[PDF][PDF] Rediscovery of the Billiton Caecilian, Ichthyophis billitonensis Taylor, 1965, on Belitung Island, Indonesia, after more than five decades

W Kusumah, V Hasan, D Samitra - Herpetology Notes, 2023 - biotaxa.org
June 2022 on Gunung Tajam, Tanjung Pandan District, Belitung Island, Indonesia (2.7758
S, 107.8553 E, elevation 420 m; Fig. 2). The animal was collected using a scoop net on leaf …

Diet and habit explain head‐shape convergences in natricine snakes

V Deepak, DJ Gower, N Cooper - Journal of Evolutionary …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
The concept of ecomorphs, whereby species with similar ecologies have similar phenotypes
regardless of their phylogenetic relatedness, is often central to discussions regarding the …

[PDF][PDF] On the identities of Caecilia degenerata Dunn, 1942 and of C. corpulenta Taylor, 1968 (Amphibia: Gymnophiona: Caeciliidae) with descriptions of three new …

JD Fernandez-Roldan, JD Lynch, GF Medina-Rangel - Zootaxa, 2023 - researchgate.net
The Central portion of the Cordillera Oriental of Colombia is currently reported to harbor two
species of Caecilia distributed at comparable elevations on opposite versants of these …

A New Species of Caecilian in the Genus Boulengerula from Endau Hill in South-Eastern Kenya

PK Malonza, VD Wasonga - Journal of East African Natural History, 2023 - BioOne
A new species of herpelid caecilian, Boulengerula endauensis sp. nov. is described from
Endau Hill Forest, Kitui County, Kenya. The new species differs from all other Boulengerula …

Ecological Civilization COP 15 and Amphibian Sustainability through Reproduction Technologies, Biobanking, and Conservation Breeding Programs (RBCs)

RK Browne, Q Luo, P Wang, N Mansour, SA Kaurova… - 2023 - preprints.org
Intergenerational Justice entitles the maximum retention of Earth's Biodiversity. The United
Nations COP 15 committed to the protection of 30% of Earth's terrestrial environments to …

[图书][B] Evolutionary Ecology of Amphibians

G Moreno-Rueda, M Comas - 2023 - api.taylorfrancis.com
Natural selection is considered the main driver of evolution (Darwin 1859). Accordingly,
animals face a determinate environment, which subjects the animals to a series of selective …

Evolution and Ecology of Locomotion in Amphibians

FJ Zamora-Camacho - Evolutionary Ecology of Amphibians, 2023 - taylorfrancis.com
Be it through predator avoidance, prey pursuit, territory dominance, mate control, or any or
the sum of the myriad of functions it enhances, locomotion is a paramount evolutionary force …