Invasive ants influence native lizard populations
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DOI: 10.1002/ecs2.1657
Abstract: The red imported fire ant (Solenopsis invicta; hereafter RIFA) is an invasive predator found on four continents, namely South America, North America, Australia, and Asia. Red imported fire ants are implicated in the decline of… read more here.
Keywords: imported fire; lizard; fence; red imported ... See more keywords
Redescription of Hepatozoon ameivae (Carini and Rudolph, 1912) from the lizard Ameiva ameiva (Linnaeus, 1758)
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DOI: 10.1007/s00436-020-06760-x
Abstract: Blood samples from 72 Ameiva ameiva lizards from Central Amazonian upland forests were collected, and thin smears of 40 (55.5%) animals were positive for gamonts of Hepatozoon with a mean level of intensity of infection… read more here.
Keywords: hepatozoon; hepatozoon ameivae; lizard; ameiva ... See more keywords
Urbanization affects refuge use and habituation to predators in a polymorphic lizard
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DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2016.11.016
Abstract: Prey–predator interactions are plastic behaviours shown by both players, which constantly modify their decisions depending on physiological conditions and ecological context. We investigated whether the behavioural response to repeated simulated predatory attacks varied between adult… read more here.
Keywords: antipredator; affects refuge; lizard; urbanization affects ... See more keywords
Bipedalism in Mexican albian lizard (squamata) and the locomotion type in other cretaceous lizards
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jsames.2021.103299
Abstract: Representative locomotion types in lizards include terrestrial, arboreal, grass swimmer, sand swimmer and bipedal. Few studies explain the locomotion habit of extinct lizards, and even less asses those of bipedal ones. Here, we use quantitative… read more here.
Keywords: lizard; locomotion; cretaceous lizards; state ... See more keywords
Vegetation with a lizard-tail appearance in the left atrium.
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DOI: 10.1016/j.medin.2016.04.004
Abstract: We present the case of a 77-year-old woman with infective endocarditis due to methicillin-sensitive Staphylococcus aureus. Transesophageal echocardiography revealed a very large mobile vegetation with a tail-like appearance (Fig. 1). It grew from the internal… read more here.
Keywords: lizard; appearance; vegetation; mitral valve ... See more keywords
Lizards ran bipedally 110 million years ago
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DOI: 10.1038/s41598-018-20809-z
Abstract: Four heteropod lizard trackways discovered in the Hasandong Formation (Aptian-early Albian), South Korea assigned to Sauripes hadongensis, n. ichnogen., n. ichnosp., which represents the oldest lizard tracks in the world. Most tracks are pes tracks… read more here.
Keywords: ran bipedally; lizard; 110 million; pes tracks ... See more keywords
A new Early Cretaceous lizard in Myanmar amber with exceptionally preserved integument
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DOI: 10.1038/s41598-022-05735-5
Abstract: We here report on a well-preserved juvenile lizard specimen in Albian amber (ca. 110 mya) from the Hkamti site (Myanmar). This new taxon is represented by an articulated skull and the anterior portion of the trunk,… read more here.
Keywords: myanmar amber; early cretaceous; lizard myanmar; cretaceous lizard ... See more keywords
Variation in Melanin Content of Lizard Livers: Hybrids Turning to the Dark Side
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DOI: 10.1086/721445
Abstract: Pigments such as melanin are most often associated with the surface of an organism, providing functions such as coloration and protection from UV radiation. However, the internal organs of some species also contain melanin. Internal… read more here.
Keywords: lizard; internal melanin; parental species; variation melanin ... See more keywords
Selective Host Attachment by Ixodes scapularis (Acari: Ixodidae): Tick-Lizard Associations in the Southeastern United States.
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DOI: 10.1093/jme/tjab181
Abstract: Questing behavior and host associations of immature blacklegged ticks, Ixodes scapularis Say, from the southeastern United States are known to differ from those in the north. To elucidate these relationships we describe host associations of… read more here.
Keywords: lizard; southeastern united; attachment; host ... See more keywords
Population increase and changes in behavior and morphology in the Critically Endangered Redonda ground lizard (Pholidoscelis atratus) following the successful removal of alien rats and goats.
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DOI: 10.1111/1749-4877.12500
Abstract: Redonda is a small volcanic Caribbean island that is home to at least four endemic lizard species, including the Critically Endangered ground lizard, Pholidoscelis atratus. Black rats (Rattus rattus) and domestic goats (Capra hircus) were… read more here.
Keywords: ground; lizard; rats goats; morphology ... See more keywords
Environmental association modelling with loci under divergent selection predicts the distribution range of a lizard
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DOI: 10.1111/mec.16002
Abstract: During the historical building of a species range, individual colonizers have to confront different ecological challenges, and the capacity of the species to broaden its range may depend on the total amount of adaptive genetic… read more here.
Keywords: variation; range; lizard; selection ... See more keywords