IN BRIEF.

Source: New Scientist. 3/12/2016, Vol. 229 Issue 3064, p16-18. 3p. 3 Color Photographs.

Subjects: SCIENCE news briefs, LIZARDS, REPTILE evolution, FORTY-spotted pardalote, BIRD behavior, BLACK holes, STELLAR evolution

Seeing red: pteridine-based colour and male quality in a dragon lizard.

Authors: Merkling, Thomas¹, Chandrasoma, Dani², Rankin, Katrina J³, Whiting, Martin J² martin.whiting@mq.edu.au

Source: Biological Journal of the Linnean Society. Aug2018, Vol. 124 Issue 4, p677-689. 13p.

Subject Terms: *REPTILE reproduction, *REPTILE evolution, *AGAMIDAE, *BIODIVERSITY, *EVOLUTIONARY theories

Candidate genes involved in the evolution of viviparity: a RAD sequencing experiment in the lizard Zootoca vivipara (Squamata: Lacertidae).

Authors: Cornetti, Luca^1,2,3, Griffith, Oliver W⁴, Benazzo, Andrea², Panziera, Alex², Whittington, Camilla M^5,6, Thompson, Michael B⁵, Vernesi, Cristiano¹, Bertorelle, Giorgio² ggb@unife.it

Source: Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. May2018, Vol. 183 Issue 1, p196-207. 12p.

Subject Terms: *VIVIPARITY, *REPTILE evolution, *NUCLEOTIDE sequencing, *VIVIPAROUS lizard, *REPTILE reproduction, *GENE expression, *REPTILES

Ontogenetic Niches and the Development of Body Shape in Juvenile Sea Turtles.

Authors: PATE, JESSICA H.¹ jpate637@gmail.com, SALMON, MICHAEL¹ sahiion@fau.edu

Source: Chelonian Conservation & Biology. Dec2017, Vol. 16 Issue 2, p185-193. 9p.

Subject Terms: *SEA turtles, *REPTILE evolution, *ECOLOGICAL niche, *HABITATS, *PHENOTYPES, *ONTOGENY

Influences on Standard Metabolism in Eastern Box Turtles (Terrapene Carolina).

Authors: GIENGER, C. M.¹ giengerc@apsu.edu, URDÍALES, EVA M.¹ eva.urdiales@gmail.com

Source: Chelonian Conservation & Biology. Dec2017, Vol. 16 Issue 2, p159-163. 5p.

Subject Terms: *EASTERN box turtle, *REPTILE evolution, *REPTILE bioenergetics, *EFFECT of temperature on reptiles, *REPTILE physiology, *METABOLISM

Diversity, biogeography and the global flows of alien amphibians and reptiles.

Authors: Capinha, César^1,2,3, Seebens, Hanno^4,5, Cassey, Phillip⁶, García‐Díaz, Pablo^6,7, Lenzner, Bernd⁴, Mang, Thomas⁴, Moser, Dietmar⁴, Pyšek, Petr^8,9,10, Rödder, Dennis², Scalera, Riccardo¹¹, Winter, Marten¹², Dullinger, Stefan⁴, Essl, Franz^4,10 franz.essl@univie.ac.at, Nori, Javier

Source: Diversity & Distributions. Nov2017, Vol. 23 Issue 11, p1313-1322. 10p.

Subject Terms: *GEOGRAPHICAL distribution of amphibia, *REPTILE evolution, *BIODIVERSITY, *BIOGEOGRAPHY, *INTRODUCED species

Phylogeography of the reticulated python (Malayopython reticulatus ssp.): Conservation implications for the worlds’ most traded snake species.

Authors: Murray-Dickson, Gillian¹ gmdickson@rzss.org.uk, Ghazali, Muhammad¹, Ogden, Rob², Brown, Rafe³, Auliya, Mark⁴

Source: PLoS ONE. 8/17/2017, Vol. 12 Issue 8, p1-25. 25p.

Subject Terms: *REPTILE conservation, *REPTILE evolution, *SNAKES, *REPTILE phylogeny, *PHYLOGEOGRAPHY

Late Triassic terrestrial microvertebrates from Charles Moore's 'Microlestes' quarry, Holwell, Somerset, UK.

Authors: WHITESIDE, DAVID I.¹ david.whiteside@bristol.ac.uk, DUFFIN, CHRISTOPHER J.^1,2

Source: Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. Mar2017, Vol. 179 Issue 3, p677-705. 29p.

Subject Terms: *REPTILE evolution, *VERTEBRATES, *ANIMAL diversity, *TRIASSIC Period

People: MOORE, Charles

Shell Morphology in the Kinosternidae: Functional and Evolutionary Patterns.

Authors: Berlant, Zachary S.¹, Stayton, Tristan C.¹

Source: Herpetologica. Mar2017, Vol. 73 Issue 1, p30-42. 13p.

Subject Terms: *KINOSTERNIDAE, *REPTILE evolution, *TURTLE conservation, *HABITATS, *ZOOLOGICAL surveys, *PHYSIOLOGY

On the evolution and diversification of an Andean clade of reptiles: combining morphology and DNA sequences of the palluma group ( Liolaemidae: P hymaturus).

Authors: Lobo, Fernando¹, Barrasso, Diego A.², Hibbard, Thomas¹, Basso, Néstor G.²

Source: Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. Mar2016, Vol. 176 Issue 3, p648-673. 26p.

Subject Terms: *REPTILE evolution, *BIODIVERSITY, *CYTOCHROME b, *NUCLEOTIDE sequencing, *SPECIES distribution

Geographic Terms: SOUTH America

Exploring the Genetic Basis of Adaptation to High Elevations in Reptiles: A Comparative Transcriptome Analysis of Two Toad-Headed Agamas (Genus Phrynocephalus).

Authors: Yang, Weizhao^1,2, Qi, Yin¹, Fu, Jinzhong^1,3

Source: PLoS ONE. Nov2014, Vol. 9 Issue 11, p1-8. 8p.

Subject Terms: *GENETIC transcription, *REPTILE evolution, *NUCLEOTIDE sequence, *REPTILE phylogeny, *PHRYNOCEPHALUS, *HYPOXEMIA, *AGAMA

Geographical and Temporal Body Size Variation in a Reptile: Roles of Sex, Ecology, Phylogeny and Ecology Structured in Phylogeny.

Authors: Aragón, Pedro¹ paragon@mncn.csic.es, Fitze, Patrick S.^2,3,4,5

Source: PLoS ONE. Aug2014, Vol. 9 Issue 8, p1-12. 12p.

Subject Terms: *REPTILE size, *REPTILE evolution, *REPTILE ecology, *REPTILE phylogeny, *SEASONAL physiological variations, *ZOOGEOGRAPHY, *BIOLOGISTS, *REPTILES

THE TENACIOUS TUATARA.

Authors: Cree, Alison

Source: Natural History. Feb2015, Vol. 123 Issue 1, p22-27. 6p. 7 Color Photographs, 1 Diagram, 1 Graph, 1 Map.

Subjects: TUATARA, REPTILE evolution, ANIMAL genetics research, RHYNCHOCEPHALIA, GUNTHER, Albert

Climate and the evolution of group-living behaviour in the armadillo lizard (Ouroborus cataphractus).

Authors: Shuttleworth, Cindy¹, Mouton, P. le Fras N.¹ pnm@sun.ac.za, van Niekerk, Adriaan²

Source: African Zoology. Oct2013, Vol. 48 Issue 2, p367-373. 7p.

Subject Terms: *OUROBORUS cataphractus, *REPTILE evolution, *REPTILE behavior, *REPTILE ecology, *REPTILES, *SURVIVAL behavior (Animals), *ZOOLOGY, ADAPTATION

Microanatomical and Histological Features in the Long Bones of Mosasaurine Mosasaurs (Reptilia, Squamata) – Implications for Aquatic Adaptation and Growth Rates.

Authors: Houssaye, Alexandra¹ houssaye@uni-bonn.de, Lindgren, Johan², Pellegrini, Rodrigo³, Lee, Andrew H.⁴, Germain, Damien⁵, Polcyn, Michael J.⁶

Source: PLoS ONE. Oct2013, Vol. 8 Issue 10, p1-12. 12p.

Subject Terms: *REPTILE evolution, *REPTILE anatomy, *BONES, *BODY size, *BIOLOGICAL adaptation, *ECOLOGY, *CONVERGENT evolution, *ANATOMY

Global Taxonomic Diversity of Living Reptiles.

Authors: Pincheira-Donoso, Daniel¹ DPincheiraDonoso@lincoln.ac.uk, Bauer, Aaron M.², Meiri, Shai³, Uetz, Peter⁴

Source: PLoS ONE. Mar2013, Vol. 8 Issue 3, p1-10. 10p.

Subject Terms: *REPTILE classification, *REPTILE evolution, *BIOTIC communities, *PHYLOGENY, *SPECIES diversity, *COLUBRIDAE, *HERPETOLOGY

An ancestral turtle from the Late Triassic of southwestern China.

Authors: Li, Chun¹, Wu, Xiao-Chun², Rieppel, Olivier³, Wang, Li-Ting⁴, Zhao, Li-Jun⁵

Source: Nature. 11/27/2008, Vol. 456 Issue 7221, p497-501. 5p. 3 Diagrams.

Subject Terms: *REPTILE evolution, *TURTLE anatomy, *FOSSIL turtles, *BIOLOGICAL evolution, *TRIASSIC stratigraphic geology, *PHYLOGENY, *MARINE sediments

Geographic Terms: CHINA

Locomotor morphometry of the Pachydactylus radiation of lizards (Gekkota: Gekkonidae): a phylogenetically and ecologically informed analysis.

Authors: Johnson, Megan K.¹ mkjohnso@ucalgary.ca, Russell, Anthony P.¹, Bauer, Aaron M.²

Source: Canadian Journal of Zoology. Dec2005, Vol. 83 Issue 12, p1511-1524. 14p. 4 Charts, 4 Graphs.

Subject Terms: *REPTILE evolution, *PACHYDACTYLUS, *PHYSIOLOGY, *GECKOS, *LIZARDS, *PHYLOGENY, LIZARD anatomy

WHEN CROCS RULED.

Authors: White, Mel

Source: National Geographic. Nov2009, Vol. 216 Issue 5, p128-139. 12p. 7 Color Photographs, 2 Diagrams, 1 Map.

Subjects: CROCODILIANS, MEAT animals, FRESHWATER animals, REPTILE evolution, ALLIGATORS, COOKING

Spermatogenesis of Amphisbaena silvestrii (Boulenger, 1902): First Report for Amphisbaenidae.

Authors: Cassel, Mônica¹, Calcanhoto, Karla K. N.², Mehanna, Mahmoud³, Montezol, Michel², Ferreira, Adelina², Mott, Tam⁴

Source: Journal of Herpetology; Mar2017, Vol. 51 Issue 1, p109-113, 5p