[PDF][PDF] The terrestrial reptiles of the Gulf of Guinea oceanic islands

LMP Ceríaco, MP Marques, RC Bell… - Biodiversity of the Gulf …, 2022 - library.oapen.org
This chapter reviews current knowledge on the diversity of terrestrial reptiles in the Gulf of
Guinea oceanic islands and provides a brief history of research on this group of animals. A …

A review of the Angolan House snakes, genus Boaedon Duméril, Bibron and Duméril (1854)(Serpentes: Lamprophiidae), with description of three new species in the …

J Hallermann, LMP Ceríaco, A Schmitz… - African Journal of …, 2020 - journals.co.za
An integrative taxonomic review of the genus Boaedon in Angola is provided. A molecular
phylogeny, based on 99 genetic samples for which the mitochondrial markers 16S rRNA …

Integration of nuclear and mitochondrial gene sequences and morphology reveals unexpected diversity in the forest cobra (Naja melanoleuca) species complex in …

W Wüster, L Chirio, JF Trape, I Ineich, K Jackson… - Zootaxa, 2018 - biotaxa.org
Cobras are among the most widely known venomous snakes, and yet their taxonomy
remains incompletely understood, particularly in Africa. Here, we use a combination of …

Resistance Is not futile: widespread convergent evolution of resistance to alpha-neurotoxic snake venoms in caecilians (Amphibia: Gymnophiona)

M Mancuso, S Zaman, ST Maddock, RG Kamei… - International Journal of …, 2023 - mdpi.com
Predatory innovations impose reciprocal selection pressures upon prey. The evolution of
snake venom alpha-neurotoxins has triggered the corresponding evolution of resistance in …

[BOOK][B] Snakes of the World: a supplement

J Boundy - 2020 - taylorfrancis.com
Snakes of the World: A Catalogue of Living and Extinct Species, published in 2014, was the
first catalogue of its kind and covered all living and fossil snakes described between 1758 …

Unshifting the baseline: a framework for documenting historical population changes and assessing long-term anthropogenic impacts

ASL Rodrigues, S Monsarrat… - … of the Royal …, 2019 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Ecological baselines—reference states of species' distributions and abundances—are key
to the scientific arguments underpinning many conservation and management interventions …

[PDF][PDF] Current knowledge and conservation of the wild mammals of the Gulf of Guinea oceanic islands

A Rainho, CFJ Meyer, S Thorsteinsdóttir… - Biodiversity of the …, 2022 - library.oapen.org
Oceanic islands are usually difficult for mammals to colonize; consequently, the native
mammal fauna is typically species-poor, often consisting of just a few species of bats. The …

The upsizing of the São Tomé seed dispersal network by introduced animals

RH Heleno, F Mendes, AP Coelho, JA Ramos… - Oikos, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Biological invasions are a major threat to global biodiversity with particularly deleterious
consequences on oceanic islands. The introduction of large terrestrial animals–generally …

[HTML][HTML]  Illustrated keys and a DNA barcode reference library of the amphibians and terrestrial reptiles (Amphibia, Reptilia) of São Tomé and Príncipe (Gulf of Guinea …

LMP Ceríaco, MP Marques, ACA de Sousa… - ZooKeys, 2023 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
 Abstract The herpetofauna of São Tomé and Príncipe consists of nine species of
amphibians, all endemic, and 21 species of terrestrial reptiles, of which 17 are endemic. Our …

An expanded description, natural history, and genetic variation of the recently described cobra species Naja fuxi Shi et al., 2022

N Ratnarathorn, B Nadolski… - Vertebrate …, 2023 - vertebrate-zoology.arphahub.com
The morphological variation, extended distribution, and sequence divergence of a recently
described of cobra Naja fuxi Shi et al., 2022 captured from mountainous areas in Thailand …