Early-Life Dietary Restriction and Diet Type Affect Juvenile Brain Morphology in Spadefoot Toads (Spea bombifrons)Cristina C. Ledón-Rettig, Stacie J. Shelton, Sarah R. Lagon
Herpetologica 79 (1), 1-8, (8 March 2023) https://doi.org/10.1655/HERPETOLOGICA-D-22-00040
KEYWORDS: Brain-sparing, compensatory growth, genetic accommodation, Mosaic brain evolution, phenotypic plasticity, polyphenism, tadpole
Ecological and Fitness Correlates of Personality in a Long-Lived Terrestrial Turtle
John H. Roe, Maria S. Chavez, Abbie E. Hudson
Herpetologica 79 (1), 9-21, (8 March 2023) https://doi.org/10.1655/Herpetologica-D-22-00018
KEYWORDS: Behavioral type, boldness, Eastern box turtle, hibernation, home range, repeatability, survivorship, temperament, Terrapene, thermoregulation
No Evidence of Long-Term Effects on Physiological Stress or Innate Immune Functioning in Northern Map Turtles a Decade After a Freshwater Oil Spill
Jeanine M. Refsnider, Nicholas Torres, Joshua G. Otten
Herpetologica 79 (1), 22-29, (8 March 2023) https://doi.org/10.1655/Herpetologica-D-22-00019
KEYWORDS: Bactericidal capacity, Graptemys geographica, heterophil:lymphocyte ratio, Kalamazoo River, Natural antibody agglutination
Annual Variation in Reproductive Traits and Skipped Breeding Opportunities in a Cool-Climate Lizard (Elgaria coerulea)
Pamela L. Rutherford, Patrick T. Gregory
Herpetologica 79 (1), 30-36, (8 March 2023) https://doi.org/10.1655/Herpetologica-D-21-00021
KEYWORDS: Canada, clutch size, reproductive costs, temperate, trade-offs, Viviparous
Display Responses of Galápagos Lava Lizards (Microlophus bivittatus) to Manipulation of Male Shoulder Epaulets on Conspecific-Mimicking Robots
David L. Clark, Joseph M. Macedonia, Emma E. Neyer, Angela M. E. Mish, John W. Rowe, Carlos A. Valle
Herpetologica 79 (1), 37-47, (8 March 2023) https://doi.org/10.1655/HERPETOLOGICA-D-22-00026 Video Content
KEYWORDS: Bobbing displays, communication, Pushups, signal function, Signature display, Two-bob display, visual signals
Specific Habitat Elements (Refuges and Leaf Litter) Are Better Predictors of Sceloporus Lizards in Central Mexico Than General Human Disturbance
Jennifer Flores, Julio A. Rivera, J. Jaime Zúñiga-Vega, Heather L. Bateman, Emília P. Martins
Herpetologica 79 (1), 48-56, (8 March 2023) https://doi.org/10.1655/Herpetologica-D-22-00016
KEYWORDS: Anthropogenic land use change, habitat use, Lizards, occupancy
Trap Escape as a Driver of Capture Probability in Semiaquatic Snakes
Ethan J. Royal, Christopher T. Winne, John D. Willson
Herpetologica 79 (1), 57-62, (8 March 2023) https://doi.org/10.1655/Herpetologica-D-22-00015
KEYWORDS: capture heterogeneity, Capture history, mark–recapture, sampling biases
A New Species of Dendrophryniscus Jiménez de la Espada 1871 (Amphibia: Anura: Bufonidae) from Mantiqueira Mountain Range, State of Minas Gerais, Brazil
Matheus Oliveira Neves, Lucio Moreira Campos Lima, Ricardo Koroiva, Renato Christensen Nali, Diego José Santana
Herpetologica 79 (1), 63-71, (8 March 2023) https://doi.org/10.1655/Herpetologica-D-22-00028
KEYWORDS: Dendrophryniscus cuca sp. nov, Endemism, Release vibrations, species delimitation, taxonomy