10 articles in this issue
Santosh Mogali,Bhagyashri Shanbhag,Srinivas Saidapur
We explored the effect of a prior experience of predation threat and access to the refuge sites on larval mortality in Hylarana temporalis with a 2 × 2 factorial design. The design included predator-naïve or predator experienced prey subjects, and presenc... see more
Thiago R. Carvalho,Célio F.B. Haddad,Marcos Gridi-Papp
The frog genus Physalaemus has almost 50 species with vocalizations that are mostly composed of a single note. This note tends to have a broad harmonic structure or a pulsed structure. The sister species P. lateristriga and P. olfersii have pulsed adverti... see more
Amaël Borzée,Hae Jun Baek,Chang Hoon Lee,Dong Yoon Kim,Jae-Young Song,Jae-Hwa Suh,Yikweon Jang,Mi-Sook Min
Despite the importance of clearly assessing the distribution boundaries of species, it is not possible for scientists to acquire genetic information and conduct molecular analysis for all populations. Consequently, citizen science is of increasing importa... see more
John Valentine Lyakurwa,Kim Monroe Howell,Linus Kasian Munishi,Anna Christina Treydte
While knowledge of African vertebrate biodiversity has increased dramatically in recent years, the field of herpetology which encompasses many threatened and endemic species, has lagged behind, and many areas have not been adequately explored. Intensive f... see more
Stefano Scali,Roberto Sacchi,Mattia Falaschi,Alan J. Coladonato,Sara Pozzi,Marco A.L. Zuffi,Marco Mangiacotti
Disentangling the effects of single releasers in animal communication is a demanding task because a releaser often consists of a combination of different key stimuli. Territorial communication in reptiles usually depends on visual, chemical, and acoustic ... see more
Fatima N. Ogul,Franziska Huber,Sinem Cihan,Kumsal Düzgün,Ahmet E. Kideys,Korhan Özkan
We tested for the first time the efficiency of the use of infra-red (IR) cameras for sea turtle hatchling monitoring. The cameras were installed on one green turtle (Chelonia mydas) and four loggerhead turtle (Caretta caretta) nests during 2014 and 2015 n... see more
Hadi Khoshnamvand,Mansoureh Malekian,Yazdan Keivany,Mazaher Zamani-Faradonbe,Mohsen Amiri
Osteological structures are important biological features which provide valuable biological and ecological information. Luristan newt (Neurergus kaiseri), is an endemic salamander, inhabiting the southern part of Zagros Mountains of Iran. The current stud... see more
Fernanda R. de Avila,Juliano M. Oliveira,Mateus de Oliveira,Marcio Borges-Martins,Victor Hugo Valiati,Alexandro M. Tozetti
The snake Phalotris lemniscatus is a polymorphic species regarding color, which varies between light shades with a yellow predominance (pale yellow-brown) to darker shades with a red predominance (red-dark). Pale yellow-brown individuals are more frequent... see more
Mohamed Amine Samlali,Abderrahim S’khifa,Tahar Slimani
The age structure and growth of the Moroccan Painted Frog (Discoglossus scovazzi Camerano, 1878) in a population living in the High Atlas at the upper altitudinal limit of the species’ range was estimated for the first time by skeletochronology. Individua... see more