The ilium of tree frogs from Makhnevskaya Ledyanaya Cave is assigned to the genus Hyla based on the following features: the crista dorsalis is absent, the tuber superior is rounded and positioned dorsolaterally, the pars descendens is strongly expanded and forms an angle of 135°–140° with the ala ilii. Leer más.





Overall, the maintenance of redox homeostasis across contrasting thermal and temporal winter regimes indicates substantial physiological plasticity and resilience of P. muralis to altered thermal environments during hibernation, highlighting the capacity of reptiles to buffer oxidative challenges imposed by climate-driven changes in winter conditions. Leer más.

Our results revealed differences between species in terms of thermoregulatory and water-loss dynamics: Timon lepidus showed higher foraging and basking activity, particularly in open rocky microhabitats. In contrast, Lacerta schreiberi relied more on shaded vegetated microhabitats and exhibited higher size-corrected evaporative water loss. Leer más.

Over 2 million toads have been safely moved across UK roads by volunteer Toad Patrollers across Great Britain Since records started being collected in 1974 by reptile and amphibian conservation charity, Froglife. Leer más.
El TERMCAT ha publicat en línia un primer avançament del Diccionari dels amfibis i rèptils del món, una obra en curs d’elaboració que inclourà prop de 21.000 termes relatius a les espècies herpetològiques d’arreu del món. En aquesta fase inicial s’han recollit més de 835 entrades d’amfibis de l’ordre dels caudats. Leer más.