This new information on hibernation habits at the north of these reptiles’ range is useful for wildlife managers to avoid unnecessarily sacrificing turtles when prescribing fires. Leer más.

Pristimantis is the amphibian genus with the largest number of described species yet harbouring many species still to be named, notably in Amazonia. Here, I describe a member of the P. diadematus species complex from southwestern Amazonia in Brazil based on external morphology.  Leer más.

Here, we present TRAD: thermal traits of anurans database for the southeastern United States, a database of thermal trait values related to physiological thermoregulation (critical thermal minima and maxima, preferred temperature), behavioral thermoregulation (activity period, retreat emergence temperature, basking temperature, minimum and maximum foraging temperatures), and body mass for 37 anuran species found within the southeastern United States.  Leer más.

The first Reptile Atlas, a comprehensive conservation assessment of over 400 reptiles in South Africa, Lesotho and Eswatini, was published back in 2014. Its ten years later and a revised and updated Reptile Atlas is long overdue. Leer más.

Such an integrated approach could be fruitful to understanding the ecology of underground environments, and better comprehending the evolutionary and biological processes affecting subterranean animals. Olm occurrence in springs highlights the importance of more studies on groundwaters and their borders, and suggests that we should approach cave biology processes with more flexibility. Leer más.