Patterns of growth in monitor lizards (Varanidae) as revealed by computed tomography of femoral growth plates

P Frýdlová, V Nutilová, J Dudák, J Žemlička, P Němec… - Zoomorphology, 2017 - Springer
Growth plate cartilage (GPC) is responsible for the growth of long bones due to
endochondral ossification, which is the main mechanism of longitudinal skeletal growth in …

Universality of indeterminate growth in lizards rejected: the micro-CT reveals contrasting timing of growth cartilage persistence in iguanas, agamas, and chameleons

P Frýdlová, J Mrzílková, M Šeremeta, J Křemen… - Scientific Reports, 2019 - nature.com
Squamate reptiles are considered to exhibit indeterminate growth. Nevertheless, current
literature disputes the available definitions of this growth type, presents new theoretical …

Live Fast, Die Young: Life History Traits of an Apex Predator Exacerbate the Ecological Impact of a Toxic Invader

G Ward‐Fear, GP Brown, L Pettit… - Ecology and …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
We studied a population of large varanid lizards (yellow‐spotted monitors Varanus
panoptes) on a floodplain in tropical Australia. Growth records from radio‐tracked lizards …

Strong support for Rensch's rule in an American clade of lizards (Teiidae and Gymnophtalmidae) and a paradox of the largest tejus

P Frýdlová, D Frynta - The Science of Nature, 2015 - Springer
Rensch's rule predicts an allometric relationship between male and female body size stating
that the sexual size dimorphism (SSD) increases with body size in male-larger taxa and …

Offenders tend to be heavier: experimental encounters in mangrove-dwelling monitor lizards (Varanus indicus)

P Frýdlová, O Šimková, V Janovská, P Velenský… - acta ethologica, 2017 - Springer
The evolution of male-biased sexual size dimorphism is often explained by sexual selection
providing competitive advantage to the larger males. The aggressive interactions are often …

[PDF][PDF] Australasian Journal of Herpetology 47: 3-31. Published 9 July 2020.

RT HOSER - Australasian Journal of Herpetology - smuggled.com
ABSTRACT The Mangrove Monitor “Varanus indicus”(Daudin, 1802) and Green Monitor
“Varanus prasinus”(Schlegel, 1839) were each long thought of as being single widespread …

Varanus indicus (DAUDIN, 1802)

E Common Names, M Monitor - reptile-database.reptarium.cz
Types Neotype: RMNH 40846, designated by Weijola 2015. Philipp et al. 1999 designated
ZFMK 70650 as neotype. Böhme et al. 2016 disputed Weijola's 2015 neotype and who …

Tělesná velikost jako implicitní faktor: příkladové studie o životních strategiích a chování

O Šimková - 2016 - dspace.cuni.cz
Velikost je jedním z nejdůležitějších faktorů, který ovlivňuje veškerou biologii zvířat. Tato
práce obsahuje čtyři publikace (I-IV), v nichž jsem se spolu se spoluautory pokusila objasnit …