Gut microbial ecology of lizards: insights into diversity in the wild, effects of captivity, variation across gut regions and transmission

KD Kohl, A Brun, M Magallanes, J Brinkerhoff… - Molecular …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Animals maintain complex associations with a diverse microbiota living in their guts. Our
understanding of the ecology of these associations is extremely limited in reptiles. Here, we …

[HTML][HTML] Categorización del estado de conservación de de las lagartijas y anfisbenas de la República Argentina

CS Abdala, JL Acosta, JC Acosta… - Cuadernos de …, 2012 - SciELO Argentina
Luego de la elaboración de la primera lista roja de la herpetofauna de la República
Argentina, realizada en el año 2000, son numerosos los cambios y estudios efectuados en …

Estado del conocimiento en ecología y conservación de los roquedales de la Argentina: Una revisión

DS Gómez Carella, KL Speziale… - Ecología austral, 2019 - SciELO Argentina
Los roquedales proveen recursos que aprovechan diferentes especies, lo cual los convierte
en sitios relevantes para conservar la biodiversidad. Sin embargo, estos sistemas …

Range increment or range detriment? Predicting potential changes in distribution caused by climate change for the endemic high-Andean lizard Phymaturus palluma

N Vicenzi, V Corbalán, D Miles, B Sinervo… - Biological …, 2017 - Elsevier
An increase in temperatures and frequency of drought events are predicted in the High
Andes due to climate change. Species could respond with changes in its range, abundance …

Comparative thermal sensitivity of locomotor performance and vulnerability to global warming of two sympatric Phymaturus lizards from cold environments of …

F Cabezas-Cartes, EL Kubisch, F Duran… - Biological Journal of …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Sister species that live in sympatry provide the possibility to analyse the level of divergence
in their ecological, physiological and life-history traits and how they can coexist without out …

Effects of climate and latitude on age at maturity and longevity of lizards studied by skeletochronology

F Cabezas-Cartes, JM Boretto… - Integrative and …, 2018 - academic.oup.com
Longevity and age at maturity are key life-history traits, directly linked to fitness attributes
such as survival and reproductive output. It has been proposed that these traits are strongly …

A molecular phylogeny of the lizard genus Phymaturus (Squamata, Liolaemini): implications for species diversity and historical biogeography of southern South …

M Morando, LJ Avila, CHF Perez, MA Hawkins… - Molecular Phylogenetics …, 2013 - Elsevier
The lizard genus Phymaturus is widely distributed in Argentina and along the eastern edge
of Chile between 25° and 45° south. We sampled 27 of the 38 currently recognized species …

Slow life histories in lizards living in the highlands of the Andes Mountains

JM Boretto, F Cabezas-Cartes… - Journal of Comparative …, 2018 - Springer
In the highlands of the Andes, lizards must balance precisely the allocation of energy for
growth and reproduction to ensure their survival. We studied the individuals' age, growth …

Male reproductive cycles in lizards

FRM de la Cruz, NL Manríquez, EA Ríos… - … and Phylogeny of …, 2014 - api.taylorfrancis.com
Previous studies of reproductive ecology in lizards have shown that the most important traits
in the life history of reptiles are: age and size at sexual maturity, clutch size, frequency of …

Thermal physiology of three sympatric and syntopic Liolaemidae lizards in cold and arid environments of Patagonia (Argentina)

F Duran, EL Kubisch, JM Boretto - Journal of Comparative Physiology B, 2018 - Springer
The thermal physiology determines the whole biology of ectotherm organisms, by limiting
their acquisition and allocation of resources. Herein, we aim to add knowledge on how …