Origins of Galápagos' land-locked vertebrates: what, whence, when, how?

JR Ali, U Fritz - Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Based on a synthesis of new molecular phylogenetic data, a detailed review is presented for
the origins of the Galápagos' native land-locked vertebrates [42 species; 11 clades: geckos …

Revealing the unknown: Real-time recognition of Galápagos snake species using deep learning

A Patel, L Cheung, N Khatod, I Matijosaitiene… - Animals, 2020 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary The snakes in Galápagos are the least studied group of vertebrates in the
archipelago. The conservation status of only four out of nine recognized species has been …

Natural history and conservation of the Galápagos snake radiation

DF Cisneros-Heredia… - Islands and Snakes …, 2023 - books.google.com
Another [iguana] hatchling has its first glimpse of a dangerous world... snakes' eyes aren't
very good, but they can detect movement, so if the hatchling keeps its nerve, it may just …

[HTML][HTML]  A consolidated phylogeny of snail-eating snakes (Serpentes, Dipsadini), with the description of five new species from Colombia, Ecuador, and Panama

A Arteaga, A Batista - ZooKeys, 2023 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
 Abstract A molecular phylogeny of the Neotropical snail-eating snakes (tribe Dipsadini
Bonaparte, 1838) is presented that includes 60 of the 133 species currently recognized …

Colonization history of Galapagos giant tortoises: Insights from mitogenomes support the progression rule

N Poulakakis, JM Miller, EL Jensen… - Journal of Zoological …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Galapagos giant tortoises (Chelonoidis spp.) are a group of large, long‐lived reptiles that
includes 14 species, 11 of which are extant and threatened by human activities and …

[HTML][HTML]  Leaving no stone unturned: three additional new species of Atractus ground snakes (Serpentes, Colubridae) from Ecuador discovered using a …

A Arteaga, A Quezada, J Vieira, JM Guayasamin - ZooKeys, 2022 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
 Abstract The genus Atractus includes 146 species of cryptozoic snakes occurring from
Panama to northeastern Argentina. Here, a molecular phylogeny of this genus is presented …

The role for scientific collections and public museums in island conservation

J Dumbacher, JA Chaves - Island Ecosystems: Challenges to …, 2023 - Springer
The foundation of natural history museums are their scientific collections that describe and
document natural phenomena–usually with a focus on life on earth. These collections are …

Haematology and plasma biochemistry reference intervals for the critically endangered western Santa Cruz Galapagos tortoise (Chelonoidis porteri)

A Nieto-Claudín, JL Palmer, F Esperón… - Conservation …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Reference intervals (RIs) are an increasingly valuable tool for monitoring captive and free-
living wildlife populations. Galapagos tortoises are one of the most emblematic species on …

[HTML][HTML]  A new species of Dipsas (Serpentes, Dipsadidae) from central Panama

JM Ray, P Sánchez-Martínez, A Batista, DG Mulcahy… - ZooKeys, 2023 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
 Abstract A new species of Dipsas Laurenti, 1768, from Central Panama is described based
on molecular analyses, hemipenial morphology, and external characters. This is the sixth …

Aliens on the menu: high prevalence of introduced ants in the diet of Galápagos lava lizards, Microlophus spp.

IJ Moreno-Buitrón, E Boada-Viteri, JM Guayasamin… - Biological …, 2024 - Springer
Abstract The Galápagos Archipelago, a unique and ever-changing natural experiment, has
seen an increase in introduced species due to increased human mobility. Among these …