Expanding the trade of tropical fruits in an increasingly globalized world increases the likelihood of unintentional importation of viable herpetofauna and their parasites from other countries and even continents, since the conditions for growing and transportation of fruits (humidity, temperature) can often be tolerated by exotic amphibians and reptiles. Leer más.

We found that the sequenced specimen from Alborán, clusters with individuals of the S. fasciatus clade, instead of S. mauritanicus. Hence, this study does not support the proposed nomenclature change, neither the species nor the island’s conservation status based solely on S. fasciatus from Alborán. Leer más.

Particularly, the study of diets at the molecular level identified plant species consumed by lizards that were, occasionally, not identified in morphological analyses. Conversely, the traditional morphological study of an equivalent number of fecal samples allowed for the identification of several prey groups that had not been detected in the molecular study. From this viewpoint, the advantages and disadvantages of each methodology are discussed. Leer más.

La construcción de charcas es una medida muy eficaz para conseguir recuperar poblaciones de anfibios en declive. Es, además, una estrategia muy económica y relativamente fácil de ejecutar, si la comparamos con la mayor parte de los programas de gestión y conservación de especies. Leer más.

This work aimed to explore how different categories, extent and heterogeneity of crops affect herpetofauna distribution and diversity patterns at different spatial resolutions: UTM 50 km2, UTM 10 km2 and GPS coordinates. Leer més.