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
Effects of the introduction of an herbivore on an endangered lizard
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DOI: 10.1007/s10344-025-01925-4
Abstract: Sanitja Island, the northernmost land of the Balearic Islands, is occupied by a population of Lilford’s Wall Lizard, Podarcis lilfordi, under extreme environmental conditions. It is an islet of less than 10 hectares, with low… read more here.
Keywords: introduction herbivore; effects introduction; herbivore endangered; population ... See more keywords
Evidence for urban food limitation in a widespread invasive lizard
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DOI: 10.1007/s11252-025-01722-6
Abstract: Declining diversity, abundance, and body size of arthropods are characteristic features of urbanization. Recent work indicates that arthropod declines can cascade through urban food webs and limit consumer populations. However, the magnitude and extent of… read more here.
Keywords: urban food; food; limitation widespread; food limitation ... 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
Aboriginal-constructed lizard traps on Western Australia’s south coast create reptile habitat and teach principles of granite outcrop conservation
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DOI: 10.1071/pc25004
Abstract: Context Granite outcrops of the Southwest Australian Floristic Region are places of cultural and ecological significance that are at risk from human disturbance. Lizard traps are propped-up rock slabs on granite outcrops, constructed by Aboriginal… read more here.
Keywords: traps western; lizard traps; reptile habitat; lizard ... See more keywords
A new borioteiioid lizard with large caniniform tooth from the Upper Cretaceous of South China
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DOI: 10.1080/14772019.2025.2509637
Abstract: Borioteiioidea (Polyglyphanodontia) is a group of lizards that were abundant in China and Mongolia during the Late Cretaceous. Two borioteiioid genera, Tianyusaurus and Yechilacerta, with complete lower temporal bars, have been reported from the Upper… read more here.
Keywords: south china; cretaceous south; caninosaurus; borioteiioid ... See more keywords