Hotter sands triggered by a warming climate could cause greater numbers of sea turtles to be born female, increasing the reptiles’ numbers in the short term, research shows. Leer más.
 | As enfermidades infecciosas emerxentes (EIE) supoñen un risco global, tanto para a poboación humana coma para a biodiversidade. A modificación dos ecosistemas, a introdución de especies exóticas que en moitos casos actúan coma invasoras, e a globalización que permite o movemento de mercadorías e pasaxeiros en poucas horas, representan factores que contribúen á aparición de novas enfermidades e patóxenos. Leer más. |
Based on preserved specimens from the states of São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro, Flectonotus ulei Miranda-Ribeiro, 1926 is resurrected from its synonymy with Flectonotus fissilis (Miranda-Ribeiro, 1920) and is redescribed. Analysis of osteological characters and brood pouch structure confirms that F. ulei belongs to Fritziana. Leer más.
A recent study using new genetic sequencing techniques, called Ultra Conserved Elements (UCE), has reconstructed the «tree of life» for turtles. The new tree places turtles within the newly created group called Archelosauria that includes turtles, crocodiles, dinosaurs, and birds. This new group may be the largest vertebrate group «to ever receive a new scientific name». Using the huge amount of data, the scientists refute the older idea of turtles being closely related to lizards and snakes. Leer más.
Recent phylogenetic analysis of false geckos, genus Pseudogekko, revealed unrecognized diversity within these exceedingly rare and enigmatic Philippine forest geckos. Newly available genetic datasets revealed that two of the four currently recognized species are complexes of multiple, deeply divergent evolutionary lineages. Leer más.
