Geckos are a hyper-diverse, ancient, and globally distributed group. They have diverged
early from other squamates and thus can be expected to differ from them along multiple …

Squamate reptiles are considered to exhibit indeterminate growth. Nevertheless, current
literature disputes the available definitions of this growth type, presents new theoretical …

Mammals and birds provide food for their young after birth, but such provisioning is almost
absent in other vertebrates. A recent theory suggested that, in addition to thermoregulation …

This book summarizes all available knowledge about the species composition and spatial
distribution of amphibians and reptiles in the city of Plovdiv, in South Bulgaria. It also traces …

Juvenile growth rates are thought to be restricted by available food resources. In animals
that grow throughout the year, such as tropical lizards, growth is therefore predicted to be …

Clutch size (CS) and relative clutch mass (RCM) are considered important features in life
history descriptions of species within Squamata. Variations in these two characteristics are …