This chapter reviews current knowledge on the diversity of terrestrial reptiles in the Gulf of
Guinea oceanic islands and provides a brief history of research on this group of animals. A …

Among tetrapods, the well differentiated heteromorphic sex chromosomes of birds and
mammals have been highly investigated and their master sex-determining (MSD) gene …

Background The origin of turtles and crocodiles and their easily recognized body forms
dates to the Triassic and Jurassic. Despite their long-term success, extant species diversity …

The femoral microanatomy of 155 species of extant amniotes (57 species of mammals, 15
species of turtles, 56 species of lepidosaurs, and 27 species of birds) of known lifestyle is …

Using nearly range-wide sampling, we analyze up to 1848 bp of mitochondrial DNA of 183
helmeted terrapins and identify a minimum of 12 deeply divergent species-level clades …

Aim To infer the colonization history of reed frog species endemic to the oceanic islands of
São Tomé and Príncipe, Hyperolius molleri and H. thomensis, we quantified …

Reeves' pond turtle, Mauremys reevesii, is an aquatic geoemydid species that is broadly
distributed in East Asia. Like many other Asian turtles, this species is facing an extinction …

Namibia is mostly an arid and semi-arid country with a high number of reptile and fewer
amphibian species. We review the herpetological literature dealing with Namibian species …

 Abstract The herpetofauna of São Tomé and Príncipe consists of nine species of
amphibians, all endemic, and 21 species of terrestrial reptiles, of which 17 are endemic. Our …

Seasonality is a critical driver of resource availability within individual generations and is
therefore likely to have exerted selective pressures on hominin evolution. Nonetheless, it …