Simple Summary As a group of organisms, non-avian reptiles, most of which are the~
11,000 species of lizards and snakes, are an extraordinarily diverse group, displaying a …

We assembled a dataset of 192 carefully selected species—51 extinct and 141 extant—and
976 apomorphies distributed among 610 phenotypic characters to investigate the phylogeny …

The extant venomous Gila monster and beaded lizards, species of Heloderma, live today in
southwestern USA and south along the Pacific coastal region into Central America, but their …

Despite their evolutionary novelty, lizard venoms are much less studied in comparison to the
intense research on snake venoms. While the venoms of helodermatid lizards have long …

Monitor lizards are unique among ectothermic reptiles in that they have high aerobic
capacity and distinctive cardiovascular physiology resembling that of endothermic …

The beaded lizard (Heloderma horridum) and Gila monster (H. suspectum) are large, highly
venomous, anguimorph lizards threatened by human persecution, habitat loss and …

Abstract The Black-tailed Rattlesnake (Crotalus molossus) is a wide-ranging species
complex with representatives from the southwestern United States through the highlands of …

A useful approach to deepen our knowledge about the origin and evolution of venom
systems in Reptilia has been exploring the vast biodiversity of this clade of vertebrates in …

Transposable elements (TEs) are highly abundant in the genome and capable of mobility,
two properties that make them particularly prone to transfer horizontally between organisms …

The Carpentarian barrier across north-eastern Australia is a major biogeographic barrier
and a generator of biodiversity within the Australian Monsoonal Tropics. Here we present a …