This page provides a quick overview of changes and new entries in recent weeks. In particular regular visitors can go directly to the newest content without having to browse through known pages. The listing of new entries is chronological. The last 2 months are shown.

        December 10, 2024
        December 9, 2024
  • Wettstein, O. von (1965) -  Rectifications to: J.F.D. Frazer, „Herpetological notes on Rhodes“. Brit. Journ. of Herpetology 3 (9): 220-224. -  British Journal of Herpetology 3 (12): 313-314.   

        December 8, 2024
        December 7, 2024
        December 6, 2024
  • Frazer, J.F.D. (1965) -  Herpetological notes on Rhodes. -  British Journal of Herpetology 3 (9): 220-224.   

  • 5 new pictures of  Podarcis virescens  GENIEZ et al., 2014  from  Portugal. (wild)

  • 7 new pictures of  Podarcis carbonelli carbonelli  PÉREZ-MELLADO, 1981  from  Portugal. (wild)

  • 3 new pictures of  Podarcis lusitanicus  GENIEZ et al., 2014  from  Portugal. (wild)

        December 4, 2024
  • Huyssteen, R. van & Petford, M.A. & Burger, M. & Šmíd, J. & Alzahrani, A.S. & Alowaifeer, A.M. & Mottram, P. & Gaugris, J.Y. (2024) -  Reptiles of the King Abdulaziz Royal Nature Reserve, eastcentral Saudi Arabia: insights and conservation implications. -  Amphibian & Reptile Conservation 18(1&2): 91–106 (e335).    

  • 3 new pictures of  Mesalina saudiarabica  MORAVEC et al., 2017  from  Saudi Arabia. (wild)

        December 3, 2024
  • Hofer, R. (1977) -  Fortpflanzung und Aufzucht mediterraner Eidechsen im Terrarium.  -  Aquarium, Wuppertal, 92: 77-82.   

        December 1, 2024
  • Burriel-Carranza, B. & Tejero-Cicuéndez, H. & Carné, A. & Mochales-Riano, G. & Talavera, A. & Al Saadi, S. & Smid, J. & Tamar, K. & Tarroso, P. & Carranza, S. (2024) -  Integrating Genomics and Biogeography to Unravel the Origin of a Mountain Biota: The Case of a Reptile Endemicity Hotspot in Arabia. -  Syst. Biol. XX(XX):XX–XX, 2024 (early view) 20 pp     

  • 1 new picture of  Takydromus wolteri  FISCHER, 1885  from  South Korea / Jejudo island. (wild)

  • 5 new pictures of  Mesalina bernoullii  (SCHENKEL, 1901)  from  Saudi Arabia. (wild)

        November 30, 2024
        November 29, 2024
  • Bastin, E. (1983) -  Observations herpetologiques effectuées durant le séjour des Naturalistes belges an Andorre, du 4 au 14 juillet 1981. -  Les Naturalistes belges 64 (5): 163-172.   

        November 28, 2024
  • Roitberg, E.S. & Recknagel, H. & Elmer, K.R. & Brana, F. & Rodriguez Diaz, T. & Zagar, A. & Kuranova, V.N. & Epova, L.A. & Nauwens, D. & Giovine, G. & Orlova, V.F. & Bulakhova, N.A. & Eplanova, G.V. & Arribas, O.J. (2024) -  Viviparity is associated with larger female size and higher sexual size dimorphism in a reproductively bimodal lizard.  -  J Anim Ecol. 2024; 00: 1–15 (early view)     

  • 1 new picture of  Acanthodactylus tilburyi  ARNOLD, 1986  from  Saudi Arabia. (wild)

        November 27, 2024
  • Camajová, E. & Jablonski, D. (2009) -  Ještěrka živorodá (Zootoca vivipara) – jen zdánlivě opomenutý druh evropské herpetofauny. -  Fauna, 20 (13): 6-9.   

        November 26, 2024
  • Harris, D.J. & Sergiadou, D. & Faria, J.F. (2024) -  New data on the diversity and distribution of lineages of the Acanthodactylus erythrurus species complex in North Africa derived from mitochondrial DNA markers. -  Herpetozoa 37: 281-286.    

        November 25, 2024
  • Capula, M. & Aloise, G. (2024) -  A tail where a limb should be: malformation of an adult Italian wall lizard Podarcis siculus. -  The Herpetological Bulletin 169: 43-44.  

        November 24, 2024
  • Berthold, A.A. (1850) -  Amphibians und Reptiles collected by Moritz Wagner in Trascaucasia an from the pontic coast.  -  In: Wagner, M.: Reise nach Kolchis und nach den deutschen Colonien jenseits des Kaukasus. Arnoldische Buchhandlung, Leipzig (1850): 329-340.   

  • 1 new picture of  Podarcis tauricus  (PALLAS, 1814)  from  Ukraine / Crimean Peninsula. (wild)

        November 23, 2024
  • Bayrak, M.O. & Bülbül, U. & Koc-Gür, H. & Eroglu, A.I. (2024) -  Age and Body Size of Levant Green Lizard Lacerta media Lantz & Cyrén, 1920 (Reptilia: Lacertidae) in a Highland Turkish Population.  -  Acta Zool. Bulg., (in press) 8 pp     

        November 22, 2024
        November 21, 2024
  • 1 new picture of  Adolfus jacksoni  (BOULENGER, 1899)  from  Uganda. (wild)

        November 20, 2024
        November 19, 2024
        November 18, 2024
        November 14, 2024
  • Baycan, B. & Boran, B. & Özgül, C.N. & Gül, C. & Tosunoglu, M. (2022) -  Testicular Morphologies of Two Sympatric Podarcis Species. -  Biology Bulletin, 2024 (early view) 7 pp    

  • 9 new pictures of  Darevskia dahli  (DAREVSKY, 1957)  from  Armenia. (wild)

        November 10, 2024
        November 9, 2024
        November 5, 2024
        November 3, 2024
  • Galoyan, E.A. & Sopilko, N.G. & Kovalyeva, A.V. & Nikolaev, O.D. & Iryshkov, S.E. & Kropachev, I.I. & Brinev, I.A. & Girnyk, A.E. & Arakelyan, M.S. (2024) -  Love bites: males of lizards prefer to mate with conspecifics, but do not disdain parthenogens. -  Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 2024, XX, 1–11 (early view)     

  • Boettger, O. (1899) -  Reptilia et Batrachia – Reptilien und Lurche. -  In: Radde, G.: Die Sammlungen des kaukasischen Museums. Bd. 1, Zoologie: 273-294.   

        November 2, 2024
  • Ghobashi, A.F.A. & ABU EGLAH, M.H. & TANTAWY, H.M. & IBRAHIM, A.A. (1990) -  Herpetofaunal survey of Al-Arish Area (North Sinai) with special reference to their habitat and seasonal distribution. -  Proc. Zool. Soc. A.R. Egypt 21: 273-290.    

        November 1, 2024
  • Cattaneo, A. & Cattaneo, C. & Grano, M. (2023) -  The herpetofauna of the Dodecanese Islands. - Life on Islands 2. Zoological diversity of the Aegean Archipelago. -  Studies dedicated to Norma Chapmann: 37-58.     

        October 30, 2024
  • 7 new pictures of  Gallotia stehlini  (SCHENKEL, 1901)  from  Gran Canaria. (wild)

        October 29, 2024
  • Bignotti, G. (1910) -  Sulla variabilità della corazzatura cutanea della Lacerta muralis (Laur.). -  Atti Soc. Nat. e Math. di Modena, ser. IV(12): 42-48.  

  • 4 new pictures of  Podarcis muralis maculiventris  (WERNER, 1891)  from  Austria. (wild)

  • 1 new picture of  Podarcis muralis maculiventris  (WERNER, 1891)  from  Italy / Veneto. (wild)

        October 28, 2024
  • Fratello, B. & Maramaldo, R. & Marte, A. (1997) -  I sauri della Collezione Franchini. -  Atti Soc. Nat. Mat. Modena 128: 127-148.     

  • 16 new pictures of  Teira dugesii dugesii  (MILNE-EDWARDS, 1829)  from  Gran Canaria. (wild)

        October 27, 2024
  • Thomas, P. (2024) -  Ungewöhnliche nächtliche Begegnung. -  elaphe 4/2024: 85.   

  • 2 new pictures of  Podarcis siculus paulae  (LANZA & ADRIANI & ROMITI, 1971)  from  Santo Ianni island. (captive)

  • 8 new pictures of  Gallotia atlantica atlantica  (PETERS & DORIA, 1882)  from  Gran Canaria. (wild)

  • 1 new picture of  Teira dugesii dugesii  (MILNE-EDWARDS, 1829)  from  Madeira / Ilheau Mole. (wild)

        October 24, 2024

  • Sciberras, A. & Sciberras, J.

    Updates on the natural history of Cheirolophus Rock (Maltese Archipelago) with a description of its lacertid.

        October 21, 2024
  • Bodineau, T. & Villemereuil, P. de & Agostini, S. & Decencière, B. & Galliard, J.-F. le & Mylan, S. (2024) -  Breeding phenology drives variation in reproductive output, reproductive costs, and offspring fitness in a viviparous ectotherm. -  Journal of Evolutionary Biology, 2024, XX, 1–12 (early view)     

        October 17, 2024
  • Bolkay, S. (1909) -  Description of a new lizard from the Genus Nucras Gray. -  Archivum Zoologicum, Budapest, 1 (3): 13-14.  

        October 15, 2024
  • Spencer, W.B. (1886) -  On presence and structure of pineal eye in Lacertilia.  -  Quart. J. Microscop. Sci., 27: 165- 238.   

        October 14, 2024
  • Scherer, J. (1904) -  Aus der Reptilienfauna Korsikas. -  Nerthus, 6: 90-94.   

        October 12, 2024
        October 11, 2024
        October 10, 2024
  • 1 new picture of  Mesalina guttulata  (LICHTENSTEIN, 1823)  from  Saudi Arabia. (wild)