Recently it was purported that autofluorescence (AF) in Paramacrobiotus n. sp. provided
protection from UV radiation. If true, this would be the first documentation of an adaptive …

Materials and Methods We examined the following specimens: Tribolonotus novaeguineae:
RBINS 13595, 11 specimens, from New Guinea: Manokwari,(0.8666 S 134.0833 E …

Even though steadily increasing, biofluorescence is a rarely documented phenomenon in
vertebrates. Within geckos, only six species have been shown to produce fluorescence and …

Fluorescence, a form of photoluminescence, is the emission of light at a longer wavelength
by a substance when exposed to shorter-wavelength energy. Biofluorescence, which can be …

Figure 1. UV fluorescence of Hemisus marmoratus.(A) image of a live male specimen under
white light;(B, D & E) images of the same live specimen under UV (395nm) respectively in …

Population systems in which all three taxa of the Pelophylax esculentus complex coexist are
rare and in Serbia can only be found along the Danube. Although several studies describe …

Fluorescence in amphibians and reptiles has emerged as a prominent study subject in
recent years, with research focused on understanding its function and diversity. As the …

Materials and Methods Each snake was examined under white light and UV light conditions.
During this examination the full snake was carefully inspected. Images were taken using a …

La biofluorescencia se refiere al brillo fluorescente en colores azules, verdes y rojos que
emiten los organismos cuando son expuestos a la luz azul o ultra-violeta. Este fenómeno ha …

Figure 1. On the left, images of Western Blue-tailed Gliding Lizard (Holaspis
guentheri)(RMCA 88-50-R-1, collected in 1988 in Kisangani, DRC) under white light (A) and …