: 2009-12-28 words: 2567 flesch: 73 summary: R. barani is an endemic snake to Anatolia, firstly described by Olgun et al. (2007) on the based on two specimens found 34 km east of Dörtyol, Hatay Province, Turkey. This newly described snake species, R. barani, differs from other Rhynchocalamus species in having a greater number of dorsalia, fewer ventralia, only one upper labial in contact with the eye and a characteristic color-pattern of the body (Olgun et al., 2007; Gruber, 2009). keywords: turkey cache: ah-1572.pdf plain text: ah-1572.txt item: #120 of 429 id: ah-1573 author: Gherghel, Iulian; Strugariu, Alexandru; Sahlean, Tiberiu C.; Zamfirescu, Oana title: Anthropogenic impact or anthropogenic accommodation? Distribution range expansion of the common wall lizard (Podarcis muralis) by means of artificial habitats in the north-eastern limits of its distribution range date: 2009-12-28 words: 3202 flesch: 62 summary: In Romania, the common wall lizard occupies especially the southern and central parts of the Carpathians, southern Dobrugea, the Apuseni Moun- tains and the Eastern Carpathians (Fuhn and Vancea, 1961; Fuhn, 1969; Ghira et al., 2002; Iftime, 2005; Covaciu-Marcov et al., 2006a, 2006b; Sahlean et al., 2008; Iftime et al., 2008). As with this last case, we consider that common wall lizard populations from the north-eastern distribution range of the species are dynamic, contributing, in the future, to the extension of the spe- cies’ distribution range, by colonization of new habitats that meet ecological criteria, but are not yet occupied. keywords: common; lizard; muralis; railway; romanian; species; wall cache: ah-1573.pdf plain text: ah-1573.txt item: #121 of 429 id: ah-1574 author: Carfagno, Gerardo L.F.; Weatherhead, Patrick J. title: Ratsnake response to bottomland flooding: implications for avian nest predation date: 2009-12-28 words: 1950 flesch: 62 summary: Despite the importance of nest predation for birds, ornithologists generally can only infer predator behavior from patterns of predation. If ratsnakes remain in bottomlands during floods, how can we explain the complete absence of nest predation during a four-week flood reported by Roy Neilson and Gates (2007)? keywords: bottomland; predation; ratsnakes; study; weatherhead cache: ah-1574.pdf plain text: ah-1574.txt item: #122 of 429 id: ah-1575 author: Zuffi, Marco A.L. title: Stephen J. Mullin, Richard A. Seigel, 2009 (Eds). Snakes ecology and conservation. A Comstock Book, Cornell University Press date: 2009-12-28 words: 348 flesch: 45 summary: The editors selected modern approaches in snake research, focusing on conservation aims throughout all the chapters’ rationale. Thus I am confident that snake experts worldwide could find their preferred and suitable chapter in this book. keywords: conservation; snake cache: ah-1575.pdf plain text: ah-1575.txt item: #123 of 429 id: ah-1576 author: , title: Osservatorio Erpetologico Italiano date: 2009-12-28 words: 1166 flesch: 59 summary: La SHI non incoraggia la raccolta di esemplari al solo fine della segnalazione e non pubblicherà segnalazioni di animali sacrificati senza le necessarie autorizzazioni. Sarà data priorità alle osservazioni riguardanti specie di interesse conservazionistico internazionale (specie incluse negli allegati II e IV della Direttiva Europea 92/43/CEE “Habitat”), nazionale (specie endemiche, rare o al lim- ite di areale) keywords: della; nazionale; non; parco; segnalazione; sito; specie cache: ah-1576.pdf plain text: ah-1576.txt item: #124 of 429 id: ah-1577 author: Li, Cao; Liao, Wen Bo; Yang, Zhi Song; Zhou, Cai Quan title: A skeletochronological estimation of age structure in a population of the Guenther’s frog, Hylarana guentheri, from western China date: 2010-07-01 words: 4672 flesch: 66 summary: The ANCOVA analy- sis revealed that there was significant difference in body size between sexes when the effect of age was removed. Our aims were 1): to compare the age structure, body size and growth of a H. guentheri population living west- ern China where these demographic parameters are unavailable; 2) to gain insight into factors that affect the differences in body size between males and females. keywords: age; body; china; females; growth; guentheri; males; size cache: ah-1577.pdf plain text: ah-1577.txt item: #125 of 429 id: ah-1578 author: Ceacero, Francisco; García-Muñoz, Enrique; Pedrajas, Luis; Perera, Ana; Carretero, Miguel A. title: Tarentola and other gekkonid records from Djebel Ouarkziz (SW Morocco) date: 2010-07-01 words: 1872 flesch: 60 summary: INTRODUCTION South-western Morocco harbours a wide diversity of gekkonid lizards including Tarentola mauritanica (T. m. pallida and T. m. juliae), T. boehmei, T. annularis annularis, T. ephippiata hoggarensis, T. chazaliae, Ptyodactylus oudrii, Quedenfeldtia moerens, Steno- dactylus petrii, S. sthenodactylus sthenodactylus, Saurodactylus brosseti, and Tropiocolotes algericus (Bons and Geniez, 1996; Geniez et al., 2004; Sindaco and Jeremčenko, 2008). Thus, the proposed characters of a higher number of lamellae in T. boehmei (more than 19 scales following Geniez et al., 2004; and 21 to 23 following Schleich et al., 1996) than in T. m. pallida (less than 19 scales following Geniez et al., 2004; 16 to 20 scales following Schleich et al., 1996) does not seem to have taxonomic value. keywords: djebel; geniez; ouarkziz cache: ah-1578.pdf plain text: ah-1578.txt item: #126 of 429 id: ah-1579 author: Grant, Paul B.C.; Lewis, Todd R. title: Predation attempt by Oxybelis aeneus (Wagler) (Mexican Vine-snake) on Basiliscus plumifrons (Cope) date: 2010-07-01 words: 1276 flesch: 65 summary: O. aeneus is easily recognised from other Oxybelis sp. vine snakes by its light-grey dorsum and black mouth lining. © Firenze University Press www.fupress.com/ah Acta Herpetologica 5(1): 19-22, 2010 Predation attempt by Oxybelis aeneus (Wagler) (Mexican Vine- snake) on Basiliscus plumifrons (Cope) Paul B.C. Grant1, Todd R. Lewis 2 1 4901 Cherry Tree Bend, Victoria B. C., V8Y 1SI, Canada. keywords: aeneus; keiser; oxybelis; savage; snake; wagler cache: ah-1579.pdf plain text: ah-1579.txt item: #127 of 429 id: ah-1580 author: Guarino, Fabio M.; Di Già, Ivan; Sindaco, Roberto title: Age and growth of the sand lizards (Lacerta agilis) from a high Alpine population of north-western Italy date: 2010-07-01 words: 3232 flesch: 62 summary: If the study of other close ranging populations will confirm than other western Alpine L. agilis are short lived too, then the explanation will be found in some ecological adaptations, if not it will be searched on man induced problems. Results indicate that individuals of L. agilis studied by us are short-living when compared with other populations of the same species. keywords: age; agilis; females; growth; males; svl cache: ah-1580.pdf plain text: ah-1580.txt item: #128 of 429 id: ah-1581 author: Mitrus, Sławomir title: Is the European pond turtle Emys orbicularis strictly aquatic? – Habitats where the turtle lives in central Europe date: 2010-07-01 words: 2302 flesch: 63 summary: Thus, for studying the evolution of Emydid turtles, comparative analyses of ecology and behav- iour of different subspecies and populations of Emys orbicularis would be strongly needed. Personally, I observed that in artificial conditions, young European pond turtles spo- radically try to hunt crickets (given as food), staying on rocks close to water. keywords: emys; european; orbicularis; pond; turtle; water cache: ah-1581.pdf plain text: ah-1581.txt item: #129 of 429 id: ah-1582 author: Novarini, Nicola; Bonato, Lucio title: Nomenclatural availability of the names applied to “varieties” of the green toad (Bufo viridis subgroup) in the Italian territory, with emphasis on the variety lineata of Ninni (Anura: Bufonidae) date: 2010-07-01 words: 14989 flesch: 64 summary: Lessona descrisse una varietà del Bufo viridis, che avrebbe i seguenti caratteri: Color fonda- mentale grigio o giallognolo, macchie numerose, presenza di una linea dorsale chiara, meno ampia e meno regolare che non quella del Bufo calamita. calamita) appartengono invece alla varietà da me indicata, per cui resta, io credo, spiegata la illegittima comparsa del Bufo calamita negli elenchi degli Anuri del Veneto.” keywords: atti; bufo; bufo viridis; calamita; camerano; collection; concolor; crucigera; del; et al; green; iczn; italy; lessona; lineata; museo; museum; ninni; non; novarini; paper; piedmont; più; ser; species; specimens; spots; stöck; toads; torino; varieties; variety; venezia; venice; viridis; viridis var cache: ah-1582.pdf plain text: ah-1582.txt item: #130 of 429 id: ah-1583 author: Sillero, Neftalí; Tarroso, Pedro title: Free GIS for herpetologists: free data sources on Internet and comparison analysis of proprietary and free/open source software date: 2010-07-01 words: 11125 flesch: 71 summary: An authoritative source of free GIS data is the OSGEO Public Geospatial Data Project (www.osgeo.org/geodata), as well as its GeoNet- work OpenSource metadata harvesting tool (www.geonetwork-opensource.org). There is also an open source format: the Geogra- phy Markup Language (GML), a grammar defined by the Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) to express geographical features, including not only conventional vector data, but also coverages and raster data. keywords: analysis; arcgis; data; et al; file; functions; gis; grass; gvsig; ilwis; information; points; qgis; raster; sillero; software; species; table; total; vector; w w cache: ah-1583.pdf plain text: ah-1583.txt item: #131 of 429 id: ah-1584 author: Simonov, Evgeniy title: Unusual colour form of Siberian pit viper (Gloydius h. halys) from the northern edge of its area date: 2010-07-01 words: 980 flesch: 62 summary: Brodie, E.D. III, Janzen, F.J. (1995): Experimental studies of coral snake mimicry: general- ized avoidance of ringed snake patterns by free-ranging predators. 6: 167-192. Pestov, M.V. (2003): Halys pit viper – the new species of Novosibirsk region’s fauna. keywords: colour; halys; pit; viper cache: ah-1584.pdf plain text: ah-1584.txt item: #132 of 429 id: ah-1585 author: Crucitti, Pierangelo; Brocchieri, Davide; Emiliani, Federica; Malori, Marcello; Pernice, Sebana; Tringali, Luca; Welby, Carlo title: Amphibians of the Simbruini Mountains (Latium, Central Italy) date: 2010-07-01 words: 4149 flesch: 63 summary: The district of Simbruini Mountains represents a refugial area for S. salamandra (Linnaeus, 1758), a strongly localised species in the whole territory of Latium (Bologna et al., 2000, Caldonazzi et al., 2007), as much as B. pachypus a species in dramatic decline in most of the Italian territory (Guarino et al., 2007). So far, the knowledge on the Amphibians of the Simbruini was based on few scattered information found in other papers concerning wider areas (e.g., Bologna et al., 2000, 2007). keywords: bologna; bufo; latium; mountains; simbruini; sites; species cache: ah-1585.pdf plain text: ah-1585.txt item: #133 of 429 id: ah-1586 author: Aloise, Gaetano; Mazzei, Antonio; Brandmayr, Pietro title: An attempted predation on a Four-lined snake Elaphe quatuorlineata (Lacépède, 1789) by a Common Buzzard Buteo buteo (Linnaeus, 1758) date: 2010-07-01 words: 870 flesch: 68 summary: A Common Buzzard immobilized by a Four-lined snake. In Central and Southern Italy, during the favourable seasons, the Common Buzzard preys mainly reptiles (> 50%) and, among them, snakes are usually prevalent (see Moltoni, 1937; Lovari, 1975; Massa, 1981; Manzi and Pellegrini, 1989). keywords: buteo; buzzard; italy; snake cache: ah-1586.pdf plain text: ah-1586.txt item: #134 of 429 id: ah-1587 author: Cacciali, Pier title: Chromatic variation in populations of Xenodon merremi (Serpentes: Dipsadidae) in Paraguay date: 2010-07-01 words: 1901 flesch: 66 summary: A: marked pattern, B: slightly marked pattern, C: smooth coloration, and D: banded pattern. A: marked pattern, B: slightly marked pattern, C: smooth coloration, and D: banded pattern. keywords: coloration; fig; mnhnp; paraguay; pattern; specimens cache: ah-1587.pdf plain text: ah-1587.txt item: #135 of 429 id: ah-1588 author: Insacco, Gianni; Spadola, Filippo title: First record of Kemp’s ridley sea turtle, Lepidochelys kempii (Garman, 1880) (Cheloniidae), from the Italian waters (Mediterranean Sea) date: 2010-07-01 words: 1355 flesch: 71 summary: Contributions on the study of sea turtles from the coasts of Spain 1. Distribution. Tomás, J., Fernández, M., Raga, J.A., (2003): Sea turtles in Spanish Mediterranean waters: surprises in 2001. keywords: fig; lepidochelys; márquez; ridley; sea; turtle cache: ah-1588.pdf plain text: ah-1588.txt item: #136 of 429 id: ah-1589 author: McCallum, Malcolm L. title: Future climate change spells catastrophe for Blanchard’s cricket frog, Acris blanchardi (Amphibia: Anura: Hylidae) date: 2010-07-01 words: 6472 flesch: 66 summary: Climate change may be one of the greatest environmental catastrophes encountered by modern human civilization. If these results reflect responses by other poikilotherms, climate change could induce major population declines in many species. keywords: acris; bcs; change; climate; cricket; frog; growth; history; m.l; mccallum; precipitation; reproduction; size; svl; temperature; trauth cache: ah-1589.pdf plain text: ah-1589.txt item: #137 of 429 id: ah-1590 author: Pandav, B.N.; Shanbhag, B.A.; Saidapur, S.K. title: Growth patterns and reproductive strategies in the lizard, Calotes versicolor raised in captivity date: 2010-12-20 words: 6033 flesch: 72 summary: Radder, R.S., Shanbhag, B.A. (2003): Interrelationships among reproductive traits of female lizard, Sitana ponticeriana (Cuvier). The present study shows that SVL growth is more pronounced in males than in females before attaining sexual maturity in captive C. versicolor. keywords: age; breeding; females; growth; lizard; months; size; svl; versicolor; year cache: ah-1590.pdf plain text: ah-1590.txt item: #138 of 429 id: ah-1591 author: Zamora-Camacho, Francisco J.; Moreno-Rueda, Gregorio; Pleguezuelos, Juan M. title: Long- and short-term impact of temperature on snake detection in the wild: further evidence from the snake Hemorrhois hippocrepis date: 2010-12-20 words: 3372 flesch: 59 summary: Reading, C.J., Luiselli, L.M., Akani, G.C., Bonnet, X., Amori, G., Ballouard, J.M., Filippi, E., Naulleau, G., Pearson, D., Rugiero, L. (2010): Are snake populations in wide- spread decline? Th us, in general, it may be expected that higher temperatures will be benefi cial for Mediterranean snake popula- tions, except if other factors counteract these eff ects, as has been found in France for the Ocellated Lizard (Timon lepidus; Cheylan and Grillet, 2005). keywords: change; hippocrepis; number; pleguezuelos; snakes; temperature; year cache: ah-1591.pdf plain text: ah-1591.txt item: #139 of 429 id: ah-1592 author: Woolrich-Piña, Guillermo A.; Smith, Geoffrey R.; Oliver-López, Luis; Barbosa Morales, Monica; Lemos-Espinal, Julio A. title: Distribution of tadpoles of Ollotis occidentalis (Amphibia: Anura: Bufonidae) along the Río Salado, Puebla, México date: 2010-12-20 words: 4197 flesch: 62 summary: Tadpoles were found in river sections that contained more vegeta- tion than river section without tadpoles. Tadpoles were found in river sections that contained more vegetation than river section without tadpoles (Fig. 4H; F4,57 = 178.0, P < 0.0001). keywords: fig; occidentalis; river; río; salado; sections; tadpoles; water cache: ah-1592.pdf plain text: ah-1592.txt item: #140 of 429 id: ah-1593 author: Salvi, Daniele; Bombi, Pierluigi title: Reptiles of Sardinia: updating the knowledge on their distribution date: 2010-12-20 words: 5676 flesch: 61 summary: Th is area represents the southernmost portion of the species’ range and it is of particular importance in the light of the isolation and distinctiveness of these southern populations (Guillaume, 1987; Bombi et al., 2009a, 2009b; Salvi et al., 2009a, 2009b). The aim of this paper is providing new distribution data for Sardinian reptiles, from an investigation carried out throughout Sardinia, and updating our knowledge of Sardinian reptiles distribution. keywords: bombi; conservation; data; distribution; et al; linnaeus; localities; natrix; podarcis; reptiles; salvi; sardinia; sindaco; species cache: ah-1593.pdf plain text: ah-1593.txt item: #141 of 429 id: ah-1594 author: Arıkan, Hüseyin; Çiçek, Kerim title: Morphology of peripheral blood cells from various species of Turkish Herpetofauna date: 2010-12-20 words: 11745 flesch: 76 summary: N L/ N W N S (μ m 2 ) N S/ ES D ar ev sk ia p ra tic ol a 13 .0 8± 0. 97 8. 01 ±0 .3 8 1. 64 ±0 .1 3 82 .3 4± 7. 78 6. 19 ±0 .4 3 4. 31 ±0 .1 2 1. 44 ±0 .0 2 20 .9 3± 1. 46 0. 26 ±0 .0 2 D ar ev sk ia u zz el li 13 .6 5± 0. 96 7. 84 ±0 .4 8 1. 74 ±0 .1 2 84 .2 2± 9. 33 5. 98 ±0 .3 6 4. 34 ±0 .1 4 1. 38 ±0 .1 1 20 .3 6± 1. 22 0. 82 ±0 .0 2 11 8. 76 ±1 .6 0 7. 27 ±0 .0 8 4. 54 ±0 .0 2 1. 60 ±0 .0 2 25 .9 3± 0. 29 0. keywords: arıkan; blood; cells; erythrocytes; nuclei; ratio; size; species; table cache: ah-1594.pdf plain text: ah-1594.txt item: #142 of 429 id: ah-1595 author: Romano, Antonio; Amat, Felix; Rivera, Xavier; Sotgiu, Giuseppe; Carranza, Salvador title: Evidence of tail autotomy in the European plethodontid Hydromantes (Atylodes) genei (Temmick and Schlegel, 1838) (Amphibia: Urodela: Plethodontidae) date: 2010-12-20 words: 2904 flesch: 52 summary: Furthermore, the positive allom- 203Evidence of tail autotomy in the European plethodontid etric lengthening of the tail (meaning that larger individuals have proportionately longer tail), has a similar adaptive significance because Cave salamanders use their prehensile and sensitive tail largely during climbing (Lanza, 1991). © Firenze University Press www.fupress.com/ah Acta Herpetologica 5(2): 199-205, 2010 Evidence of tail autotomy in the European plethodontid Hydromantes (Atylodes) genei (Temmick and Schlegel, 1838) (Amphibia: keywords: autotomy; european; hydromantes; salamanders; species; tail; wake cache: ah-1595.pdf plain text: ah-1595.txt item: #143 of 429 id: ah-1596 author: Ilgaz, Çetin; Arıkan, Hüseyin; Kumlutaş, Yusuf; Avcı, Aziz title: Electrophoretic comparison of blood-serum proteins of Apathya cappadocica (Sauria, Lacertidae) subspecies from Anatolia date: 2010-12-20 words: 2875 flesch: 54 summary: In A. c. cappadocica, A. c. wolteri and A. c. urmiana the blood protein fractions were divided into 14 fractions or fraction groups (1 albumin-like fraction and 1 postalbumin- like fraction at albumin region and 12 globulin-like fractions at globulin region) while the total number of fractions or fraction groups were found to be 12 (2 albumin-like fractions and 1 postalbumin-like fraction at albumin region and 9 globulin-like fractions at globu- lin region) in A. c. schmidtlerorum. In order to confirm the present taxonomical status of known subspecies of A. cappadocica, it is necessary to obtain further information outside of mor- phological studies and the purpose of the present study is to identify the similarities and differences of the patterns of blood serum proteins in known subspecies of A. cappadocica. keywords: a. c.; apathya; blood; cappadocica; electrophoretic; serum; subspecies; turkey cache: ah-1596.pdf plain text: ah-1596.txt item: #144 of 429 id: ah-1597 author: Cogălniceanu, Dan; Márquez, R.; Beltrán, J.F. title: Impact of otter (Lutra lutra) predation on amphibians in temporary ponds in Southern Spain date: 2010-12-20 words: 2355 flesch: 65 summary: Jorna- das sobre la gestión del Parque Natural de la Sierra Norte de Sevilla. Tejedo, M., Márquez, R., Beltrán, J.F., Marangoni, F., Llusia, D. Cambron, M., gómez- Mestre, I., Meier, A., Eekhout, X.,Bowker, R.g., Benítez, M., Moreira, C.N., Crespo, 222 D. Cogălniceanu, R. Márquez and J.F. Beltrán E.g., Sousa do Amaral, J.P., Penna, M.C. (2008): Las investigaciones sobre anfibios en el Parque Natural de la Sierra Norte. keywords: lutra; newts; otters; ponds; predation cache: ah-1597.pdf plain text: ah-1597.txt item: #145 of 429 id: ah-1598 author: Di Cerbo, Anna Rita; Biancardi, Carlo M. title: Morphometric study on tadpoles of Bombina variegata (Linnaeus, 1758) (Anura; Bombinatoridae) date: 2010-12-20 words: 3423 flesch: 67 summary: Pearson correlation coefficients among morphological variable of B. variegata tadpoles. Our results clearly show the growth pattern of B. variegata tadpoles at different stages. keywords: bombina; length; stages; svl; tadpoles; tail; variegata cache: ah-1598.pdf plain text: ah-1598.txt item: #146 of 429 id: ah-1599 author: Romano, Antonio; Ventre, Nicola; De Riso, Laura; Pignataro, Camillo; Spilinga, Cristiano title: Amphibians of the “Cilento e Vallo di Diano” National Park (Campania, Southern Italy): updated check list, distribution and conservation notes date: 2010-12-20 words: 4683 flesch: 59 summary: The main problems related to the conservation of these amphibian habitats, as emerged in our study, are (i) fill-in phenomena of the aquat- ic sites, (ii) their disrepair and consequent permeability loss, (iii) aggressive mechanical and chemical cleaning, in particular of drinking-troughs, (iv) tapping of wells for safety measures (in particular of abandoned or less used wells), (v) unsuitability of many artifi- cial water bodies to act as amphibian breeding site because they have some “architectural fences” that obstruct the entry in and/or the exit from the water (vi) introduction of alien species (mainly goldfishes, Carassius auratus) to “adorn” the aquatic sites. Number of records of amphibian species in the Parco Nazionale del Cilento e Vallo di Diano (Southern Italy) as reported in the literature and as resulting from this work. keywords: amphibian; caputo; cilento; data; diano; fig; italy; national; park; sites; species; vallo cache: ah-1599.pdf plain text: ah-1599.txt item: #147 of 429 id: ah-1600 author: Spadola, Filippo; Insacco, Gianni title: Incomplete albinism in Discoglossus pictus (Otth, 1837) date: 2010-12-20 words: 1013 flesch: 59 summary: For instance, in 1879, Lataste claims a lack of albino Discoglossus pictus to complete its researches on tadpoles pigmentation (Lataste, 1879). © Firenze University Press www.fupress.com/ah Acta Herpetologica 5(2): 245-253, 2010 Incomplete albinism in Discoglossus pictus (Otth, 1837) keywords: albinism; discoglossus; fig; lanza; pictus cache: ah-1600.pdf plain text: ah-1600.txt item: #148 of 429 id: ah-1601 author: Reinthaler-Lottermoser, Ursula; Meikl, Magdalena; Gimeno, Ana; Weinke, Elisabeth; Schwarzenbacher, Robert title: A new approach for surveying the Alpine Salamander (Salamandra atra) in Austria date: 2010-12-20 words: 2127 flesch: 53 summary: The records correlate with increasing altitude, the best altitude for Alpine Salamander observations seems to be between 1500 and 2000 meters. The data base stores the entry identification number, date and time, the name and the email address of the user, the type and number of salaman- ders (Alpine or Fire Salamander), the latitude, longitude and the altitude of the location of the salamander observation, a remark (text entry), and a photograph. keywords: alpine; alps; austria; data; distribution; salamander cache: ah-1601.pdf plain text: ah-1601.txt item: #149 of 429 id: ah-1602 author: Tiberti, Rocco; Gentilli, Augusto title: First report of freshwater leech Helobdella stagnalis (Rhyncobdellida: Glossiphoniidae) as a parasite of an anuran amphibian date: 2010-12-20 words: 1197 flesch: 62 summary: Even if it has been reported as an occasional parasite of poikilothermic vertebrates (Malek and McCallister, 1984), there are few data supporting this contention: reports of H. stagnalis as a parasite of fish are rare (Mishra and Chubb, 1969; Malek and McCallister, 1984) and Walton (1964) did not include H. stagnalis in the summary of host-parasite associations involving amphibians. The only description of H. stagnalis as an amphibian parasite dates back to ‘90s, when it was found from an urodele host, the tiger salamander (Ambystoma tigrinum) from a population of Indiana (U.S.A.) (Platt et al., 1993); as a matter of fact, Minelli (1977) described H. stagnalis as an occasional parasite of amphibian, but he did not support this assertion with any reference or observed data. keywords: frog; leech; parasites; stagnalis cache: ah-1602.pdf plain text: ah-1602.txt item: #150 of 429 id: ah-1603 author: García-Muñoz, Enrique; Sillero, Neftalí title: Two new types of noose for capturing herps date: 2010-12-20 words: 1397 flesch: 72 summary: One of the methods employed to catch small lizards is the noose (see among others: Vanhooydon- ck and Damme, 2003; Li et al., 2009; Marsili et al., 2009). A noosing gun for live captures of small lizards. keywords: capture; loop; noose; ring; size; thread cache: ah-1603.pdf plain text: ah-1603.txt item: #151 of 429 id: ah-1604 author: Sperone, Emilio; Crescente, Antonio; Brunelli, Elvira; Paolillo, Giuseppe; Tripepi, Sandro title: Sightings and successful reproduction of allochthonous reptiles in Calabria date: 2010-12-20 words: 3397 flesch: 62 summary: Among allochthonous reptiles species founded in Calabria, the most problematic one is the red-eared slider turtle (T. scripta elegans), introduced in the 1980s (Tripepi and Aceto, 2000). In particular, the expected advan- tage of allochthonous species relies on lower age at maturity, higher fecundity and larger adult body size (Rollinat, 1934; Cagle, 1946; Lebboroni and Chelazzi, 1991; keywords: calabria; elegans; reproduction; reptiles; scripta; species; trachemys cache: ah-1604.pdf plain text: ah-1604.txt item: #152 of 429 id: ah-1605 author: Tiberti, Rocco title: Widespread bacterial infection affecting Rana temporaria tadpoles in mountain areas date: 2011-06-28 words: 5023 flesch: 59 summary: In the prealpine mountain areas of Brescia (Southern Italian Alps), mass die-offs among Rana temporaria tadpoles have been reported since the early 2000s. O Aeromonas Hydrophila 31000 CFU - - 15 Tadpoles 04 June 2003 B Aeromonas sp. Infection - - 16 Water 04 June 2003 B Aeromonas Hydrophila 13000 CFU - - 17 Water 04 June 2003 B Aeromonas sobria 16000 CFU - - 5Bacterial infection affecting Rana temporaria tadpoles cohabitating the same ponds, did not display clinical evidence of disease. keywords: aeromonas; area; disease; examination; hydrophila; infection; negative; ponds; rana; samples; tadpoles; temporaria; water cache: ah-1605.pdf plain text: ah-1605.txt item: #153 of 429 id: ah-1606 author: Capula, Massimo; Aloise, Gaetano title: Extreme feeding behaviours in the Italian wall lizard, Podarcis siculus date: 2011-06-28 words: 1733 flesch: 54 summary: Podarcis siculus, feeding behaviour, predation, Italy. Podarcis siculus (Rafinesque-Schmaltz, 1810) is a lacertid lizard occurring in Italy and in the northwestern Balkan Peninsula (Corti and Lo Cascio, 2002; Corti, 2006). keywords: capula; corti; italy; lizard; podarcis; reptilia; siculus cache: ah-1606.pdf plain text: ah-1606.txt item: #154 of 429 id: ah-1607 author: Covaciu-Marcov, Severus D.; Sas, Istvan; Cicort-Lucaciu, Alfred Ş.; Bogdan, Horia V. title: Lissotriton vulgaris paedomorphs in south-western Romania: a consequence of a human modified habitat? date: 2011-06-28 words: 1661 flesch: 54 summary: The aim of this paper is to provide evi- dence for the first known population of paedomorph L. vulgaris in south-western Romania. Paedomorphosis, altered habitat, Lissotriton vulgaris, SW Romania. keywords: cicort; covaciu; habitat; lucaciu; marcov; newts; paedomorphosis; romania; vulgaris cache: ah-1607.pdf plain text: ah-1607.txt item: #155 of 429 id: ah-1608 author: Başkale, Eyup; Sayım, Ferah; Kaya, Uğur title: Body size and reproductive characteristics of paedomorphic and metamorphic individuals of the northern banded newt (Ommatotriton ophryticus) date: 2011-06-28 words: 3059 flesch: 58 summary: Both morphs have a similar reproduction pathway in terms of egg number and incu- bation period, while hatching success and egg diameter appear to be different between morphs. For this reason, we aimed to describe some aspects of the reproductive biology of paedomorphic and metamorphic O. ophryticus specimens by quantifying clutch size, egg size, hatching success and female size-reproduc- tive output relationships. keywords: body; eggs; forms; individuals; metamorphs; number; paedomorphs; size; svl cache: ah-1608.pdf plain text: ah-1608.txt item: #156 of 429 id: ah-1609 author: Garofalo, Luisa; Borg, John J.; Carlini, Rossella; Mizzan, Luca; Novarini, Nicola; Scillitani, Giovanni; Novelletto, Andrea title: Genetic characterization of over hundred years old Caretta caretta specimens from Italian and Maltese museums date: 2011-06-28 words: 4077 flesch: 50 summary: The endangered status of the species and the difficulty to study it in the wild make its common occurrence in Italian museum collections a valuable resource. We address here the most common marine turtle in the Mediterranean, Caretta caret- ta, which is widely represented in Italian museum collections. keywords: analysis; caretta; collections; dna; individuals; material; mediterranean; museum; samples; specimens; table cache: ah-1609.pdf plain text: ah-1609.txt item: #157 of 429 id: ah-1610 author: Castiglia, Riccardo; Annesi, Flavia title: The phylogenetic position of Lygodactylus angularis and the utility of using the 16S rDNA gene for delimiting species in Lygodactylus (Squamata, Gekkonidae) date: 2011-06-28 words: 4743 flesch: 53 summary: 1 3 L. kimhowelli Pasteur (1995) 1 4 L. laterimaculatus Pasteur 1964 1 3 L. lawrencei Hewitt (1926) 3 3 L. madagascariensis (Boettger, 1881) 3 6 L. miops Günther (1891) 1 4 L. mirabilis Pasteur (1962) 1 31 L. mombasicus Loveridge (1935) 2 4 L. montanus Pasteur (1964) 1 2 L. pauliani Pasteur and Blanc (1991) 1 1 L. picturatus (Peters, 1868) 2 4 L. pictus (Peters, 1883) 3 12 L. rarus Pasteur and Blanc (1973) 1 2 L. stevensoni Hewitt (1926) 1 2 L. thomensis (Peters, 1880) 1 1 L. tolampyae (Grandidier, 1872) 3 5 L. tuberosus Mertens (1965 1 11 L. verticillatus Mocquard (1895) 2 5 L. williamsi Loveridge (1952) 1 2 Lygodactylus sp. 1 1 4 Lygodactylus sp. 2 1 1 38 R. Castiglia and F. Annesi mens belonging to four species were added to the dataset (L. mombasicus, Nairobi, Kenya, 01°16’S - 36°49’E; L. picturatus, Morogoro, Tanzania, 06°49’S - 37°40’E ; L. capensis, Mutanda, Zambia, 12°22’S - 26°16’E; L. angularis, Mbeya, Tanzania, 12°33’S - 25°41’E; accession numbers HQ872459- 63). We identified four species that showed an intraspecific divergence higher than, or close to, the 7% threshold: L. capensis (8.7%), L. gutturalis (9.3%), L. madagascariensis (6.5%) and L. picturatus (8.1%). keywords: 16s; analysis; angularis; divergence; dna; gene; group; intraspecific; lygodactylus; picturatus; sequences; species cache: ah-1610.pdf plain text: ah-1610.txt item: #158 of 429 id: ah-1611 author: Chandavar, Vidya. R.; Naik, Prakash. R. title: Localization of glucagon and insulin cells and its variation with respect to physiological events in Eutropis carinata date: 2011-06-28 words: 4728 flesch: 44 summary: Secretory granules of glucagon cells were electron dense (white arrow) with closely fitting membrane. 6(1): 47-57, 2011 Localization of glucagon and insulin cells and its variation with respect to physiological events in Eutropis carinata Vidya. keywords: animals; carinata; cells; endocrine; glucagon; glucose; insulin; liver; pancreas; period; plasma cache: ah-1611.pdf plain text: ah-1611.txt item: #159 of 429 id: ah-1612 author: Pinya, Samuel; Carretero, Miguel A. title: The Balearic herpetofauna: a species update and a review on the evidence date: 2011-06-28 words: 10222 flesch: 57 summary: 69Update of the Balearic herpetofauna Macroprotodon mauritanicus Guichenot, 1850 After the recent taxonomic revision (Wade, 2001; Carranza et al., 2004) the False Smooth Snakes, Macroprotodon sp., have been split into several taxa. The Montpellier Snake occupies a Circum-Mediterranean range although the western and eastern populations are strongly separated in the phylogeny and may represent differ- ent species (Carranza et al., 2006). keywords: alien; balearic; bover; carretero; et al; herpetofauna; islands; m.a; mallorca; mayol; mediterranean; menorca; native; pleguezuelos; podarcis; populations; pérez; reptiles; reptilia; species cache: ah-1612.pdf plain text: ah-1612.txt item: #160 of 429 id: ah-1613 author: Buttermore, Katherine F.; Litkenhaus, Paige N.; Torpey, Danielle C.; Smith, Geoffrey R.; Rettig, Jessica E. title: Effects of mosquitofish (Gambusia affinis) cues on wood frog (Lithobates sylvaticus) tadpole activity date: 2011-06-28 words: 2804 flesch: 58 summary: Indeed, Smith et al. (2010) found variation in behav- ioral responses to mosquitofish cues among sibships of green frog tadpoles (L. clamitans) with some sibships showing changes in activity levels and others not. Our results suggest that short-term accu- mulation of predator chemical cues do not affect the behavior of wood frog tadpoles: however, our results suggest that the repeated use of the same water in consecutive trials may affect tadpole behavior, perhaps through the accumulation of conspecific chemical cues. keywords: activity; cues; frog; mosquitofish; predator; smith; tadpoles; wood cache: ah-1613.pdf plain text: ah-1613.txt item: #161 of 429 id: ah-1614 author: Çiçek, Kerim title: Food composition of Uludağ frog, Rana macrocnemis Boulenger, 1885 in Uludağ (Bursa, Turkey) date: 2011-06-28 words: 7224 flesch: 69 summary: The median number of prey items in males was 8.0 during the breeding period, while this value rose to 16.0 in the post-breeding period (Table 2). The median number of prey items in females was 6.0 in the breeding period, whereas it rose to 18.0 in the post-breeding period. keywords: food; forest; frog; individuals; items; macrocnemis; prey; rana; species; subalpine; uludağ cache: ah-1614.pdf plain text: ah-1614.txt item: #162 of 429 id: ah-1615 author: Cencetti, Tommaso; Poli, Piera; Mele, Marcello; Zuffi, Marco A.L. title: Preliminary results on tail energetics in the Moorish gecko, Tarentola mauritanica date: 2011-06-28 words: 1635 flesch: 50 summary: Our analyses show a decreased amount of proteins and ashes in regenerated tails, while the lipid fraction is much higher than in original tails; no difference at all in water content, other than for juveniles (data not shown). In fact, lipid contents in regenerated tails of T. mauritanica is almost double than in original tails. keywords: data; herpetologica; lizard; mauritanica; proteins; species; tail; tarentola cache: ah-1615.pdf plain text: ah-1615.txt item: #163 of 429 id: ah-1616 author: Brito, José C.; Fahd, Soumia; Martínez-Freiría, Fernando; Tarroso, Pedro; Larbes, Said; Pleguezuelos, Juan M.; Santos, Xavier title: Climate change and peripheral populations: predictions for a relict Mediterranean viper date: 2011-06-28 words: 6452 flesch: 57 summary: The Lataste’s viper, Vipera latastei, is an appropriate taxon to analyse potential effects of climate change in the extinction vulnerability of European-originated relicts in North- western Africa because: 1) it is a species of European origin that colonised North-west- ern Africa prior to the formation of the Strait of Gibraltar (Saint-Girons, 1980; authors, unpub. data); 2) the global distribution is well known (Brito et al., 2008); 3) several life- history traits, such as low growth rates, frequency of reproduction and dispersion capac- ity, and feeding specialisation, make it prone to local extinction (Brito and Rebelo, 2003; Pleguezuelos et al., 2007; Santos et al., 2007a); 4) the rare reported occurrences in North- western African, even in areas relatively well sampled (Bons and Geniez, 1996; Fahd et al., 2006 Ain Zora, Morocco 1992 Fahd and Pleguezuelos, 2001 Ras El Ma, Morocco 1908 Collection MNCN Madrid Moulouya river mouth, Morocco 1988 Collection Univ. keywords: africa; areas; brito; change; climate; data; et al; fahd; future; latastei; models; morocco; north; pleguezuelos; present; santos; species; viper cache: ah-1616.pdf plain text: ah-1616.txt item: #164 of 429 id: ah-1617 author: Italica, Societas title: Assessing the status of amphibian breeding sites in Italy: a national survey date: 2011-06-28 words: 3415 flesch: 47 summary: 119-126, 2011 Assessing the status of amphibian breeding sites in Italy: a national survey Societas Herpetologica Italica* Sede Museo Regionale di Scienze Naturali, Torino. Amphibian breeding sites, conservation, freshwater habitat loss, Italian amphibian survey, scientific monitoring, volunteers. keywords: amphibian; breeding; breeding sites; herpetologica; italica; italy; monitoring; national; project; shi; sites; societas; species; status; volunteers cache: ah-1617.pdf plain text: ah-1617.txt item: #165 of 429 id: ah-1618 author: , title: Osservatorio Erpetologico Italiano date: 2011-06-28 words: 872 flesch: 50 summary: La SHI non incoraggia la raccolta di esemplari al solo fine della segnalazione e non pubblicherà segnalazioni di animali sacrificati senza le necessarie autorizzazioni. Le specie su cui riteniamo di focalizzare l’attenzione sono: Rana catesbeiana, Xenopus laevis, Trachemys scripta e altre testuggini palustri naturalizzate. keywords: della; non; riproduzione; saranno; segnalazione; sito; specie cache: ah-1618.pdf plain text: ah-1618.txt item: #166 of 429 id: ah-1619 author: Liao, Wen Bo title: Site fidelity in the Sichuan Torrent Frog (Amolops mantzorum) in a montane region in western China date: 2011-12-30 words: 2579 flesch: 63 summary: Compared to A. mantzorum males, females had relatively higher recapture rates. REFERENCES Bee, M.A. (2002): Territorial male Bullfrogs (Rana catesbeiana) do not assess fighting abil- ity based on size-related variation in acoustic signals. keywords: average; china; distances; females; frog; size cache: ah-1619.pdf plain text: ah-1619.txt item: #167 of 429 id: ah-1620 author: Gül, Çiğdem; Tosunoğlu, Murat; Erdoğan, Didem title: Changes in the blood composition of some anurans date: 2011-12-30 words: 6669 flesch: 80 summary: Therefore, the objective of this study was to determine some hematological param- eters [red blood cell count (RBC), white blood cell count (WBC), haemoglobin concen- tration (Hb), hematocrit value (PCV), mean cell volume (MCV), mean cell haemoglobin (MCH), mean cell haemoglobin concentration (MCHC) and plasma total protein value] in some Anuran species (Pelophylax ridibundus, Rana dalmatina, Pseudepidalea viridis, Hyla arborea and Pelobates syriacus). In summary, it was reported that blood cell counts and sizes in anuran species dis- played considerable individual variations and interspecies differences. keywords: blood; cell; females; hematocrit; species cache: ah-1620.pdf plain text: ah-1620.txt item: #168 of 429 id: ah-1621 author: Malonza, Patrick K.; Bwong, Beryl A.; Muchai, Vincent title: Kitobo Forest of Kenya, a unique hotspot of herpetofaunal diversity date: 2011-12-30 words: 4493 flesch: 59 summary: However, considering forest associated species most of them are affiliated to the lowland coastal forest. Herpetologically, the remoteness of Kitobo forest in south-eastern Kenya has partly contributed to it remaining virtually un-explored until 2007. keywords: amphibians; arboreal; diversity; edge; forest; interior; kenya; kitobo; reptiles; richness; sampling; species; terrestrial cache: ah-1621.pdf plain text: ah-1621.txt item: #169 of 429 id: ah-1622 author: McCallum, Malcolm title: Orientation and directional escape by Blanchard’s Cricket Frog, Acris blanchardi (Amphibia: Anura: Hylidae), in response to a human predator date: 2011-12-30 words: 3720 flesch: 66 summary: The eyes of cricket frogs appear to be positioned to improve binocular vision (Fig. 3). 48: 112-125. Gans, C., Rosenberg, H.I. (1966): Numerical analysis of frog jumping. keywords: acris; angle; cricket; escape; frog; mccallum; predator cache: ah-1622.pdf plain text: ah-1622.txt item: #170 of 429 id: ah-1623 author: Beukema, Wouter title: Ontogenetic pattern change in amphibians: the case of Salamandra corsica date: 2011-12-30 words: 2256 flesch: 54 summary: Likely due to the rarity of such studies and the fact that most were based on anecdotal evidence, ontogenetic pattern change was not men- tioned in several recent reviews on amphibian biology (Duellman and Trueb, 1994; Wells, 2007; Vitt and Caldwell, 2009). In addition to its relevance for general morphology and systematics, ontogenetic pattern change can be also an important factor within long term population studies based on individual recogni- tion by means of colour pattern. keywords: area; change; corsica; development; number; patches; pattern; salamandra cache: ah-1623.pdf plain text: ah-1623.txt item: #171 of 429 id: ah-1624 author: Wooten, Jessica; Rissler, Leslie title: Ecological associations and genetic divergence in Black-bellied Salamanders (Desmognathus quadramaculatus) of the Southern Appalachian Mountains date: 2011-12-30 words: 21656 flesch: 64 summary: Lineage 2D consisted of a single population in North Carolina (Fig. 1, Map Locality 13); this population formed a well-supported and basal lineage to Lineage 2C. However, because Lineage 2D consisted of a single population in an isolated geographic area, surveys for D. quadramaculatus populations are underway in surrounding streams. For D. quadramaculatus populations, we found that there was as much genetic variance explained within a single stream as there was between streams or drainages. keywords: ac ul; ad ra; c al; c m; c oo; c w; e c; e m; et al; ew r; genetic; h c; m ac; n c; n ew; n h; qu ad; quadramaculatus; r c; ra m; rissler; se e; w n cache: ah-1624.pdf plain text: ah-1624.txt item: #172 of 429 id: ah-1625 author: Ahmadzadeh, Faraham; Carretero, Miguel A.; Mebert, Konrad; Faghiri, Afshin; Ataei, Saeedeh; Hamidi, Samaneh; Böhm, Wolfgang title: Preliminary results on biological aspects of the grass snake, Natrix natrix in the southern coastal area of the Caspian Sea date: 2011-12-30 words: 5406 flesch: 62 summary: Such a spermato- genetic pattern was confirmed very recently for grass snake populations from the same area in Iran (Faghiri et al., 2011). Whereas right ovaries showed no differences between the stations, thus following the same seasonal pattern (ANCOVA station F1,15 = 1.07, P = 0.32; season F1,15 = 49.74, P < 0.0001; station*season F1,15 = 0.01, P = 0.92), left ovaries were slightly longer in grass snakes from the Gomishan site when compared to those from Sari (ANCOVA station F1,16 = 7.34, P = 0.02; season F1,16 = 63.44, P = 0.0000001; station*season F1,16 = 1.46, P = 0.24). keywords: females; gomishan; grass; iran; length; males; natrix; sari; size; snake; svl cache: ah-1625.pdf plain text: ah-1625.txt item: #173 of 429 id: ah-1626 author: García-Muñoz, Enrique; Ceacero, Francisco; Pedrajas, Luis; Kaliontzopoulou, Antigoni; Carretero, Miguel Á. title: Tail tip removal for tissue sampling has no short-term effects on microhabitat selection by Podarcis bocagei, but induced autotomy does date: 2011-12-30 words: 2409 flesch: 56 summary: Tales of lizard tails: effects of tail autotomy on subsequent survival and growth of free-rang- ing hatchling Uta stansburiana. 38: 57-65. Medel, R.G., Jimenez, J.E., Fox, S.F., Jaksic, F.M. (1988): Experimental evidence that high population frequencies of lizard tail autotomy indicate inefficient predation. keywords: autotomy; lizards; microhabitat; selection; tail; tip; treatment cache: ah-1626.pdf plain text: ah-1626.txt item: #174 of 429 id: ah-1627 author: Ekner, Anna; Sajkowska, Zofia; Dudek, Krzysztof; Tryjanowski, Piotr title: Medical cautery units as a permanent and non-invasive method of marking lizards date: 2011-10-24 words: 2883 flesch: 66 summary: A lot of different methods are used for marking lizards, however they have many drawbacks. Marking lizards by heat branding. keywords: cautery; lizards; marking; marks; medical; method; scales; study cache: ah-1627.pdf plain text: ah-1627.txt item: #175 of 429 id: ah-1628 author: Liao, Wen Bo title: A skeletochronological estimate of age in a population of the Siberian Wood Frog, Rana amurensis, from northeastern China date: 2011-12-30 words: 3913 flesch: 68 summary: A sig- nificantly and positively correlation between body size and age was found within each sex in the population. Siberian Wood Frog, skeletochronology, age, body size. keywords: age; amurensis; body; china; females; growth; liao; males; rana; size cache: ah-1628.pdf plain text: ah-1628.txt item: #176 of 429 id: ah-1629 author: Cooper, William; Pérez-Mellado, Valentín title: Escape by the Balearic Lizard (Podarcis lilfordi) is affected by elevation of an approaching predator, but not by some other potential predation risk factors date: 2011-12-22 words: 6516 flesch: 59 summary: Although experimenters have been cautious about possible effects of clothing color on lizard escape behavior (Martín and López, 1999; Cooper, 2003b), wearing drab cloth- ing of similar coloration throughout an experiment does not appear to be necessary in studies of flight initiation distance. Here we examine possible influences on escape decisions by Balearic lizards (Podar- cis lilfordi) of two predation risk factors not previously studied in any prey species, the elevation of an approaching predator with respect to the prey and the coloration of cloth- ing used by investigators. keywords: cooper; distance; escape; flight; initiation; initiation distance; lizards; predator; risk; w.e cache: ah-1629.pdf plain text: ah-1629.txt item: #177 of 429 id: ah-1630 author: Narayan, Edward; Molinia, Frank; Hero, Jean-Marc title: Absence of invasive Chytrid fungus (Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis) in native Fijian ground frog (Platymantis vitiana) populations on Viwa-Tailevu, Fiji Islands date: 2011-12-30 words: 2478 flesch: 59 summary: We found zero (%) prevalence of Bd in ground frogs. the FGF’s on Viwa have been exposed to Bd but the entirely terrestrial breeding nature of ground frogs may enable these frogs to reduced exposure and hence susceptibility to this aquatic pathogen. keywords: fiji; fijian; frog; ground; islands; viwa cache: ah-1630.pdf plain text: ah-1630.txt item: #178 of 429 id: ah-1631 author: Omonona, A.O.; Olukole, S.G.; Fushe, F.A. title: Haematology and serum biochemical parameters in free-ranging African side neck turtle (Pelusios sinuatus) in Ibadan, Nigeria date: 2011-07-05 words: 3690 flesch: 64 summary: The haematology and serum biochemical parameters in free-ranging Afri- can side neck turtle (Pelusios sinuatus) in Ibadan, Nigeria was carried out with the view of establishing baseline blood health indices of this species and generating data which could be useful in the comparative physiology of turtles. 6(2): 267-274, 2011 Haematology and serum biochemical parameters in free- ranging African side neck turtle (Pelusios sinuatus) in Ibadan, Nigeria A.O. Omonona1, S.G. Olukole2, F.A. Fushe1 1 Department of Fisheries and Wildlife Management, Faculty of Agriculture and Forestry, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria. keywords: adult; blood; juvenile; neck; parameters; serum; study; turtles; values cache: ah-1631.pdf plain text: ah-1631.txt item: #179 of 429 id: ah-1632 author: Ng’endo, Rossa; Kairu, Eunice; Osiemo, Zipporah; Ogol, Callistus title: Morphological variation of Ridged Frogs of the Taita Hills, Kenya date: 2011-12-30 words: 5504 flesch: 63 summary: P. mascareniensis R. Ng’endo shate area KRNM051 X P. mascareniensis R. Ng’endo mchome area KRNM052 X P. mascareniensis R. Ng’endo Ngalenyi dam KRNM053 X P. mascareniensis R. Ng’endo mchome area KRNM054 X P. mascareniensis R. Ng’endo mchome area KRNM055 X P. mascareniensis R. Ng’endo mchome area KRNM056 X P. mascareniensis R. Ng’endo mchome area KRNM057 X P. mascareniensis R. Ng’endo Madoghodo area KRNM058 X P. mascareniensis Wilson shate area KRNM059 X P. mascareniensis Wilson shate area KRNM060 X P. mascareniensis Wilson shate area KRNM061 On the other hand the females of P. mascareniensis (species 2) have SVL of 65 mm and males 53 mm, and their internarial distance is equal to the nostril-snout distance. keywords: anchietae; area; characters; hills; mascareniensis; ng’endo; ptychadena; species; stadium; wilson; wundanyi cache: ah-1632.pdf plain text: ah-1632.txt item: #180 of 429 id: ah-1633 author: Simonov, Evgeniy; Wink, Michael title: Cross-amplification of microsatellite loci reveals multiple paternity in Halys pit viper (Gloydius halys) date: 2011-12-30 words: 3484 flesch: 65 summary: We examined a female and seven of its embryos for multiple paternity using seven microsatellite loci. This is the first report of multiple paternity in the wild population of Crotalinae. keywords: amplification; cross; ecol; halys; loci; microsatellite; mol; paternity; pit; species cache: ah-1633.pdf plain text: ah-1633.txt item: #181 of 429 id: ah-1634 author: Ficetola, Gentile Francesco; Valentini, Alice; Miaud, Claude; Noferini, Andrea; Mazzotti, Stefano; Dejean, Tony title: Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis in amphibians from the Po River Delta, Northern Italy date: 2011-12-30 words: 2692 flesch: 62 summary: The chytrid fungus, Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis (hereafter Bd), is the agent of chytridiomycosis, an emerging infectious disease causing amphibian decline and extinc- tions at the global scale (e.g., Berger et al., 1998; Fisher et al., 2009). Bd has been detected in populations of the yellow-bellied toad (Bombina pachypus) in the northern Apennines (Stagni et al., 2004), in pool frogs (Pelophylax synklepton esculentus) from Piedmont and central Italy 298 G.F. Ficetola et alii (Simoncelli et al., 2005; Di Rosa et al., 2007), in populations of the frogs Rana latastei and Lithobates catesbeianus from Piedmont (Garner et al., 2004; Garner et al., 2006) and in the endemic painted frog (Discoglossus sardus) and Sardinian newt (Euproctus platicephalus) in Sardinia (Bovero et al., 2008; Bielby et al., 2009). keywords: amphibians; del; dendrobatidis; et al; italy cache: ah-1634.pdf plain text: ah-1634.txt item: #182 of 429 id: ah-1635 author: García Valdez, María; Chamut, Silvia; Valdez Jaen, Gonzalo; Arce, Osvaldo; Manes, Mario title: Dynamics of ovarian follicles in Tupinambis merianae lizards date: 2011-12-20 words: 3827 flesch: 51 summary: Male effect on Tupinambis merianae follicular growth. Tupinambis merianae anovulatory follicular cycles. keywords: anovulatory; cycle; development; females; follicles; mating; merianae; ovulation; tupinambis cache: ah-1635.pdf plain text: ah-1635.txt item: #183 of 429 id: ah-1636 author: Liuzzi, Cristiano; Mastropasqua, Fabio; Salvi, Daniele title: New distribution and genetic data extend the ranges of the spectacled salamanders, genus Salamandrina, in the Apulia region (South Italy) date: 2011-12-30 words: 2634 flesch: 48 summary: Although some differences in size and coloration would allow a tentative distinction between adults of S. terdigitata and S. perspicillata (Romano et al., 2009), it is not possible to identify neither young individuals nor larvae based exclusively on their morphology. Genetic data from the previously referenced published studies indicated that S. terdigitata occurs in the southern Italian regions of Calabria, Basilicata and southern Campania, while S. perspicillata is distributed from the northern districts of Campania and Apulia regions to the northern Apennines (Pie- monte region). keywords: apulia; perspicillata; region; salamandrina; species; spinazzola; terdigitata cache: ah-1636.pdf plain text: ah-1636.txt item: #184 of 429 id: ah-1637 author: Perry, Gad; Bertoluci, Jaime; Bury, Bruce; Hansen, Robert; Jehle, Robert; Measey, John; Moon, Brad; Muths, Erin; Zuffi, Marco title: The “Peer” in “Peer Review” date: 2012-07-01 words: 798 flesch: 58 summary: Peer review: recent experience and future directions. The resulting delays slow publication times, negatively affect performance reviews, tenure, promotions, and grant proposal suc- cess. keywords: process; review; university; usa cache: ah-1637.pdf plain text: ah-1637.txt item: #185 of 429 id: ah-1638 author: Casale, Paolo; Simone, Giovanni; Conoscitore, Ciro; Conoscitore, Michele; Salvemini, Pasquale title: The Gulf of Manfredonia: a new neritic foraging area for loggerhead sea turtles in the Adriatic Sea date: 2012-06-12 words: 5423 flesch: 64 summary: The Gulf of Manfredonia: a new neritic foraging area for loggerhead sea turtles in the Adriatic Sea Paolo Casale1,2, Giovanni Simone3,4, Ciro Conoscitore3, Michele Conoscitore3, Pasquale Salvemini5 1Department of Biology and Biotechnologies “Charles Darwin”, University of Rome “La Sapienza”, viale dell’Università 32, 00185 Roma, Italy. All the landed individuals in the framework of a wider project including more ves- sels than those monitored in this study, were loggerhead sea turtles, Caretta caretta, and ranged from 28.5 to 82 cm CCL (mean: 56.1 cm; SD: 11.4 cm; n = 121) (Fig. 2). keywords: adriatic; caretta; casale; et al; gulf; loggerhead; manfredonia; mediterranean; sea; sea turtles; turtles cache: ah-1638.pdf plain text: ah-1638.txt item: #186 of 429 id: ah-1639 author: Rajabizadeh, Mehdi; Yazdanpanah, Ali; Ursenbacher, Sylvain title: Preliminary analysis of dorsal pattern variation and sexual dimorphism in Montivipera latifii (Mertens, Darevsky and Klemmer, 1967) (Ophidia: Viperidae) date: 2012-06-02 words: 3101 flesch: 57 summary: In this study, sexual dimorphism and dorsal patterns were investigated in Latifi’s viper (Montivipera latifii) from Iran. Montivipera latifii, dorsal pattern, sexual dimorphism, genetic basis. keywords: dorsal; lar; latifii; montivipera; number; pattern; scales cache: ah-1639.pdf plain text: ah-1639.txt item: #187 of 429 id: ah-1640 author: Sindaco, Roberto; Wilms, Thomas; Venchi, Alberto title: On the distribution of Uromastyx alfredschmidti Wilms and Böhme, 2000 (Squamata: Agamidae: Uromastycinae) date: 2012-06-04 words: 1611 flesch: 66 summary: The only precise locality known by the authors was the type local- ity: “Tassili N’Ajjer, Tamrit Plateau (1600 m) The four paratypes came from vague localities: “Hoggar”, “Tassili N’Ajjer” and “Sahara”. keywords: alfredschmidti; böhme; tassili; uromastyx; wilms cache: ah-1640.pdf plain text: ah-1640.txt item: #188 of 429 id: ah-1641 author: Žagar, Anamarija; Osojnik, Nadja; Carretero, Miguel; Vrezec, Al title: Quantifying the intersexual and interspecific morphometric variation in two resembling sympatric lacertids: Iberolacerta horvathi and Podarcis muralis date: 2012-06-13 words: 4870 flesch: 60 summary: Both species showed sexual size dimorphism with females being longer (snout-vent length, SVL) than males. Roitberg, E.S. (2007): Variation in sexual size dimorphism within a widespread lizard spe- cies. keywords: dimorphism; et al; head; horvathi; muralis; podarcis; size; species cache: ah-1641.pdf plain text: ah-1641.txt item: #189 of 429 id: ah-1642 author: Covaciu-Marcov, Severus; Ferenți, Sára; Cicort-Lucaciu, Alfred; Sas, István title: Eryx jaculus (Reptilia, Boidae) north of Danube: a road-killed specimen from Romania date: 2012-06-27 words: 2377 flesch: 66 summary: The new locality could also solve the problem concerning the absence of the species from protected areas in Romania (Iojă et al., 2010), in close vicinity of the road where the dead sand boa was found being two protected natural areas (Corabia-Turnu Magurele, Confluence Olt-Danube). Besides, immediate meas- ures have to be taken on the protection of E. jaculus in the region, the species being under high anthropogenic pressure in other areas (Naumov, 2006). keywords: danube; distribution; jaculus; road; romania; species cache: ah-1642.pdf plain text: ah-1642.txt item: #190 of 429 id: ah-1643 author: Gherghel, Iulian; Strugariu, Alexandru; Ambrosă, Ioana-Madalina; Zamfirescu, Ștefan title: Updated distribution of hybrids between Lissotriton vulgaris and Lissotriton montandoni (Amphibia: Caudata: Salamandridae) in Romania date: 2012-06-01 words: 2011 flesch: 62 summary: Lissotriton montandoni and Lissotriton vulgaris are two genetically related species with similar sexual behaviour (Belyaev, 1981; Pecio and Rafinski, 1985; Rafinski and Arn- tzen, 1987; Arntzen and Sparreboom, 1989) and they usually generate hybrids where the parapatric ranges of both species meet (Zavadil et al., 2003). 50 I. Gherghel et al. Many authors have indicated the presence of hybrids in areas where the ranges of these species overlap: Ukraine (Hofmann, 1908; Kushniruk, 1963), Poland (Szeliga- Mierzeyewski and Ulasiewicz, 1931; Juszczyk and Swierad, 1984; Rafinski, 1985, 1988; Pecio and Rafinski, 1985; Rafinski and Pecio, 1989; Babik et al., 2003), the Czech Repub- lic (Rehák, 1993; Šálek, 1993; Kotlík et al. 1997; Kotlík and Zavadil, 1999; Zavadil et al., 2003, 2004; Mikulicek and Zavadil, 2008). keywords: gherghel; hybrids; montandoni; triturus; vulgaris cache: ah-1643.pdf plain text: ah-1643.txt item: #191 of 429 id: ah-1644 author: Liu, Yan Hong; Zeng, Yu; Liao, Wen Bo; Zhou, Cai Quan; Mi, Zhi Ping; Mao, Min; Chen, Lin title: Altitudinal variation in body size in the Rice Frog (Rana limnocharis) in southwestern China date: 2012-02-06 words: 4827 flesch: 65 summary: A review of body size variation for amphibians using meta-analytical techniques have indicated that 23 of 34 species conform to the pattern expected under Berg- mann’s rule, whereas 11 of 34 species exhibit a converse of Bergmann’s cline (Ashton, 2002). © Firenze University Press ISSN 1827-9643 (online) www.fupress.com/ah Acta Herpetologica 7(1): 57-68, 2012 Altitudinal variation in body size in the rice frog (Rana limnocharis) in southwestern China Yan Hong Liu1,2, Yu Zeng1,2, keywords: age; bergmann; body; china; limnocharis; populations; size cache: ah-1644.pdf plain text: ah-1644.txt item: #192 of 429 id: ah-1645 author: Troncoso-Palacios, Jaime; Labra, Antonieta title: Is the exploratory behavior of Liolaemus nitidus modulated by sex? date: 2012-06-08 words: 4742 flesch: 59 summary: 57: 255-259. Escobar, C.A., Labra, A., Niemeyer, H.M. (2001): Chemical composition of precloacal secretions of Liolaemus lizards. Labra, A. (2011): Chemical stimuli and species recognition in Liolaemus lizards. keywords: females; labra; lizards; males; nitidus; scents; sex; tail; tongue cache: ah-1645.pdf plain text: ah-1645.txt item: #193 of 429 id: ah-1646 author: Kyriakopoulou-Sklavounou, Pasqualina; Papaevangelou, Efthymia; Kladisios, Nikolaos title: A scanning electron microscopic study of the surface morphology of nuptial pads in male amphibians (Genus: Bombina, Pelophylax, Rana) date: 2012-06-21 words: 2923 flesch: 60 summary: The fine structure of nuptial pad surface of the anuran amphibians Bom- bina variegata, Pelophylax epeiroticus, Pelophylax ridibundus and Rana dalmatina, was examined by scanning electron microscopy. Fine structure of nuptial pad surface of male Ranid frogs. keywords: fig; pads; pelophylax; rana; species; surface cache: ah-1646.pdf plain text: ah-1646.txt item: #194 of 429 id: ah-1647 author: Saviola, Anthony; McKenzie, Valerie; Chiszar, David title: Chemosensory responses to chemical and visual stimuli in five species of colubrid snakes date: 2012-04-19 words: 5963 flesch: 63 summary: While chemi- cal cues are critical for prey recognition in some snakes, visual cues are key to capturing prey in other snake species (Ford and Burghardt, 1993; Saviola et al., 2011). Fox snakes responded to visual cues, but not to chemical cues. keywords: burghardt; chemical; chiszar; conditions; cues; prey; responses; snakes; species; stimuli; tongue cache: ah-1647.pdf plain text: ah-1647.txt item: #195 of 429 id: ah-1648 author: Iftime, Alexandru; Iftime, Oana title: Long term observations on the alimentation of wild Eastern Greek Tortoises Testudo graeca ibera (Reptilia: Testudines: Testudinidae) in Dobrogea, Romania date: 2012-05-17 words: 1960 flesch: 69 summary: 110 A. Iftime and O. Iftime El Mouden, E. H., Slimani, T., Ben kaddour, k., Lagarde, F., Ouhammou, A., Bonnet, X. (2006): Testudo graeca graeca feeding ecology in an arid and overgrazed zone in Morocco. Testudo graeca, alimentation, long term observations The Spur-thighed Tortoise, Testudo graeca, including its eastern subspecies, T. g. ibera, is well known as a terrarium companion and also as a protected species. keywords: graeca; leaves; testudo cache: ah-1648.pdf plain text: ah-1648.txt item: #196 of 429 id: ah-1649 author: Pellitteri-Rosa, Daniele; Sacchi, Roberto; Pupin, Fabio; Bellati, Adriana; Cocca, Walter; Gentilli, Augusto; Galeotti, Paolo; Fasola, Mauro title: Testing the ability to store sperm: an experimental manipulation of mating opportunities in the common wall lizard, Podarcis muralis date: 2012-05-17 words: 3596 flesch: 61 summary: Multiple mating, sperm storage, sexual selection, unfertilized eggs, com- mon wall lizard. In reptiles, multiple mating and sperm storage frequently occur (Sever and Hamlett, 2002), as documented for chelonians (Johnston et al., 2006), ophidians (Schuett, 1992) and saurians (Villaverde and Zucker, 1998; Olsson et al., 2007), even though the organs devoted to sperm storage are relatively undifferentiated. keywords: clutch; eggs; females; mating; olsson; sperm; sperm storage; storage; term cache: ah-1649.pdf plain text: ah-1649.txt item: #197 of 429 id: ah-1650 author: Hoyos, Julio; Sánchez-Villagra, Marcelo; Carlini, Alfredo; Mitgutsch, Christian title: Skeletal development and adult osteology of Hypsiboas pulchellus (Anura: Hylidae) date: 2012-06-12 words: 8622 flesch: 52 summary: In the context of vertebrate skeletogenesis, special focus has been given to the evolu- tion of ossification sequences, i.e., accounts on the relative order in which bones ossify in a given taxon. Heterochronies within ossification sequences have been shown to be poten- tially informative about life history traits (Weisbecker et al., 2008). keywords: development; dorsal; elements; end; fig; maglia; morphol; ossification; osteology; pars; posterior; process; processus; sequences cache: ah-1650.pdf plain text: ah-1650.txt item: #198 of 429 id: ah-1651 author: Smid, Jiri; Frynta, Daniel title: Genetic variability of Mesalina watsonana (Reptilia: Lacertidae) on the Iranian plateau and its phylogenetic and biogeographic affinities as inferred from mtDNA sequences date: 2012-06-12 words: 6627 flesch: 58 summary: Similar morphology leading former authors to consider M. watsonana a sub- species of M. guttulata is in this case nothing but phenotypic conservativeness of Mesalina lizards. This study M. watsonana Kush 02 Kushk-e Nosrat, Iran; 1 35°6’39.11”N, 50°53’51.71”E JN828644 This study M. watsonana keywords: brevirostris; clade; et al; genus; guttulata; iran; iranian; kapli; lizards; mesalina; sequences; species; study; watsonana cache: ah-1651.pdf plain text: ah-1651.txt item: #199 of 429 id: ah-1652 author: Yilmaz, Can; Turkozan, Oguz; Bardakcı, Fevzi; White, Michael; Kararaj, Esmeralda title: Loggerhead turtles (Caretta caretta) foraging at Drini Bay in Northern Albania: Genetic characterisation reveals new haplotypes date: 2012-06-07 words: 3162 flesch: 66 summary: Loggerhead turtles (Caretta caretta) was studied over 3 summers in a nearshore habitat, the Patoku area in the southern part of Driniki Bay, Albania. Caretta caretta, foraging ground, mitochondrial DNA, haplotype, Albania INTrODuCTION During their life history, loggerhead turtles (Caretta caretta; Linnaeus 1758) generally experience two different ecological stages, oceanic and neritic (Bolten, 2003). keywords: a2.1; adult; caretta; loggerhead; male; sea; turtles cache: ah-1652.pdf plain text: ah-1652.txt item: #200 of 429 id: ah-1653 author: Maia-Carneiro, Thiago; Dorigo, Thiago; Wachlevski, Milena; Rocha, Carlos title: Evidence of phoresy by leeches (Hirudinoidea) on Rhinella abei (Anura: Bufonidae) in the Atlantic Rainforest in the state of Santa Catarina, southern Brazil date: 2012-05-29 words: 3148 flesch: 64 summary: The only other study we could find that reported an intensity of infestation by phoretic leeches on amphibians found 1.04 leeches per salamander (Khan and Frick, 1997). © Firenze University Press ISSN 1827-9643 (online) www.fupress.com/ah Acta Herpetologica 7(1): 163-169, 2012 Evidence of phoresy by leeches (Hirudinoidea) on Rhinella abei (Anura: Bufonidae) in the Atlantic Rainforest in the state of Santa Catarina, southern Brazil Thiago Maia-Carneiro1,*, Thiago Arnt Dorigo1, Milena Wachlevski2, Carlos Frederico Duarte Rocha1 1 Departamento de Ecologia, Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, Rua São Francisco Xavier 524, 20550-019, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil *Corresponding author. keywords: abei; body; catarina; et al; leeches; santa; species; toads cache: ah-1653.pdf plain text: ah-1653.txt item: #201 of 429 id: ah-1654 author: Ayres, Cesar title: Scavenging in the genus Natrix date: 2012-06-15 words: 1168 flesch: 65 summary: Here I report the use of dead newts as prey source by water snakes of the genus Natrix at a dam in north-western Spain. 50: 463-468. 174 C. Ayres Shivik, J. A. (1998): Brown tree snake response to visual and olfactory cues. keywords: carrion; natrix; scavenging; snake; species cache: ah-1654.pdf plain text: ah-1654.txt item: #202 of 429 id: ah-1655 author: Sos, Tibor; Kecskés, Attila; Hegyeli, Zsolt; Marosi, Bela title: New data on the distribution of Darevskia pontica (Lantz and Cyrén, 1919) (Reptilia: Lacertidae) in Romania: filling a significant gap date: 2012-04-08 words: 2507 flesch: 70 summary: In the light of new distribution data reported here and gleaned from the literature, the species is more widely distributed in the country. This picture of the distribution is not quite accurate even in the light of distribution data from the 20th century (Fig. 1A). keywords: distribution; fig; iftime; marcov; romania; species cache: ah-1655.pdf plain text: ah-1655.txt item: #203 of 429 id: ah-1656 author: Casale, Paolo; Palilla, Giuseppe; Salemi, Alessandro; Napoli, Angelo; Prinzi, Maurizio; Genco, Laura; Bonaviri, Davide; Mastrogiacomo, Angela; Oliverio, Marco; Lo Valvo, Mario title: Exceptional sea turtle nest records in 2011 suggest an underestimated nesting potential in Sicily (Italy) date: 2012-05-09 words: 3808 flesch: 70 summary: The number of sea turtle nests reviewed for the main island of Sicily in 2011 is very high if compared with the total of 30 nest records reviewed for the period 1965-2009 Fig. We report seven nesting events by loggerhead sea turtles in Sicily (Italy) in 2011. keywords: caretta; casale; italy; loggerhead; mediterranean; nesting; nests; sea; turtle cache: ah-1656.pdf plain text: ah-1656.txt item: #204 of 429 id: ah-1657 author: Juncá, Flora A.; Röhr, David L.; Lourenço-de-Moraes, Ricardo; Santos, Flávio J.M.; Protázio, Airan S.; Mercês, Ednei A.; Solé, Mirco title: Advertisement call of species of the genus Frostius Cannatella 1986 (Anura: Bufonidae) date: 2012-12-24 words: 5525 flesch: 54 summary: The two species of Frostius have similar advertisement calls, which are composed of a series of pulses emitted at regular intervals, a pattern of advertisement call found in many other bufonid species (Martin, 1972). To improve the recognition of these species we described the advertisement call of Frostius pernambucensis and Frostius erythrophthalmus and we tested if call characteristics are influenced by temperature, male size and perch height. keywords: advertisement; bahia; calls; characteristics; erythrophthalmus; frequency; frostius; males; pernambucensis; rate; species; temperature; variation cache: ah-1657.pdf plain text: ah-1657.txt item: #205 of 429 id: ah-1658 author: Romano, Antonio; Bartolomei, Remo; Conte, Antonio; Fulco, Egidio title: Amphibians in Southern Apennine: distribution, ecology and conservation notes in the “Appennino Lucano, Val d’Agri e Lagonegrese” National Park (Southern Italy) date: 2012-12-24 words: 6901 flesch: 52 summary: Differences in number of amphibian species among the different habi- tat typologies were examined using Kruskal-Wallis (KW) non-parametric analysis of variance. 210 Antonio Romano et al. Fig. 4. A. Comparison of amphibian species richness values among the aquatic habitat typologies in “Appennino Lucano, Val d’Agri e Lagonegrese” National Park (Southern Italy), based on empirical data (field richness, black dots) and estimated richness values (Chao2 estimator, box plot; see text for details). keywords: amphibian; appennino; basilicata; breeding; conservation; data; distribution; et al; fig; italy; lucano; national; park; populations; richness; sites; southern; species; water cache: ah-1658.pdf plain text: ah-1658.txt item: #206 of 429 id: ah-1659 author: Sillero, Neftalí; Brito, José; Martín-Alfageme, Santiago; García-Meléndez, Eduardo; Toxopeus, A.; Skidmore, Andrew title: The significance of using satellite imagery data only in Ecological Niche Modelling of Iberian herps date: 2012-12-24 words: 8002 flesch: 58 summary: The significance of using satellite imagery data only in Ecological Niche Modelling of Iberian herps Neftalí Sillero1, José C. Brito2, Santiago Martín-Alfageme3, Eduardo García- Meléndez4, A.G. Toxopeus5, Andrew Skidmore5 1 Centro de Investigação em Ciências Geo-Espaciais (CICGE), Universidade do Porto, Faculdade de Ciências, Rua do Campo Alegre, 687, 4169-007 Porto, Portugal. However, the models built with satellite imagery data exhibited a larger diversity of values, probably related to the higher spatial resolution of the satellite imagery. keywords: data; datasets; distribution; et al; grb; ground; imagery; modelling; models; remote; satellite; satellite imagery; species; values; variables cache: ah-1659.pdf plain text: ah-1659.txt item: #207 of 429 id: ah-1660 author: Ramirez-Bautista, Aurelio; Stephenson, Barry; Hernández-Ibarra, Xóchitl; Hernández-Salinas, Uriel; Cruz-Elizalde, Raciel; Lozano, Abraham; Smith, Geoffrey title: Reproductive strategy of male and female eastern spiny lizards Sceloporus spinosus (Squamata: Phrynosomatidae) from a region of the Chihuahuan Desert, México date: 2012-12-30 words: 6683 flesch: 56 summary: At Las Lagunas, female S. spinosus appear to produce only a single clutch per year (Table 1). We examined the reproductive strategy of male (n = 84) and female (n = 62) S. spinosus from a single population in San Luis Potosí, México. keywords: bautista; bautista et; body; et al; female; mass; méxico; ramírez; sceloporus; size; species; spinosus; variation cache: ah-1660.pdf plain text: ah-1660.txt item: #208 of 429 id: ah-1661 author: Ljubisavljević, Katarina; Džukić, Georg; Vukov, Tanja; Kalezić, Miloš title: Morphological variability of the Hermann's tortoise (Testudo hermanni) in the Central Balkans date: 2012-12-31 words: 4641 flesch: 56 summary: Other authors also indicated the presence of undivided scute in T. hermanni populations (Radovanović, 1941; Meek and Inskeep, 1981; Cheylan, 2001), thus limiting its reliability for taxonomic purposes. Variation in a number of morphological characters were analysed in five populations of Testudo hermanni from Serbia and Montenegro. keywords: fritz; hermanni; island; pigmentation; samples; serbia; size; southern; testudo; tortoise cache: ah-1661.pdf plain text: ah-1661.txt item: #209 of 429 id: ah-1662 author: Amaral, Maria; Bicho, Rita; Carretero, Miguel; Sanchez-Hernandez, Juan; Faustino, Augusto; Soares, Amadeu; Mann, Reinier title: The usefulness of mesocosms for ecotoxicity testing with lacertid lizards date: 2012-12-22 words: 8873 flesch: 57 summary: There was no difference in cholinesterase activities between Ctr lizards and pesticide exposed lizards, irrespective of the tissue type (table 1). These results, despite the lack of significant differ- ences, suggest that pesticide exposed lizards are under stress, and tend to be in agreement Fig. keywords: activity; amaral; animals; bocagei; ctr; day; ecotoxicology; enclosures; et al; experiment; exposure; field; glutathione; growth; herb+ins; individuals; lacertid; lizards; mean; mesocosms; pesticide; size; soil; studies; study; treatment cache: ah-1662.pdf plain text: ah-1662.txt item: #210 of 429 id: ah-1663 author: Fernández, Jimena; Ibargüengoytía, Nora title: Does acclimation at higher temperatures affect the locomotor performance of one of the southernmost reptiles in the world? date: 2012-12-26 words: 6975 flesch: 58 summary: There are also indicated the lizards’ activity season (dotted lines), mean field body temperature (short dashed line), mean preferred body tem- perature (long dashed line) and mean air temperature of microhabitats (solid line; which corresponds to acclimation temperature) from Ibargüengoytía et al. Relationship between relative performance (% Vmax i) with body temperature (ºC) of adults of Liola- emus sarmientoi in unacclimated and acclimated long (upper panels) and sprint runs (lower panels). keywords: acclimation; body; et al; fernández; fig; ibargüengoytía; liolaemus; lizards; locomotor; performance; runs; sarmientoi; speed; sprint; temperature; thermal; vmax cache: ah-1663.pdf plain text: ah-1663.txt item: #211 of 429 id: ah-1664 author: Garey, Michel; Costa, Thais; de Lima, André; Toledo, Luís; Hartmann, Marília title: Advertisement call of Scinax littoralis and S. angrensis (Amphibia: Anura: Hylidae), with notes on the reproductive activity of S. littoralis date: 2012-12-26 words: 6157 flesch: 65 summary: To analyze the difference in inter- note intervals between S. littoralis advertisement calls, and to determine if there were differences in call parameters among S. littoralis and S. angrensis we used a Student’s t-test. Advertisement calls of S. angrensis and S. littoralis are composed of multi-pulsed notes with multiple frequency bands and frequency modulation. keywords: advertisement; angrensis; anura; brazil; calling; calls; forest; frequency; haddad; littoralis; n =; note; pombal; scinax; species cache: ah-1664.pdf plain text: ah-1664.txt item: #212 of 429 id: ah-1665 author: Jesus, José title: Evidence of high longevity in an Island lacertid, Teira dugesii (Milne-Edwards, 1829). First data on wild specimens date: 2012-12-24 words: 2768 flesch: 66 summary: © Firenze University Press ISSN 1827-9643 (online) www.fupress.com/ah Acta Herpetologica 7(2): 309-313, 2012 Evidence of high longevity in an Island lacertid, Teira dugesii (Milne-Edwards, 1829). Using the technique of capture, mark and recapture, here is reported a case of high longevity in the Madeiran lizard, Teira dugesii. keywords: dugesii; individual; island; jesus; lacerta; lizard; longevity; svl; years cache: ah-1665.pdf plain text: ah-1665.txt item: #213 of 429 id: ah-1666 author: Lambertz, Markus; Kohlsdorf, Tiana; Perry, Steven; Ávila, Robson; da Silva, Reinaldo title: First assessment of the endoparasitic nematode fauna of four psammophilous species of Tropiduridae (Squamata: Iguania) endemic to north-eastern Brazil date: 2012-12-16 words: 4502 flesch: 57 summary: Bursey, C.R., Goldberg, S.R. (2007): New species of Skrjabinodon (Nematoda: Pharyngo- donidae) in Uracentron flaviceps (Squamata: Iguanidae) from Ecuador and Peru. Bursey, C.R., Goldberg, S.R., Vitt, L.J. (2005): New species of Allopharynx (Digenea: Pla- giorchiidae) and other helminths in Uranoscodon superciliosus (Squamata: Tropi- duridae) from Amazonian Brazil. keywords: brazil; host; hygomi; lizards; parasite; paulo; rodrigues; species; squamata; são; tropiduridae; tropidurus cache: ah-1666.pdf plain text: ah-1666.txt item: #214 of 429 id: ah-1667 author: Bucklitsch, Yannick; Geissler, Peter; Hartmann, Timo; Doria, Giuliano; Koch, André title: Rediscovery and re-description of the holotype of Lygosoma vittigerum (= Lipinia vittigera) Boulenger, 1894 date: 2012-12-31 words: 2552 flesch: 58 summary: These are the nominotypic L. vittigera vittigera inhabiting most of the species range and L. vittigera microcercum (Boettger, 1901), which is restricted to southern Vietnam, Laos and Thailand (Smith, 1935; Nguyen et al., 2009; Teynié and David, 2010). © Firenze University Press ISSN 1827-9643 (online) www.fupress.com/ah Acta Herpetologica 7(2): 325-329, 2012 Rediscovery and redescription of the holotype of Lygosoma vittigerum (= Lipinia vittigera) keywords: boulenger; contact; genova; holotype; length; lipinia; reptiles; species; specimen; vittigera cache: ah-1667.pdf plain text: ah-1667.txt item: #215 of 429 id: ah-1668 author: Segev, Ori; Andreone, Franco; Pala, Roberta; Tessa, Giulia; Vences, Miguel title: Reproductive phenology of the tomato frog, Dyscophus antongili, in an urban pond of Madagascar's east coast date: 2012-12-15 words: 4409 flesch: 56 summary: We define D. antongilii in Maroantsetra as a sporadic wet season breeder that repro- duces at irregular intervals following heavy rain events. Dyscophus is the sole genus in the subfamily, and it contains three species: D. insularis occurring in dry areas of Madagascar’s west coast, D. antongilii, living in a small area of the north-east and east coast, and D. guineti, the false tomato frog, living in eastern mid-altitude rainforest areas (Glaw and Vences, 2007). keywords: activity; antongilii; breeding; data; dyscophus; eggs; frog; madagascar; maroantsetra; species; tomato; vences cache: ah-1668.pdf plain text: ah-1668.txt item: #216 of 429 id: ah-1669 author: Márquez, Roberto; Corredor, Germán; Galvis, Carlos; Góez, Daniel; Amézquita, Adolfo title: Range extension of the critically endambersngered true poison-dart frog, Phyllobates terribilis (Anura: Dendrobatidae), in western Colombia date: 2012-12-26 words: 1976 flesch: 50 summary: In the same paper, two series of Phyllobates frogs collected about 50 km south of Buenaventura (Departamento del Valle del Cauca), and 70 km north of the type locality, were reported to exist at the herpetologi- cal collection of the Universidad del Valle, Cali (UVC 7208-7210, 7135-7137). To further corroborate our results, we inferred Bayesian and maximum likelihood gene trees using MrBayes (Ronquist and Huelsen- beck, 2003) and RAxML (Stamatakis, 2006), respectively, from our sequences and all CO1 sequences from Phyllobates species available in GenBank (Fig. 3; Grant et al., 2006). keywords: colombia; del; frogs; phyllobates; sequences; species; terribilis; yurumanguí cache: ah-1669.pdf plain text: ah-1669.txt item: #217 of 429 id: ah-1670 author: Sebastián-González, Esther; Gómez, Ramón title: Habitat selection of two sympatric species of Ameiva in East Costa Rica date: 2012-11-26 words: 3858 flesch: 54 summary: Lizard species may differ in their ability to use habitats with different solar exposure by having different morphology, physiology or behaviour (Pianka and Vitt, 2003). Identifying the differences in habitat use for sympatric species is important for understanding the species preferences and the limits of population distribution. keywords: adults; ameiva; body; differences; festiva; habitat; juveniles; lizards; quadrilineata; species; temperature; use cache: ah-1670.pdf plain text: ah-1670.txt item: #218 of 429 id: ah-1671 author: Scali, Stefano title: Marine S. Arakelyan, Felix D. Danielyan, Claudia Corti, Roberto Sindaco, Alan E. Leviton 2011. Herpetofauna of Armenia and Nagorno-Karabakh. Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles date: 2012-12-05 words: 843 flesch: 33 summary: The significance of using satellite imagery data only in Ecological Niche Modelling of Iberian herps Neftalí Sillero1, José C. Brito2, Santiago Martín-Alfageme3, Eduardo García-Meléndez4, A.G. Toxopeus5, Andrew Skidmore5 Reproductive strategy of male and female eastern spiny lizards Sceloporus spinosus (Squamata: Phrynosomatidae) from a region of the Chihuahuan Desert, México Aurelio Ramírez-Bautista1,*, Barry P. Stephenson2, Xóchitl Hernández-Ibarra1, Uriel Hernández-Salinas1, Raciel Cruz-Elizalde1, Abraham Lozano1, and Geoffrey R. Smith3 Morphological variability of the Hermann’s tortoise (Testudo hermanni) in the Central Balkans Katarina Ljubisavljević1, Georg Džukić1, Tanja D. Vukov1, Miloš L. Kalezić1,2 The usefulness of mesocosms for ecotoxicity testing with lacertid lizards Maria José Amaral1,2,*, Rita C. Bicho1, Miguel A. Carretero2, Juan C. Sanchez-Hernandez3, Augusto M. R. Faustino4, Amadeu M. V. M. Soares1, Reinier M. Mann1,5 Does acclimation at higher temperatures affect the locomotor performance of one of the southernmost reptiles in the world? Jimena B. Fernández*, Nora R. Ibargüengoytía Advertisement call of Scinax littoralis and S. angrensis (Amphibia: Identification keys to all the genera and species are also provided and they prove to be very useful, in par- ticular for some similar species, such as those belonging to the parthenogenetic genus Darevskia. keywords: amphibians; armenia; book; reptiles; species cache: ah-1671.pdf plain text: ah-1671.txt item: #219 of 429 id: ah-1672 author: Scali, Stefano title: Rafaqat Masroor 2012. A contribution to the herpetofauna of Northern Pakistan date: 2012-12-05 words: 824 flesch: 31 summary: The significance of using satellite imagery data only in Ecological Niche Modelling of Iberian herps Neftalí Sillero1, José C. Brito2, Santiago Martín-Alfageme3, Eduardo García-Meléndez4, A.G. Toxopeus5, Andrew Skidmore5 Reproductive strategy of male and female eastern spiny lizards Sceloporus spinosus (Squamata: Phrynosomatidae) from a region of the Chihuahuan Desert, México Aurelio Ramírez-Bautista1,*, Barry P. Stephenson2, Xóchitl Hernández-Ibarra1, Uriel Hernández-Salinas1, Raciel Cruz-Elizalde1, Abraham Lozano1, and Geoffrey R. Smith3 Morphological variability of the Hermann’s tortoise (Testudo hermanni) in the Central Balkans Katarina Ljubisavljević1, Georg Džukić1, Tanja D. Vukov1, Miloš L. Kalezić1,2 The usefulness of mesocosms for ecotoxicity testing with lacertid lizards Maria José Amaral1,2,*, Rita C. Bicho1, Miguel A. Carretero2, Juan C. Sanchez-Hernandez3, Augusto M. R. Faustino4, Amadeu M. V. M. Soares1, Reinier M. Mann1,5 Does acclimation at higher temperatures affect the locomotor performance of one of the southernmost reptiles in the world? Jimena B. Fernández*, Nora R. Ibargüengoytía Advertisement call of Scinax littoralis and S. angrensis (Amphibia: A contribution to the herpetofauna of Northern Pakistan Stefano Scali Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Milano, corso Venezia 55, I-2012 Milano. keywords: book; contribution; herpetofauna; northern; pakistan; species cache: ah-1672.pdf plain text: ah-1672.txt item: #220 of 429 id: ah-1673 author: Hojati, Vida; Parivar, Kazem; Rastegar-Pouyani, Eskandar; Shiravi, Abdolhossein title: The oogenic cycle of the Caspian bent-toed gecko, Cyrtopodion caspium (Squamata: Gekkonidae) in Iran date: 2013-07-01 words: 5066 flesch: 63 summary: Associated and dissociated reproductive cycles are characterized by the presence of a discontinuous mat- ing season. In this type of reproductive cycle, male gonadal activity is shorter than that of females and sperm is stored by the female genital system for some months with fertilization occurring later (Torki, 2006). keywords: caspium; cycle; cyrtopodion; diameter; eggs; follicles; groups; iran; lizard; mean; right; species; study; total cache: ah-1673.pdf plain text: ah-1673.txt item: #221 of 429 id: ah-1674 author: Gutiérrez, Joel; Piantoni, Carla; Ibargüengoytía, Nora title: Altitudinal effects on life history parameters in populations of Liolaemus pictus argentinus (Sauria: Liolaemidae) date: 2013-03-01 words: 6108 flesch: 56 summary: Similarly to L. p. argentinus female growth rates of H. dar- wini and P. tenebrosus are also greater during the juvenile stage (Piantoni et al., 2006a,b; Kubisch et al., 2012) which allows them to reach the minimum body size for repro- duction and attain sexual maturity earlier, and in this way extend their reproductive life (Piantoni et al., 2006a). Determination of growth rate, age, and longevity The histological preparations were analyzed and pho- tographed using an olympus BX40 microscope equipped with a Pro-Series High Performance CCD Camera. keywords: age; altitude; argentinus; et al; growth; liolaemus; lizards; maturity; populations; sexual; size; years cache: ah-1674.pdf plain text: ah-1674.txt item: #222 of 429 id: ah-1675 author: Nakamura, Yasuyuki; Takahashi, Akio; Ota, Hidetoshi title: Recent cryptic extinction of squamate reptiles on Yoronjima Island of the Ryukyu Archipelago, Japan, inferred from garbage dump remains date: 2013-07-02 words: 11572 flesch: 57 summary: The results not only increase the total num- ber of indigenous terrestrial squamate species on Yor- onjima to 10, but also provide the first specimen-based documentation that some of these species once existed on this island. Catalogue of the Colubridae in the Museum of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Phila- delphia, with notes and descriptions of new species. keywords: archipelago; central; facets; fig; gekko; island; japanese; neural; npn; okinawa; ota; polygonata; posterior; remains; reptiles; right; rumf; ryukyu; snakes; species; vertebrae; yoronjima cache: ah-1675.pdf plain text: ah-1675.txt item: #223 of 429 id: ah-1676 author: Zuffi, Marco A.L.; Giannelli, Chiara title: Trophic niche and feeding biology of the Italian wall lizard, Podarcis siculus campestris (De Betta, 1857) along western Mediterranean coast date: 2013-01-02 words: 3920 flesch: 58 summary: Bombi, P., Bologna, M.A. (2002): Use of fecal and stom- ach contents in assessing food niche relationships: a case study of two sympatric species of Podarcis lizards (Sauria: Lacertidae). Italian wall lizard, Podarcis siculus, diet, feeding ecology, western Tuscany, Italy. keywords: corti; diet; index; lizard; lucca; mellado; niche; pisa; podarcis; siculus; species cache: ah-1676.pdf plain text: ah-1676.txt item: #224 of 429 id: ah-1677 author: Šukalo, Goran; Đorđević, Sonja; Golub, Dragojla; Dmitrović, Dejan; Tomović, Ljiljana title: Novel, non-invasive method for distinguishing the individuals of the fire salamander (Salamandra salamandra) in capture-mark-recapture studies date: 2013-07-01 words: 2992 flesch: 51 summary: Histogram of glands opening numbers in the selected body regions. 44 Goran Šukalo et al. these two animals, based on the differences in the pattern of yellow patches on the dorsal side of the body. Gamble et al., 2008), branding, polymers and pigments (Donnely et al., 1994), photographic iden- tification (Kurashina et al., 2003; Plăiaşu et al., 2005; Gamble et al., 2008; Clemas et al., 2009), Passive Inte- grated Transported (PIT) tags (Jehle and Hödl, 1998), Visible Implant Elastomer (VIE) tags (Campbell et al., 2009), and Visible Implant Alphanumeric (VIA) tags (Clemas et al., 2009; keywords: animals; et al; glands; herpetol; identification; individual; openings; populations; salamandra cache: ah-1677.pdf plain text: ah-1677.txt item: #225 of 429 id: ah-1678 author: Delaugerre, Michel-Jean title: Going out tonight? When insular Hierophis viridiflavus breaks the Whip Snakes Rules date: 2013-03-22 words: 3869 flesch: 61 summary: Size evolution in island lizards. On Giraglia island (Corsica) the snakes do forage also nightly. keywords: activity; corsica; giraglia; hierophis; island; lizards; snakes; viridiflavus; whip cache: ah-1678.pdf plain text: ah-1678.txt item: #226 of 429 id: ah-1679 author: Gvoždík, Václav; Javůrková, Veronika; Kopecký, Oldřich title: First evidence of a paedomorphic population of the smooth newt (Lissotriton vulgaris) in the Czech Republic date: 2013-06-28 words: 3103 flesch: 55 summary: Morphometric characteristics in cm (SVL - snout-vent length, Lt - length of tail, Dbl - distance between front and hind limbs) of adult peadomorphic smooth newts (females n = 7; males n = 3) from Stará Lysá, Czech Republic.     mean min. max. Prague, Czech Republic 2 Laboratory of Molecular Ecology, Institute of Animal Physiology and Genetics, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, 277 21 Liběchov, Czech Republic 3 Department of Zoology, Faculty of Science, Charles University in Prague, Viničná 7, 128 44, Prague, Czech Republic 4 Institute of Vertebrate Biology v. v. i., Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Květná 8, 603 65 Brno, Czech Republic 5 Department of Zoology and Fisheries, Faculty of Agrobiology, Food and Natural Resources, Czech University of Life Sciences, Kamýcká 957, 165 21 Prague, Czech Republic. keywords: czech; denoël; newt; paedomorphosis; population; republic; smooth; triturus; vulgaris; water cache: ah-1679.pdf plain text: ah-1679.txt item: #227 of 429 id: ah-1680 author: Canessa, Stefano; Martel, An; Pasmans, Frank title: No detection of chytrid in first systematic screening of Bombina variegata pachypus (Anura: Bombinatoridae) in Liguria, northern Italy date: 2013-06-01 words: 3941 flesch: 56 summary: Recent evidence suggests chytrid is present in populations of B. v. pachypus along the Ital- ian peninsula, with infections dating back as early as the late 1970s (Canestrelli et al., 2013). However, to our knowledge, no systematic assessment of the spread of chytrid among populations of B. v. pachypus in Italy has been undertaken to date. keywords: bombina; chytrid; dendrobatidis; et al; individuals; italy; pachypus; populations; prevalence cache: ah-1680.pdf plain text: ah-1680.txt item: #228 of 429 id: ah-1681 author: Kleewein, Andreas; Wöss, Günther title: Status of the European pond turtle, Emys orbicularis>/em> (Reptilia: Testudines: Emydidae) in Vorarlberg, Austria date: 2013-07-01 words: 2168 flesch: 55 summary: However, since prehistoric pond turtle records are known for Vorarlberg, the occurrence of native turtles cannot be completely excluded. Moreover, European pond turtles probably served as food for prehistoric humans in Vorarlberg, as indicat- ed by turtle bones in prehistoric settlements (Vonbank, 1965). keywords: der; emys; fritz; native; orbicularis; pond; turtles; vorarlberg cache: ah-1681.pdf plain text: ah-1681.txt item: #229 of 429 id: ah-1682 author: Castiglia, Riccardo; Bezerra, Alexandra; Flores-Villela, Oscar; Annesi, Flavia; Muñoz, Antonio; Gornung, Ekaterina title: Comparative cytogenetics of two species of ground skinks: Scincella assata and S. cherriei (Squamata: Scincidae: Lygosominae) from Chiapas, Mexico date: 2013-05-24 words: 3153 flesch: 56 summary: The karyotypes of the two species, while differing in the number of microchromosomes, 14-15 in S. assata and 16-17 in S. cherriei, share four pairs of large metacentric, two pairs of medium-sized metacentric, and one particular pair (number 7) of chromosomes. The diploid numbers of chromosomes of S. assata and S. cherriei were found to be, respectively, 2n = 28 and 2n = 30. keywords: assata; cherriei; chromosomes; microchromosomes; scincella; scincidae; skinks; species cache: ah-1682.pdf plain text: ah-1682.txt item: #230 of 429 id: ah-1683 author: Kaliontzopoulou, Antigoni; Salvi, Daniele; Gomes, Verónica; Maia, João; Kaliontzopoulos, Panagiotis title: Polydactyly in the Tyrrhenian wall lizard (Podarcis tiliguerta) date: 2013-07-03 words: 2707 flesch: 61 summary: Polydactyly is also quite frequent in other mammal spe- cies (Brignolo et al., 2002; Chapman, 2006; Moore et al., 2007; Gugolek et al., 2011), as well as birds (Fox, 1989; Huang et al., 2006; Sakai, 2006), and particularly amphib- ians (Mizgireuv et al., 1984; Johnson et al., 1999; Voro- byeva, 1999; Kiesecker, 2002; Taylor et al., 2005; Piha et al., 2006). Strikingly, while a reduction in the number of digits has repeatedly occurred in several instances through- out tetrapod evolution, this condition has never been reversed (Lande, 1978; Tabin, 1992; Galis et al., 2001). keywords: digit; et al; herpetol; individuals; lizard; podarcis; polydactyly; population cache: ah-1683.pdf plain text: ah-1683.txt item: #231 of 429 id: ah-1684 author: Razzetti, Edoardo title: Roberto Sindaco, Alberto Venchi, Cristina Grieco. The Reptiles of the Western Palearctic. 2. Annotated checklist and distributional atlas of the snakes of Europe, North Africa, Middle East and Central Asia, with an update to the Vol. 1. date: 2013-06-30 words: 1353 flesch: 40 summary: Conservation issues are the subject of the next chap- ter; these are dealt with heavy emphasis on shrinking and fragmentation of natural habitat, introduction of alien species, IUCN red list categories and legislation that leaves few room for “emotional” issues like pet trade or collection for scientific purposes. This could be not particularly interesting for most of the readers but it must be stressed that it’s quite unusu- al as most of the books usually just report author, year of description and the “restricted” type locality (that is often an unjustifiable emendation like for many species dealt by Robert Mertens). keywords: book; palearctic; reptiles; sindaco; snakes; species; western cache: ah-1684.pdf plain text: ah-1684.txt item: #232 of 429 id: ah-1685 author: Gadsden, Héctor; Castañeda, Gamaliel title: Life history of the Marbled Whiptail Lizard Aspidoscelis marmorata from the central Chihuahuan Desert, Mexico date: 2013-12-31 words: 8014 flesch: 64 summary: The demog- raphy of lizard populations can be influenced by various environmental factors, such as temperature (Adolph and Porter, 1993; Parker, 1994), precipitation (Andrews, 1988; Bull, 1994), food availability (Ballinger, 1977; Howland, 1992; Smith, 1996), as well as morphological and phylo- genetic constraints (Ballinger, 1983; Stearns, 1984; Dun- ham and Miles, 1985). Further studies on other A. marmorata populations in Mexico are needed to define latitudinal and eleva- tional tendencies. keywords: data; desert; ecology; females; growth; history; life; lizard; marmorata; population; reproductive; size; svl; tigris; whiptail cache: ah-1685.pdf plain text: ah-1685.txt item: #233 of 429 id: ah-1686 author: Baraquet, Mariana; Grenat, Pablo; Salas, Nancy; Martino, Adolfo title: Intraspecific variation in erythrocyte sizes among populations of Hypsiboas cordobas (Anura: Hylidae) date: 2013-12-31 words: 3449 flesch: 64 summary: This relationship between erythrocyte size and the level of ploidy has also been discussed on the basis of differences in metabolic rates between different groups of vertebrates (Gregory, 2000), because the size and shape of red blood cells give 94 Mariana Baraquet et al. an indication of the surface available for the exchange of gases in respiratory functions (Hartman and Lessler, 1964; Sevinç et al., 2000). There are many ways in which erythrocyte size is of relevance to organ- ism biology; larger erythrocytes contain more hemo- globin (Gregory, 2001). keywords: cordobae; erythrocyte; nuclei; populations; size cache: ah-1686.pdf plain text: ah-1686.txt item: #234 of 429 id: ah-1687 author: Arakelyan, Marine; Petrosyan, Ruzanna; Ilgaz, Çetin; Kumlutaş, Yusuf; Durmuş, Salih Hakan; Tayhan, Yahya; Danielyan, Felix title: A skeletochronological study of parthenogenetic lizards of genus Darevskia from Turkey date: 2013-12-31 words: 3510 flesch: 57 summary: A total of 255 individuals of partenogenetic species D. armeniaca (Mehely, 1909), D. sapphirina (Schmidtler et al, 1994), D. unisexualis (Darevsky, 1966) and D. uzzelli (Darevsky and Danielyan, 1977) were collected from different localities from northeastern and eastern part of Turkey and compared with populations of D. armeniaca and D. unisexualis from Armenia (Table 1 and Figure 1). Among parthenogenetic species, D. armeniaca, D. dahli, D. unisexualis and partly D. rostombe- kowi have comparatively wide areas of distribution, while D. uzzelli, D. sapphirina and D. bendimahiensis are endem- ics of eastern and northeastern Turkey with limited distri- bution ranges. keywords: age; armeniaca; darevskia; lizards; sapphirina; species; turkey; unisexualis; uzzelli cache: ah-1687.pdf plain text: ah-1687.txt item: #235 of 429 id: ah-1688 author: Frýdlová, Petra; Hnízdo, Jan; Velenský, Petr; Šimková, Olga; Cikánová, Veronika; Chylíková, Lenka; Frynta, Daniel title: Easy life of males? Indirect evidence that growth is easier than egg production in mangrove-dwelling monitor lizards (Varanus indices) date: 2013-12-31 words: 6832 flesch: 59 summary: RESULTS Investment to body growth and egg production Median values for body size of males and females during the study period were: 432.4 mm (n = 21, range 108 Petra Frýdlová et al. 333.0 – 550.7 mm) and 369.6 mm (n = 13, range 308.3 – 433.2 mm), respectively. Ca M 63 2.84 0.32 2.9 2.2 3.3 1.20 (1, 77.7) (mmol/L) F 36 2.81 0.46 2.8 2.1 3.7 0.277 IP M 63 1.67 0.34 1.6 1.2 2.3 7.27 (1, 77.9) (mmol/L) F 36 2.02 0.80 1.9 1.2 4.5 0.009* Ca/IP M 63 1.78 0.42 1.7 1.1 2.4 - (mmol/L) F 36 1.55 0.52 1.5 0.7 2.4 - UA M 63 194.75 59.49 188.0 112.0 322.0 50.15 (1, 64.49) (µmol/L) F 36 309.50 97.11 302.5 180.0 528.0 <0.001* ALP M 63 6.41 1.20 6.5 4.2 8.4 <0.01 (1, 86.8) (µkat/L) F 36 6.27 1.33 6.2 4.1 8.2 0.961 110 Petra Frýdlová et al. DISCUSSION Investment to body growth and egg production Authors studying maternal investment in lizards adopted the concept distinguishing between income and capital breeders (Schwarzkopf, 1994 and refer- ences herein; for concept see Drent and Daan, 1980). keywords: body; egg; females; food; growth; investment; lizards; mass; monitor; period; production; size; values; weight cache: ah-1688.pdf plain text: ah-1688.txt item: #236 of 429 id: ah-1689 author: Caldart, Vinicius; dos Santos, Tiago Gomes; Maneyro, Raúl title: The advertisement and release calls of Melanophryniscus pachyrhynus (Miranda-Ribeiro, 1920) from the central region of Rio Grande do Sul, southern Brazil date: 2013-12-31 words: 4875 flesch: 62 summary: A recent bioacous- tic analysis of the genus Melanophryniscus considered the calls of 13 species from the three phenetic groups, but M. pachyrhynus calls were not included (Baldo, 2011). Advertisement calls composed of long trills are known for species of Rhinella (Guerra et al., 2011; São- Pedro et al., 2011), Peltophryne (Hernández et al., 2010), Frostius (Juncá et al., 2012), and also for species of Mel- anophryniscus (Baldo and Basso, 2004), among other bufonids. keywords: advertisement; brazil; calls; duration; melanophryniscus; notes; pachyrhynus; release; segment; species cache: ah-1689.pdf plain text: ah-1689.txt item: #237 of 429 id: ah-1690 author: García-Muñoz, Enrique; Carretero, Miguel Angel title: Comparative ecophysiology of two sympatric lizards. Laying the groundwork for mechanistic distribution models date: 2013-12-31 words: 3971 flesch: 57 summary: In contrast, lizard water ecology has been neglected. Petersen, J.H., Kitchell, J.F. (2001): Climate regimes and water temperature changes in the Columbia River: bioenergetic implications for predators of juvenile salmon. keywords: carretero; hispanica; lizards; loss; marchi; species; temperature; water cache: ah-1690.pdf plain text: ah-1690.txt item: #238 of 429 id: ah-1691 author: D'Anunciação, Paula Eveline; Lucas, Priscila; Silva, Vinícius; Bager, Alex title: Road ecology and Neotropical amphibians: contributions for future studies date: 2013-12-31 words: 9773 flesch: 67 summary: Amphibian road mortality in 138 Factors con- tributing to amphibian road mortality in a wetland. keywords: amphibians; et al; measures; mitigation; mortality; neotropics; road; sampling; species; studies; traffic; wildlife cache: ah-1691.pdf plain text: ah-1691.txt item: #239 of 429 id: ah-1692 author: Bionda, Clarisa; Luque, Elisa; Gari, Noemi; Salas, Nancy; Lajmanovich, Rafael; Martino, Adolfo title: Diet of tadpoles of Physalaemus biligonigerus (Leiuperidae) from agricultural ponds in the central region of Argentina date: 2013-12-31 words: 3727 flesch: 57 summary: Recent evidence has revealed that the deterioration of agricultural ponds might modi- fy the trophic availability, affecting the development and growth to amphibian tadpoles that are sustained in such environments (Bionda et al., 2012). The amount of food consumed by P. biligonigerus in AG1 site was 451 548 ± 238 351 average items by gut, in AG2 was 4 057 099 ± 364 666 and in SM was 3 151 682 ± 2 324 009. keywords: ag1; ag2; algae; argentina; diet; food; genera; ponds; site; tadpoles cache: ah-1692.pdf plain text: ah-1692.txt item: #240 of 429 id: ah-1693 author: Felicioli, Antonio; Sagona, Simona; Corazza, Michele; Pretti, Carlo; Zuffi, Marco A.L. title: Water-soluble proteinase activity of gastric fluids in the European whip snake, Hierophis viridiflavus: an experimental preliminary survey date: 2013-12-31 words: 4203 flesch: 59 summary: Understanding the mechanism of metabolic digestion and of food assimilation in wild snake species is of fundamental importance to compare trophic niches, their adaptive significance and evolutionary patterns of diet selec- tion for different snake species. Therefore, analyzing and understanding the mechanism of metabolic digestion (i.e. duration, sexual variation) and of food assimilation in wild species may be of fundamental importance to understand and compare i) trophic niches in different snake species and or between sexes, ii) the adaptive significance of selecting a different diet and evolutionary patterns of diet selection for snake species, characterized by different food regimes. keywords: activity; bands; et al; food; gastric; secor; snake; viridiflavus cache: ah-1693.pdf plain text: ah-1693.txt item: #241 of 429 id: ah-1694 author: Chen, Wei; Zhao, Li; Wang, Ying; Li, Hua; He, Dujun; Ren, Lina; Tang, Zhonghai; Lu, Xin title: Reproductive output of the brown frog Rana kukunoris at high altitude of the Tibetan plateau date: 2013-12-31 words: 3119 flesch: 66 summary: Clutch size, egg size, clutch volume, Rana kukunoris, trade-off, high altitude. To control for the effect of body size, partial correlation was performed with clutch size and egg size as dependent variables and body size as con- trolling variable. keywords: body; clutch; egg; kukunoris; rana; size cache: ah-1694.pdf plain text: ah-1694.txt item: #242 of 429 id: ah-1695 author: Minoli, Ignacio; Medina, Cintia; Frutos, Nicolas; Morando, Mariana; Avila, Luciano title: A revised geographical range for Liolaemus elongates Koslowsky, 1896 (Squamata: Liolaemini) in Argentina: review of reported and new-data based distribution with new localities date: 2013-12-31 words: 2650 flesch: 55 summary: Several of the northernmost populations con- sidered by Morando et al. (2003) to represent new can- didate species were later described as new species (e.g., L. parvus and L. tulkas; Quinteros, et al., 2008; L. smaug and L. choique; Abdala et al., 2012; L. burmeisteri; Avila et al., 2012). Breitman, M.F., Pérez, C.H.F., Parra, M., Morando, M., Sites Jr., J.W., Avila, L.J. (2011): New species of lizard from the magellanicus clade of the Liolaemus lineo- maculatus section (Squamata: Iguania: Liolaemidae) from Southern Patagonia. keywords: argentina; avila; distribution; elongatus; liolaemus; new; records; species cache: ah-1695.pdf plain text: ah-1695.txt item: #243 of 429 id: ah-1696 author: Brugnola, Luca; Biancardi, Carlo; Di Francesco, Nicoletta; Di Tizio, Luciano; Gheorghiu, Adrian title: DataDotDNA: an alternative marking system for tortoises of genus Testudo date: 2013-12-31 words: 2598 flesch: 61 summary: Hence, the ration- al could be using several small discs (0.3 mm), fixed on different parts of the shell. Microdot disc of 0.5 mm in diameter. keywords: carapace; discs; length; marking; technology; testudo cache: ah-1696.pdf plain text: ah-1696.txt item: #244 of 429 id: ah-1697 author: Çiçek, Kerim; Göçmen, Bayram title: Food composition of Ocellated Skink, Chalcides ocellatus (Forskal, 1775) (Squamata: Scincidae), from the Cyprus Island date: 2013-12-31 words: 2603 flesch: 63 summary: Food composition of Chalcides ocellatus (7 juveniles, 23 males, and 11 females) from Northern Cyprus. The stomachs were dissected, and prey items were identified under a stereomicroscope. keywords: composition; food; items; ocellatus; prey cache: ah-1697.pdf plain text: ah-1697.txt item: #245 of 429 id: ah-1698 author: Domeneghetti, Dario; Bruni, Giacomo; Fasola, Mauro; Bellati, Adriana title: Discovery of alien water frogs (gen. Pelophylax) in Umbria, with first report of P. shqipericus for Italy date: 2013-12-31 words: 3814 flesch: 57 summary: Here, we report the first detection of an alien population of water frogs in Central Italy, along the Resina valley (Umbria). Water frogs of the genus Pelophylax (Fitzinger, 1843) comprise several species widespread in a multitude of freshwater habitats across Western Palearctic. keywords: et al; frogs; italy; pelophylax; plötner; populations; ridibundus; species; water cache: ah-1698.pdf plain text: ah-1698.txt item: #246 of 429 id: ah-1699 author: Razzetti, Edoardo title: Bo Beolens, Michael Watkins, Michael Grayson. The Eponym Dictionary of Amphibians. date: 2013-12-31 words: 880 flesch: 58 summary: There are still many species on the Planet that are wait- ing to be described and named, this is the reason why I sincerely hope that all these books will be updated on a regular basis, maybe taking in account also fossil species so that Eobarbourula delfinoi the eponym of the president of our Societas Herpetologica Italica could be listed. This poses some questions about the choice of common names that, especially for amphibians and rep- tiles, are often controversial so that for some species a plethora of names is available. keywords: book; eponym; species cache: ah-1699.pdf plain text: ah-1699.txt item: #247 of 429 id: ah-1700 author: Di Pietro, Diego; Alcalde, Leandro; Williams, Jorge title: New cranial characters in the tribe Hydropsini (Serpentes: Dipsadidae: Xenodontinae) date: 2014-07-01 words: 8201 flesch: 52 summary: Helicops species are characterized by four features (putative synapomorphies): (1) a pointed lateral margin of the horizontal lamina of the nasal (unambiguous), (2) no anterior projection of the prefrontal, (3) short vomer- ine processes of the premaxilla, and (4) a supratemporal of similar width across its length. Helicops species and Pseudoeryx plicatilis share three features: (1) a transverse crista of the basioccipital pro- jected ventrally, (2) a vertical lamina of the nasal with a notch (absent in Hydrops caesurus and not described in the literature for the other species of Helicops and Hydrops), and (3) a single foramen rotundum (double in Hydrops caesurus, and not described in the literature for Helicops carinicaudus, Hydrops marti, and Hydrops trian- gularis). keywords: caesurus; fig; foramen; helicops; hydrops; hydropsini; infrataeniatus; lamina; leopardinus; outgroup; parietal; plicatilis; process; pseudoeryx; skull; species cache: ah-1700.pdf plain text: ah-1700.txt item: #248 of 429 id: ah-1701 author: González, Exequiel; Galvani, Guillermina; Sanabria, Eduardo; Barrasso, Diego; Alcalde, Leandro; Quiroga, Lorena title: The tadpole of Odontophrynus barrio Cei, Ruiz, and Beçak, 1982 (Anura: Odontophrynidae): a comparison with the other tadpoles of the genus date: 2014-05-31 words: 5278 flesch: 51 summary: Odontophrynus barrioi tadpoles were col- lected on 27 January 2011 in Las Tumanas stream (30º86’083”S, 67º32’628”W; 920 m a.s.l. Selected exter- nal morphological characters of Odontophrynus tadpole Fig. keywords: anura; argentina; barrioi; body; cei; dorsal; morphology; odontophrynus; opening; present; processus; species; tadpole; tail cache: ah-1701.pdf plain text: ah-1701.txt item: #249 of 429 id: ah-1702 author: Comas, Mar; Ribas, Alexis; Milazzo, Concetta; Sperone, Emilio; Tripepi, Sandro title: High levels of prevalence related to age and body condition: host-parasite interactions in a water frog Pelophylax kl hispanicus date: 2014-06-30 words: 5189 flesch: 63 summary: Our results show that abundance of Icosiella neglecta was positively correlated with higher values for host body condition. Moreover, we found no significant relationship between host body condition and prevalence or between host body condition and mean species richness, which may suggest that this population has a certain tolerance to these parasites. keywords: age; body; condition; et al; frogs; helminth; host; mean; parasite; prevalence; sex; species cache: ah-1702.pdf plain text: ah-1702.txt item: #250 of 429 id: ah-1703 author: Escoriza, Daniel; Ben Hassine, Jihene title: Microclimatic variation in multiple Salamandra algira populations along an altitudinal gradient: phenology and reproductive strategies date: 2014-06-30 words: 5906 flesch: 54 summary: © Firenze University Press ISSN 1827-9643 (online) www.fupress.com/ah Acta Herpetologica 9(1): 33-41, 2014 DOI: 10.13128/Acta_Herpetol-13406 Microclimatic variation in multiple Salamandra algira populations along an altitudinal gradient: phenology and reproductive strategies Daniel Escoriza ¹, Jihene Ben Hassine² 1Institute of Aquatic Ecology, University of Girona, Campus Montilivi, 17071 Girona, Spain. We also measured the surface area and depth of the water bodies where we found S. algira larvae. keywords: activity; algira; body; conditions; escoriza; larvae; populations; rif; salamandra; size; surface; temperature; water cache: ah-1703.pdf plain text: ah-1703.txt item: #251 of 429 id: ah-1704 author: Denoël, Mathieu; Winandy, Laurane title: Fire salamander (Salamandra salamandra) in Larzac plateau: low occurrence, pond-breeding and cohabitation of larvae with paedomorphic palmate newts (Lissotriton helveticus) date: 2014-06-30 words: 4778 flesch: 57 summary: Among them, fire salamanders (Salamandra salamandra) usually rely on streams to give birth to aquatic larvae but also use ponds, whereas palmate newt larvae (Lissotriton helveticus) typically metamorphose into terrestrial juveniles, but can also reproduce in retain- ing their gills, a process known as paedomorphosis. The prevalence of fire salamanders in South- ern Larzac was very low (pond occupancy: 0.36%). keywords: denoël; fire; fire salamander; habitat; larvae; larzac; newts; paedomorphic; palmate; plateau; pond; salamandra cache: ah-1704.pdf plain text: ah-1704.txt item: #252 of 429 id: ah-1705 author: Carisio, Loredana; Sacchi, Roberto; Seglie, Daniele; Sindaco, Roberto title: Habitat selection in the fossorial toad Pelobates fuscus insubricus (Amphibia: Pelobatidae): does the soil affect species occurrence? date: 2014-06-30 words: 6259 flesch: 59 summary: Conversely, Pelobates fuscus avoids Inceptisols, probably too hard to be dug by the species. The spadefoot toad (Pelobates fuscus) is a fossorial amphibian widely distributed in Europe. keywords: andreone; area; et al; fuscus; habitat; insubricus; loam; pelobates; populations; soil; spadefoot; species; texture; toad; variables cache: ah-1705.pdf plain text: ah-1705.txt item: #253 of 429 id: ah-1706 author: Nakamura, Yasuyuki; Takahashi, Akio; Ota, Hidetoshi title: A new, recently extinct subspecies of the Kuroiwa’s Leopard Gecko, Goniurosaurus kuroiwae (Squamata: Eublepharidae), from Yoronjima Island of the Ryukyu Archipelago, Japan date: 2014-06-30 words: 7387 flesch: 54 summary: For example, yellow-brown to gold iris color was considered as one of the character states that 62 Y. Nakamura, A. Takahashi, H. Ota discriminates G. k. yamashinae from the other subspe- cies whose irises are blood-red in color (Grismer et al., 1994), but G. k. kuroiwae populations from Okinawajima and adjacent islets also include individuals with more or less yellow irises (H.Ota, unpublished observations). (in Japanese) Tanaka, S. (2005d): Goniurosaurus kuroiwae kuroiwae. keywords: fig; g. k.; goniurosaurus; island; kuroiwae; lateral; okinawa; process; rumf; subspecies; tooth; ventral cache: ah-1706.pdf plain text: ah-1706.txt item: #254 of 429 id: ah-1707 author: Sanchez, Laura; Lajmanovich, Rafael; Peltzer, Paola; Manzano, Adriana; Junges, Celina; Attademo, Andrés title: First evidence of the effects of agricultural activities on gonadal form and function in Rhinella fernandezae and Dendropsophus sanborni (Amphibia: Anura) from Entre Ríos Province, Argentina date: 2014-06-30 words: 9438 flesch: 57 summary: Almost 100% of this increase involves the use of genetically mod- ified ‘‘Roundup Ready’’ soybeans, resistant to glyphosate- based herbicides; therefore, the use of these chemicals has also increased (Lajmanovich et al., 2010). Previous works have detected residues of organo- chlorine pesticides (e.g., chlordane, heptachlor, and endo- sulfan) in tissues of native anurans from the region (Laj- 84 L.C. Sanchez et alii manovich et al., 2002), and the concentrations recorded were strongly influenced by the use of intensively cropped lands (Lajmanovich et al., 2005). keywords: amphibian; argentina; cells; cysts; development; et al; fernandezae; group; individuals; sanborni; sanchez; sites; species; testicular; testis; tubules cache: ah-1707.pdf plain text: ah-1707.txt item: #255 of 429 id: ah-1708 author: Lanza, Benedetto; Broadley, Donald title: A review of the genus Gonionotophis in north-eastern Africa (Squamata: Lamprophiidae) date: 2014-07-01 words: 5660 flesch: 77 summary: Mehelya capensis capensis Loveridge, 1939: 142; 1951: 189; Moreau and Pakenham, 1942: 62; Broadley and Pit- man, 1960: 439; Pakenham, 1983: 25; Laurent, 1956: 99; Spawls et al., 2002. Data for G. chanleri is sum- marised from throughout its extensive range, and compared with data for adjacent populations of G. capensis and G. savorgnani (Mocquard, 1877). keywords: africa; boulenger; capensis; chanleri; eastern; gonionotophis; loveridge; mehelya; mzuf; nmk; scale; snakes; type; zool cache: ah-1708.pdf plain text: ah-1708.txt item: #256 of 429 id: ah-1709 author: Schalk, Christopher; Sezano, Marco title: Observations on the use of tarantula burrows by the anurans Leptodactylus bufonius (Leptodactylidae) and Rhinella major (Bufonidae) in the Dry Chaco ecoregion of Bolivia date: 2014-06-30 words: 2570 flesch: 62 summary: Inherent in this hypothesis is that the frogs exhibit a preference to utilize tarantula burrows closer to ponds; therefore we assumed that the likelihood of a bur- row being abandoned by a tarantula and therefore, the availability of abandoned tarantula burrows was inde- pendent relative to the distance to a pond. © Firenze University Press ISSN 1827-9643 (online) www.fupress.com/ah Acta Herpetologica 9(1): 99-102, 2014 DOI: 10.13128/Acta_Herpetol-13606 Observations on the use of tarantula burrows by the anurans Leptodactylus bufonius (Leptodactylidae) and Rhinella major (Bufonidae) in the Dry Chaco ecoregion of Bolivia Christopher M. Schalk1, Marco Sezano2 1Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Program, Department of Wildlife and Fisheries Sciences, and Biodiversity Research and Teaching Collections, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, USA. keywords: anurans; bufonius; burrows; chaco; frogs; schalk; tarantula cache: ah-1709.pdf plain text: ah-1709.txt item: #257 of 429 id: ah-1710 author: Budzik, Karolina; Budzik, Krystian title: A preliminary report of amphibian mortality patterns on railways date: 2014-07-01 words: 3241 flesch: 62 summary: To date, the impact of railways on amphibians has not been established and, in contrast to the issue of amphibian road mortality (Carr and Fahrig, 2001; Mazerolle, 2004; Sirello, 2008; Sutherland et al., 2010), data on amphibian mortality due to the presence of railways are very scarce (Berthoud and Antoniazza, 1998; Vos et al., 2001; Reshetylo and Briggs, 2010). Amphibia-Reptilia 33: 469-483. Mazerolle, M.J. (2004): Amphibian road mortality in response to nightly variations in traffic intensity. keywords: amphibian; areas; dead; mortality; railroad; railway; sites cache: ah-1710.pdf plain text: ah-1710.txt item: #258 of 429 id: ah-1711 author: Salas, Nancy; Valetti, Julián; Grenat, Pablo; Otero, Manuel; Martino, Adolfo title: Meiotic behavior of two polyploid species of genus Pleurodema (Anura: Leiuperidae) from central Argentina date: 2014-06-30 words: 3088 flesch: 59 summary: We discuss the possible allo- and autopolyploid origin of these species, and we consider that the autopolyploid origin of P. cordobae from P. kriegi might be the most feasible. Keywords. According to cytogenetic studies conducted so far, Pleu- rodema includes three polyploid species, P. kriegi (Mül- ler 1926) and P. bibroni Tschudi 1838 which are 2N = 4X = 44, and P. cordobae Valetti, Salas and Martino 2009 which is 2N = 8X = 88, while the remaining species are diploid (2N = 2X = 22) (Brum-Zorrilla and Sáez, 1968; Barrio and Rinaldi de Chieri, 1970; Veloso et al., 1972; Duellman and Veloso, 1977; keywords: argentina; cordobae; kriegi; pleurodema; polyploid; species cache: ah-1711.pdf plain text: ah-1711.txt item: #259 of 429 id: ah-1712 author: Pinya, Samuel; Pérez-Mellado, Valentín title: Clutch size in wild populations of Alytes muletensis date: 2014-06-30 words: 2005 flesch: 66 summary: Clutch size of genus Alytes presents strong inter- and intra-specific variability. The observed range of clutch size found in this study is the largest known for both wild and cap- tive populations, and coincides with the minimum and maximum values published previously (Alcover et al., 1984; Bush, 1996; Román and Mayol, 1997). keywords: alytes; clutch; eggs; muletensis; size; wild cache: ah-1712.pdf plain text: ah-1712.txt item: #260 of 429 id: ah-1713 author: Damas-Moreira, Isabel; Harris, D. James; Rosado, Daniela; Tavares, Isabel; Maia, João; Salvi, Daniele; Perera, Ana title: Consequences of haemogregarine infection on the escape distance in the lacertid lizard, Podarcis vaucheri date: 2014-06-30 words: 3659 flesch: 56 summary: We assessed the effect of Hepatozoon parasites on Podarcis vaucheri flight-initiation distance from a simulated predator, a behaviour that is determinant for a successful escape and is therefore likely to have major implications on a lizard’s survival. At this location, Podarcis vaucheri presents high densities and Hepatozoon parasites have been previously reported and characterized genetically (Maia et al., 2011). keywords: distance; flight; hepatozoon; individuals; intensity; lizards; parasite; prevalence cache: ah-1713.pdf plain text: ah-1713.txt item: #261 of 429 id: ah-1714 author: Stark, Tariq; Laurijssens, Carlijn; Weterings, Martijn; Spitzen-van der Sluijs, Annemarieke; Martel, An; Pasmans, Frank title: Death in the clouds: ranavirus associated mortality in assemblage of cloud forest amphibians in Nicaragua date: 2014-06-30 words: 1622 flesch: 61 summary: Amphibians are declining in all continents where they occur due to several causes like habitat destruction, habitat degradation, pollutants, climate change and dis- eases (Stuart et al., 2008). Rana- viruses belong to the family Iridoviridae and have been recorded from Asia, Central-, South- and North Amer- ica and Europe (Whitfield et al., 2007; Xu et al., 2010). keywords: amphibian; nicaragua; ometepe; ranavirus cache: ah-1714.pdf plain text: ah-1714.txt item: #262 of 429 id: ah-1715 author: Salvidio, Sebastiano title: Federico Chacón, Richard Dennis Johnson. Amphibians and Reptiles of Costa Rica date: 2014-06-30 words: 502 flesch: 57 summary: The pocket guide then illustrates the 191 amphibians and the 227 reptiles found within Costa Rica boundaries, comprising extinct species Amphibians and Reptiles of Costa Rica. keywords: guide; species cache: ah-1715.pdf plain text: ah-1715.txt item: #263 of 429 id: ah-1716 author: Sacchi, Roberto; Capelli, Enrica; Scali, Stefano; Pellitteri-Rosa, Daniele; Ghitti, Michele; Acerbi, Emanuele; Pingitore, Elena title: In vitro temperature dependent activation of T-lymphocytes in Common wall lizards (Podarcis muralis) in response to PHA stimulation date: 2014-12-15 words: 5316 flesch: 54 summary: Ecological immunology attempts to explain the variability of immune response among individuals by invok- ing costs and trade-offs, which may optimize the immune defence against pathogens. INTRODUCTION Ecological immunology investigates the physiologi- cal or molecular basis of immune responses, by placing them in the context of ecology and adaptation (Shel- don and Verhulst, 1996; keywords: effects; et al; immune; lymphocytes; pha; response; sex; temperature; wall cache: ah-1716.pdf plain text: ah-1716.txt item: #264 of 429 id: ah-1717 author: Siroski, Pablo; Poletta, Gisela; Parachú Marcó, María; Ortega, Hugo; Merchant, Mark title: Presence of chitinase enzymes in crocodilians date: 2014-12-15 words: 5508 flesch: 59 summary: In fact, many studies have been performed to detect CHT activity towards chitin-containing pathogens both in vitro and in vivo (van Eijk et al., 2005). To our knowledge, CHT activity in the plasma of crocodilians has not been studied to date. keywords: activity; caiman; chitin; chitotriosidase; cht; cht activity; enzyme; et al; latirostris; merchant; plasma; siroski cache: ah-1717.pdf plain text: ah-1717.txt item: #265 of 429 id: ah-1718 author: Valdecantos, Soledad; Martínez, Virginia; Labra, Antonieta title: Comparative morphology of Liolaemus lizards precloacal glands date: 2014-12-15 words: 6508 flesch: 60 summary: We investigated for the first time the morphology and histology of lizard precloacal glands, by studying three Liolaemus species that differ in the presence of pores in their cloaca: L. irregularis, in which adults and juveniles of both sexes have pores; L. poecilochromus, in which only adult males have pores, and L. neuquensis, in which the adults of both sexes lack pores. Finally, the structure of Liolaemus precloacal glands is very similar to those of the amphisbaenid precloacal glands and the femoral glands of other lizard species. keywords: adult; glands; irregularis; juveniles; liolaemus; lizards; males; poecilochromus; pores; precloacal; secretions; species cache: ah-1718.pdf plain text: ah-1718.txt item: #266 of 429 id: ah-1719 author: Khajeh, Asghar; Mohammadi, Zeinolabedin; Ghorbani, Fatemeh; Meshkani, Javad; Rastegar Pouyani, Eskandar; Torkamanzehi, Adam title: New insights into the taxonomy of the skittering frog Euphlyctis cyanophlyctis complex (Schneider, 1799) (Amphibia: Dicroglossidae) based on mitochondrial 16S rRNA gene sequences in southern Asia date: 2014-12-15 words: 4133 flesch: 55 summary: Baluch and Kami (1995) reported Rana cyanophlyctis cyanophlyctis from southern and southeastern Iran and proposed Rana cyan- ophlyctis seistanica to be a synonym. In this study we used sequence variation in the mitochondrial 16S ribosomal RNA gene to elucidate the taxonomic status of Iranian populations of E. cyanophlyctis and compare their genetic diversity and divergence to populations from the Indian subcontinent. keywords: bangladesh; cyanophlyctis; euphlyctis; india; iran; populations; southern; species; specimens cache: ah-1719.pdf plain text: ah-1719.txt item: #267 of 429 id: ah-1720 author: Mangiacotti, Marco; Limongi, Laura; Sannolo, Marco; Sacchi, Roberto; Zuffi, Marco; Scali, Stefano title: Head shape variation in eastern and western Montpellier snakes date: 2014-12-15 words: 6892 flesch: 55 summary: Two subspecies are currently recognized within each species (Fig. 1, see also Sindaco et al., 2013; Uetz and Hošek, 2013): M. insig- nitus insignitus Geoffroy Sant-Hilaire 1827, which occurs in the eastern coast of Mediterranean Africa (from east- ern Morocco to Egypt) and Middle East (De Haan, 1999; Carranza et al., 2006), and M. i. fuscus Fleischmann 1831, which occupies the remnant part of the areal (Balkans, Anatolia, Caucasia and Transcaucasia, Iraq and Iran; Fig. 1; De Haan, 1999); M. monspessulanus monspessulanus Hermann 1804, which ranges from eastern Morocco to South-western Europe, and M. m. saharatlanticus Geniez, 168 M. Mangiacotti et alii Cluchier and De Haan 2006, a vicariant of the nomi- nal subspecies, in western Morocco and Western Sahara (Geniez et al., 2006). The phylogenetic reconstruction using mitochondrial DNA (cyt b and 12S rRNA; Carranza et al., 2006) revealed that i) the genetic distance between the eastern (M. insignitus) and west- ern (M. monspessulanus) clades justifies their raising to the status of distinct species (Carranza et al., 2006), ii) the occurrence in the eastern clade of a greater genetic diversity, which suggests maintaining the subspecies M. i. fuscus, and iii) the genetic variability of the western clade is far lower, even comparing Moroccan populations to European ones, supporting the hypothesis that cur- rent European populations are descendant of a recent re- colonization from Morocco through Gibraltar (80,000– 170,000 years ago; Carranza et al., 2006). keywords: clades; et al; fig; geniez; head; insignitus; m. i.; m. m.; malpolon; monspessulanus; shape; snakes; subspecies; variation; western cache: ah-1720.pdf plain text: ah-1720.txt item: #268 of 429 id: ah-1721 author: Meek, Roger title: Temporal distributions, habitat associations and behaviour of the green lizard (Lacerta bilineata) and wall lizard (Podarcis muralis) on roads in a fragmented landscape in Western France date: 2014-12-10 words: 5380 flesch: 59 summary: The present paper attempts to increase understanding of lizard road presence using the results of a 9-year study of two lizard species in an agri- cultural landscape in western France. Roger Meek DISCUSSION A perhaps unforeseen result of this study was the major temporal differences in lizard road presence with high numbers observed in autumn (August and Septem- ber) especially in P. muralis. keywords: behaviour; bilineata; habitat; lizards; mortalities; muralis; presence; road; species; urban cache: ah-1721.pdf plain text: ah-1721.txt item: #269 of 429 id: ah-1722 author: Moradi, Naeim; Rastegar-Pouyani, Nasrullah; Rastegar-Pouyani, Eskandar title: Geographic variation in the morphology of Macrovipera lebetina (Linnaeus, 1758) (Ophidia: Viperidae) in Iran date: 2014-12-10 words: 8429 flesch: 61 summary: 194 N. Moradi et alii Principal Component Analysis Multivariate analysis of the meristic characters was carried out to determine whether distinct geographic units exist within Macrovipera lebetina populations. PreV M 4.60 ± 0.54 (5) 4-5 4.50 ± 0.57 keywords: characters; colour; group; iran; iranian; lebetina; macrovipera; number; pattern; populations; prov; scales; specimens; variation cache: ah-1722.pdf plain text: ah-1722.txt item: #270 of 429 id: ah-1723 author: Tlili, Wided; Nefla, Aymen; Delaugerre, Michel; Ouni, Ridha; Nouira, Saïd title: Factors determining Gekkotan (Reptilia, Sauria) distribution in Tunisia (North Africa) date: 2014-12-27 words: 6651 flesch: 60 summary: 18 environmental variables were revealed and clustered into five factors to model species distributions. Guisan, A., Weiss, S.B., Weiss, A.D. (1999): GLM versus CCA spatial modeling of plant species distributions. keywords: area; distribution; factors; fig; gekkotan; grids; north; regions; species; sthenodactylus; tlili; tunisia; variables cache: ah-1723.pdf plain text: ah-1723.txt item: #271 of 429 id: ah-1724 author: Ding, Guo-Hua; Lin, Zhi-Hua; Wei, Li title: The compensatory effect of tail regeneration on swimming speed in larval Hoplobatrachus chinensis Osbeck, 1765 (Anura: Ranidae) after tail removal date: 2014-12-29 words: 4238 flesch: 60 summary: RESULTS Before tail removal, the Gosner’s stage, body length and tail length were not significantly different in the four experimental groups (Table 1). Swimming speed was measured three times for each experimental tadpole: before tail removal, after tail removal, and 7 days from tail removal. keywords: length; regeneration; removal; speed; swimming; tadpoles; tail; tail removal; van cache: ah-1724.pdf plain text: ah-1724.txt item: #272 of 429 id: ah-1725 author: Panzeri, Mattia; Mori, Emiliano; Mazza, Giuseppe; Menchetti, Mattia title: Records of introduced stripe-necked terrapins (Mauremys species) in Italy date: 2014-12-15 words: 2363 flesch: 67 summary: Acta Herpetologica 9(2): 227-230, 2014 ISSN 1827-9635 (print) © Firenze University Press ISSN 1827-9643 (online) www.fupress.com/ah DOI: 10.13128/Acta_Herpetol-14480 Records of introduced stripe-necked terrapins (Mauremys species) in Italy Mattia Panzeri1,§, Emiliano Mori2,§,*, Giuseppe Mazza3,4, Mattia Menchetti3 1 Department of Environment, Health, Safety, University of Insubria, Via J.H. Dunant 6, 1100 Varese, Italy 2 Di.S.A.F.A., Entomology and Zoology, University of Turin, Via Leonardo da Vinci 44, 10095 Grugliasco (Turin), Italy. Between December 2013 and April 2014 we also con- ducted an extensive survey of online aquarium and pet shops in Italy to assess the presence of Mauremys species in the pet trade. keywords: comm; fritz; italy; mauremys; pers; records; species cache: ah-1725.pdf plain text: ah-1725.txt item: #273 of 429 id: ah-1726 author: Buono, Vincenzo; Guarino, Fabio; Vignoli, Leonardo title: Maximum body size and age distribution in the Italian Stream Frog, Rana italica Dubois 1987 (Amphibia: Anura) date: 2014-12-15 words: 3155 flesch: 62 summary: In this study we report a new maximum body size record for R. italica and data on frog age from a popula- tion living at the neighbouring of Rome (Central Italy) by using skeletochronological technique. The observed body size pattern (i.e., larger body size in comparison to other population at comparable elevation at the same lati- tude) shared by two amphibians would deserve further in depth analyses. keywords: age; guarino; italica; males; rana; size cache: ah-1726.pdf plain text: ah-1726.txt item: #274 of 429 id: ah-1727 author: Fattah, Abderrazzak; Slimani, Tahar; El Mouden, El Hassan; Grolet, Odile; Joly, Pierre title: Age structure of a population of Barbarophryne brongersmai (Hoogmoed 1972) (Anura, Bufonidae) inhabiting an arid environment in the Central Jbilets (West-Morocco) date: 2014-12-15 words: 3552 flesch: 62 summary: This hypothesis is supported by the fact that most toad species with body size larger than that of B. brongersmai exhibit shorter longevity and smaller age at maturity even in spe- cies with higher body size (Table 1). The one-year difference in age at maturity between males and females is commonly observed in the anu- rans, and is usually attributed to the higher investment of females in gametes (Miaud et al., 1999; Bastien and Leclair, 1992; Kyriakopoulou-Sklavounou and Grumiro, 2002; Eaton et al., 2005). keywords: age; body; bufo; females; growth; males; population; size; years cache: ah-1727.pdf plain text: ah-1727.txt item: #275 of 429 id: ah-1728 author: Sung, Yik-Hei; Hau, Billy; Karraker, Nancy title: Reproduction of endangered Big-headed Turtle, Platysternon megacephalum (Reptilia: Testudines: Platysternidae) date: 2014-10-27 words: 3334 flesch: 65 summary: As with many other turtle species, the onset of reproduction, and the period between mating and egg laying, of P. megacephalum is concordant with the wet season, when food is abundant for gravid females (Wang et al., 2011). It is evident that popu- lations of P. megacephalum have been heavily depleted and are in drastic decline in China (Hendrie, 2000; Tana et al., 2000; Gong et al., 2006). keywords: eggs; females; kong; megacephalum; study; turtles cache: ah-1728.pdf plain text: ah-1728.txt item: #276 of 429 id: ah-1729 author: Pincheira-Donoso, Daniel title: No evidence for conspecificity between two high Andes Liolaemus lizards (Squamata: Liolaemidae) date: 2014-12-28 words: 1980 flesch: 62 summary: Labra, A. (2011): Chemical stimuli and species recogni- tion in Liolaemus lizards. Labra, A., Pienaar, J., Hansen, T.F. (2009): Evolution of thermal physiology in Liolaemus lizards: adaptation, phylogenetic inertia, and niche tracking. keywords: donoso; liolaemus; pincheira; species cache: ah-1729.pdf plain text: ah-1729.txt item: #277 of 429 id: ah-1730 author: Silva-Rocha, Iolanda; Salvi, Daniele; Harris, D. James; Freitas, Susana; Davis, Chris; Foster, Jim; Deichsel, Guntram; Adamopoulou, Chloe; Carretero, Miguel title: Molecular assessment of Podarcis sicula populations in Britain, Greece and Turkey reinforces a multiple-origin invasion pattern in this species date: 2014-12-28 words: 3484 flesch: 59 summary: ML Phylogenetic estimate of relationships between cytochrome b (cyt-b) haplotypes from native Podarcis sicula populations (Podnar et al. 2005, Kolbe et al. 2013) and those from introduced populations generated in this study (Turkey and United Kingdom) and by Silva- Rocha et al. 2012 and Kolbe et al. 2013 Acta Herpetologica 9(2): 253-258, 2014 ISSN 1827-9635 (print) © Firenze University Press ISSN 1827-9643 (online) www.fupress.com/ah DOI: 10.13128/Acta_Herpetol-14968 Molecular assessment of Podarcis sicula populations in Britain, Greece and Turkey reinforces a multiple-origin invasion pattern in this species Iolanda Silva-Rocha1,*, Daniele Salvi1, D. James Harris1, Susana Freitas1, Chris Davis2, Jim Foster2, Guntram Deichsel3, Chloe Adamopoulou4, Miguel A. Carretero1 1 CIBIO-InBIO-UP, Research Centre in Biodiversity and Genetic Resources, Universidade do Porto, Campus Agrário de Vairão, Rua Padre Armando Quintas 7, 4485-661 Vairão, Vila do Conde, Portugal. keywords: et al; lizard; origin; podarcis; populations; sicula; species; united; wall cache: ah-1730.pdf plain text: ah-1730.txt item: #278 of 429 id: ah-1731 author: Rodrigues, João; Soares, Diego; Silva, José title: Sexing freshwater turtles: penile eversion in Phrynops tuberosus (Testudines: Chelidae) date: 2014-11-17 words: 2733 flesch: 62 summary: Defensive behaviour, penis, pleurodira, sexing method. Studies reporting sexing methods based in penile eversion are increasing, reinforcing the impor-   Fig. keywords: et al; eversion; males; method; penis; sex; turtles cache: ah-1731.pdf plain text: ah-1731.txt item: #279 of 429 id: ah-1732 author: Razzetti, Edoardo title: Andrea Ambrogio, Sergio Mezzadri. Girini d’Italia - Tadpoles of Italy date: 2014-12-15 words: 1123 flesch: 60 summary: They are by far the best drawings of tadpoles I’ve ever seen, and I feel that Andrea Ambro- gio succeeded well in the difficult task of giving the tad- poles a “living” appearance. To me the answer is abso- lutely yes: even if there are several guides that offer iden- tification keys and descriptions for tadpoles (the “classic” ones: Lanza, 1983; Nöllert and Nöllert, 1992; Arnold, 2002; Lanza et al., 2007) most of them show drawings that are just modified version of previous authors works (sometimes of the XIX century). keywords: book; identification; italy; species; tadpoles cache: ah-1732.pdf plain text: ah-1732.txt item: #280 of 429 id: ah-1733 author: Borkin, Leo; Dujsebayeva, Tatjana; Sindaco, Roberto; Stöck, Matthias title: Obituary: Valery K. Eremchenko (1949-2014) date: 2015-06-30 words: 3924 flesch: 58 summary: Valery K. Eremchenko (1949-2014) Leo J. Borkin1, Tatjana Dujsebayeva2, Roberto Sindaco3, Matthias Stöck4 1 St. Petersburg, Russia 2 Almaty, Kazakhstan 3 Turin, Italy 4 Berlin, Germany On 14 April 2014 a leading herpetologist of Central Asia and a former member of the Societas Herpetologi- ca Italica, Valery Konstantinovich Eremchenko (Fig. 1), passed away in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, after several years of severe illness. There- fore, below are only listed the main steps of the scientific career of V.K. Eremchenko. keywords: a.m.; academii; bishkek; eremchenko; izvestiya; kyrgyz; nauk; panfilov; russian; s.s.r; scincidae; species; v.k; valery cache: ah-1733.pdf plain text: ah-1733.txt item: #281 of 429 id: ah-1734 author: Somerova, Barbora; Rehák, Ivan; Velenský, Petr; Palupčíková, Klára; Protiva, Tomáš; Frynta, Daniel title: Haplotype variation in founders of the Mauremys annamensis population kept in European Zoos date: 2015-06-30 words: 4680 flesch: 54 summary: 2D Mauremys annamensis D. Frynta annamensis subclade I annamensis clade 4D Mauremys annamensis D. Frynta annamensis subclade I annamensis clade 7 704212 Mauremys annamensis Rotterdam annamensis subclade I annamensis clade 9 704523 Mauremys annamensis Rotterdam annamensis subclade I annamensis clade 18 8 Mauremys annamensis Münster annamensis subclade I annamensis clade 21 Mauremys annamensis M. Schilde annamensis subclade I annamensis clade 22 Mauremys annamensis M. Schilde annamensis subclade I annamensis clade 24 M7 Mauremys annamensis Praha annamensis subclade I annamensis clade 33 ROO720 Mauremys annamensis Leipzig annamensis subclade I annamensis clade 34 ROO719 Mauremys annamensis Leipzig annamensis subclade I annamensis clade 128 CZ/921 Mauremys annamensis Chester annamensis subclade Nr.   Species Breeder ND4 R35 Mauremys annamensis mtDNA subclade II 1 Mauremys annamensis H. Becker annamensis subclade II annamensis clade 2 Mauremys annamensis H. Becker annamensis subclade II annamensis clade 3 Mauremys annamensis H. Becker annamensis subclade II annamensis clade 3D Mauremys annamensis D. Frynta annamensis subclade II annamensis clade 5D Mauremys annamensis D. Frynta annamensis subclade II annamensis clade 6 704774 Mauremys annamensis Rotterdam annamensis subclade II annamensis clade 8 704525 Mauremys annamensis Rotterdam annamensis subclade II annamensis clade 10 704524 Mauremys annamensis Rotterdam annamensis subclade II annamensis clade 11 705067 Mauremys annamensis Rotterdam annamensis subclade II annamensis clade 12 3 Mauremys annamensis Münster annamensis subclade II annamensis clade 13 4 Mauremys annamensis Münster annamensis subclade II annamensis clade 15 9 Mauremys annamensis Münster annamensis subclade II annamensis clade 16 1 Mauremys annamensis Münster annamensis subclade II annamensis clade 17 2 Mauremys annamensis Münster annamensis subclade II annamensis clade 19 6 Mauremys annamensis Münster annamensis subclade II annamensis clade 20 Mauremys annamensis M. Schilde annamensis subclade II annamensis clade 23 M53 Mauremys annamensis Praha annamensis subclade II annamensis clade 25 F21 Mauremys annamensis Praha annamensis subclade II annamensis clade 26 F9 Mauremys annamensis Praha annamensis subclade II annamensis clade 32 ROO718 Mauremys annamensis Leipzig annamensis subclade II annamensis clade 35 32 Mauremys annamensis Panuška annamensis subclade II annamensis clade 36 33 Mauremys annamensis Panuška annamensis subclade II annamensis clade 37 34 Mauremys annamensis Panuška annamensis subclade II annamensis clade 126 COS679 keywords: annamensis; annamensis clade; fong; ii annamensis; m. mutica; mauremys annamensis; mutica; mutica clade; sequences; species; subclade; subclade ii; turtle cache: ah-1734.pdf plain text: ah-1734.txt item: #282 of 429 id: ah-1735 author: Chen, Wei; Ren, Lina; He, Dujuan; Wang, Ying; Pike, David title: Reproductive ecology of Sichuan digging frogs (Microhylidae: Kaloula rugifera) date: 2015-06-27 words: 3160 flesch: 66 summary: We found significant positive correlations between female body size (SVL) and clutch size (rs = 0.772, p < 0.001, n = 18; Fig. 4a), how- ever, we did not find a significant correlation between female body size and egg size (rs = 0.429, p = 0.289, n  =  8; Fig.  4b) as well as between the number of eggs per clutch and egg size (rs = 0.5, p = 0.207, n = 8; Fig 4c). Larger females laid more eggs, and there was no correlation between egg number and egg size. keywords: body; egg; eggs; females; fig; frogs; rugifera; season; sichuan; size cache: ah-1735.pdf plain text: ah-1735.txt item: #283 of 429 id: ah-1736 author: Cakici, Ozlem title: Toxic effects of carbaryl on the histology of testes of Bufotes variabilis (Anura: Bufonidae) date: 2015-06-29 words: 4026 flesch: 55 summary: However only one study made by Fair et al. (1995) directly quantified carbaryl residues of terrestrial invertebrates and determined that grasshoppers had mean residues of 17 µg/g two days following rangeland application of 0.5 kg active ingredient/ha. Fair, J.M., Kennedy, P.L., McEwen, L.C. (1995): Effects of carbaryl grasshopper control on nesting killdeer in North Dakota. keywords: carbaryl; cells; dose; effects; exposure; fig; germ; group; necrosis; study; testis; tubules; variabilis cache: ah-1736.pdf plain text: ah-1736.txt item: #284 of 429 id: ah-1737 author: Latorre, Maria; López González, Evelyn; Siroski, Pablo; Poletta, Gisela title: Basal frequency of micronuclei and hematological parameters in the Side-necked Turtle, Phrynops hilarii (Duméril & Bibron, 1835) date: 2014-06-27 words: 4644 flesch: 56 summary: Aguirre et al., 1995). (2011) 35Micronuclei and hematological parameters in Phrynops hilarii and males in Caiman crocodilus (Rossini, 2004), while other authors reported such differences in other reptiles species (Frair, 1977; Wood and Ebanks, 1984; Hart et al., 1991). keywords: animals; argentina; bfmn; blood; caiman; cells; et al; hilarii; parameters; phrynops; poletta; species; test; values cache: ah-1737.pdf plain text: ah-1737.txt item: #285 of 429 id: ah-1738 author: Zuffi, Marco A.L.; Citi, Simona; Foschi, Elena; Marsiglia, Francesca; Martelli, Eva title: Into a box interiors: clutch size variation and resource allocation in the European pond turtle date: 2015-06-29 words: 4998 flesch: 60 summary: It is evident that our sampled females are more similar in size and in reproductive output (they actually produced the same number of shelled-eggs; see results) as expected from previous results (see Zuffi et al., 2004). In fact, from previous ecological research, a maximum of two clutches was found in Emys orbicularis (Zuffi and Odetti, 1998; Zuffi et al., 1999), and a third deposition was only hypothesized. keywords: congdon; eggs; emys; european; females; follicles; gibbons; orbicularis; size; turtle; zuffi cache: ah-1738.pdf plain text: ah-1738.txt item: #286 of 429 id: ah-1739 author: Penado, Andreia; Rocha, Ricardo; Sampaio, Marta; Gil, Vanessa; Carreira, Bruno; Rebelo, Rui title: Where to “Rock”? Choice of retreat sites by a gecko in a semi-arid habitat date: 2015-06-30 words: 5185 flesch: 61 summary: Choice of retreat sites by a gecko in a semi-arid habitat Andreia Penado1,2, Ricardo Rocha3,4,*, Marta Sampaio3, Vanessa Gil3, Bruno M. Carreira3, Rui Rebelo3 1 School of Life Sciences, University of Sussex, Falmer, Brighton, East Sussex, BN1 9RH, United Kingdom 2 CIBIO/UP, Jardim Botânico Tropical/IICT, tv. In 2010 (spring and autumn) and 2011 (spring), we collected data on the charac- teristics of the habitat surrounding 168 rocks used by these geckos as retreat sites, as well as on 75 randomly selected rocks. keywords: area; autumn; body; females; geckos; habitat; individuals; retreat; rocks; selvagens; sites; species; spring; table cache: ah-1739.pdf plain text: ah-1739.txt item: #287 of 429 id: ah-1740 author: Bionda, Clarisa; Kost, Silvia; Salas, Nancy; Lajmanovich, Rafael; Sinsch, Ulrich; Martino, Adolfo title: Age structure, growth and longevity in the common toad, Rhinella arenarum, from Argentina date: 2015-06-30 words: 5455 flesch: 64 summary: Growth rate was estimated using the von Bertalanffy’s (1938) model (e.g., Üzüm and Olgun, 2009; Liao and Lu, 2010; Guarino et al., 2011). A marked decrease of growth rate was observed from the 2nd to the 3rd LAG which is after the presumed attainment of sexual maturity. keywords: age; arenarum; bionda; females; growth; lags; longevity; males; maturity; size; svl cache: ah-1740.pdf plain text: ah-1740.txt item: #288 of 429 id: ah-1741 author: Ferraro, Daiana title: On a putative type specimen of Pleurodema bibroni Tschudi, 1838 from Chile (Anura: Leptodactylidae) date: 2015-06-30 words: 2568 flesch: 61 summary: Specimen RMNH 2277 is today faded and poorly preserved. Morphological observations added to locality data suggest that specimen RMNH 2277 cannot be assigned to P. bibroni because the specimen possesses vomerine teeths and was not collected in the distribution area for   Fig. keywords: anura; bibroni; cenai; macn; p. bibroni; pleurodema; rmnh; specimen; thaul; tschudi; type cache: ah-1741.pdf plain text: ah-1741.txt item: #289 of 429 id: ah-1742 author: Iop, Samanta; Mendes Lipinski, Victor; Madalozzo, Bruno; Pereira Maragno, Franciele; Zanini Cechin, Sonia; Gomes Dos Santos, Tiago title: Re-description of the external morphology of Phyllomedusa iheringii Boulenger, 1885 larvae (Anura: Hylidae), with comments on the external morphology of tadpoles of the P. burmeisteri group date: 2015-06-30 words: 4629 flesch: 64 summary: 72 Samanta Iop et alii Caramaschi, U. (2006): Redefinição do grupo de Phyl- lomedusa hypochondrialis, com redescrição de P. meg- acephala (Miranda-Ribeiro, 1926), revalidação de P. azurea Cope, 1862 e descrição de uma nova espécie (Amphibia, Anura, Hylidae). Until now, odonate naiads, belostomatid bugs, spiders and fishes were identi- fied as predators of tadpoles of Phyllomedusa (Azevedo- Ramos et al., 1992; Gascon, 1992; Schmidt and Amézqui- ta, 2001; Santos-Silva et al., 2013) Tadpoles of Phyllomedusa iheringii are similar to those of other species of P. burmeisteri group, but smaller in average and with fewer marginal papillae in the oral disc (not emarginated). keywords: anura; body; burmeisteri; dorsal; group; iheringii; morphology; papillae; phyllomedusa; species; stage; tadpoles cache: ah-1742.pdf plain text: ah-1742.txt item: #290 of 429 id: ah-1743 author: Salvidio, Sebastiano title: Harold Heatwole, John W. Wilkinson (Eds). Amphibians Biology. Volume 11 - Status of conservation and decline of Amphibians. Eastern Hemisphere. Part 4 . Southern Europe and Turkey date: 2015-06-13 words: 941 flesch: 49 summary: Atlante degli anfibi del Parco Nazionale del Cilento Vallo di Diano e Alburni - Distribuzione, biologia, ecologia e conservazione Sebastiano Salvidio ACTA HERPETOLOGICA Journal of the Societas Herpetologica Italica © Firenze University Press ISSN 1827-9643 (online) www.fupress.com/ah DOI: 10.13128/Acta_Herpetol-15321 Book Review: Harold Heatwole, John W. Wilkinson (Eds). keywords: amphibians; book; conservation; heatwole; status; volume cache: ah-1743.pdf plain text: ah-1743.txt item: #291 of 429 id: ah-1744 author: Salvidio, Sebastiano title: Antonio Romano. Atlante degli anfibi del Parco Nazionale del Cilento Vallo di Diano e Alburni - Distribuzione, biologia, ecologia e conservazione date: 2015-06-28 words: 1293 flesch: 47 summary: Atlante degli anfibi del Parco Nazionale del Cilento Vallo di Diano e Alburni - Distribuzione, biologia, ecologia e conservazione Sebastiano Salvidio ACTA HERPETOLOGICA Journal of the Societas Herpetologica Italica Romano, A., Spilinga, C., Ventre, N., De Riso, L. (2008): Gli anfibi del Parco Nazionale del Cilento e Vallo di Diano (Campania) dati preliminari. keywords: anfibi; cilento; del; diano; nazionale; parco; vallo cache: ah-1744.pdf plain text: ah-1744.txt item: #292 of 429 id: ah-1745 author: Rodríguez-Caro, Roberto; Graciá, Eva; Morais Dos Santos, Renata; Anadón, José D.; Gimenez, Andrés title: One scute ring per year in Testudo graeca? A novel method to identify ring deposition patterns in tortoises date: 2015-12-29 words: 4909 flesch: 61 summary: A novel method to identify ring deposition patterns in tortoises Roberto C. Rodríguez-Caro1,*, Eva Graciá1, Renata Morais Dos Santos1, José D. Anadón2, Andrés Gimenez1 1 Area of Ecology, Dept. of Applied Biology, Miguel Hernández University, Av. de la Universidad, 03202, Elche, Spain. In tortoises, many studies have estimated individuals’ age by counting growth rings on their scutes, assuming one ring per year (1:1 ratio). keywords: age; autumn; deposition; graeca; growth; individuals; pattern; ring; spring; tortoises cache: ah-1745.pdf plain text: ah-1745.txt item: #293 of 429 id: ah-1746 author: Oromi, Neus; Camarasa, Sebastià; Sanuy, Isabel; Sanuy, Delfi title: Variation of growth rate and survival in embryos and larvae of Rana temporaria populations from the Pyrenees date: 2015-12-30 words: 4927 flesch: 52 summary: Therefore, in an altitudinal gradient, populations living at low altitudes are expected to grow faster at high temperatures, whereas high altitude popu- lations can show a higher growth rate at a low tempera- ture. In our study we also analysed a phe- notypic variation depending on temperature treatments, in the case of high temperatures than those recorded in the field. keywords: development; growth; hatching; highland; metamorphosis; population; rana; size; temperature; temporaria cache: ah-1746.pdf plain text: ah-1746.txt item: #294 of 429 id: ah-1747 author: Hamann, Monika; González, Cynthya title: Helminth parasites in the toad Rhinella major (Bufonidae) from Chaco region, Argentina date: 2015-12-27 words: 5508 flesch: 58 summary: The diversity of helminth parasite species in amphib- ian hosts is often correlated with the habitat inhabited by the latter, e.g., terrestrial amphibian tend to host more nematode parasites with direct life cycles (Luque et al., 2005; Yoder and Coggins, 2007; Ibrahim, 2008; The measures of community richness and diversity employed included: the total number of helminth species (richness), mean richness (the sum of hel- minth species, per individual toads, divided by the total sample size), Shannon index (H´) (Shannon and Weaver, 1949), even- ness (J’) as H´/H´ max (Pielou, 1966; Zar, 2010). keywords: argentina; hamann; helminth; major; parasites; richness; semiarid; species; subhumid; toad; zone cache: ah-1747.pdf plain text: ah-1747.txt item: #295 of 429 id: ah-1748 author: Franch, Marc; Silva, Cristiano; Lopes, Gil; Ribeiro, Fernando; Trigueiros, Paulo; Seco, Luis; Sillero, Neftalí title: Where to look when identifying roadkilled amphibians? date: 2015-12-21 words: 5103 flesch: 63 summary: It is a sparse vector of occurrence counts of a vocabulary of local image features (Gang, 2012). Matos, C., Sillero, N., Argaña, E. (2012): Spatial analysis of amphibian road mortality levels in northern Portu- gal country roads. keywords: amphibian; anura; caudata; colour; features; form; identification; images; patterns cache: ah-1748.pdf plain text: ah-1748.txt item: #296 of 429 id: ah-1749 author: Menegon, Michele; Loader, Simon; Davenport, Tim; Howell, Kim; Tilbury, Colin; Machaga, Sophy; Tolley, Krystal title: A new species of Chameleon (Sauria: Chamaeleonidae: Kinyongia) highlights the biological affinities between the Southern Highlands and Eastern Arc Mountains of Tanzania date: 2015-12-26 words: 5797 flesch: 61 summary: DQ923833 EF014317 K. tavetana North Pare Mountains, Tanzania MTSN 8661 MTSN 8661 FR716615 FR716649 K. tenuis East Usambara Mtns, Tanzania CAS 168917 CAS 168917 DQ923834 EF014318 K. tenuis East Usambara Mtns, Tanzania CT103 PEM R5731 DQ923835 EF014319 K. uluguruensis Uluguru Mountains, Tanzania CT189 PEM R16565 DQ923825 EF014309 K. uluguruensis Uluguru Mountains, Tanzania CT191 PEM R16557 DQ923826 EF014310 K. uthmoelleri South Pare Mtns, Tanzania CT151 PEM R16585 DQ923836 EF014320 K. uthmoelleri Mount Hanang, Tanzania CT339 N/A DQ923837 EF014321 K. vanheygeni Poroto Mountains, Tanzania CT490 LN997631 LN997649 K. vanheygeni Poroto Mountains, Tanzania SCHP-08-R-50 LN997640 LN997650 K. vanheygeni Poroto Mountains, Tanzania SCHP-08-R-91 LN997641 LN997651 K. vosseleri East Usambara Mtns, Tanzania CAS 168921 CAS 168921 GQ221943 GQ221964 K. vosseleri East Usambara Mtns, Tanzania CT104 N LN997644 K. msuyae Livingstone Mountains, Tanzania MTSN9374 MTSN9374 LN997635 LN997645 K. msuyae Livingstone Mountains, Tanzania MTSN9375 MTSN9375 LN997636 LN997646 K. msuyae Livingstone Mountains, Tanzania MTSN9377 MTSN9377 LN997647 K. msuyae Livingstone Mountains, Tanzania MTSN9378 MTSN9378 LN997648 K. oxyrhina Uluguru Mountains, Tanzania CT192 PEM R16569 DQ923831 EF014315 K. oxyrhina Uluguru Mountains, Tanzania CT193 PEM R16552 DQ923832 EF014316 K. tavetana Mount Kilimanjaro, Tanzania CT113 PEM R5736 DQ991233 FJ717801 K. tavetana Mount Meru, Tanzania CT207 PEM R16563 keywords: arc; eastern; et al; forest; highlands; kinyongia; livingstone; menegon; mountains; msuyae; mtsn; new; southern; species; tanzania; tilbury; tolley; udzungwa cache: ah-1749.pdf plain text: ah-1749.txt item: #297 of 429 id: ah-1750 author: Vázquez Gómez, Alma G.; Harfush, Martha; Macip-Ríos, Rodrigo title: Notes on the reproductive ecology of the Oaxaca Mud Turtle (Kinosternon oaxacae) in the vicinity of Mazunte, Mexico date: 2015-12-29 words: 2925 flesch: 66 summary: Clutch size averaged two eggs (± 1), and egg size averaged 30.61 (± 1.89) mm in length, 17.11 (± 0.69) mm in width, and 7.64 (± 0.57) g in mass. We conducted a preliminary sur- vey from August to November 2013 in three localities on the coast of Oaxaca with the objective to increase and com- plement the knowledge of the reproductive ecology of Kinosternon oaxacae, including field data on nesting season, clutch size, egg size, and relative clutch mass. keywords: clutch; egg; eggs; iverson; kinosternon; mass; mud; size; turtle cache: ah-1750.pdf plain text: ah-1750.txt item: #298 of 429 id: ah-1751 author: Troncoso-Palacios, Jaime title: On the taxonomic status of Liolaemus filiorum Pincheira-Donoso & Ramírez, 2005 (Iguania: Liolaemidae): A response to Pincheira-Donoso date: 2015-12-29 words: 2211 flesch: 60 summary: Troncoso-Palacios, J. (2014): Revisión del estatus tax- onómico de Liolaemus filiorum On the taxonomic status of Liolaemus filiorum Pincheira-Donoso & Ramírez, 2005 (Iguania: Liolaemidae): A response to Pincheira-Donoso Jaime Troncoso-Palacios Programa de Fisiología y Biofísica, Instituto de Ciencias Biomédicas (ICBM), Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Chile, Independen- cia 1027, Santiago, Chile. keywords: donoso; filiorum; holotype; liolaemus; pincheira; ramírez cache: ah-1751.pdf plain text: ah-1751.txt item: #299 of 429 id: ah-1752 author: Sousa, José Guilherme; Ávila, Robson title: Body size, reproduction and feeding ecology of Pleurodema diplolister (Amphibia: Anura: Leiuperidae) from Caatinga, Pernambuco state, Northeastern Brazil date: 2015-09-28 words: 3686 flesch: 62 summary: Pleurodema diplolister (Peters, 1870) is the only known species of the genus inhabiting the Caatinga, which is an arid and exclusive biome of Brazil (Cardoso and Arzabe, 1993), but P. diplolister could also be found in Brazilian Cerrado and transition zones between Caatinga-Cerrado (Vitt et al., 2005; Valdujo et al., 2011; Andrade and Vaz- Silva, 2012; Roberto et al., 2013). Ecology, body size, reproduction, sexual dimorphism, diet, Pleurodema diplolister. keywords: brazil; diplolister; eggs; females; length; number; pleurodema; prey; svl; volume cache: ah-1752.pdf plain text: ah-1752.txt item: #300 of 429 id: ah-1753 author: Mačát, Zdeněk; Jeřábková, Lenka; Reiter, Antonín; Rulík, Martin; Jablonski, Daniel title: Malformations and body injuries in a hybrid zone of crested newts (Caudata: Salamandridae: Triturus cristatus superspecies) date: 2015-12-29 words: 3539 flesch: 59 summary: Differ- ences between males and females and between bigger and smaller individuals were performed on tail injuries by the software STATISTICA 12 (Hill and Lewicki, 2007), using a nonparametric Mann-Whitney U test. Five main factors could possibly cause malformations: i) hyper-regeneration after preda- tor attempts or accidents (Eaton et al., 2004; Ballengée and Sessions, 2009), ii) exposition to high UV-B radiation (Blaustein et al., 1997; Pahkala et al., 2003), iii) chemi- cal pollution from industry and agriculture (Kiesecker, 2002; keywords: abnormalities; cristatus; injuries; malformations; newt; tail; triturus cache: ah-1753.pdf plain text: ah-1753.txt item: #301 of 429 id: ah-1754 author: Conradie, Werner; Conradie, Christa title: Correlation between development and increase of number of labial tooth rows in Ghost Frog tadpoles (Anura: Heleophrynidae) date: 2015-10-15 words: 3318 flesch: 62 summary: In this paper data on the ontogenetic increase of labial tooth rows in tadpoles of four species of ghost frog are presented. Feeding, algae, labial tooth rows, correlation, size. keywords: body; heleophryne; length; number; pem; rows; species; tadpoles; teeth; tooth cache: ah-1754.pdf plain text: ah-1754.txt item: #302 of 429 id: ah-1755 author: Insacco, Gianni; Spadola, Filippo; Russotto, Salvatore; Scaravelli, Dino title: Eryx jaculus (Linnaeus, 1758): a new species for the Italian herpetofauna (Squamata: Erycidae) date: 2015-12-30 words: 2190 flesch: 69 summary: Date Locality and Position Number of specimens Age/Sex Name of observer 2006-2013 Contrada San Francesco di Paola, Licata; 37°8’7.15°N, 13°51’57.27°E 10, alive adults Salvatore Russotto 1999-2013 Contrada Grasciura, Licata; 37°7’48.32°N 13°52’31.17°E 8, alive adults Salvatore Russotto 2004 Torre S. Nicola, Licata; 37°6’46.70°N 13°52’8.01°E 1, dead adult female Salvatore Russotto 1986-1991 Contrada Pozzillo, Licata; 37°6’47.70°N 13°52’59.47°E 2, alive adult females Luigi Caci 1982-1987 Contrada Renella, Licata; 37°8’25.16°N 13°55’59.98°E 4, alive adults Epifanio Bonelli 1987 Contrada Poggio Cuterizzio, Licata; 37°7’46.84°N 13°52’52.83°E 1, alive adult Epifanio Bonelli 1984 Contrada San Francesco di Paola, Licata; 37°8’7.15°N, 13°51’57.27°E 1, alive adults Salvatore Russotto 1980 Contrada Pisciotto, Licata; 37°7’44.17°N 13°50’57.94°E 1, alive adult Epifanio Bonelli 1930-1970 Contrada Renella, Licata; 37°8’37.72°N 13°55’44.77°E numerous, alive adults Giuseppe Casa 1930-1960 Contrada Culazzo, Licata; 37°8’59.71°N 13°55’36.86°E numerous, alive adults Giuseppe Casa 153Eryx jaculus in Sicily Br. Long. 13°56’20.35”E; Via Londra, Licata (AG); Rif.: you- tube.com – “TV Alfa Licata, la città keywords: contrada; eryx; fig; jaculus; licata; species cache: ah-1755.pdf plain text: ah-1755.txt item: #303 of 429 id: ah-1756 author: Yu, Tong Lei; Guo, Yan Shu title: Testes asymmetry of Bufo gargarizans in relation to body condition and age date: 2015-12-28 words: 2495 flesch: 67 summary: Our results showed that male 157Testes asymmetry of Bufo gargarizans body condition was correlated with the degree of absolute testes asymmetry in B. gargarizans, but not correlated with the degree of relative testis asymmetry, suggesting that large males in good body condition had not a larger degree of testis asymmetry than small males in poor con- dition. Male body condition was correlated with relative testes mass and absolute testes asymmetry, but not correlated with relative testes asymmetry. keywords: asymmetry; body; condition; mass; testes cache: ah-1756.pdf plain text: ah-1756.txt item: #304 of 429 id: ah-1757 author: Salvidio, Sebastiano title: Florian Doré, Marc Cheylan, Pierre Grillet. Le Lézard ocellé - Un géant sur le continent européen date: 2015-12-21 words: 1012 flesch: 49 summary: Finally in this part of the book, the Authors stress again the importance of artificial bur- rows and underground man-made shelters for the con- servation of Ocellated lizard populations living in open habitats, in which natural rocky shelters are missing or in which tunnel-digging animals are rare or absent. These meth- ods, that account for the species detectability or observ- ability (MacKenzie et al., 2002, 2003), are robust and give sound results, thus permitting to evaluate in an objective way the population trend and, therefore, should be tak- en as examples when establishing monitoring protocols for other lizards species. keywords: cheylan; lizard; populations; species; years cache: ah-1757.pdf plain text: ah-1757.txt item: #305 of 429 id: ah-1758 author: Razzetti, Edoardo title: Pietro Giovacchini, Valentina Falchi, Sergio Vignali, Giacomo Radi, Luca Passalacqua, Fausto Corsi, Marco Porciani, Fabrizio Farsi. Atlante degli anfibi della Provincia di Grosseto (2003-2013) date: 2015-12-28 words: 1135 flesch: 54 summary: A careful evalua- tion of distribution data is of fundamental importance to establish the conservation priorities (e.g., Rondinini et al., 2013) and to develop correct conservation programs. The printed version of the book can be requested at the Province of Grosseto, whereas the e-book is avail- able at no cost from several websites including the one of Societas Herpetologica Italica. keywords: book; herpetologica; italica; siena cache: ah-1758.pdf plain text: ah-1758.txt item: #306 of 429 id: ah-1759 author: Brito, Elizangela; Souza, Franco; Strüssmann, Christine title: Feeding habits of Mesoclemmys vanderhaegei (Testudines: Chelidae) date: 2016-06-29 words: 8082 flesch: 60 summary: The two axes of the NMDS captured much of the variation of M. vanderhaegei diet (62% for qualitative data – presence/absence, and 59% for quantitative data – abundance), but it was not possible to separate the diets of males and females (Fig. 3). Mesoclemmys vanderhaegei proved to be an omnivorous and oppor- tunistic chelonian, feeding on a wide range of food items. keywords: animal; brazil; categories; chelidae; diet; females; fish; food; freshwater; individuals; invertebrates; items; material; mesoclemmys; moll; plant; species; stomach; turtles; vanderhaegei; water cache: ah-1759.pdf plain text: ah-1759.txt item: #307 of 429 id: ah-1760 author: Kamath, Ambika; Sreekar, Rachakonda title: Morphology, ecology, and behaviour of Hylarana intermedia, a Western Ghats frog date: 2016-03-17 words: 4470 flesch: 58 summary: Male frogs, which can be differentiated from females by the presence of vocal sacs, were located either visually or by fol- lowing their calls. Male frogs were observed, without disturbing them, for 5 minutes, during which we counted the number of vocalizations produced. keywords: colour; conspicuousness; females; field; frogs; hylarana; intermedia; length; male; paddy; size; species; trench cache: ah-1760.pdf plain text: ah-1760.txt item: #308 of 429 id: ah-1761 author: de Carvalho, Thiago; Borges Martins, Lucas; Giaretta, Ariovaldo Antonio title: A new account for the endangered Cerrado Rocket Frog Allobates goings (Bokermann, 1975) (Anura: Aromobatidae), with comments on taxonomy and conservation date: 2016-03-26 words: 5786 flesch: 53 summary: No morphological and color trait can unambiguously distinguish A. goianus from A. olfer- sioides (Verdade and Rodrigues, 2007) and A. brunneus (Lima et al., 2009). No acoustic trait can distinguish A. goianus (Table 1) from A. brunneus (Lima et al., 2009). keywords: a. goianus; allobates; anura; brazil; et al; goianus; lima; new; niquelândia; note; simões; species cache: ah-1761.pdf plain text: ah-1761.txt item: #309 of 429 id: ah-1763 author: Sannolo, Marco; Gatti, Francesca; Mangiacotti, Marco; Scali, Stefano; Sacchi, Roberto title: Photo-identification in amphibian studies: a test of I3S Pattern date: 2016-03-09 words: 4848 flesch: 59 summary: Pattern employs the algorithm SURF (Speeded- Up Robust Features) developed in the field of computer vision (Bay et al., 2007). To do this, it requires the user to process each image only once by a two steps protocol where: i) setting three homologous “reference points” that allow translating all images in the same two-dimensional reference system (see also Sacchi et al., 2010 for further details); ii) defyining a rectangu- lar area from which the software will automatically search and extract the “interest points” on which a unique pro- file of the image is built (Bay et al., 2007). keywords: dissimilarity; drep2; et al; i3s; identification; individual; interest; number; pattern; photo; points; software; species cache: ah-1763.pdf plain text: ah-1763.txt item: #310 of 429 id: ah-1764 author: Borges-Leite, Maria Juliana; Mota Rodrigues, João; Gondim, Patrícia; Borges-Nojosa, Diva title: Population structure and activity pattern of one species of Adenoma Steindachner, 1867 (Anura: Leptodactylidae) in northeastern Brazil date: 2016-06-30 words: 3655 flesch: 58 summary: 1. Snout-vent length (SVL) class-size distribution in Adenomera sp. females, males and juveniles. Number of Adenomera sp. males, females and juveniles sampled each month from January – June 2011 at São Gonçalo do Amarante, Ceará, Brazil. keywords: adenomera; anura; borges; dimorphism; females; giaretta; juveniles; kokubum; males; population; size; species cache: ah-1764.pdf plain text: ah-1764.txt item: #311 of 429 id: ah-1765 author: Peixoto, Marco Antônio; Guimarães, Carla; Lacerda, João Victor; Leal, Fernando; Rocha, Pedro; Feio, Renato title: Vocal repertoire of Scinax v-signatus (Lutz 1968) (Anura, Hylidae) and comments on bioacoustical synapomorphies for Scinax perpusillus species group date: 2016-06-30 words: 3502 flesch: 60 summary: Scinax perpusillus species group is endemic to the Bra- zilian Atlantic Forest and was first suggested based on its bromeligenous habitat and absent or reduced mem- brane between toes I-II and II-III (Peixoto, 1987). Advertisement and agressive (*) calls of Scinax perpusillus group species. keywords: advertisement; calls; group; notes; perpusillus; scinax; signatus; silva; species cache: ah-1765.pdf plain text: ah-1765.txt item: #312 of 429 id: ah-1766 author: Marrone, Federico; Sacco, Francesco; Arizza, Vincenzo; Arculeo, Marco title: Amendment of the type locality of the endemic Sicilian pond turtle Emys trinacris Fritz et al. 2005, with some notes on the highest altitude reached by the species (Testudines, Emydidae) date: 2016-06-30 words: 2078 flesch: 57 summary: 61Amendment of Emys trinacris type locality be ascribed to the anthropogenic introduction of observed specimens. Label of the holotype of Emys trinacris Fritz et al., 2005 stored in the Museo ‘La Specola’, Florence. keywords: emys; fritz; locality; pond; species; trinacris; turtle cache: ah-1766.pdf plain text: ah-1766.txt item: #313 of 429 id: ah-1767 author: Zhao, Li; Mao, Min; Liao, Wen Bo title: No evidence for the ‘expensive-tissue hypothesis’ in the dark-spotted frog, Pelophylax nigromaculatus date: 2016-03-17 words: 3197 flesch: 58 summary: The expensive-tis- sue hypothesis (ETH) based on studies of the correlation between brain size and size of the other energetically costly organs in mammals predicts that energy investment increased in one energetically costly tissue necessitates a decrease of investments in other costly tissues. Pelophylax nigromaculatus, brain size, expensive-tissue hypothesis. keywords: body; brain; eth; frog; hypothesis; kidneys; liver; mass; size; tissue cache: ah-1767.pdf plain text: ah-1767.txt item: #314 of 429 id: ah-1768 author: Bruni, Giacomo; Angelini, Claudio title: No short term effect of Clinostomum complanatum (Trematoda: Digenea: Clinostomatidae) on survival of Triturus carnifex (Amphibia: Urodela: Salamandridae) date: 2016-06-30 words: 3821 flesch: 60 summary: In particular, the fungi Batrachochytrium dendro- batidis and B. salamandrivorans, iridoviruses and bacte- rial infections have received much attention, since they caused mass mortalities worldwide (Daszak et al., 1999; Green et al., 2002; Cysts similar to Clinostomum ones may be caused by mesomycetozoan organisms, such as Amphibiocystidium, but they can be distinguished by a trained observer (see also Raffel et al., 2008). keywords: amphibians; carnifex; clinostomum; complanatum; infection; life; model; newts; species; survival; time cache: ah-1768.pdf plain text: ah-1768.txt item: #315 of 429 id: ah-1769 author: Poonlaphdecha, Srisupaph; Ribas, Alexis title: Yeasts in amphibians are common: isolation and the first molecular characterization from Thailand date: 2016-03-24 words: 3266 flesch: 57 summary: Our results show a high diversity of yeast species (5) in amphibians compared to the number of species found in vertebrates. A survey of the presence of yeasts in frogs and toads in Thailand was conducted using standard mycologi- cal examination techniques. keywords: amphibians; area; cryptococcus; farm; frogs; liquefaciens; min; rhodotorula; species; thailand; wild; yeasts cache: ah-1769.pdf plain text: ah-1769.txt item: #316 of 429 id: ah-1770 author: Lee, Wing Ho; Lau, Michael Wai-Neng; Lau, Anthony; Rao, Ding-Qi; Sung, Yik-Hei title: Introduction of Eleutherodactylus planirostris (Amphibia, Anura, Eleutherodactylidae) to Hong Kong date: 2016-03-30 words: 3290 flesch: 61 summary: Large volume of live plants was imported to Hong Kong from continental United States of America in early 2000s when E. planirostris was first detected in Hong Kong (Census and Statistics Depart- ment, Hong Kong SAR, 2001). In 2015, Hong Kong exported or re- exported over 100,000 kg of plants or parts of plants to tropical or subtropical countries/cities, including Australia, China, Macau, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand, Taiwan and Vietnam, where the climate may be favorable to the colo- nization of E. planirostris (Census and Statistics Depart- ment, Hong Kong SAR, 2015). keywords: country; eleutherodactylus; frog; hong; hong kong; kong; lau; planirostris; romeri; sar; species cache: ah-1770.pdf plain text: ah-1770.txt item: #317 of 429 id: ah-1771 author: Perpiñán, David; Martínez-Silvestre, Albert; Bargalló, Ferran; Di Giuseppe, Marco; Orós, Jorge; Costa, Taiana title: Correlation between endoscopic sex determination and gonad histology in pond sliders, Trachemys scripta (Reptilia: Testudines: Emydidae) date: 2016-06-30 words: 2519 flesch: 52 summary: We therefore designed a study to correlate the results of endoscopic sex determination in juvenile pond sliders (Trachemys scripta) via coelios- copy (with visual inspection of the gonad) and cloacos- copy (with visual inspection of the phallus/clitoris) with the result of postmortem histological examination of the gonads. ♀ ♀ ♂ ♀ keywords: gonad; histology; juvenile; pond; results; sex; ♀ ♀; ♀ ♂ cache: ah-1771.pdf plain text: ah-1771.txt item: #318 of 429 id: ah-1772 author: Andreone, Franco title: John W. Wilkinson. Amphibian Survey and Monitoring Handbook. Pelagic Publishing date: 2016-06-30 words: 2192 flesch: 52 summary: Moreover, being a book exclusively dedicated to amphibians, I did not find any reference to the International Society for the Study and Conservation of Amphibians as well as to the IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group and to the Amphibian Survival Alliance. Frogs amphibians and their threatened environment. keywords: amphibians; chapter; conservation; field; information; methods; species; survey; wilkinson cache: ah-1772.pdf plain text: ah-1772.txt item: #319 of 429 id: ah-1773 author: Andreone, Franco title: Susan Newman. Frogs amphibians and their threatened environment. Discovery and expression through Art K-3. Frogs are green. date: 2016-06-18 words: 1353 flesch: 50 summary: Although, of course, frogs are dominant all through the text, many other animal species are represented. Susan has coped her strong passion for frogs (she is the founder and the promoter of “Frogs are green”, a non profit organisation created in 2009 to bring awareness to what’s happening on our planet, especially to the fact that frogs everywhere are disappearing: http://frogsaregreen.org/) with art. keywords: amphibians; book; chapter; frogs; kids; species; susan cache: ah-1773.pdf plain text: ah-1773.txt item: #320 of 429 id: ah-1774 author: Rakauskas, Vytautas; Masiulytė, Rūta; Pikūnienė, Alma title: Predator-prey interactions between a recent invader, the Chinese sleeper (Perccottus glenii) and the European pond turtle (Emys orbicularis): a case study from Lithuania date: 2016-12-29 words: 6765 flesch: 61 summary: Distribution of P. glenii and E. orbicularis The recent distribution of P.  glenii and E.  orbicularis in Lithuanian inland waters was calculated from widely published (Rakauskas et al., 2016) and specialty (Bastytė, 2015) Predator-prey experiments (E. orbicularis vs. P. glenii) were performed in August 2015. keywords: emys; european; experiments; fish; glenii; orbicularis; perccottus; pond; prey; reshetnikov; species; turtle; water cache: ah-1774.pdf plain text: ah-1774.txt item: #321 of 429 id: ah-1775 author: Kapsalas, Grigoris; Gavriilidi, Ioanna; Adamopoulou, Chloe; Foufopoulos, Johannes; Pafilis, Panayiotis title: Effective thermoregulation in a newly established population of Podarcis siculus in Greece: a possible advantage for a successful invader date: 2016-12-30 words: 5762 flesch: 58 summary: The index of thermoregulation effectiveness took a high value (E = 0.96), which is among the highest that have been reported so far, not only for Podarcis lizards (Table 2) but among all lacertids. Studies on mean set-point range (Tset) and effectiveness of thermoregulation (E) in Podarcis lizards. keywords: body; et al; greece; lizard; mean; podarcis; range; siculus; species; temperatures; thermoregulation; tset cache: ah-1775.pdf plain text: ah-1775.txt item: #322 of 429 id: ah-1776 author: Schulze, Arne; Randrianiaina, Roger-Daniel; Perl, Bina; Glaw, Frank; Vences, Miguel title: The unexpectedly dull tadpole of Madagascar’s largest frog, Mantidactylus guttulatus date: 2016-12-29 words: 4701 flesch: 54 summary: 124 Arne Schulze et alii Mantidactylus guttulatus tadpoles show the typi- cal morphology of stream-adapted, Orton (1953) We here provide a detailed description of the larvae of one species in this subgenus, M. guttulatus, on the basis of genetic assignment (16S DNA barcoding). keywords: body; glaw; guttulatus; height; length; madagascar; mantidactylus; species; subgenus; tadpoles; tail; vences cache: ah-1776.pdf plain text: ah-1776.txt item: #323 of 429 id: ah-1777 author: Ortega, Zaida; Mencía, Abraham; Pérez-Mellado, Valentín title: Thermal ecology of Podarcis siculus (Rafinesque-Schmalz, 1810) in Menorca (Balearic Islands, Spain) date: 2016-12-25 words: 4861 flesch: 57 summary: Slopes of the simple linear regressions models of body temperatures of Podarcis siculus lizards (Tb) against air temperatures (Ta; left plot) and of the simple linear regressions of Tb against substrate temperatures (Ts; right plot) in spring and summer. Body temperatures were not significantly related to air temperatures in spring, but the correlation was significant in summer. keywords: body; lizard; mean; menorca; podarcis; siculus; spring; summer; temperatures; thermoregulation cache: ah-1777.pdf plain text: ah-1777.txt item: #324 of 429 id: ah-1778 author: Fornasiero, Sara; Bonnet, Xavier; Dendi, Federica; Zuffi, Marco title: Growth, longevity and age at maturity in the European whip snakes, Hierophis viridiflavus and H. carbonarius date: 2016-12-30 words: 10533 flesch: 59 summary: Population growth curves for H. viridiflavus at a) Chizé; b) Montecristo; H. carbonarius at c) Calimera. Mean population age was 15.7, ranging from 0 to 33 years (details in Table 1C). keywords: adult; age; body; body size; bone; bonnet; calimera; chizé; et al; females; growth; longevity; maturity; montecristo; p =; populations; size; snakes; svl; whip cache: ah-1778.pdf plain text: ah-1778.txt item: #325 of 429 id: ah-1779 author: Mecke, Sven; Hartmann, Lukas; Mader, Felix; Kieckbusch, Max; Kaiser, Hinrich title: Redescription of Cyrtodactylus fumosus (Müller, 1895) (Reptilia: Squamata: Gekkonidae), with a revised identification key to the bent-toed geckos of Sulawesi date: 2016-12-16 words: 7355 flesch: 57 summary: The recent identification of new species from the Sunda Islands masquerading under the name C.  fumosus (Riyanto et al., 2015; Hartmann et al., 2016) and re-exam- ination of C.  fumosus specimens from North Sulawesi, however, show that the taxonomy of C. fumosus is in dis- array, and this makes it necessary to properly redescribe this conspicuous taxon based on a multitude of eidonomic characters, some of which have never been provided in the literature. By contrast, C. fumosus might represent an offshoot of an exclusive clade containing Sulawesi bent-toed geckos only. Results of studies on Sulawesi amphibians and rep- tiles suggest that this island is herpetogeographically complex, supporting taxa of both Sundaic and Australo- papuan affinities (Koch, 2011, 2012), including endem- ics (e.g., How and Kitchener, 1997; Whitten et al., 2001; Koch, 2011, 2012). keywords: cyrtodactylus; cyrtodactylus fumosus; et al; fig; fumosus; males; number; precloacal; present; riyanto; scales; species; specimens; sulawesi; tubercles cache: ah-1779.pdf plain text: ah-1779.txt item: #326 of 429 id: ah-1780 author: Lymberakis, Petros; Valakos, Efstratios; Sagonas, Kostas; Pafilis, Panayiotis title: The castaway: characteristic islet features affect the ecology of the most isolated European lizard date: 2016-12-30 words: 6218 flesch: 59 summary: Transect sur- veys were made during morning hours when Podarcis lizards are active and line transects were chosen to cover as many dif- ferent microhabitats as possible. These birds do not prey on Podarcis lizards (Walter, 1967; Pérez-Mellado et al., 2014). keywords: density; e.d; ecology; et al; food; islands; islet; lizard; mediterranean; mellado; pafilis; podarcis; population; pérez; valakos cache: ah-1780.pdf plain text: ah-1780.txt item: #327 of 429 id: ah-1781 author: Jee, Jyoti; Kumar Mohapatra, Birendra; Kumar Dutta, Sushil; Sahoo, Gunanidhi title: Sources of calcium for the agamid lizard Psammophilus blanfordanus during embryonic development date: 2016-12-25 words: 4614 flesch: 58 summary: According to her, the degree of calcification of the eggshell is very important as it acts as a source of embryonic calcium in these groups of animals. Five clutches of Psammophilus blanfordanus eggs (n= 12-14) were collected on campus of North Orissa University from nests just after oviposition in July, 2013 and brought to the labora- tory. keywords: blanfordanus; calcium; day; development; eggshell; embryonic; layer; membrane; packard; psammophilus; surface; weight cache: ah-1781.pdf plain text: ah-1781.txt item: #328 of 429 id: ah-1782 author: Schwarz, Rachel; Gavriilidi, Ioanna-Aikaterini; Itescu, Yuval; Jamison, Simon; Sagonas, Kostas; Meiri, Shai; Pafilis, Panayiotis title: Mediodactylus kotschyi in the Peloponnese peninsula, Greece: distribution and habitat date: 2016-12-30 words: 5468 flesch: 62 summary: We searched for M. kotschyi by turning over rocks and visually scanning tree trunks during daylight hours (M. kotschyi is mostly diurnal, active during all but the hottest hours of the day, Beutler, 1981; Valakos et al., 2008; Baier et al., 2009; and pers. We posited two hypotheses as possible causes for the apparent relative scarcity of M. kotschyi in the Peloponnese: that it is associated with low precipitation and that it has an aversion to limestone rock. keywords: beutler; et al; greece; kotschyi; laconia; limestone; peloponnese; peninsula; phrygana; rocks; trees; type; unspecified; valakos; valakos et cache: ah-1782.pdf plain text: ah-1782.txt item: #329 of 429 id: ah-1783 author: Lu, Hong-Liang; Wu, Qiong; Geng, Jun; Dang, Wei title: Swimming performance and thermal resistance of juvenile and adult newts acclimated to different temperatures date: 2016-10-22 words: 5440 flesch: 57 summary: Thermal acclimation of physiological and behavioural traits has been widely investigated in vari- ous organisms and has been shown to vary considerably among different species (Angilletta et al., 2002; Lager- spetz and Vainio, 2006). Prior to thermal acclimation, animals were maintained in six 60 (L) × 50 (W) × 40 (H) cm3 aquaria (6−7 individuals per aquar- ium) with a water depth of 15 cm at 20 °C and on an L:D 12:12 photoperiod for 2 weeks. keywords: acclimation; adult; ctmax; et al; juveniles; locomotor; newts; orientalis; performance; species; temperature; thermal cache: ah-1783.pdf plain text: ah-1783.txt item: #330 of 429 id: ah-1784 author: Romano, Antonio; Novaga, Riccardo; Costa, Andrea title: Olim palus, where once upon a time the marsh: distribution, demography, ecology and threats of amphibians in the Circeo National Park (Central Italy) date: 2016-10-27 words: 10891 flesch: 58 summary: Correspondence Analysis (CoA) was used to identify associa- tions among amphibian species and aquatic habitats. Further- more, P. clarkii is the cause of massive local extinction of amphibians, as happened for instance in a Portugal natu- ral reserve where crayfish caused the disappearance of more than 50% of amphibian species (Cruz et al., 2006b), or, in Italy, the extinction of Rana latastei from one part of its already small distribution range (Mazzotti et al., 2007). keywords: alien; amphibians; areas; balearicus; breeding; bufo; circeo; conservation; dalmatina; data; del; distribution; et al; fig; forest; habitat; italy; national; number; occurrence; park; population; rana; sites; size; species; swamps; water cache: ah-1784.pdf plain text: ah-1784.txt item: #331 of 429 id: ah-1785 author: Ortega, Zaida; Pérez-Mellado, Valentín; Navarro, Pilar; Lluch, Javier title: On the feeding ecology of Pelophylax saharicus (Boulenger 1913) from Morocco date: 2016-12-30 words: 5002 flesch: 66 summary: There- fore, future research in the diet of P. saharicus frogs, including the availability of prey in their habitats and sea- sonal comparisons would be useful to get deeper knowl- edge about the ecology of the species. Molecular studies support the specific status of P. saharicus (Plötner, 1998; Frost et al., 2006; Lymberakis et al., 2007; Lansari et al., 2015; Nicolas et al., 2015), ranging it as the sister group of Pelophylax perezi, apart from the other species of the genus. keywords: adult; diet; discriminant; ecology; females; frogs; juveniles; larvae; pelophylax; prey; saharicus cache: ah-1785.pdf plain text: ah-1785.txt item: #332 of 429 id: ah-1786 author: Platt, Steven; Miller, Dennis; Rainwater, Thomas; Smith, Jennifer title: Notes on the reproductive ecology of the rough-footed mud turtle (Kinosternon hirtipes) in Texas, USA date: 2016-12-27 words: 3604 flesch: 62 summary: Clutch size, egg size, Kinosternon hirtipes, reproduction, threatened species, Texas. However, evidence for pelvic aperture constraints on egg size in kinosternids is conflicting (Macip-Rios et al., 2013). keywords: clutch; egg; hirtipes; iverson; kinosternon; mass; size; texas cache: ah-1786.pdf plain text: ah-1786.txt item: #333 of 429 id: ah-1787 author: Kaczmarski, Mikołaj; Kaczmarek, Jan M. title: Heavy traffic, low mortality - tram tracks as terrestrial habitat of newts date: 2016-12-30 words: 3106 flesch: 61 summary: In contrast to low rail traffic mortality, European newts are vulnerable to road traffic mortality (Denoël, 2012). 2. (A) Male Smooth newt L. vulgaris during the searching for prey among crushed stone aggregate; (B) crushed stone aggregate as newts habitat with the rail in the background; (C) female Smooth newt found feeding on earthworm on the surface of a wooden sleeper (October, 2014). keywords: budzik; habitat; individuals; mortality; newts; population; rail; traffic; tram; vulgaris cache: ah-1787.pdf plain text: ah-1787.txt item: #334 of 429 id: ah-1788 author: Salvidio, Sebastiano title: Sutherland, W.J., Dicks, L.V., Ockendon, N., Smith, R.K. (Eds). What works in conservation. Open Book Publishers, Cambridge, UK date: 2016-12-30 words: 1625 flesch: 35 summary: The book should always be consulted before (and I stress the word “before”) planning any kind of conservation intervention to correctly evaluate, not only possible positive outcomes but, also non-desired and col- lateral harmful effects. Synthesis of the categories for judging conservation interventions used in “What works in conservation”. keywords: actions; amphibian; book; conservation; evidence; experts; interventions; pages cache: ah-1788.pdf plain text: ah-1788.txt item: #335 of 429 id: ah-1789 author: Villamil, Joaquín; Camargo, Arley; Maneyro, Raúl title: Morphological variation and sexual dimorphism in Liolaemus wiegmannii (Duméril & Bibron, 1837) (Squamata: Liolaemidae) from Uruguay date: 2017-06-30 words: 9590 flesch: 60 summary: Moreover, Martins et al. (2004) has pointed out that the head and limbs are structures that play an important role in communication in Liolaemus lizards, and consequently, it is possible that sexual differences in these traits could be related to their use in this context. Vanhooydonck, B., Cruz, F.B., Abdala, C.S., Azócar, D.L.M., Bonino, M.F., Herrel, A. (2010): Sex‐specific evolution of bite performance in Liolaemus lizards (Iguania: Liolaemidae): the battle of the sexes.  keywords: avila; differences; dimorphism; et al; females; head; length; liolaemus; liolaemus wiegmannii; lizards; meristic; mnhn; morphometric; scales; selection; sexual; size; species; uruguay; variables; variation; wiegmannii; zvc cache: ah-1789.pdf plain text: ah-1789.txt item: #336 of 429 id: ah-1790 author: Pafilis, Panayiotis; Sagonas, Kostas; Kapsalas, Grigoris; Foufopoulos, Johannes; Valakos, Efstratios D. title: Sex does not affect tail autotomy in lacertid lizards date: 2017-06-30 words: 6043 flesch: 62 summary: Fleming, P.A., Valentine, L.E., Bateman, P.W. (2013): Tell- ing tails: selective pressures acting on investment in lizard tails. 376- 382. Fox, S.F., Heger, N.A., Delay, L.S. (1990): Social cost of tail loss in Uta stansburiana: lizard tails as status-sig- nalling badges. keywords: autotomy; caudal; et al; females; intraspecific; lizard; loss; males; pafilis; podarcis; predation; species; tail; tail autotomy cache: ah-1790.pdf plain text: ah-1790.txt item: #337 of 429 id: ah-1791 author: Manenti, Raoul; Conti, Andrea; Pennati, Roberta title: Fire salamander (Salamandra salamandra) males’ activity during breeding season: effects of microhabitat features and body size date: 2017-06-30 words: 6096 flesch: 56 summary: This case study shows that the distribution of fire salamander males during the breeding season depends on the breeding sites. Linear transect surveys We looked for fire salamander males during night surveys in rainy nights (between 9:00 pm and 12:00 pm), during which we also check for larvae depositions by females. keywords: breeding; distance; et al; females; ficetola; fire; males; manenti; model; plots; pools; salamandra; sites; surveys cache: ah-1791.pdf plain text: ah-1791.txt item: #338 of 429 id: ah-1793 author: Sousa, José Guilherme; Teixeira, Adonias A.; Teles, Diêgo Alves; Araujo-Filho, João Antonio; Ávila, Robson Waldemar title: Feeding ecology of two sympatric geckos in an urban area of Northeastern Brazil date: 2017-06-30 words: 4670 flesch: 61 summary: The diets of two sympatric gecko species, Hemidactylus mabouia and Phyllopezus pollicaris, were studied from an urban area of the Crato municipality, Northeastern Brazil. Trophic ecology, diet composition, Gekkota, Hemidactylus mabouia, invasive lizard, Phyllopezus polli- caris, body size. keywords: brazil; gecko; h. mabouia; hemidactylus; lizards; mabouia; niche; pollicaris; prey; species cache: ah-1793.pdf plain text: ah-1793.txt item: #339 of 429 id: ah-1794 author: Speybroeck, Jeroen; Steenhoudt, Koen title: A pattern-based tool for long-term, large-sample capture-mark-recapture studies of fire salamanders Salamandra species (Amphibia: Urodela: Salamandridae) date: 2017-03-22 words: 5326 flesch: 54 summary: While the pattern coding was so far only applied to S. s. terrestris, the character definitions offer sufficient precision and resolution for use with most spotted taxa within the Salamandra genus (S. s. salamandra, S. s. almanzoris, S. s. terrestris, S. s. longirostris, S. s. bejarae, S. s. morenica and most S. s. bernardezi) as well as S. algira, S. corsica and S. infraimmaculata). Populations with a high portion of ani- mals with poorly defined spots (e.g., populations of S. s. gallaica, S. s. crespoi, and part of S. s. bernardezi (i.e., populations formerly assigned to S. s. alfredschmidti but placed in synonymy by Beukema et al., 2016a)) may offer coding difficulties, whereas taxa with a high portion of animals with low numbers of spots (e.g., S. s. fastuosa, S. s. gigliolii) will have identical values for a number char- acteristics across many individual animals. keywords: characteristics; data; database; individual; matching; pattern; program; recapture; s. s.; salamandra; studies; time; use cache: ah-1794.pdf plain text: ah-1794.txt item: #340 of 429 id: ah-1795 author: Díaz Fernández, Linda; Quinteros, Andrés S.; Lobo, Fernando title: Skeletal variation within the darwinii group of Liolaemus (Iguania: Liolaemidae): new characters, identification of polymorphisms and new synapomorphies for subclades date: 2017-03-22 words: 8766 flesch: 69 summary: Fifty-five skeletal characters (continuous and discrete) were analyzed for species of the L. darwinii group: L. albiceps, L. chacoensis, L. grosseorum, L. irregularis, L. koslowskyi, L. lavillai, L. ornatus, L. quilmes, plus L. inacayali (L. telsen group) and L. scapularis (L. wiegmannii group). Following Abdala’s total evidence hypothesis (2007), the L. darwinii group consists of two clades (L. grosseorum and L. ornatus clades) and of five species basal to these ones (L. abaucan, L. espinozai, L. koslowskyi, L. quilmes and L. uspallatensis). keywords: abdala; argentina; binary; characters; darwinii; etheridge; fig; group; liolaemus; lizards; lobo; mcn; ornatus; polymorphic; quilmes; species; table; teeth; variation cache: ah-1795.pdf plain text: ah-1795.txt item: #341 of 429 id: ah-1796 author: Le Chevalier, Hugo; Calvez, Olivier; Martinez-Silvestre, Albert; Picard, Damien; Guérin, Sandra; Isselin-Nondedeu, Francis; Ribéron, Alexandre; Trochet, Audrey title: Marking techniques in the Marbled Newt (Triturus marmoratus): PIT-Tag and tracking device implant protocols date: 2017-06-30 words: 7330 flesch: 58 summary: PIT tag implantation (c). Photo matching is a relatively low-costly and non-invasive powerful technique allowing individuals to be recognize using photographic identification of exter- nal body markings (Arntzen et al., 2004). keywords: anesthesia; ariege; duration; et al; identification; implantation; individuals; marking; newts; pit; recovery; species; studies; tagging; tags; transmitter; use cache: ah-1796.pdf plain text: ah-1796.txt item: #342 of 429 id: ah-1797 author: Gui Wu, Qing; Liao, Wen Bo title: Evidence for directional testes asymmetry in Hyla gongshanensis jindongensis date: 2017-06-30 words: 3297 flesch: 60 summary: By con- trast, the degree of testes size asymmetry is not correlated with body condition in the Guenther’s frog, Hylarana guentheri (Liu et al., 2011). However, body condition was not significantly correlated with the degree of the testes asymmetry, sug- gesting that directional asymmetry in testes size may not be a good measure of male quality. keywords: asymmetry; body; condition; et al; left; liao; mass; size; testes; testes asymmetry cache: ah-1797.pdf plain text: ah-1797.txt item: #343 of 429 id: ah-1798 author: Stanescu, Florina; Márquez, Rafael; Székely, Paul; Cogalniceanu, Dan title: The advertisement call of Pristimantis subsigillatus (Anura, Craugastoridae) date: 2017-06-30 words: 3792 flesch: 57 summary: Advertisement call, Anura, Craugastoridae, acoustics. Advertisement calls represent one of the most conspicu- ous and important components of anuran communica- tion, acting as a premating isolating mechanism and thus providing valuable data for phylogenetic studies (Cocroft and Ryan, 1995; Vences and Wake, 2007). keywords: advertisement; calls; duellman; ecuador; frequency; frogs; pristimantis; species; subsigillatus cache: ah-1798.pdf plain text: ah-1798.txt item: #344 of 429 id: ah-1799 author: Oliveira, Bruno Halluan S.; Teixeira, Adonias A. Martins; Queiroz, Romilda Narciza M.; Araujo-Filho, João A.; Teles, Diêgo A.; Brito, Samuel V.; Mesquita, Daniel O. title: Nematodes infecting Anotosaura vanzolinia (Squamata: Gymnophthalmidae) from Caatinga, northeastern Brazil date: 2017-06-30 words: 3876 flesch: 55 summary: We collected Anotosaura vanzolinia specimens dur- ing expeditions in the Complexo Aluízio Campos For- est Park (7°16’34”S, 35°53’7”W), a Caatinga area with an altitude of approximately 500 m, with shrubby vegeta- tion represented mainly by Bromeliaceae and Cactaceae, a larger number of rock outcrops, and accumulated leaf litter (Alves et al., 2010; Silva et al., 2010) and in the São José da Mata district (7°11’2.85”S, 35°59’6.17”W), located between the arboreal formations locally known as “Bre- jo” and Caatinga, with an altitude of approximately 700 m. The site is settled between the “Agreste” and “Sertão”, being probably one of the last remains of the transitional arboreal vegetation of Paraiba, with typical plant species from Caatinga and the Atlantic Forest (Barbosa et al., 2007). Teiidae (Brito et al., 2014b), and Tropiduridae (Almeida et al., 2009; Anjos et al., 2012; Pereira et al., 2012). keywords: abundance; brazil; caatinga; et al; host; lizard; nematodes; parasitol; species; svl; vanzolinia cache: ah-1799.pdf plain text: ah-1799.txt item: #345 of 429 id: ah-1800 author: Berec, Michal title: Where is my place? Quick chorus structure assembly in the European tree frog date: 2017-04-13 words: 3076 flesch: 62 summary: Tree frog males were collected during the breeding season, beginning at the onset of calling activity every day from April 13 to June 17, 2005, excluding the days with unsuitable conditions (pouring rain, storms). In contrast, the SUL of tree frog males partially determined the movement pattern during the breeding season. keywords: behav; breeding; captures; frog; individual; lek; males; mating; size; tree cache: ah-1800.pdf plain text: ah-1800.txt item: #346 of 429 id: ah-1801 author: Zduniak, Piotr; Erciyas-Yavuz, Kiraz; Tryjanowski, Piotr title: A possible mutualistic interaction between vertebrates: frogs use water buffaloes as a foraging place date: 2017-04-20 words: 2340 flesch: 56 summary: No. buffaloes No. buffaloes with frogs No. frogs on buffaloes Mean no. frogs per buffalo 1 03.10 17 9 7 31 4.4 2 03.10 20 1 1 27 27.0 3 04.10 17 3 2 9 4.5 4 04.10 21 6 6 14 2.3 5 05.10 18 2 2 5 2.5 6 06.10 18 2 2 2 1.0 7 07.10 16 3 2 5 2.5 8 07.10 23 1 1 19 19.0 9 08.10 24 2 2 13 6.5 10 10.10 21 4 3 22 7.3 Overall mean ± SD – 19.5 ± 2.7 3.3 ± 2.5 2.8 ± 2.0 14.7 ± 9.9 7.7 ± 8.5 115Interaction between frogs and buffaloes ence of an interspecific interaction between amphibians and large mammals. Clock-wise: (1) general view of the habitat in the Kızılırmak delta; (2) foraging and resting buffaloes; (3) sitting buffaloes with many frogs on the fur; and (4) foraging frogs and flies on buffalo fur. keywords: association; buffaloes; delta; frogs; mammals; marsh; observations; turkey; water cache: ah-1801.pdf plain text: ah-1801.txt item: #347 of 429 id: ah-1802 author: McKnight, Donald; Howell, Hunter; Hollender, Ethan; Ligon, Day title: Good vibrations: a novel method for sexing turtles date: 2017-04-27 words: 3524 flesch: 57 summary: Therefore, we tested the novel method of using a vibrator to sex turtles by stimulating male turtles to evert their penises. © Firenze University Press ISSN 1827-9643 (online) www.fupress.com/ah DOI: 10.13128/Acta_Herpetol-19982 Good vibrations: a novel method for sexing turtles Donald T. McKnight1,2,*, Hunter J. Howell3, Ethan C. Hollender1, Day B. Ligon1 1 Department of Biology, Missouri State University, Spring field, Missouri, USA. keywords: dimorphisms; females; individuals; males; method; sex; species; tail; time; turtles; vibrator cache: ah-1802.pdf plain text: ah-1802.txt item: #348 of 429 id: ah-1803 author: , title: Errata to: S. Mecke et al. (2016): Redescription of Cyrtodactylus fumosus (Müller, 1895) (Reptilia: Squamata: Gekkonidae), with a revised identication key to the bent-toed geckos of Sulawesi. Acta Herpetologica 11(2): 151-160 date: 2017-07-05 words: 742 flesch: 28 summary: Acta Herpetologica Vol. 12, n. 1 - June 2017 Firenze University Press Morphological variation and sexual dimorphism in Liolaemus wiegmannii (Duméril & Bibron, 1837) (Squamata: Liolaemidae) from Uruguay Joaquín Villamil1,*, Arley Camargo2, Raúl Maneyro1 Sex does not affect tail autotomy in lacertid lizards Panayiotis Pafilis1,*, Kostas Sagonas2, Grigoris Kapsalas1, Johannes Foufopoulos3, Efstratios D. Valakos4 Fire salamander (Salamandra salamandra) males’ activity during breeding season: effects of microhabitat features and body size Raoul Manenti*, Andrea Conti, Roberta Pennati Call variation and vocalizations of the stealthy litter frog Ischnocnema abdita (Anura: Brachycephalidae) Pedro Carvalho Rocha1,2,*, João Victor A. Lacerda2,3, Rafael Félix de Magalhães2,3, Clarissa Canedo4, Bruno V. S. Pimenta5, Rodrigo Carrara Heitor6, Paulo Christiano de Anchieta Garcia2,3 Feeding ecology of two sympatric geckos in an urban area of Northeastern Brazil José Guilherme G. Sousa1, Adonias A. Martins Teixeira2,*, Diêgo Alves Teles2, João Antônio Araújo-Filho2 and Robson Waldemar Ávila3 A pattern-based tool for long-term, large-sample capture-mark-recapture studies of fire salamanders Salamandra species (Amphibia: Urodela: Salamandridae) Jeroen Speybroeck1,*, Koen Steenhoudt2,$ Skeletal variation within the darwinii group of Liolaemus (Iguania: Liolaemidae): new characters, identification of polymorphisms and new synapomorphies for subclades Linda Díaz-Fernández*, Andrés S. Quinteros, Fernando Lobo Marking techniques in the Marbled Newt (Triturus marmoratus): PIT-Tag and tracking device implant protocols Hugo Le Chevalier1, Olivier Calvez2, Albert Martínez-Silvestre3, Damien Picard4, Sandra Guérin4,5, Francis Isselin-Nondedeu6, Alexandre Ribéron1, Audrey Trochet1,2,* Evidence for directional testes asymmetry in Hyla gongshanensis jindongensis Qing Gui Wu1, Wen Bo Liao2,* keywords: acta; cyrtodactylus; key; page; pores; precloacal cache: ah-1803.pdf plain text: ah-1803.txt item: #349 of 429 id: ah-1804 author: Schweiger, Susan; Harvey, James; Otremba, Theresa; Weber, Janina; Müller, Hendrik title: Meristic and morphometric characters of Leptopelis natalensis tadpoles (Amphibia: Anura: Arthroleptidae) from Entumeni Forest reveal variation and inconsistencies with previous descriptions date: 2017-12-31 words: 5055 flesch: 61 summary: Although some, mostly brief, descrip- tions and illustrations of L. natalensis tadpoles have been published (Wager, 1930, 1965; van Dijk, 1966; Lambiris, 1988; Channing, 2001; du Preez and Carruthers, 2009; Channing et al., 2012), Channing (2001) considered none of the South African Leptopelis tadpoles to have been adequately described. Most previous descriptions gave the keratodont for- mula of L. natalensis tadpoles as 4(2-4)/3, indicating an undivided P1 (Wager, 1930, 1986; Lambiris, 1988; Pick- ersgill, 2007; du Preez and Carruthers, 2009; Channing et al., 2012), but Pickersgill (2007) and du Preez and Carruthers (2009) also stated that P1 can sometimes be divided. keywords: 4(2; africa; channing; keratodont; leptopelis; natalensis; papillae; row; specimens; tadpoles; tail cache: ah-1804.pdf plain text: ah-1804.txt item: #350 of 429 id: ah-1805 author: Garner, Austin; Lopez, Stephanie; Niewiarowski, Peter title: Brown anole (Anolis sagrei) adhesive forces remain unaffected by partial claw clipping date: 2017-12-31 words: 3569 flesch: 54 summary: Zani, P. (2000): The comparative evolution of lizard claw and toe morphology and clinging performance. In lizards that possess both claws and subdigital adhesive pads, it has been demonstrated that increases in claw curvature, length, and height are correlated with increases in toe pad adhesive force on smooth substrates (Zani, 2000; Crandell et al., 2014). keywords: ability; anolis; bloch; claw; clinging; irschick; lizards; maximum; sagrei; substrates; toe cache: ah-1805.pdf plain text: ah-1805.txt item: #351 of 429 id: ah-1806 author: Chang, Shun-Ping; Ma, Gwo-Chin; Chen, Ming; Wu, Sheng-Hai title: Species and sex comparisons of karyotype and genome size in two Kurixalus tree frogs (Anura, Rhacophoridae) date: 2017-12-31 words: 8507 flesch: 60 summary: For instance, the NOR on chromosome pair 7 has been recognized as a structural distinction between Z and W chromosomes in Buergeria buergeri, which is the only known rhacophorid species with heteromorphic sex chromosomes (Schmid et al., 1993). No heteromorphic chromosome pair (sex chromosomes) could be identified in each species. keywords: anura; arm; banding; chromosome; eiffingeri; et al; female; genome; idiootocus; karyotypes; kurixalus; male; pair; rhacophoridae; sex; size; species; taiwan cache: ah-1806.pdf plain text: ah-1806.txt item: #352 of 429 id: ah-1807 author: Foglini, Claudio; Salvi, Roberta title: Non-native turtles in a peri-urban park in northern Milan (Lombardy, Italy): species diversity and population structure date: 2017-12-31 words: 3673 flesch: 62 summary: Trachemys scripta (slider turtle) and other freshwater turtle species have been traded worldwide as pets, but they are often released by owners in wild or in semi-natural habitats, especially in suburban and urbanized areas. Invasive alien species, morphometrics, non-native-turtles, reproduction, slider turtle, Trachemys scripta. keywords: elegans; european; lake; population; scripta; slider; species; trachemys; turtles cache: ah-1807.pdf plain text: ah-1807.txt item: #353 of 429 id: ah-1808 author: Ferreira, Cláudia; de Aquino Ribas, Augusto; Souza, Franco title: Species composition and richness of anurans in Cerrado urban forests from central Brazil date: 2017-12-31 words: 5746 flesch: 61 summary: Despite this considerable richness, there are few studies on urban species in this region (Ávila and Fer- reira, 2004). However several species with specific habitat requirements, still poorly known to sci- ence or endangered are also recorded in this type of envi- ronment (Grandinetti and Jacobi, 2005; Knispel and Bar- ros, 2009; Ferreira et al., 2010; Silva et al., 2011; Pereira et al., 2013). keywords: areas; brazil; campo; central; cerrado; et al; ferreira; forest; fragments; grande; grosso; leptodactylus; mato; species; state; study; sul cache: ah-1808.pdf plain text: ah-1808.txt item: #354 of 429 id: ah-1809 author: Kurnaz, Muammer; Eroğlu, Ali; Bülbül, Ufuk; Koç, Halime; Kutrup, Bilal title: The life-history traits in a breeding population of Darevskia valentini from Turkey date: 2017-12-31 words: 4971 flesch: 64 summary: 1986: 331-336. Comas, M., Reguera, S., Zamora-Camacho, F.J., Sal- vadó, H., Moreno-Rueda G. (2016): Comparison of the effectiveness of phalanges vs. humeri and femurs to estimate lizard age with skeletochronology. Since there are no detailed studies based on age and growth parameters of Darevskia valentini, here we pre- sent data on life-history traits (age structure, body size and some growth parameters) of the species. keywords: age; body; et al; females; growth; lizards; population; size; structure; svl; valentini; years; zool cache: ah-1809.pdf plain text: ah-1809.txt item: #355 of 429 id: ah-1810 author: Mogali, Santosh; Saidapur, Srinivas; Shanbhag, Bhagyashri title: Influence of desiccation threat on the metamorphic traits of the Asian common toad, Duttaphrynus melanostictus (Anura) date: 2017-12-31 words: 4656 flesch: 56 summary: The frequency distribution data showed that 78.78% of individuals from rapid desiccation group and 28.28% of individuals from gradual desiccation group metamorphosed (Gosner stage 46) at ≤ 7.99 mm SVL, but none subjected to constant water levels metamor- phosed at comparable SVL (Fig. 1). Further, 96.96% individuals in rapid desiccation group and 83.83% indi- viduals in gradual desiccation group metamorphosed at a smaller body mass (≤ 69 mg) while only 12.24% of tad- poles reared in unchanging water levels (group I) meta- morphosed at this low body mass (Fig. 2). keywords: desiccation; group; growth; larval; levels; metamorphosis; plasticity; size; tadpoles; threat; toad; water cache: ah-1810.pdf plain text: ah-1810.txt item: #356 of 429 id: ah-1811 author: Purger, Jenő; Lanszki, Zsófia; Szép, Dávid; Bocz, Renáta title: Predation of common wall lizards: experiences from a study using scentless plasticine lizards date: 2017-12-31 words: 4722 flesch: 58 summary: We used plasticine lizard models whose body size cca. 15 cm (±1 cm) and shape were similar to those of adult wall lizards (Diego-Rasilla, 2003a,b). Our study was performed as an attempt to standard- ise predation experiments with lizard models. keywords: castilla; common; density; et al; lizards; models; plasticine; predation; predators; study; wall cache: ah-1811.pdf plain text: ah-1811.txt item: #357 of 429 id: ah-1812 author: Migliore, Serena; Braz, Henrique; Barreto-Lima, André; Almeida-Santos, Selma title: Reproductive timing and fecundity in the Neotropical lizard Enyalius perditus (Squamata: Leiosauridae) date: 2017-12-31 words: 3214 flesch: 56 summary: We suggest that E. perditus females produce only a single clutch per reproductive season. Body sizes of E. perditus females ranged from 58 to 91 mm (mean = 74.7 ± 7.8 mm; n = 36). keywords: barreto; brazil; clutch; egg; eggs; enyalius; females; perditus; reproductive; size cache: ah-1812.pdf plain text: ah-1812.txt item: #358 of 429 id: ah-1813 author: Pujol-Buxó, Eudald; Montori, Albert; Campeny, Roser; Llorente, Gustavo title: Observations on the intraspecific variation in tadpole morphology in natural ponds date: 2017-12-31 words: 3832 flesch: 49 summary: According to these criteria, Alytes obstetricans in Garraf NP chooses mainly permanent water bod- ies as reproduction ponds, using temporary and even ephemeral ponds occasionally (Montori et al., 2015), while Hyla meridi- onalis mostly uses temporary ponds, breeding also in all pond typologies present in Garraf NP (Montori et al., 2015). Hydro- biologia 583: 43-56. Schneider, D.W., Frost, T.M. (1996): Habitat duration and community structure in temporary ponds. keywords: data; differences; morphology; plasticity; pond; risk; tadpoles; variation cache: ah-1813.pdf plain text: ah-1813.txt item: #359 of 429 id: ah-1814 author: Baeckens, Simon title: Reliable proxies for glandular secretion production in lacertid lizards date: 2017-12-31 words: 4060 flesch: 53 summary: Here, I explored the relationship among secretion production (in mass), pore size (surface area, diameter), and gland number in three species of lacertid lizards (Acanthodactylus boskianus, Timon lepidus, Holaspis guentheri), and test- ed which proxies predicted secretion production variation best, and examined whether the same trend is true for all species. 201Proxies for lizard chemical signalling investment was unable to explain the observed intraspecific variation in secretion production in the species under study, a pos- itive link between body size and secretion quantity has been observed in other lizard species, such as in the igua- nid Iguana iguana (Alberts et al., 1992) and the lacertid Podarcis muralis (Baeckens et al., 2017c). keywords: area; chemical; diameter; gland; lizards; number; pore; production; secretion; species; study cache: ah-1814.pdf plain text: ah-1814.txt item: #360 of 429 id: ah-1815 author: Teixeira, Rogerio; Lourenço-de-Moraes, Ricardo; Medeiros, Débora; Duca, Charles; Britto, Rogério; Bissoli, Luiz; Ferreira, Rodrigo title: Diet of juveniles of the venomous frog Aparasphenodon brunoi (Amphibia: Hylidae) in southeastern Brazil date: 2017-12-31 words: 2706 flesch: 65 summary: Surpris- ingly, A. brunoi SVL was not related to prey size. The diversity of prey suggests A. brunoi is an opportunistic sit-and- wait predator. keywords: anura; brazil; brunoi; diet; prey; southeastern; teixeira; weight cache: ah-1815.pdf plain text: ah-1815.txt item: #361 of 429 id: ah-1816 author: Avella, Ignazio; Castiglia, Riccardo; Senczuk, Gabriele title: Who are you? The genetic identity of some insular populations of Hierophis viridiflavus s.l. from the Tyrrhenian Sea date: 2017-12-31 words: 3873 flesch: 55 summary: The phylogenetic analysis confirmed the presence of two well defined mitochondrial clades (Fig. 1A), as already stated in previous works and corresponding to the two spe- cies H. viridiflavus and H. carbonarius (Rato et al., 2009; A Hv24-11 V39-15 Hv6-29 V10-79 Hv17-52 Hv32-62 Hv42-40 Hv8-30 Hv18-14 RL66-2 V4-31 Hv30-33 RS276-6 Hv26-74 V13-57 Hv49-70 Hv43-47 Hv38-72 V19-55 V30-77 V20-51 V27-42 Hv22-41 Hv25-69 Hv41-65 V26-45 V7-31 V1-46 Hv35-37 RL80-3 Hv45-67 V12-67 Hv14-28 V32-75 V25-45 V21-53 Hv13-18 V8-31 V42-43 Hv28-54 Hv5-57 Hv16-21 Hv40-36 Hv29-73 Hv46-13 Hv4-34 RS85-4 Hv9-10 V9-79 V14-57 V15-57 V38-26 Hv37-78 Hv33-56 Hv2-23 V41-66 Hv3-76 Hv34-49 Hv1-12 V11-79 Hv19-35 V3-58 V40-22 Hv48-68 V22-67 V16-57 V29-77 Hv21-32 V33-34 Hv12-9 Hv36-27 Hv31-38 RL79-1 Hv20-8 Hv51-24 RL22-2 V17-17 Hv23-63 V31-77 V35-16 V6-31 V24-44 V2-48 Hv47-7 Hv11-20 Hv15-61 V23-39 V28-64 Hv27-59 V36-21 Hierophis gemonensis Hv10-28 V18-50 Hv50-25 Hv39-71 Hv7-19 Hv44-60 RS296-5 V37-7 0,99 0,99 0,8 0,98 1 C H1 Hierophis viridiflavus Hierophis carbonarius H11 H9 H5 H13 H12 H6 H7 H8 H10 H2 H3 H4 61 56 52 41 60 57 49 59 54 47 3236 40 62 3435 3337 38 67 29 28 30 27 25 23 19 20 21 24 14 12 10 9 13 18 11 7 8 69 74 73 78 72 71 6870 63 65 76 44 55 46 58 5051 45 48 53 43 3942 31 66 26 17 16 15 2264 79 77 75 Ponza 2 Favignana 4 One nd4 sequence of Hierophis gemonensis (Laurenti, 1768) was downloaded from GenBank (accession num- ber: AY487044, Nagy et al., 2004) and included in the analysis as outgroup, as it is considered the closest related species to H. viridiflavus (Schätti, 1988). keywords: carbonarius; colour; haplotype; hierophis; individuals; islands; pontine; populations; s.l; species; specimens; viridiflavus; zuffi cache: ah-1816.pdf plain text: ah-1816.txt item: #362 of 429 id: ah-1817 author: Ljubisavljević, Katarina; Tomović, Ljiljana; Urošević, Aleksandar; Gvozdenović, Slađana; Iković, Vuk; Zagora, Vernes; Labus, Nenad title: Species diversity and distribution of lizards in Montenegro date: 2018-06-30 words: 6363 flesch: 57 summary: DISCUSSION With 15 species confirmed, Montenegro is amongst the countries with the highest diversity of lizards in the Balkans (e.g., Petrov, 2007; Krofel et al., 2009; Jablon- ski et al., 2012; Cogălniceanu et al., 2013; Sillero et al., 2014; Tomović et al., 2014; Uhrin et al., 2016; The list of lizard species in Montenegro with number of records. keywords: balkan; complex; distribution; diversity; džukić; et al; lizards; ljubisavljević; mediterranean; montenegro; records; region; species; utm; western cache: ah-1817.pdf plain text: ah-1817.txt item: #363 of 429 id: ah-1818 author: Altunışık, Abdullah title: The first demographic data and body size of the southern banded newt, Ommatotriton vittatus (Caudata: Salamandridae) date: 2018-06-30 words: 4736 flesch: 59 summary: In addition, sexual differences in age and growth rate associated with life history hypothesis may also cause the emergence of sexual size dimorphism (SSD), which is a well-known population property (Young, 2005; Cadeddu et al., 2012; Liao et al., 2013). Sexual size dimorphism is common among amphib- ians. keywords: age; body; dimorphism; females; growth; males; newt; populations; size; species; turkey; vittatus; years cache: ah-1818.pdf plain text: ah-1818.txt item: #364 of 429 id: ah-1819 author: Pereira, Antonio; Brito, Samuel; de Araujo Filho, João; Teixeira, Adonias; Teles, Diêgo; Santana, Daniel; Lima, Vandeberg; Almeida, Waltécio title: Diet and helminth parasites of freshwater turtles Mesoclemmys tuberculata, Phrynops geoffroanus (Pleurodira: Chelidae) and Kinosternon scorpioides (Criptodyra: Kinosternidae) in a semiarid region, Northeast of Brazil date: 2018-06-30 words: 7840 flesch: 59 summary: Wiles, C.M., Bolek, M.G. (2015): Damselflies (Zygoptera) as paratenic hosts for Serpinema trispinosum and its report from turtle hosts from Oklahoma, USA. Differences in prevalence indexes could be related to the way how helminth species are transmitted to their defini- tive hosts (Pereira et al. 2012b) and the host’s food habits could influence this transmission as well. keywords: abundance; brazil; chelidae; diet; et al; freshwater; geoffroanus; helminths; hosts; parasites; phrynops; scorpioides; souza; species; tuberculata; turtles cache: ah-1819.pdf plain text: ah-1819.txt item: #365 of 429 id: ah-1820 author: Falaschi, Mattia; Mangiacotti, Marco; Sacchi, Roberto; Scali, Stefano; Razzetti, Edoardo title: Electric circuit theory applied to alien invasions: a connectivity model predicting the Balkan frog expansion in Northern Italy date: 2018-06-30 words: 6706 flesch: 56 summary: To answer these two questions we used a combina- tion of both Ecological Niche Models (ENMs; sensu Sil- lero, 2011) and Connectivity Models (CMs): the former allows us to compare the two sides of the plain in term of availability of suitable habitats; the latter let us testing which level of Po River permeability may translate into an effective reduction in the availability of northwards dispersal routes. About northern Italy invasion by Balkan frog, our con- clusions suggest two possible scenarios: i) Po River is an absolute barrier and is preventing the Balkan frog from spreading in the northern Italy; ii) Po River is not an absolute barrier and is only mitigating the Balkan frog’s breakthrough. keywords: balkan; barrier; connectivity; et al; fig; frog; habitat; invasive; italy; mcrae; model; northern; permeability; plain; river; species; suitability cache: ah-1820.pdf plain text: ah-1820.txt item: #366 of 429 id: ah-1821 author: Cossu, Ilaria Maria; Frau, Salvatore; Delfino, Massimo; Chiodi, Alice; Corti, Claudia; Bellati, Adriana title: First report of Bufo bufo (Linnaeus, 1758) from Sardinia (Italy) date: 2017-12-22 words: 4753 flesch: 56 summary: B. viridis) appears rather continuously throughout the paleontological Sardinian record from the late Pliocene (Capo Mannu D1 Local Fauna, Mandriola, western Sardinia, Delfino et al., 2011) to the Pleistocene (Monte Tuttavista, Nuoro, Abbazzi et al., 2004; Grotta di Dragunara, Capo Caccia, western Sardinia, Kotsakis, 1980) and Holocene (Grotta Corbeddu, Oliena, central Sardinia, Sondaar et al., 1984; Porto Leccio, Trinità d’Agultu, north- ern Sardinia, Delfino, 2002; Grotta di Su Guanu, Gonago- sula, Oliena, central Sardinia, Sanchiz, 1979). Moreover, the arrival of a Palearctic element such as Bufo bufo in Sardinia should not be evaluated so negatively as, e.g., the presence of Xenopus laevis, which instead is alien to the Palearctic, in Sicily (Faraone et al., 2008). keywords: area; bufo; bufo bufo; central; et al; haplotype; italy; latium; population; recuero; samples; sardinia; sequences; species; toad cache: ah-1821.pdf plain text: ah-1821.txt item: #367 of 429 id: ah-1822 author: Granda-Rodríguez, Hernán; Montes-Correa, Andrés; Jiménez-Bolaño, Juan; Anganoy-Criollo, Marvin title: Natural history and conservation of the Nurse Frog of the Serranía del Perijá Allobates ignotus (Dendrobatoidea: Aromobatidae) in northeastern Colombia date: 2018-06-30 words: 10109 flesch: 64 summary: At this moment, despite that the “wide” A-2 gap is present in several poison frog genera, the “wide” A-2 gap of the tadpoles of A. ignotus is shared with other Allobates species, which supports the assig- nation of A. ignotus within the genus Allobates, where Anganoy-Criollo (2012) provisionally located this spe- cies based on adult characters. We describe new findings on the geographic distribution, habitat uses, relative abundance, tadpoles, and advertisement call of Allobates ignotus. keywords: advertisement; allobates; allobates ignotus; anura; aromobatidae; body; cesar; colombia; colostethus; creek; del; dendrobatidae; forest; frog; gap; ignotus; lima; notes; papillae; row; species; stage; tadpoles; zootaxa cache: ah-1822.pdf plain text: ah-1822.txt item: #368 of 429 id: ah-1823 author: Pleguezuelos, Juan; Alaminos, Esmeralda; Feriche, Mónica title: Exploring body injuries in the horseshoe whip snake, Hemorrhois hippocrepis date: 2018-03-29 words: 6774 flesch: 63 summary: Nonetheless, ecolog- ical factors other than predator pressure might influence the frequency of body injuries (Placyk and Burghardt, 2005); for example, tail breakage may also result both from encounters with dangerous prey (Gregory and Issac, 2005), a possibility that can be assessed only in study 66 Juan M Pleguezuelos et alii areas lacking snake predators (e.g., in Pantelleria Island; Cattaneo, 2015), as well as from incomplete skin slough- ing and parasitism (Degenhardt and Degenhardt, 1965; Harkewicz, 2002). We encourage further studies on snake tail breakage and scarring, particularly studies based on large samples that can address the population-level consequences of injury (Gregory, 2016). keywords: body; breakage; et al; hippocrepis; hypothesis; individuals; injuries; males; pleguezuelos; scarring; size; snakes; tail; tail breakage cache: ah-1823.pdf plain text: ah-1823.txt item: #369 of 429 id: ah-1824 author: Kapsalas, Grigoris; Deimezis-Tsikoutas, Aris; Georgakopoulos, Thanos; Gkourtsouli-Antoniadou, Ismini; Papadaki, Kallirroi; Vassaki, Katerina; Pafilis, Panayiotis title: How effectively do European skinks thermoregulate? Evidence from Chalcides ocellatus, a common but overlooked Mediterranean lizard date: 2018-06-30 words: 5906 flesch: 58 summary: Field body temperature (Tb) was positively corre- lated with air temperature (Tair) at the point of capture (Pearson’s r = 0.709) and the linear model that describes the relationship between the two variables had a strong fit (Tb = 1.04 * Relative frequency of field body temperatures (Tb, grey shade), operative temperatures (Te, solid line) and set-point range (Tset, dotted lines) for the Ocellated Skink. keywords: body; chalcides; effectiveness; et al; field; hertz; lizard; mean; ocellatus; range; temperatures; thermoregulation cache: ah-1824.pdf plain text: ah-1824.txt item: #370 of 429 id: ah-1825 author: Geng, Jun; Dong, Wei; Wu, Qiong; Lu, Hong-Liang title: Thermal tolerance for two cohorts of a native and an invasive freshwater turtle species date: 2018-06-30 words: 4521 flesch: 60 summary: The red-eared slider turtle (Trachemys scripta ele- gans) is native to southern United States and northern Mexico, and has been introduced in many countries of Africa, Asia and Europe as a pet, becoming invasive in many areas, and posing a serious threat to the survival of native turtle species (Lowe et al., 2000; Cadi and Joly, 2004; Pearson et al., 2015). Previous studies have shown that T. scripta elegans has a number of distinct competi- tive advantages over native turtle species, such as a more aggressive behavior (Cadi and Joly, 2003; Polo-Cavia et al., 2010, 2011; Pearson et al., 2015), wider niche breadth (Polo-Cavia et al., 2008; Wang et al., 2013) and greater thermal inertia (Polo-Cavia et al., 2009). keywords: ctmax; elegans; et al; native; reevesii; scripta; species; temperature; tolerance; turtle cache: ah-1825.pdf plain text: ah-1825.txt item: #371 of 429 id: ah-1826 author: Ottonello, Dario; Oneto, Fabrizio; Vignone, Monica; Rizzo, Anita; Salvidio, Sebastiano title: Diet of a restocked population of the European pond turtle Emys orbicularis in NW Italy date: 2018-06-30 words: 3350 flesch: 59 summary: The contemporary presence of plant and animal material in the diet of E. o. ingauna is not peculiar to this population, considering that it has already been described in other European pond turtle populations living in Medi- terranean regions of Central Italy (Lebboroni and Chelaz- zi, 1991), Southern France (Ottonello et al., 2005), North- western Spain (Ayres et al., 2010) and Turkey (Çiçek and Ayaz, 2011). Masin, S., Ficetola, G.F., Bottoni, L. (2015): Head start- ing European pond turtle (Emys orbicularis) for rein- troduction: patterns of growth rates. keywords: emys; european; italy; orbicularis; ottonello; pond; population; prey; turtles cache: ah-1826.pdf plain text: ah-1826.txt item: #372 of 429 id: ah-1827 author: Silva Neta, Aldenir; Ávila, Robson title: Helminths of the lizard Colobosauroides cearensis (Squamata, Gymnophthalmidae) in an area of Caatinga, Northeastern Brazil date: 2018-06-30 words: 3904 flesch: 62 summary: Lizards are hosts to a variety of parasites, but in South America only 15% of lizard species have been stud- ied for helminths. Almeida, W.O., Santana, G.G., Vieira, W.L.S., Wanderley, I.C., Ribeiro, S.C. (2009): Rates of pulmonary infec- tion by pentastomids in lizards species from a restinga habitat in northeastern Brazil. keywords: brazil; brito; caatinga; et al; helminths; lizard; mean; silva; species; ávila cache: ah-1827.pdf plain text: ah-1827.txt item: #373 of 429 id: ah-1828 author: Najbar, Anna; Konowalik, Agnieszka; Najbar, Bartłomiej; Ogielska, Maria title: Yellow patterns polymorphism of the fire salamander Salamandra salamandra in Poland date: 2018-12-31 words: 4522 flesch: 57 summary: Significant dominance of striped patterns in the extremely western population no. 1 may suggest natural admixture with S. s. terrestris, as was also suggested by Thiesmeier (2004). Characteristic of sampling sites, years and the number of the collected individuals of the fire salamander Salamandra salamandra from Poland. keywords: carpathians; dorsal; form; individuals; najbar; patterns; poland; population; salamandra; salamandra salamandra; sudetes; yellow cache: ah-1828.pdf plain text: ah-1828.txt item: #374 of 429 id: ah-1829 author: Montiel-Ugalde, Alejandro; Aparicio, Ángeles; Murillo, Eder Gaona; Butterfield, Taggert; Macip-Ríos, Rodrigo title: Population ecology and home range of the Mexican Rough-footed Mud Turtle (Kinosternon hirtipes murrayi) in Central Mexico date: 2018-12-31 words: 5299 flesch: 65 summary: Despite the importance of long-term and detailed studies of turtle populations, most of the infor- mation that exists is on species within the United States (Iverson, 1991; Rouane et al., 2008; Enneson and Litzgus, 2008; Lovich and Ennen, 2013). Male-biased sex ratios have also been reported before in other kinoster- nids such as Sternotherus odoratus (Smith and Iverson, 2002), K. sonoriense (Stone et al., 2015), K. leucostomum (Ceballos et al., 2016), and other populations of K. hir- tipes such as those in Texas (Platt et al., 2016b). keywords: et al; females; hirtipes; home; iverson; kinosternon; mud; population; range; size; turtle cache: ah-1829.pdf plain text: ah-1829.txt item: #375 of 429 id: ah-1830 author: Toli, Elisavet; Siarabi, Souzanna; Bounas, Anastasios; Pafilis, Panayiotis; Lymperakis, Petros; Sotiropoulos, Konstantinos title: New insights on the phylogenetic position and population genetic structure of the Critically Endangered Karpathos marsh frog Pelophylax cerigensis (Amphibia: Anura: Ranidae) date: 2018-09-01 words: 4270 flesch: 57 summary: There- fore, studies on population genetic diversity and structure are necessary to design and implement proper manage- ment actions for the conservation of the species. Pelophylax cerigensis is a medium-sized, mainly insectivore water frog, endemic to Karpathos Island (Valakos et al., 2008; Pafilis et al., 2018). keywords: cerigensis; diversity; frog; karpathos; pelophylax; population; rhodes; species cache: ah-1830.pdf plain text: ah-1830.txt item: #376 of 429 id: ah-1831 author: Vörös, Judit; Herczeg, Dávid; Fülöp, Attila; Gál, Tünde Júlia; Dán, Ádám; Harmos, Krisztián; Bosch, Jaime title: Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis in Hungary: an overview of recent and historical occurrence date: 2018-09-02 words: 11584 flesch: 64 summary: Bd presents a reasonably wide environmental tolerance under a vari- ety of temperature and precipitation regimes (Ron, 2005), but previous studies postulated that climate (Berger et al., 2004; Bosch et al., 2007; Murray et al., 2009; Blaustein et al., 2010; Rohr et al., 2010; Rödder et al., 2010) and elevation (Lips et al., 2008; Walker et al., 2010; Becker and Zamudio, 2011) can significantly influence Bd out- breaks. In Europe, the first detection of Bd related mass mortalities dates back to 1997 when the first recorded population decline as a result of mass die-off after the emergence of chytridiomycosis was observed in Central Spain, in the Guadarrama Mountain National Park, and targeted the Common midwife toad, Alytes obstetricans (Bosch et al., 2001). keywords: amphibian; batrachochytrium; bi na; bombina; dendrobatidis; et al; hungary; infection; intensity; prevalence; species; variegata cache: ah-1831.pdf plain text: ah-1831.txt item: #377 of 429 id: ah-1832 author: Liu, Ya Ting; Luo, Yi; Gu, Jun; Jiang, Sha; Li, Da Yong; Liao, Wen Bo title: The relationship between brain size and digestive tract length do not support expensive-tissue hypothesis in Hylarana guentheri date: 2018-12-31 words: 3744 flesch: 68 summary: © Firenze University Press ISSN 1827-9643 (online) www.fupress.com/ah DOI: 10.13128/Acta_Herpetol-20920 The relationship between brain size and digestive tract length do not support expensive-tissue hypothesis in Hylarana guentheri Ya Ting Liu, Yi Luo, Jun Gu, Sha Jiang, Da Yong Li, Wen Bo Liao* Key Laboratory of Southwest China Wildlife Resources Conservation (Ministry of Education), China West Normal University, Nan- chong, 637009, China. Our findings suggest that the variation of brain size did not follow general patterns in this species and that the effect of diet quality cannot play a role in the variation of brain. keywords: brain; brain size; et al; evolution; liao; size; tract; w.b cache: ah-1832.pdf plain text: ah-1832.txt item: #378 of 429 id: ah-1833 author: Başkale, Eyup; Ulubeli, Sevay Ayşe; Kaska, Yakup title: Age structures and growth parameters of the Levantine frog, Pelophylax bedriagae, at different localities in Denizli, Turkey date: 2018-12-31 words: 4977 flesch: 68 summary: Socha, M., Ogielska, M. (2010): Age structure, size and growth rate of water frogs from central European natural Pelophylax ridibundus-Pelophylax esculentus mixed populations estimated by skeletochronology. [accessed on 12 July 2017]. Plötner, J., Akın Pekşen, Ç., Baier, F., Uzzell, T., Bilgin, C.C. (2015): Genetic evidence for human-mediated introduction of Anatolian water frogs (Pelophylax cf. bedriagae) to Cyprus (Amphibia: Ranidae). keywords: age; female; frog; growth; lake; populations; rana; structure; turkey; water cache: ah-1833.pdf plain text: ah-1833.txt item: #379 of 429 id: ah-1834 author: Sillero, Neftali; Argaña, Elena; Freitas, Susana; García-Muñoz, Enrique; Arakelyan, Marine; Corti, Claudia; Carretero, Miguel title: Short term spatial structure of a lizard (Darevskia sp.) community in Armenia date: 2018-12-31 words: 5600 flesch: 60 summary: Spatial statistics offer new insights to analyse the spatial structure of species communities. Keywords. Overall, spatial statistics offer new insights to inter- pret the spatial structure of species communities. keywords: area; armeniaca; clusters; community; distance; distribution; lizards; sillero; species; unisexualis; valentini cache: ah-1834.pdf plain text: ah-1834.txt item: #380 of 429 id: ah-1835 author: Renet, Julien; Lucente, Daniela; Delaugerre, Michel; Gerriet, Olivier; Deso, Grégory; Abbattista, Chiara; Cimmaruta, Roberta title: Discovery of an Italian slow worm (Anguis veronensis Pollini, 1818) population on a Western Mediterranean Island confirmed by genetic analysis date: 2018-12-31 words: 2802 flesch: 57 summary: 167An island population of Anguis veronensis in Western Mediterranean A statistical parsimony network was constructed for nuclear PRLR haplotypes using TCS v. 1.21 with 95% as disconnection limit (Clement et al., 2000), by including the haplotypes found in this study and those reported by Gvoždík et al. (2013). While contact zones have been discovered between A. fragilis and A. veronensis in eastern Italy and Slovenia (Gvoždík et al., 2013), the distribution limits of A. veronensis, as well as sympatric areas with A. fragilis, remain poorly known in the western part of the range, despite the relatively high number of samples genetically studied (Fig. 1). keywords: anguis; et al; fragilis; france; gvoždík; mediterranean; population; veronensis cache: ah-1835.pdf plain text: ah-1835.txt item: #381 of 429 id: ah-1836 author: Matias, Cicera Silvilene; Silva, Cristiana; Sousa, José Guilherme; Ávila, Robson title: Helminths infecting the black false boa Pseudoboa nigra (Squamata: Dipsadidae) in northeastern Brazil date: 2018-12-31 words: 3093 flesch: 62 summary: Only a few Brazilian snakes have been reported as host for Ophiotaenia species, among them, Bothrops jararaca, Bothrops atrox, Corallus caninus and Micrurus corallinus (Silva et al., 2006). From the 54 known species (Amin, 2013; Amin et al., 2014), only Acanthocephalus lutzi has been reported infecting Brazil- ian snakes (X. merremii and X. neuwiedii; Smales, 2007). keywords: brazil; helminths; nigra; parasites; silva; snakes; species cache: ah-1836.pdf plain text: ah-1836.txt item: #382 of 429 id: ah-1837 author: Bruni, Giacomo; Tessa, Giulia; Angelini, Claudio title: Body size, age and population structure of Triturus carnifex (Urodela: Salamandridae) in the context of facultative paedomorphosis date: 2018-12-31 words: 4702 flesch: 59 summary: Age and size (SVL) of T. carnifex from populations SF and AN, divided by life-stage and sex. AN(C)OVA table for the effects “population”, “sex” and their interaction (“population*sex”) on age and size (SVL) of metamor- phosed T. carnifex from populations SF and AN. keywords: age; denoël; metamorphs; newts; paedomorphosis; paedomorphs; population; size; triturus cache: ah-1837.pdf plain text: ah-1837.txt item: #383 of 429 id: ah-1838 author: Simonov, Evgeniy; Lisachov, Artem; Oreshkova, Natalia; Krutovsky, Konstantin title: The mitogenome of Elaphe bimaculata (Reptilia: Colubridae) has never been published: a case with the complete mitochondrial genome of E. dione date: 2018-12-31 words: 2535 flesch: 58 summary: Mitochondrial genomes of E. anomala (KP900218.1), E. bimaculata (KM065513.1), E. cari- nata (KU180459.1), E. davidi (KM401547.1), and E. schrenckii (KP888955.1) were obtained from GenBank to examine phylogenetic relationships between E. dione and related taxa basing on complete mtDNA sequenc- es. To fur- ther clarify this situation, we extracted partial sequences of the 12S rRNA mitochondrial gene from mitogenomes of both species and compared them to the 12S sequences of E. bimaculata and E. dione available in GenBank. keywords: bimaculata; dione; dna; elaphe; genome; mitogenome; species cache: ah-1838.pdf plain text: ah-1838.txt item: #384 of 429 id: ah-1839 author: McKnight, Donald; Hollender, Ethan; Howell, Hunter; Carr, John; Buhlmann, Kurt; Ligon, Day title: Egg and clutch sizes of western chicken turtles (Deirochelys reticularia miaria) date: 2018-12-31 words: 2796 flesch: 64 summary: Deirochelys r. chrysea is known to nest up to four times per year (typically 2-3), but D. r. reticularia and D. r. miaria have only previ- ously been reported nesting twice per annual cycle (Gib- bons, 1969; Gibbons and Greene, 1978; To statistically compare egg and clutch sizes between D. r. miaria and D. r. reticularia, we combined our data with the clutches reported in Carr and Tolson (2018) and compared them with data from D. r. reticularia that were captured in South Carolina between July 1995 and Febru- ary 1996 (previously published in Buhlmann et al., 2009). keywords: clutch; egg; miaria; reticularia cache: ah-1839.pdf plain text: ah-1839.txt item: #385 of 429 id: ah-1840 author: Romano, Antonio; Anderle, Matteo; Forti, Alessandro; Partel, Piergiovanni; Pedrini, Paolo title: Population density, sex ratio and body size in a population of Salamandra atra atra on the Dolomites date: 2018-12-31 words: 3639 flesch: 59 summary: Here we showed that in S. atra the sexes (males and non-grav- id females) did not differ in body condition index and, therefore, they may be pooled in population studies that take into account this parameter. Salamandra atra atra is the most widespread subspecies of the Alpine Salamander, both in Italy and in the other parts of the species distribution range. keywords: atra; body; et al; females; gravid; population; salamanders; size cache: ah-1840.pdf plain text: ah-1840.txt item: #386 of 429 id: ah-1841 author: Pontes, Mariana; Augusto-Alves, Guilherme; Lambertini, Carolina; Toledo, Luís title: A lizard acting as carrier of the amphibian-killing chytrid Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis in southern Brazil date: 2018-12-31 words: 3339 flesch: 61 summary: For example, fungal infections are responsi- ble for worldwide vertebrate population declines (Ble- hert et al., 2009; Turner et al., 2011; Fisher et al., 2012; Lorch et al., 2016), especially jeopardizing amphibians (Berger et al., 1998; Lips et al., 2006). Bd infects epidermal tissues of amphibian hosts, affecting essential physiological pro- cesses as osmoregulation (Berger et al., 2005; Van Rooij et al., 2015), which may cause sub-lethal effects (e.g., Bovo et al., 2016, Salla et al., 2015), or death of infected hosts through asystolic cardiac arrest, as a consequence of reductions on blood plasma sodium and potassium con- centrations (Voyles, 2009). keywords: amazon; amphibian; batrachochytrium; belém; chytrid; chytridiomycosis; dendrobatidis; et al; l.f; pará cache: ah-1841.pdf plain text: ah-1841.txt item: #387 of 429 id: ah-1842 author: Lyakurwa, John; Howell, Kim; Munishi, Linus; Treydte, Anna title: Uzungwa Scarp Nature Forest Reserve: a unique hotspot for reptiles in Tanzania date: 2019-06-30 words: 6354 flesch: 59 summary: Total number of reptiles species, number of IUCN threat- ened species, per families found in and around USNFR (Sources: Menegon and Salvidio 2005; Lyakurwa 2017, this study). DISCUSSION With our study, we were able to almost double the number of reptile species for the USNFR, from 33 species (Menegon and Salvidio, 2005) and 38 species (Lyakurwa, 2017) to 60 species. keywords: areas; endemic; et al; forest; jvl; lowland; reptiles; reserve; scarp; species; study; submontane; tanzania; usnfr; uzungwa; zones cache: ah-1842.pdf plain text: ah-1842.txt item: #388 of 429 id: ah-1843 author: Mogali, Santosh; Shanbhag, Bhagyashri; Saidapur, Srinivas title: Experience of predacious cues and accessibility to refuge minimize mortality of Hylarana temporalis tadpoles date: 2019-06-30 words: 3285 flesch: 53 summary: Predator-experienced tadpoles were exposed to predator in the absence of refuge 17Experience of predators and accessibility to refuges minimize larval mortality of bronze frog 4. A prior encounter with predators enabled prey tadpoles to escape predation more effectively with a significant increase in their survival in comparison to the predator-naïve subjects. keywords: cues; mogali; predation; predator; prey; refuge; saidapur; tadpoles; temporalis; water cache: ah-1843.pdf plain text: ah-1843.txt item: #389 of 429 id: ah-1844 author: Carvalho, Thiago; Haddad, Célio; Gridi-Papp, Marcos title: Tonal calls as a bioacoustic novelty in two Atlantic Forest species of Physalaemus (Anura: Leptodactylidae) date: 2019-06-30 words: 4001 flesch: 62 summary: Tonal calls may be an evolutionary novelty and they are not known from other populations of P. olfersii and P. lateristriga. RESULTS Tonal calls were recorded from two males of P. lateris- triga that only produced tonal calls during the recording. keywords: advertisement; anura; calls; frequency; lateristriga; males; olfersii; physalaemus; species cache: ah-1844.pdf plain text: ah-1844.txt item: #390 of 429 id: ah-1845 author: Borzée, Amaël; Baek, Hae Jun; Lee, Chang Hoon; Kim, Dong Yoon; Song, Jae-Young; Suh, Jae-Hwa; Jang, Yikweon; Min, Mi-Sook title: Scientific publication of georeferenced molecular data as an adequate guide to delimit the range of Korean Hynobius salamanders through citizen science date: 2019-06-30 words: 4746 flesch: 58 summary: Additionally, citizen science data highlighted the absence of gaps in the distribution of these species. In conclusion, given the good accuracy of citizen science data, we recommend the publication of molecular based data so that citizen science platforms could help define accurately the range of species for which data is missing or outdated. keywords: boundary; citizen; citizen science; data; datapoints; distribution; et al; hynobius; korea; lines; science; species cache: ah-1845.pdf plain text: ah-1845.txt item: #391 of 429 id: ah-1846 author: Scali, Stefano; Sacchi, Roberto; Falaschi, Mattia; Coladonato, Alan; Pozzi, Sara; Zuffi, Marco; Mangiacotti, Marco title: Mirrored images but not silicone models trigger aggressive responses in male Common wall lizards date: 2019-06-30 words: 5064 flesch: 54 summary: F1,28 = 1.27; P = 0.27), so we assumed that model size did not affect lizard aggressive response. Individuals were randomly assigned to the following three different stimuli (n = 30 for each treat- ment without replicates): i) a white paper sheet covering one side of the box, and used as control to simulate the insertion of an object by researcher’s hand; ii) a silicone model simulating a new lizard invading the resident’s territory; iii) a mirror cover- ing one side of the box, reflecting lizard image and movements. keywords: aggression; chemical; communication; et al; lizards; model; sacchi; species; stimuli; stimulus; wall cache: ah-1846.pdf plain text: ah-1846.txt item: #392 of 429 id: ah-1847 author: Oğul, Fatıma; Huber, Franziska; Cihan, Sinem; Düzgün, Kumsal; Kideyş, Ahmet; Özkan, Korhan title: Using an in-situ infra-red camera system for sea turtle hatchling emergence monitoring date: 2019-06-30 words: 4957 flesch: 59 summary: Behav Ecol Sociobiol 26: 337-342 Drake, D.L., Spotila, J.R. (2002): Thermal tolerances and the timing of sea turtle hatchling emergence. Hwa Suh5, Yikweon Jang1, Mi-Sook Min2* Mirrored images but not silicone models trigger aggressive responses in male Common wall lizards Stefano Scali1,*, Roberto Sacchi2, Mattia Falaschi1,3, Alan J. Coladonato2, Sara Pozzi2, Marco A.L. Zuffi4, Marco Mangiacotti1,2 Using an in-situ infra-red camera system for sea turtle hatchling emergence monitoring Fatima N. Oğul1,#,*, Franziska Huber2,#, Sinem Cih1, Kumsal Düzgün3, Ahmet E. Kideyş1, Korhan Özkan1 Descriptive osteology of an imperiled amphibian, the Luristan newt (Neurergus kaiseri, Amphibia: Salamandridae) Hadi Khoshnamvand1, Mansoureh Malekian1,*, Yazdan Keivany1, Mazaher Zamani-Faradonbe1, Mohsen Amiri2 Does color polymorphism affect the predation risk on Phalotris lemniscatus (Duméril, Bibron and Duméril, 1854) (Serpentes, Dipsadidae)? keywords: activity; camera; caretta; days; emergence; groups; hatchlings; loggerhead; monitoring; nest; sea; sea turtle; study; turtle cache: ah-1847.pdf plain text: ah-1847.txt item: #393 of 429 id: ah-1848 author: Khoshnamvand, Hadi; Malekian, Mansoureh; Keivany, Yazdan; Zamani-Faradonbe, Mazaher; Amiri, Mohsen title: Descriptive osteology of an imperiled amphibian, the Luristan newt (Neurergus kaiseri, Amphibia: Salamandridae) date: 2019-06-30 words: 3833 flesch: 57 summary: Explanatory drawings of Dorsal (A) and ventral (B) view of N. kaiseri skull. The skull of N. kaiseri has a dense structure, severely ossified elements and a low amount of cartilaginous elements, only in mobile facets. keywords: bones; fig; kaiseri; neurergus; newt; salamandridae; skull; species cache: ah-1848.pdf plain text: ah-1848.txt item: #394 of 429 id: ah-1849 author: de Avila, Fernanda; Oliveira, Juliano; de Oliveira, Mateus; Borges-Martins, Marcio; Valiati, Victor Hugo; Tozetti, Alexandro title: Does color polymorphism affect the predation risk on Phalotris lemniscatus (Duméril, Bibron and Duméril, 1854) (Serpentes, Dipsadidae)? date: 2019-05-02 words: 5256 flesch: 62 summary: We verified that there is a regional variation in the predation risk on different morphs. There are many processes behind the maintenance of different morphs in a population, and these processes are not easily identified (Calsbeek and Cox, 2012; Deitloff et al., 2013; Karpestam et al., 2016, Barnett et al., 2018). keywords: brodie; brown; color; dark; et al; lemniscatus; models; morphs; pale; polymorphism; predation; predators; rio; site; yellow cache: ah-1849.pdf plain text: ah-1849.txt item: #395 of 429 id: ah-1850 author: Amine Samlali, Mohamed; S’khifa, Abderrahim; Slimani, Tahar title: Age structure of a population of Discoglossus scovazzi Camerano, 1878 (Anura - Discoglossidae) in extreme environmental conditions (High Atlas, Morocco) date: 2019-06-30 words: 3880 flesch: 63 summary: The variation in size dimorphism results from differences in the age structure between sexes (Monnet and Cherry, 2002; Liao et al., 2013a, b). In fact, in species where females exhibit smaller sizes (Rhinella achalensis, Rana cascadae and Hylarana nigrovittata), males mature at later ages (Monnet and Cherry, 2002), suggesting that delayed maturity in males produces size dimorphism as stated in the Rensch’s rule (Liao et al., 2015). keywords: age; discoglossus; females; growth; liao; population; scovazzi; size; species; structure cache: ah-1850.pdf plain text: ah-1850.txt item: #396 of 429 id: ah-7564 author: Takasaki, Ryuji; Kobayashi, Yoshitsugu title: Stomach histology of Crocodylus siamensis and Gavialis gangeticus reveals analogy of archosaur “gizzards”, with implication on crocodylian gastroliths function date: 2020-12-08 words: 6034 flesch: 64 summary: Therefore, the present observations dem- onstrate that general histomorphological structures of crocodylian stomach glands are concordant with those Fig. Crocodylian stomachs are composed of two distinct units: fundic and pyloric chambers. keywords: c ro; cott; crocodylian; crocodylus; gastroliths; glands; stomach cache: ah-7564.pdf plain text: ah-7564.txt item: #397 of 429 id: ah-7648 author: Vacher, Jean-Pierre; Aumaitre, Damien; Ursenbacher, Sylvain title: Genetic characteristics of an introduced population of Bombina bombina (Linnaeus, 1761) (Amphibia: Bombinatoridae) in Moselle, France date: 2020-05-17 words: 5029 flesch: 58 summary: We subsequent- ly grouped our sequences with other Bombina bombina cytb sequences published in a previous study on the phylogeography of the species (Fijarczyk et al., 2011). This study 5 Moselle, France MN784161 This study 6 Hungary JF898363 Fijarczyk et al., 2011 7 Austria JF898357 Fijarczyk et al., 2011 8 Romania JF898366 Fijarczyk et al., 2011 9 Bulgaria JF898352 Fijarczyk et al., 2011 10 Hungary JF898356 Fijarczyk et al., 2011 11 Romania JF898353 Fijarczyk et al., 2011 12 Ukraine JF898347 Fijarczyk et al., 2011 13 Bulgaria JF898351 Fijarczyk et al., 2011 14 Bulgaria JF898350 Fijarczyk et al., 2011 15 Moldova JF898348 Fijarczyk et al., 2011 16 Hungary JF898364 Fijarczyk et al., 2011 17 Slovakia JF898345 Fijarczyk et al., 2011 18 Romania JF898346 Fijarczyk et al., 2011 19 Belarus JF898340 Fijarczyk et al., 2011 20 Turkey JF898362 Fijarczyk et al., 2011 21 Turkey JF898361 Fijarczyk et al., 2011 22 Ukraine JF898343 Fijarczyk et al. , 2011 23 Ukraine JF898342 Fijarczyk et al., 2011 24 Turkey JF898360 Fijarczyk et al., 2011 25 Moldova JF898349 Fijarczyk et al., 2011 26 Austria JF898358 Fijarczyk et al., 2011 No Location Accession GenBank Reference 27 Serbia JF898344 Fijarczyk et al., 2011 28 Romania JF898355 Fijarczyk et al., 2011 29 Moldova JF898354 Fijarczyk et al., 2011 30 Ukraine JF898339 Fijarczyk et al., 2011 31 Romania JF898365 Fijarczyk et al., 2011 32 Czech Republic JF898359 Fijarczyk et al., 2011 33 Ukraine JF898341 Fijarczyk et al., 2011 34 Belarus JF898338 Fijarczyk et al., 2011 35 Russia JF898330 Fijarczyk et al., 2011 36 Poland JF898321 Fijarczyk et al., 2011 37 Poland JF898326 Fijarczyk et al., 2011 38 Slovakia JF898325 Fijarczyk et al., 2011 39 Russia JF898334 Fijarczyk et al., 2011 40 Ukraine JF898333 Fijarczyk et al., 2011 41 Russia JF898332 Fijarczyk et al., 2011 42 Ukraine JF898329 Fijarczyk et al., 2011 43 Kazakhstan JF898328 Fijarczyk et al., 2011 44 Poland JF898324 Fijarczyk et al., 2011 45 Kazakhstan JF898327 keywords: b. bombina; bombina; bombina bombina; bombina variegata; et al; fijarczyk; fijarczyk et; france; moselle; population; species; variegata cache: ah-7648.pdf plain text: ah-7648.txt item: #398 of 429 id: ah-7744 author: Senczuk, Gabriele; Castiglia, Riccardo; Böhme, Wolfgang; Corti, Claudia title: Podarcis siculus latastei (Bedriaga, 1879) of the Western Pontine Islands (Italy) raised to the species rank, and a brief taxonomic overview of Podarcis lizards date: 2019-12-27 words: 6524 flesch: 63 summary: Despite modern approaches, molecular genetics included, Méhely was closer to the current concept than his more influential contempo- rary colleague; however, the number of Podarcis species is still debated. Table 1 sum- marizes this taxonomic/nomenclatural history of the cur- rently recognized Podarcis species. keywords: bedriaga; et al; fig; islands; lacerta; latastei; mertens; muralis; podarcis; pontine; senczuk; siculus; species; stefano; western cache: ah-7744.pdf plain text: ah-7744.txt item: #399 of 429 id: ah-7745 author: Savvides, Pantelis; Georgiou, Eleni; Pafilis, Panayiotis; Sfenthourakis, Spyros title: Substrate type has a limited impact on the sprint performance of a Mediterranean lizard date: 2019-12-27 words: 4429 flesch: 62 summary: Hind limbs have been repeatedly reported to affect lizard locomotion (Vanhooydonck et al., 2001; Her- rel et al., 2002; Savvides et al., 2017). Lizards locomotion: how morphol- ogy meets ecology. keywords: et al; length; lizards; locomotion; performance; populations; sprint; substrate; type; van cache: ah-7745.pdf plain text: ah-7745.txt item: #400 of 429 id: ah-7746 author: Delaugerre, Michel-Jean; Sacchi, Roberto; Biaggini, Marta; Lo Cascio, Pietro; Ouni, Ridha; Corti, Claudia title: Coping with aliens: how a native gecko manages to persist on Mediterranean islands despite the Black rat? date: 2019-12-27 words: 8709 flesch: 62 summary: As suggested by our results, geckos may benefit from rat eradication in most contexts but a lot of cau- tion should be paid when undertaking rat eradications on islands that likely can be reinvaded (Harris et al., 2011; Savidge et al., 2012). On Lavezzu Island (Corsica) we collected data before and after rat eradication (performed in 2000): the island was considered as “rat” before the eradication and as “rat-free” after eradication (Table 1). keywords: biol; body; corsica; delaugerre; eradication; et al; free; geckos; islands; islets; leaf; mediterranean; number; occurrence; population; presence; rat; rats; rattus; size; species cache: ah-7746.pdf plain text: ah-7746.txt item: #401 of 429 id: ah-7747 author: Recio, Pablo; Rodríguez-Ruiz, Gonzalo; Ortega, Jesús; Martín, José title: PIT-Tags as a technique for marking fossorial reptiles: insights from a long-term field study of the amphisbaenian Trogonophis wiegmanni date: 2019-12-27 words: 5335 flesch: 61 summary: We expect that the future develop- ment of smaller PIT tags will allow them to be used in all individuals. Moreover, PIT tags did not negatively affect the body condition of amphisbaenians. keywords: amphisbaenians; body; et al; field; fossorial; individuals; marking; martín; pit; reptiles; study; tags; trogonophis; wiegmanni cache: ah-7747.pdf plain text: ah-7747.txt item: #402 of 429 id: ah-7748 author: Ait El Cadi, Redouane; Laghzaoui, El-Mustapha; Crottini, Angelica; Slimani, Tahar; Bosch, Jaime; EL Mouden, El Hassan title: Occurrence of Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis in the Tensift region, with comments on its spreading in Morocco date: 2019-12-27 words: 4945 flesch: 58 summary: El Mouden et al. (2011) explained this presence through a possible arrival from Spain where chytrid fungus is largely distributed, and it’s responsible for severe decline of amphibian popula- tions in mountain areas (Bosch et al., 2001; Bosch et al., 2007; Walker et al., 2010; Lips, 2016). The spreading of Bd through the country can be carried out by potential natural vectors, including waterfowl on their feathers or feet (Johnson and Speare, 2005; Garmyn et al., 2012; Bur- rowes and De La Riva, 2017), water (Johnson and Speare, 2003), and non-susceptible to chytridiomycosis amphib- ians acting as carrier (Kolby et al., 2015). keywords: amphibian; batrachochytrium; chytrid; dendrobatidis; et al; individuals; morocco; prevalence; region; species; study cache: ah-7748.pdf plain text: ah-7748.txt item: #403 of 429 id: ah-7749 author: Sanna, Giovanni title: Ontogenetic and interspecific variation in skull morphology of two closely related species of toad, Bufo bufo and B. spinosus (Anura: Bufonidae) date: 2019-12-27 words: 3907 flesch: 51 summary: A generalized Procrustes analysis (GPA), consisting of a full Procrustes superimposition for object sym- metry, was applied: the symmetric components of shape varia- tion, as a measure of skull shape, and centroid size, as a meas- ure of skull size, were computed for each individual (Klingen- berg, 2016). DFA on juveniles yielded similar results, with a weaker interspecific distinction (Fig. 4): 13/16 B. bufo and 14/17 B. spinosus toads were reallocated to their group (K = 0.63); T-square test was not significant (T² = 790.5, P = 0.72), while permutation test was significant (P < 0.0001). keywords: b. bufo; bufo; bufo bufo; interspecific; shape; size; skull; species; spinosus; toads; variation cache: ah-7749.pdf plain text: ah-7749.txt item: #404 of 429 id: ah-7750 author: García-De la Peña, Cristina; Rodríguez-Vivas, Roger Iván; Zegbe-Domínguez, Jorge A.; Valenzuela-Núñez, Luis Manuel; Meza Herrera, César A.; Siller-Rodríguez, Quetzaly; Ávila-Rodríguez, Verónica title: Hematological parameters of the Bolson tortoise Gopherus flavomarginatus in Mexico date: 2019-12-27 words: 4160 flesch: 64 summary: Values of biometry and blood chemistry for G. flavomarginatus were similar to ref- erence values those already reported for G. agassizii, G. polyphemus, and G. berlandieri. From May 2015 to September 2017, we captured 44 adult individuals of G. flavomarginatus (16 males and 28 females) within the Mapimí Biosphere Reserve in Mex- 124 Cristina García-De la Peña et alii ico (26°00’ and 26°10’N, and 104°10’ and 103°20’W). keywords: blood; cel; flavomarginatus; gopherus; leukocytes; species; tortoise; values; ×103 cache: ah-7750.pdf plain text: ah-7750.txt item: #405 of 429 id: ah-7751 author: Caballero-Gini, Andrea; Bueno Villafañe, Diego; Romero, Lía; Ferreira, Marcela; Laino, Rafaela; Musalem, Karim title: Visible Implant Alphanumeric (VIA) as a marking method in the lesser snouted treefrog Scinax nasicus date: 2019-12-27 words: 3484 flesch: 59 summary: VIA tags are compacted elastomers in rectangular shape with an alphanumeric code in fluorescent colors visible under UV light (Heard et al., 2008). The individuals were tagged both with VIA tags and toe-clipping. keywords: clipping; et al; herpetol; individuals; marking; method; nasicus; scinax; species; tags; technique; toe cache: ah-7751.pdf plain text: ah-7751.txt item: #406 of 429 id: ah-7752 author: Faraone, Francesco P.; Russotto, Salvatore; Barra, Salvatore A.; Chiara, Roberto; Giacalone, Gabriele; Lo Valvo, Mario title: Morphological variation of the newly confirmed population of the Javelin sand boa, Eryx jaculus (Linnaeus, 1758) (Serpentes, Erycidae) in Sicily, Italy date: 2019-12-27 words: 3866 flesch: 63 summary: A larger tail and a greater number of subcaudal scales in males are linked to the positioning of the hemipenes within the tail and produce better performance in the courtship phase (King, 1989; Luiselli, 1996; Shine et al., 1999). Knowledge of the Javelin sand boa in Sicily is currently limited to scant preliminary information on the population’s distribution, morphology, habitat and diet (Insacco et al., 2015; Faraone et al., 2017a, b). keywords: characters; dimorphism; eryx; et al; jaculus; population; sand; scales; sicilian; tokar cache: ah-7752.pdf plain text: ah-7752.txt item: #407 of 429 id: ah-7753 author: Lunghi, Enrico; Giachello, Simone; Mulargia, Manuela; Dore, Pier Paolo; Cogoni, Roberto; Corti, Claudia title: Variability in the dorsal pattern of the Sardinian grass snake (Natrix natrix cetti) with notes on its ecology date: 2019-12-27 words: 2927 flesch: 63 summary: Lunghi, E., Deschandol, F., Cornago, L., Cogoni, R. (2016): Dark coloration in Sardinian grass snakes (Natrix natrix cetti). Mitochondrial phylogeography, contact zones and taxonomy of grass snakes (Natrix natrix, N. meg- alocephala). keywords: cagliari; cetti; female; fratelli; grass; natrix; sette; snake cache: ah-7753.pdf plain text: ah-7753.txt item: #408 of 429 id: ah-7754 author: Crovetto, Federico; Salvidio, Sebastiano; Costa, Andrea title: Estimating abundance of the Stripeless tree-frog Hyla meridionalis by means of replicated call counts date: 2019-12-27 words: 4069 flesch: 56 summary: However, the use of call surveys for estimating population abundances and trends suffers of the same problematic issues recognized in the case of repeated counts of individuals, because the detectability of anuran calling males is < 1 (i.e., not all males are call- ing in the same night; Schmidt and Pellet, 2005. Therefore, to reliably estimate population abundance, the information derived from raw counts of calling males should always be corrected for species-specific detection probabilities (Schmidt and Pellet, 2005; Royle and Link, 2005). keywords: abundance; frog; males; mixture; models; population; royle; site; tree cache: ah-7754.pdf plain text: ah-7754.txt item: #409 of 429 id: ah-7755 author: Wang, Yan-Mei; Chen, Jing-Yi; Ding, Guo-Hua; Lin, Zhi-Hua title: AT-rich microsatellite loci development for Fejervarya multistriata by Illumina HiSeq sequencing date: 2019-12-27 words: 3773 flesch: 56 summary: The frequency of different repeat types of microsatel- lites in F. multistriata was different from Xenopus tropi- calis (Xu et al., 2008), Odorrana narina, Hoplobatrachus tigerinus, and Buergeria japonica (Igawa et al., 2015). Since the library of microsatellite sequences was constructed by Illunima HiSeq platform for F. multistriata, however, by Ion Tor- rent PGM platform for O. narina, H. tigerinus and B. japonica (Igawa et al., 2015). keywords: dna; et al; loci; microsatellite; motif; multistriata; population; primer; repeat; sequencing; species; types cache: ah-7755.pdf plain text: ah-7755.txt item: #410 of 429 id: ah-7757 author: Adams, Andrew; Garrison, John ; McDaniel, Scott ; Bueche, Emily; Howell, Hunter title: Don’t tread on me: an examination of the anti-predatory behavior of Eastern Copperheads (Agkistrodon contortrix) date: 2020-05-17 words: 4930 flesch: 58 summary: Venomous snake species across the globe have been historically categorized as aggressive and dangerous, leading to widespread persecution and killings. There was no relationship between snake anti-preda- tory behavior and either ambient temperature (ANOVA: F3,65, P = 0.92) or snake body temperature (ANOVA: F3,62, P = 0.45). keywords: behavior; body; conservation; copperheads; human; maryland; predatory; public; shine; snakes; species; temperature; trials cache: ah-7757.pdf plain text: ah-7757.txt item: #411 of 429 id: ah-7771 author: Ficetola, Gentile Francesco; Fanelli, Mauro; Garizio, Lorenzo; Falaschi, Mattia; Tenan, Simone; Ghielmi, Samuele; Laddaga, Lorenzo; Menegon, Michele; Delfino, Massimo title: Estimating abundance and habitat suitability in a micro-endemic snake: the Walser viper date: 2020-12-21 words: 8936 flesch: 56 summary: Correlative species distribution models (SDM) allow to identify relationships between localities of presences and spatial variation of environmental variables, and can provide multiple key information (Peterson et al., 2011). Furthermore, SDM can pro- duce spatially-explicit maps, that can refine information on species range. keywords: abundance; areas; cover; data; detection; distribution; et al; ficetola; habitat; information; mixture; models; plots; range; species; suitability; variables; vipers; walser cache: ah-7771.pdf plain text: ah-7771.txt item: #412 of 429 id: ah-7858 author: Udovychenko, Iryna; Oskyrko, Oleksandra; Marushchak, Oleksii; Halenova, Tetiana; Savchuk, Oleksii title: Identification of biologically active fractions in the dermal secretions of the genus Bombina (Amphibia: Anura: Bombinatoridae) date: 2020-05-17 words: 6707 flesch: 55 summary: Skin secretions were collected as follows: frogs were put into a petri dish. Skin secretions were collected by washing the dorsal region of each frog with ultra-pure water. keywords: aggregation; bombina; components; effects; fractions; plasma; platelet; protein; secretions; skin; skin secretions; variegata cache: ah-7858.pdf plain text: ah-7858.txt item: #413 of 429 id: ah-7863 author: Lukanov, Simeon title: First record of underwater sound produced by the Balkan crested newt (Triturus ivanbureschi) date: 2020-05-17 words: 4960 flesch: 60 summary: Parameters of produced clicks highly overlapped between sexes and across the three test trials, with SVL and body mass also having no vis- ible effect. The only other study on sound production in caudate amphibians that also pro- vides data for body mass is that of Hubáček et al. (2019), which also did not find any relation between weight and produced clicks, so the possible role of SVL and body mass on sound production in newts remains to be clarified. keywords: clicks; frequency; ivanbureschi; newts; number; sound; species; study; trial cache: ah-7863.pdf plain text: ah-7863.txt item: #414 of 429 id: ah-7875 author: Quintela, Fernando M.; Caseiro, Felipe; Loebmann, Daniel title: Notes on sexual dimorphism, diet and reproduction of the false coral snake Oxyrhopus rhombifer Duméril, Bibron & Duméril, 1854 (Dipsadidae: Pseudoboini) from coastal plains of Subtropical Brazil date: 2020-12-08 words: 4435 flesch: 61 summary: © Firenze University Press ISSN 1827-9643 (online) www.fupress.com/ah DOI: 10.13128/a_h-7875 Notes on sexual dimorphism, diet and reproduction of the false coral snake Oxyrhopus rhombifer Duméril, Bibron & Duméril, 1854 (Dipsadidae: Pseudoboini) from coastal plains of Subtropical Brazil Fernando M. Quintela*, Felipe Caseiro, Daniel Loebmann Laboratório de Vertebrados, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande, Avenida Itália s/n, Vila Carreiros, Rio Grande, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil Fundação Aury Luiz Bodanese, Rua João Martins, 219D, São Cristovão, Chapecó, Santa Catarina, Brazil *Corresponding author. Herein, we provide information on diet, sexual dimorphism and reproductive biology of the false coral snake Oxyrhopus rhombifer from the southernmost Brazilian coast, Pampa Biome, a region under influence of sub- tropical climatic domains. keywords: brazil; dimorphism; et al; females; follicles; number; oxyrhopus; quintela; rhombifer; svl cache: ah-7875.pdf plain text: ah-7875.txt item: #415 of 429 id: ah-7903 author: Moleón, Maria S.; Merchant, Mark E.; Ortega, Hugo H.; Siroski, Pablo A. title: Comparison of complement system activity amongst wild and domestic animals date: 2020-05-17 words: 3991 flesch: 52 summary: Merchant, M., Britton, A. (2006): Characterization of serum complement activity of the saltwater (Croco- dylus porosus) and freshwater (Crocodylus johnstoni) crocodiles. 337-343. Merchant, M., McFatter, J., Mead, S., McAdon, C., Wasilewski, J. (2010): Identification and characteriza- tion of serum complement activity in the American crocodile (Crocodylus acutus). keywords: activity; birds; complement; hemolytic; merchant; plasma; serum; species; system cache: ah-7903.pdf plain text: ah-7903.txt item: #416 of 429 id: ah-8119 author: Lei Yu, Tong; Han, Yan Ting title: Effects of temperature and food level on plasticity of metamorphic traits in Bufo gargarizans gargarizans larvae date: 2020-05-17 words: 3642 flesch: 58 summary: In this study, we examined the potential 66 Tong Lei Yu, Yan Ting Han interactive effects of food level, and rearing temperature on the plasticity of metamorphic traits of Bufo gargari- zans gargarizans, including the length of larval period, survival, the size at metamorphosis, and growth rate. We used a 2×3 factorial design to examine the effects of food level and rearing temperature on larval growth rates and post-metamorphic performance. keywords: food; food level; gargarizans; growth; level; metamorphosis; size; tadpoles; temperature cache: ah-8119.pdf plain text: ah-8119.txt item: #417 of 429 id: ah-8370 author: Çiçek, Kerim; Koyun, Mustafa; Mermer, Ahmet; Tok, Cemal Varol title: Food composition of a breeding population of the endemic Anatolia newt, Neurergus strauchii (Steindachner, 1887) (Caudata: Salamandridae), from Bingöl, Eastern Turkey date: 2020-12-08 words: 5259 flesch: 68 summary: F %, where N % is the numerical proportion of each prey item in the diet; V % is the volumetric proportion of each prey item in the diet; and F % is the relative frequency of occurrence of prey. N ( % ) V ( % ) keywords: anatolia; composition; eggs; food; items; neurergus; newt; prey; species; strauchii; turkey cache: ah-8370.pdf plain text: ah-8370.txt item: #418 of 429 id: ah-8437 author: Mezzasalma, Marcello; Guarino, Fabio; Loader, Simon; Odierna, Gaetano; Streicher, Jeffrey; Cooper, Natalie title: First karyological analysis of the endemic Malagasy phantom gecko Matoatoa brevipes (Squamata: Gekkonidae) date: 2020-12-08 words: 3533 flesch: 47 summary: Christinus mar- moratus probably includes cryptic species (Kay, 2008), and the variable karyotypes found in different clades are similar to those found in other geckos of the same group in chromosome number (2n = 32-36) and the prevalence of telocentric elements, with one (as in M. brevipes and P. picta) or more bi-armed chromosomes occurring on dif- ferent chromosome pairs. The genus Matoatoa includes two Malagasy endemic species, M. brevipes and M. spannringi. keywords: analysis; brevipes; chromosome; et al; karyotype; mezzasalma; species cache: ah-8437.pdf plain text: ah-8437.txt item: #419 of 429 id: ah-8448 author: De Marchi, Giuseppe; Bombieri, Giovanni; Boz, Bruno; Leandri, Fausto; Richard, Jacopo title: Has the West been won? A field survey and a species distribution model of Iberolacerta horvathi in the Alps date: 2020-05-17 words: 7494 flesch: 58 summary: Then, a reiterative process of model formation and stepwise removal of the least contribut- ing variables was utilized (Zeng et al., 2016). Then, simpler models were constructed by stepwise removal of the variable with the lowest permutation importance (Zeng et al., 2016) and the AICc of the resulting models was calculated in order to select the final set of variables. keywords: aspect; asperity; bedrock; bio15; distribution; et al; horvath; iberolacerta; lizard; model; quarter; rainfall; species; temperature; variables; veneto; žagar cache: ah-8448.pdf plain text: ah-8448.txt item: #420 of 429 id: ah-8744 author: Prahl, Jarid; Wilson, Thomas P.; Giles, David; Craddock, J. Hill title: An overview of research regarding reservoirs, vectors and predators of the chytrid fungus Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis date: 2020-05-17 words: 5686 flesch: 48 summary: Echinostoma sp. specifically were negatively correlated with Bd presence across various amphibians while Ribeiroia ondatrae was positively corre- lated with Bd presence at the site level (Stutz et al., 2018). Since its identification in the late 1990s, amphibian declines have been heavily attributed to a parasitic fun- gus called Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis (Longcore et al., 1999) as it spreads around the globe (Longcore et al., 1999). keywords: batrachochytrium; chytrid; crayfish; dendrobatidis; et al; fungus; potential; presence; species; studies; study; zoospores cache: ah-8744.pdf plain text: ah-8744.txt item: #421 of 429 id: ah-8871 author: Mogali, Santosh M.; Shanbhag, Bhagyashri A.; Saidapur, Srinivas K. title: Adaptive significance of the transparent body in the tadpoles of ornamented pygmy frog, Microhyla ornata (Anura, Amphibia) date: 2020-05-17 words: 2325 flesch: 58 summary: We tested whether transparent body form of M. ornata tadpoles is a useful attribute against predation by exposing tail fin stained (with the Nile blue) subjects to a naturally occurring predator (Hoplobatrachus tigerinus tadpoles that detect prey using both visual and chemical cues). We hypothesized that transparent body of M. ornata tadpoles is a key feature in ensuring their survival and escape from predation. keywords: body; mogali; ornata; predation; saidapur; tadpoles; tigerinus cache: ah-8871.pdf plain text: ah-8871.txt item: #422 of 429 id: ah-8955 author: de Olivera-López, Valeria; Camargo, Arley; Maneyro, Raúl title: Morphometric differentiation and sexual dimorphism in Limnomedusa macroglossa (Duméril & Bibron, 1841) (Anura: Alsodidae) from Uruguay date: 2021-05-11 words: 9982 flesch: 60 summary: In par- ticular, sexual size dimorphism (SSD) is defined as the difference in body length or mass of sexually mature males and females (Fairbairn, 1997; Kupfer, 2007; Nali et al., 2014). 44: 498-509. Arak, A. (1988): Sexual size dimorphism in body size: a model and a test. keywords: basins; body; body size; differences; dimorphism; females; length; limnomedusa; macroglossa; negro; río; selection; size; svl; uruguay; variation cache: ah-8955.pdf plain text: ah-8955.txt item: #423 of 429 id: ah-9058 author: Faraone, Francesco Paolo; Melfi, Raffaella; Di Nicola, Matteo Riccardo; Giacalone, Gabriele; Lo Valvo, Mario title: Phylogenetic relationships of the Italian populations of Horseshoe Whip Snake Hemorrhois hippocrepis (Serpentes, Colubridae) date: 2020-12-08 words: 3742 flesch: 61 summary: The results obtained confirm the same overall H. hippocrepis phylogenetic structure detected by previ- ous studies on mitochondrial sequences (Carranza et al., 2006; Beddek et al., 2018), i.e., the existence of a western clade (subclade A) that includes the Iberian Peninsula, Morocco, western Algeria and non-native populations of the Balearic islands (see Silva-Rocha et al., 2015), and an eastern clade (subclade B) that includes eastern Alge- ria and Tunisia. For other species like Tes- tudo graeca, Chalcides ocellatus, and Chalcides chalcides, human-mediated dispersal appears to be the most prob- able process involved (Carranza et al., 2008; Fritz et al., 2009; Kornilios et al., 2010). keywords: et al; hemorrhois; hippocrepis; italy; pantelleria; populations; samples; sardinia cache: ah-9058.pdf plain text: ah-9058.txt item: #424 of 429 id: ah-9206 author: Marino, Davide; Crottini, Angelica; Andreone, Franco title: Confirming Lessona’s brown frogs distribution sketch: Rana temporaria is present on Turin Hills (Piedmont, NW Italy) date: 2020-12-08 words: 2585 flesch: 61 summary: Although Les- sona was Turin Zoological Museum’s director (Camerano, 126 Davide Marino, Angelica Crottini, Franco Andreone 1894), no preserved specimen of this species from Turin Hills is currently present in the historical herpetological collection of Turin University (now hosted by the Museo Regionale di Scienze Naturali: Gavetti and Andreone, 1993), and we did not find any record of R. temporaria from Turin Hills on the historical catalogues or quoted by previous authors, such as Camerano (1884) and Tor- tonese (1953). Until now R. temporaria was not reported for Turin Hills, neither during the realization of the her- petological distribution atlas of Piedmont and Aosta Val- ley (Andreone and Sindaco, 1999), nor in the Italian atlas (Sindaco et al., 2006), and this record was considered anecdotal. keywords: andreone; distribution; hills; italy; lessona; rana; species; temporaria; torino; turin cache: ah-9206.pdf plain text: ah-9206.txt item: #425 of 429 id: ah-9670 author: Peng, Li Qing; Tang, Min; Liao, Jia Hong; Qing, Hai Fen; Zhao, Zhen Kun; Pike, David A.; Chen, Wei title: Potential effects of climate change on the distribution of invasive bullfrogs Lithobates catesbeianus in China date: 2020-12-08 words: 4919 flesch: 56 summary: After converting the Maxent output avg.asc into raster format, we reclassified the results of Maxent with thresholds in ArcGIS (Lu et al., 2012) and divided the suit bal environmental conditions into 4 levels based on the fitness index size (Wang et al., 2007; Zhai and Li, 2012) with 89Potential effects of climate change on the distribution of invasive bullfrogs Lithobates catesbeianus in China low potential (< 0.2), moderate potential (0.2-0.4), good poten- tial (0.4-0.6), high potential (> 0.6) (Yang et al., 2013). 90 Li Qing Peng et alii and Sichuan (Wu et al., 2004; Li and Xie, 2004). keywords: bullfrogs; change; china; climate; climate change; distribution; ecol; effects; et al; future; invasion; model; potential; species cache: ah-9670.pdf plain text: ah-9670.txt item: #426 of 429 id: ah-9758 author: Sun, Zijian; Zhao, Chunlin; Xu, Dan; Zhu, Wenbo; Fan, Wenbo; Zhao, Tian; Su, Shengqi title: Microhabitat segregation of two coexisting tadpole species on Emei Mountain date: 2021-05-05 words: 4640 flesch: 57 summary: Overall, our study supported the Hutchinson’s niche concept, showing that at least one dimension of niche differentiation (i.e., microhabitat) occurred between coexisting tadpole species. Specifically, Q. boulengeri tadpoles preferred deep, narrow, and weak acid stream segments with slow current velocity and low value of conductivity, while L. boringii tadpoles tended to occur in a wide, shallow water bodies with relatively higher pH, conductivity, and current velocity. keywords: boringii; boulengeri; et al; microhabitat; niche; segregation; species; stream; tadpoles; velocity; water cache: ah-9758.pdf plain text: ah-9758.txt item: #427 of 429 id: ah-9824 author: Di Toro, Francesco; Minuti, Gianmarco; Coppari, Luca; De Albentiis, Matteo; Laghi, Paolo; Scaravelli, Dino; Ricciardi, Valerio; Bruni, Giacomo title: Rana temporaria on Monti della Laga (Central Italy): isolated population or wide distribution? First record in Abruzzo and Marche date: 2021-05-05 words: 3305 flesch: 53 summary: Although the model indicates a wide area of Marche and Abruzzo as suitable for R. temporaria, the actual distribution of the species in northern and central Apennine appears strongly associated with sandstones. Therefore, R. temporaria on Monti della Laga is recog- nised as a glacial relict, which survived thanks to the favourable environmental conditions of the area (Stefani et al., 2012; Bartolini et al., 2014). keywords: central; della; distribution; italy; laga; model; monti; rana; species; temporaria cache: ah-9824.pdf plain text: ah-9824.txt item: #428 of 429 id: ah-9843 author: Lemos-Espinal, Julio A.; Smith, Geoffrey R. title: Flight initiation distance of Urosaurus ornatus from the Sierra de Samalayuca, Mexico date: 2021-04-11 words: 3278 flesch: 62 summary: Thus, when temperature does affect lizard FID, the FID typically decreases with body or environmental temperature since lizards at higher tem- peratures can usually run faster and therefore can allow a predator to approach closer and still escape compared to lizards at lower temperatures (e.g., Cooper, 2006, 2011b; Cooper et al., 2009; Braun et al., 2010). Haenel, G.J. (2018): Local adaptation of tree lizards to canyon dwelling. keywords: cooper; escape; fid; lemos; lizards; ornatus; temperature cache: ah-9843.pdf plain text: ah-9843.txt item: #429 of 429 id: ah-9970 author: de Castro-Expósito, Arancha; García-Muñoz, Enrique; Guerrero, Francisco title: Reptile diversity in a Mediterranean wetlands landscape (Alto Guadalquivir region, southeastern Spain): are they affected by human impacts? date: 2021-05-05 words: 5963 flesch: 63 summary: 2. Relationship of wetlands land uses and reptile species by RDA. +* Macroprotodon brevis +* - - - - - +* +* - Hemidactylus turcicus +* - +* +* - - - - - Algyroides marchi - - - - - - - +* +* Natrix natrix - - - - - - - +* - Richness 15 11 9 11 8 9 12 16 14 31Reptiles decline in Mediterranean landscapes increase due to the combination of causes and eff ects derived from the activity of other species. keywords: adults; area; conservation; extinction; garcía; group; guadalquivir; mediterranean; muñoz; reptiles; species; study; wetlands cache: ah-9970.pdf plain text: ah-9970.txt