Background Borrelia burgdorferi (sensu lato) is a complex containing pathogenic bacteria of
which some species, such as Borrelia lusitaniae, use birds, small mammals and reptiles as …

The emerging amphibian disease, Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis (Bd), is driving
population declines worldwide and even species extinctions in Australia, South and Central …

Amphibian biodiversity loss in recent years has exceeded that of all other groups of
vertebrates. In this context, biodiversity hotspots represent priority targets for conservation in …

In the last two decades, there has been a great deal of interest in the morphology and
anatomy of the lizard skull in an ecological and evolutionary perspective. However, the …

The present study reports on a case of high richness in an assemblage of non‐native
freshwater turtles in a suburban wetland of Tyrrhenian Central Italy (Torre Flavia Nature …

ABSTRACT Received 15.03. 2016; accepted 11.11. 2016; printed 30.03. 2017 Proceedings
of the 3rd International Congress “Biodiversity, Mediterranean, Society”, September 4th-6th …

Abstract The Common toad Bufo bufo (Linneaus, 1758) was found for the first time in
Sardinia in 2016 during herpetological surveys. The species appears to be well established …

We report discovery of an established population of the Asian swamp eel Amphipnous
cuchia (Hamilton, 1822) in Bayou St. John, an urban waterway in New Orleans, Louisiana …

The occurrence of the red swamp crayfish Procambarus clarkii (Girard, 1852) is documented
for the first time in a small artificial lake located in a small circum-Sardinian island (San …

Presence and distribution of ecological barriers shapes the distribution of migratory birds as
well as any other living organism. In Italy, short-toed snake eagles (Circaetus gallicus) breed …