Trade in live reptiles, its impact on wild populations, and the role of the European market

M Auliya, S Altherr, D Ariano-Sanchez, EH Baard… - Biological …, 2016 - Elsevier
Of the 10,272 currently recognized reptile species, the trade of fewer than 8% are regulated
by the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora …

[PDF][PDF] The skull of lizards and tuatara

SSE EvanS - Biology of the Reptilia, 2008 - academia.edu
The Skull of Lizards and Tuatara Page 1 1 The Skull of Lizards and Tuatara SuSan E. EvanS
ConTenTS I. Introduction 1 A. Definitions and Scope 1 B. Previous Literature on the …

Sexual selection, natural selection and the evolution of dimorphic coloration and ornamentation in agamid lizards

DM Stuart–Fox, TJ Ord - … of the Royal Society of London …, 2004 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Both sexual selection and natural selection can influence the form of dimorphism in
secondary sexual traits. Here, we used a comparative approach to examine the relative …

A new species of day gecko from high elevation in Sri Lanka, with a preliminary phylogeny of Sri Lankan Cnemaspis (Reptilia, Squamata, Gekkonidae)

AM Bauer, A de Silva, E Greenbaum… - Zoosystematics and …, 2007 - Wiley Online Library
A new species of Cnemaspis (Sauria, Gekkonidae) from the highlands of central Sri Lanka is
described. The species is distinctive relative to all other recognized Sri Lankan congeners in …

[PDF][PDF] A systematic revision of Calotes Cuvier, 1817 (Squamata: Agamidae) from the Western Ghats adds two genera and reveals two new species

S Pal, SP Vijayakumar, K Shanker, A Jayarajan… - Zootaxa, 2018 - researchgate.net
Lizards of the genus Calotes are geographically restricted to South Asia, Indo-China and
parts of Southeast Asia. The greatest diversity of the genus is from the biodiversity hotspots …

A taxonomic revision of the South Asian hump-nosed pit vipers (Squamata: Viperidae: Hypnale)

K Maduwage, A Silva, K Manamendra-Arachchi… - Zootaxa, 2009 - mapress.com
The hump-nosed pit vipers of the genus Hypnale are of substantial medical importance in
Sri Lanka and India, being included among the five snakes most frequently associated with …

[PDF][PDF] A new species of the genus Ceratophora Gray, 1835 (Reptilia: Agamidae) from a lowland rainforest in Sri Lanka, with insights on rostral appendage evolution in …

S Karunarathna, NA Poyarkov… - Amphibian & Reptile …, 2020 - researchgate.net
The genus Ceratophora (horn-lizards) comprises six species, all of which are endemic to Sri
Lanka. Herein, a new species of Ceratophora is described based on morphological and …

[PDF][PDF] Plant biogeography and conservation of the southwestern hill forests of Sri Lanka

I Gunatilleke, CVS Gunatilleke… - The Raffles Bulletin of …, 2005 - researchgate.net
The south-western hill forests of Sri Lanka, harbouring a relict of the Deccan-Gondwana
biota, represent an important element of the Sri Lanka-Western Ghats Biodiversity Hotspot …

[PDF][PDF] Crocidura hikmiya, a new shrew (Mammalia: Soricomorpha: Soricidae) from Sri Lanka

S Meegaskumbura, M Meegaskumbura… - Zootaxa, 2007 - researchgate.net
A new species of crocidurine shrew, Crocidura hikmiya, is described from the Sinharaja
World Heritage Site, Sri Lanka. The species is diagnosed on the basis of both morphology …

[HTML][HTML] Current status of the reptiles of Sri Lanka

A de Silva - Fauna of Sri Lanka: Status of Taxonomy, Research …, 2006 - books.google.com
Sri Lanka is endowed with high herpetofaunal diversity and endemism. According to past
research, a total of 184 reptile species occur in the island, of which 105 are endemic. The …