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

Descriptions and diagnoses are alternative choices in all Codes of Nomenclature because
Linnaeus relied on diagnoses, not descriptions, to name ca. 13,400 animals, plants, and …

Funding, training, permits—the three big challenges of taxonomy Page 1 Megataxa 001 (1):
049–052 https://www.mapress.com/j/mt/ Copyright © 2020 Magnolia Press Correspondence …

Highlights•Another matamata species is described as new to science.•Chelus orinocensis is
genetically and morphologically significantly different.•Chelus orinocensis and C. fimbriata …

This review describes the diversity of the freshwater, marine, and terrestrial herpetofauna of
the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia that consists of 128 extant species and subspecies; 121 …

We analyzed the taxon richness and endemism of tortoises and freshwater turtles in the
world's premier biodiversity conservation priority areas and countries with greatest turtle …

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 …

Angola's herpetofauna has been neglected for many years, but recent surveys have
revealed unknown diversity and a consequent increase in the number of species recorded …

Although tortoises (Testudinidae) are a familiar clade of reptiles, with a body fossil record
extending to at least the Eocene, hitherto no tortoise ichnosites have been described. Here …

African snake-eyed skinks are relatively small lizards of the genera Panaspis and
Afroablepharus. Species allocation of these genera frequently changed during the 20th …