00598nas a2200157 4500008004100000245010100041210006900142260002100211300001200232490000700244653001300251100002000264700001900284700001900303856011800322 2006 eng d00aThe type specimens of Laudakia stellio (Linnaeus) (Reptilia: Agamidae) and its subspecies0 atype specimens of iLaudakia stellio iLinnaeus Reptilia Agamidae  bTaylor & Francis a461-4710 v4010aReptilia1 aCrochet, P., A.1 aLymberakis, P.1 aWerner, Y., L. uhttps://icgf.myspecies.info/content/type-specimens-laudakia-stellio-linnaeus-reptilia-agamidae-and-its-subspecies01769nas a2200157 4500008004100000245010000041210006900141300001200210490000700222520119300229653001801422100001301440700002001453700001901473856011901492 1997 eng d00aTemperature selection and thermoregulation in the Moorish gecko, Tarentola mauritanica.0 aTemperature selection and thermoregulation in the Moorish gecko  a269-2820 v693 aTemperature selection in a thermal gradient and the physiological responses to heat exposure were studied in the Moorish gecko, Tarentola mauritanica, from Crete. In association with previous indications that the Moorish gecko has a bimodal activity pattern, we found a bimodal temperature selection with modes at 27-28 and 30-32 degree C. In this respect, it resembles the closely related Israeli gecko, Ptyodactylus guttatus. However, Tarentola is more susceptible to heat exposure and has a moderate thermoregulatory capacity compared to P. guttatus and this is probably related to its reaching more northern latitudes than Ptyodactylus. During heat exposure (up to 40 degree C) oxygen consumption increased significantly and was not sustained by the moderate increase (Q-10 = 1.44) in heart frequency. We found a significantly lower heating rate than cooling rate in Tarentola. This is in accord with allometric predictions for its low body mass and might stem from the high mass-specific evaporative water loss and from the relatively small increment in heart rate during heat exposure which may adaptively retard heat gain from the environment and maximize its activity periods.10aKAPE Reptilia1 aArad, Z.1 aSchwarzbaum, A.1 aWerner, Y., L. uhttps://icgf.myspecies.info/content/temperature-selection-and-thermoregulation-moorish-gecko-tarentola-mauritanica00525nas a2200109 4500008004100000245013800041210006900179300001000248490000700258100001900265856013100284 1995 eng d00aSome unusual accidental herpetological finds from Cyprus and Lebanon, including a new Ptyodactylus (Reptilia: Lacertilia: Gekkonidae)0 aSome unusual accidental herpetological finds from Cyprus and Leb a67-760 v221 aWerner, Y., L. uhttps://icgf.myspecies.info/content/some-unusual-accidental-herpetological-finds-cyprus-and-lebanon-including-new-ptyodactylus00534nas a2200109 4500008004000000245014600040210006900186300001000255490000700265100001900272856013300291 0 engd00aSome unusual accidental herpetological finds from Cyprus and Lebanon, including a new Ptyodactylus (Reptilia: Lacertilia: Gekkonidae).0 aSome unusual accidental herpetological finds from Cyprus and Leb a67-760 v221 aWerner, Y., L. uhttps://icgf.myspecies.info/content/some-unusual-accidental-herpetological-finds-cyprus-and-lebanon-including-new-ptyodactylus-001085nas a2200157 4500008004100000245015700041210006900198300001100267490000700278520044300285653001300728100002000741700001400761700001900775856013300794 1990 eng d00aDeletion of Lacerta danfordi (Reptilia Lacertidae) from the herpetofaunal lists of Petra Jordan and Mt. Hermon with zoogeographical implications.0 aDeletion of iLacerta danfordi iReptilia Lacertidae from the herp a97-1050 v373 aThe lizard Lactera danfordi had been reported from Petra (Jordan) and Mt. Hermon. Examination of recent taxonomic literature and 266 specimens of the L. danfordi, L. laevis complex from Turkey, Cyprus, Lebanon, Israel and Jordan shows that the populations concerned belong to L. laevis. Characterized by lacking a masseteric plate, this disjunctly distributed morph may be referred to as L. laevis cf. kulzeri Mueller and Wettstein, 1932.10aReptilia1 aHoofien, J., H.1 aSivan, N.1 aWerner, Y., L. uhttps://icgf.myspecies.info/content/deletion-lacerta-danfordi-reptilia-lacertidae-herpetofaunal-lists-petra-jordan-and-mt-hermon01549nas a2200133 4500008004100000245008900041210006900130300001200199490000700211520105500218653001301273100001901286856011001305 1984 eng d00aBehavioral triangulation of the head in 3 Boigine snakes. Possible cases of mimicry.0 aBehavioral triangulation of the head in 3 Boigine snakes Possibl a205-2280 v323 aIn Israel 3 rear-fanged snakes (Colubridae: Boiginae) of Telescopus possess a defensive display in which they coil, pose in readiness to strike and often simultaneously flatten and triangulate the head. They become similar to the venomous Viperidae in general. On indirect evidence, 2 of them appear to be mimics of sympatric viperid species. The desertic T. dhara resembles Echis coloratus and more closely E. carinatus in Africa. The Mediterranean T. fallax vaguely resembles Vipera palaestinae in Israel, but it more closely resembles V. ammodytes in Greece, V. xanthina in Anatolia and V. lebetina on Cyprus. The possible evolution of such mimetic systems, Batesian, Muellerian, Mertensian or combined, which presumably begins with the convergence of cryptic coloration, is discussed. The desertic, black-headed T. hoogstraali seems to lack any specific mimetic partner. This might be due to its recent derivation from T. fallax without loss of the behavior, or more reasonably to some unknown predator that avoids viper-shaped snakes in general.10aReptilia1 aWerner, Y., L. uhttps://icgf.myspecies.info/content/behavioral-triangulation-head-3-boigine-snakes-possible-cases-mimicry