Covering diverse species from garter snakes to Komodo dragons, this book delves into the
evolutionary origins and fascinating details of the mysterious social lives of reptiles. Reptiles …

Despite numerous works devoted to hybrid origin of parthenogenesis in reptiles, the causes
of hybridization between different species, resulting in the origin of parthenogenetic forms …

Background Caucasian rock lizards of the genus Darevskia are unique taxa, including both
bisexual and parthenogenetic species. The parthenogenetic species have originated as a …

Caucasian rock lizards (Darevskia) are a speciose group with 42 described species from the
Caucasus Mountain region. We selected 11 species from Georgia and adjacent territories to …

Three rock lizard species (genus Darevskia) occur in the same mountain gorge of the
Greater Caucasus mountains located in Northern Georgia. Whereas Darevskia caucasica …

The microstructure of the tuberculate dorsal and lamellar ventral skin of the body in rock
lizards of different ages (Darevskia raddei, D. nairensis, D. valentini, D. dahli, and D …

Mesalina watsonana is a species complex with a wide distribution range in Iran, some parts
of Turkmenistan, Afghanistan, Pakistan, and northwest India. Recent molecular and …

Размножение без самцов распространено среди разных типов животных, однако
редко встречается у позвоночных. Открытие в середине прошлого столетия Ильей …

The path taken by IS Darevsky to the discovery of natural parthenogenesis in rock lizards of
the Caucasus (1957, 1958) is tracked, as well as his further developments of the problem of …