Effects of temperature and food level on plasticity of metamorphic traits in Bufo gargarizans gargarizans larvae

期刊： ACTA HERPETOLOGICA, 2020; 15 (1)

Many environmental factors such as temperature or food level may influence growth and mortality risks of ectothermic vertebrates in both aquatic and t......

AT-rich microsatellite loci development for Fejervarya multistriata by Illumina HiSeq sequencing

期刊： ACTA HERPETOLOGICA, 2019; 14 (2)

In our study, a total of 2561 sequences that contained microsatellite loci were found potentially to be used for primer design. Furthermore, Illumina ......

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Variability in the dorsal pattern of the Sardinian grass snake (Natrix natrix cetti) with notes on its ecology

期刊： ACTA HERPETOLOGICA, 2019; 14 (2)

The Sardinian grass snake (Natrix natrix cetti) is a Critically Endangered snake endemic to Sardinia (Italy), for which information is still scarce. I......

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The relationship between brain size and digestive tract length do not support expensive-tissue hypothesis in Hylarana guentheri

期刊： ACTA HERPETOLOGICA, 2018; 13 (2)

The brain is among the most energetically costly organs in the vertebrate body. The expensive-tissue hypothesis (ETH) predicts that increasing the siz......

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Thermal tolerance for two cohorts of a native and an invasive freshwater turtle species

期刊： ACTA HERPETOLOGICA, 2018; 13 (1)

The ability to tolerate environmental stress may determine invasion success of alien species. Comparative data on physiological thermal tolerance betw......

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Evidence for directional testes asymmetry in Hyla gongshanensis jindongensis

期刊： ACTA HERPETOLOGICA, 2017; 12 (1)

The compensation hypothesis predicts that one testis may grow more for compensating for a reduced function in the other testis, thus exhibiting a dire......

JIF：0.73