[BOOK][B] Pleistocene amphibians and reptiles in Britain and Europe

JA Holman - 1998 - books.google.com
The Pleistocene epoch or Ice Age, an extended period of advancing and retreating ice
sheets, is characterized by striking climatic oscillations and sea level fluctuations. This age …

Checklist and bibliography of the Amphisbaenia of the world

C Gans - Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, 2005 - BioOne
A checklist of the Amphisbaenidae is presented. A total of 190 species are included,
distributed in four families as follows: Amphisbaenidae (178 species in 18 genera) …

Effects of tail loss on the movement patterns of the lizard, Psammodromus algirus

J Martin, RA Avery - Functional Ecology, 1998 - Wiley Online Library
1. Many lizards use caudal autotomy as a defensive strategy. However, subsequent costs
related to the alteration of locomotor abilities might decrease the fitness of individuals. In this …

Differences in morphology, performance and behaviour between recently diverged populations of Podarcis sicula mirror differences in predation pressure

B Vervust, I Grbac, R Van Damme - Oikos, 2007 - Wiley Online Library
We investigated the possible role of variation in predation pressure in the phenotypic
divergence of two island populations of the Italian wall lizard, Podarcis sicula. In 1971, ten …

Nematodes of amphibians from the South American Chaco: distribution, host specificity and ecological aspects

CE González, MI Hamann, MI Duré - Diversity, 2021 - mdpi.com
This is the first review of the nematode parasites of amphibians from Dry Chaco (DC) and
Humid Chaco (HC) ecoregions of South America, covering aspects related to their …

The effect of Mediterranean dehesa management on lizard distribution and conservation

J Martı́n, P Lopez - Biological Conservation, 2002 - Elsevier
Management of dehesas (ie oak woodland pastures) creates a patchwork of sectors that
differ in their structure and composition of understorey vegetation. We analysed whether …

Interspecific differences in responses to predation risk may confer competitive advantages to invasive freshwater turtle species

N Polo‐Cavia, P López, J Martín - Ethology, 2008 - Wiley Online Library
The nature of competitive interactions between native and introduced invasive species is
unclear. In the Iberian Peninsula, the introduced red‐eared slider (Trachemys scripta …

The effect of albinism on avian predator attack rates in eastern garter snakes

BP Stephenson, Z Velani, N Ihász - Zoology, 2022 - Elsevier
Albinism is a conspicuous and distinctive phenotype arising from the absence of melanin in
the integument that has been documented in all major vertebrate groups. With few …

The effects of thermal biology and refuge availability on the restricted distribution of an alpine lizard

C Monasterio, A Salvador, P Iraeta… - Journal of …, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
Aim In an effort to disentangle the ecological processes that confine ectotherms to alpine
environments, we studied the thermoregulatory and microhabitat selection behaviours of the …

Green tails in lizards of the genus Podarcis: do they influence the intensity of predation?

AM Castilla, A Gosá, P Galán, V Pérez-Mellado - Herpetologica, 1999 - JSTOR
Juveniles of a variety of lizard species exhibit bright tail colors that contrast clearly to the
cryptically colored body. The" predator escape" hypothesis suggests that bright tail colors …