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1 September 2015
ISSN 0022-1511
eISSN 1937-2418
INTEGRATIVE HERPETOLOGY
INVITED PERSPECTIVE
BEHAVIOR
CONSERVATION
ECOLOGY
MORPHOLOGY
SYSTEMATICS
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Image and text by William W. Lamar
The Gibba Toad-headed Turtle (Mesoclemmys gibba) is a wide-ranging South American species in the lowlands of the Orinoco and Amazon Basins. A relatively small-bodied species with carapace length rarely exceeding 35 cm, the nocturnal M. gibba inhabits rainforest streams, hardpan pools of shallow water in gallery forests, and Mauritia palm swamps. Diet consists primarily of small invertebrates and mollusks. Owing in part to their foul-smelling defensive musk, they are not used as food by local populations of people. Photograph taken in Avispas Cocha, Río Tigre, Loreto, Peru.
A Fossil Anolis Lizard Tail in Mexican Amber: Phylogenetic Relationships and Biogeographic Significance
Kevin De Queiroz, Patrick Müller, Jörg U. Hammel, Viktor Baranov
Movement Patterns and Association of Activity With Climatic Variables in Terrestrial Toads, Rhinella Arenarum
Mailén Y. Balero, Romina C. Scardamaglia, Rocío C. Fernández, María I. Sotelo, Juan C. Reboreda, Rubén N. Muzio
Habitat Stability Does Not Influence Size Variation in Morphological Features of Lizards
Flavia M. Lanna, Luciana Signorelli, Emanuel M. Fonseca, Guarino R. Colli, Fernanda P. Werneck, Bryan C. Carstens
Subterranean Refuge Use by Burmese Pythons (Python Bivittatus) in Southwestern Florida
Ian A. Bartoszek, Kodiak C. Hengstebeck, Ian Easterling, Michelle Bassis, Christina M. Romagosa