The effects of sex hormones on immune function have received much attention, especially
following the proposal of the immunocompetence handicap hypothesis. Many studies, both …

Background The extant squamates (> 9400 known species of lizards and snakes) are one of
the most diverse and conspicuous radiations of terrestrial vertebrates, but no studies have …

We present a comprehensive summary of the distribution of the lizards of Iran accompanied
by an annotated checklist. The updated maps of distribution of all 146 species of 41 genera …

Simple Summary The adrenal gland plays a fundamental role in the physiology of
vertebrates, regulating hydrosaline balance, carbohydrate and lipid metabolism, and stress …

Background The accumulation of repetitive sequences such as microsatellites during the
differentiation of sex chromosomes has not been studied in most squamate reptiles (lizards …

Aim We provide a new quantitative analysis of lizard reproductive ecology. Comparative
studies of lizard reproduction to date have usually considered life‐history components …

Acanthodactylus lizards are among the most diverse and widespread diurnal reptiles in the
arid regions spanning from North Africa across to western India. Acanthodactylus constitutes …

Sex chromosomes are believed to be stable in endotherms, but young and evolutionary
unstable in most ectothermic vertebrates. Within lacertids, the widely radiated lizard group …

Estimating the phylogeny of lacertid lizards, and particularly the tribe Lacertini has been
challenging, possibly due to the fast radiation of this group resulting in a hard polytomy …

Color polymorphism—two or more heritable color phenotypes maintained within a single
breeding population—is an extreme type of intraspecific diversity widespread across the tree …