Esta exposición arranca en la provincia para dirigirse posteriormente a otros lugares de CLM y del país, y recoge impresionantes fotos de Pedro Luis Hernández Sastre, Gerardo García Martín y Francisco Bermejo Fernández. Leer más.





For nearly four decades, harlequin toads, genus Atelopus, have suffered unparalleled population declines. While this also results in limited understanding of alphataxonomic relationships, these toads face an urgent need for advances in systematics to inform conservation efforts. Leer más.
The structure of the skin and superficial micro-ornamentation in the slow worm Anguis fragilis, a limbless lizard with a fossorial activity, was examined using histology, immunofluorescence, scanning and transmission electron microscopy. Leer más.
This study, by examining the presence, localisation and colocalisation of serotonin, substance P, PGP 9.5 and tubulin, wants to demonstrate the sensory role that these structures play in the ecology of the Green whip snake Hierophis viridiflavus (Lacépède, 1789). Leer más.
The beak utilized in tadpoles of R. dalmatina for crushing vegetables is formed of cornified cell layers. A row of large wedge-like cells forms a central pile that produces the sharp corneous lamina of the beak. The labial and oral surfaces of the beaks also accumulate corneous material during proliferation and differentiation of keratinocytes from the epidermis to form a sheath around the central corneous cells. Leer más.