As human threats continue to impact natural habitats, there is an increasing need to
regularly monitor the trends in large vertebrate populations. Conservation efforts must be …

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 …

The importance of microbial associations to animals' development, physiology, and fitness is
widely recognized. In most animals, these microbial associations must be developed anew …

Crocodilians comprise an ancient and successful lineage of archosaurs that repeatedly
raises questions on how they survived a mass extinction and remained relatively unchanged …

There is an urgent need to improve methods for surveying snakes and lizards (squamates).
Currently, fundamental data gaps exist about squamate distributions and abundance in …

Nesting ecology of American crocodiles (Crocodylus acutus) in Florida has been both
positively and negatively influenced by anthropogenic and natural factors since the species …

Reproductive seasonality is present across species and phyla. Many species retain
seasonal patterns even in tropical regions where climatic variations may be less apparent …

The rates of eggs predation in crocodilians can be influenced by the abundance of
predators, their activity time, the crocodilian size, and parental care. We evaluated the …

Crocodylus acutus has undergone severe past declines due to overexploitation and habitat
loss. There are conservation measures in most regions and established captive breeding …

Camera traps were set up in forest nests in 2009, 2010 and 2012 to capture images of
possible predators eating eggs of the Pantanal caiman, Caiman crocodilus yacare. We …