Behaviours designated as basking span a broad array of ectothermic and endothermic
animals. Understanding the role that basking plays in thermal biology is important because …

In arid regions with summer rainfall, herbivorous reptiles are able to acquire water and fresh
food in the presence of high environmental temperatures that can promote ectotherm …

Long‐lived, iteroparous species exhibit various mechanisms to overcome temporary
unfavorable conditions and promote adult survival and population persistence …

Since 1957, all padlopers were considered Homopus, which was an anomaly, because only
two species have four claws on the front and hind limbs. The revival of the genus …

Ectotherms have various means of dealing with low environmental temperatures, but
relatively few species have been rigorously investigated. Consequently, we have little …

Among vertebrates, chelonians are proportionally more threatened with extinction than any
sizeable mammal, bird or amphibian group (Stanford et al. 2020), but receive relatively little …

The article discusses about acclimation, husbandry and breeding of wild-caught chersobius
boulengeri also known as karoo dwarf tortoises. Topics discussed include habitat …

English The Karoo dwarf tortoise (Chersobius boulengeri) is a rare species of tortoise that
occurs in South Africa. The article describes how these tortoises can be successfully …

In 1995, four Homopus signatus were captured in the wild to initiate a studbook. At that time,
little was known about husbandry methods and captive reproduction for this taxon. Since …