Background Lepidosauria (lizards, snakes, tuatara) is a globally distributed and ecologically
important group of over 9,000 reptile species. The earliest fossil records are currently …

We herein describe the fossil amphibians and reptiles from the Neogene (latest Miocene or
earliest Pliocene; MN 13/14) locality of Maramena, in northern Greece. The herpetofauna is …

The establishment of monsoon climate and the consequent aridification has been one of the
most important climate change episodes in the Indian subcontinent. However, little is known …

Recent mtDNA phylogenies of Australasian agamid lizards are highly incongruent with
existing morphological views. To resolve this discrepancy we sequenced two nuclear gene …

Current lists of species-level representation in faunas from 80 Cenozoic fossil localities at
the Riversleigh World Heritage Area have been compiled by review of recorded occurrences …

Chameleons so easily capture the imagination, and have done so for centuries. In scientific
writings, they first appear with Aristotle (350 BC), and although they were recognized as …

Morphological and molecular information is invaluable in the description of cryptic diversity
and the evolutionary processes driving diversification within closely related species that …

The subfamily Uromastycinae within the Agamidae is comprised of 18 species: three within
the genus Saara and 15 within Uromastyx. Uromastyx is distributed in the desert areas of …

The jaws of lizards commonly occur in Quaternary fossil deposits and have the potential to
inform our understanding of recent changes in climate and environment. Frequently …

A population of eastern water dragons, Physignathus lesueurii, was investigated along 1.5
km of the Gloucester River in central eastern New South Wales from November 1989 to …