The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has a total land area of approximately 83,000 km2 and lies in the north of the Arabian Peninsula with the Arabian Gulf to the north, Oman to the east, and Saudi Arabia bordering it in the south and on the western borders. Leer más.
Our work also highlights areas for further taxonomic research: range-wide phylogenomic data are required to disentangle the L. boscai – L. maltzani species complex and the northern and southern lineages of L. v. vulgaris. Leer más.
Un estudi recent publicat al Butlletí de la Societat Catalana d’Herpetologia (pàg 115-137) on participen els investigadors de l’IRBio Antigoni Kaliontzopoulou i Raül Ramos adverteix que les colònies de gats ferals i comunitaris a la Serra de Collserola estan tenint un impacte alarmant sobre les poblacions de la sargantana iberoprovençal (Podarcis liolepis). Leer más.
We observed that climbing species present on average flatter heads than ground-dwelling species, as well as different evolutionary trajectories. These findings suggest the complex interplay between habitat use and morphological evolution in lizards, highlighting how distinct selective pressures drive divergent adaptations in different functional traits. Leer más.
Here, we studied the role of the wild boar, Sus scrofa, as a consumer and possible predator of an aposematic and toxic salamander, Salamandra salamandra gallaica. Leer más.
