The Caspian lizard (Darevskia caspica) is a recently described endemic of the Hyrcanian forests Northern Iran. paper presents new data on reproductive biology D. caspica obtained in laboratory conditions. Breeding females have body length 53.4– 64.4 mm and mass 2.96–3.60 g. Females produce from one to three clutches per season, each which contains 1–6 eggs. these eggs 10.35–13.95 mm, width 6.19...

salinity is one of the most brutal environmental stresses that hamper crop productivity worldwide approximately 10% of the total land surface is salt affected and about 10 million hectare of agricultural land is lost annually due to salinization and water logging. this study was conducted to determine the ion exchanges in halocnemum strobilaceum and halostachys caspica in saline conditions. the...

The mechanism by which plants cope with salt stress remains poorly understood. The goal of this study is to systematically investigate the contribution and distribution of inorganic ions and organic compounds to the osmotic adjustment (OA) in the halophyte species Halostachys caspica. The results indicate that 100-200 mM NaCl is optimal for plant growth; the water content and degree of succulen...

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Recent investigations of Southeast Asian white toothed shrews belonging to the genus Crocidura have revealed discrepancies between the results of morphological and molecular studies. The following study concerns three species of Crocidura occurring in Vietnam, namely Crocidura attenuata, Crocidura tanakae and Crocidura wuchihensis, and an undescribed fourth species revealed by molecular analysi...