Although they are frequently lumped together, reptiles and amphibians belong to two very different zoological groups. Nevertheless, one fact is clear: while numerous reptile and amphibian species on Earth are in decline, others have taken advantage of trade or human movements to become established in new lands, adopting different, and sometimes unusual, strategies. The authors have taken a few ...

Nowadays a growing number of exotic reptiles are kept as pets. The aim of this study was to determine the species of parasites found in reptile patients of veterinary practices in Poland. Fecal samples obtained from 76 lizards, 15 turtles and 10 snakes were examined by flotation method and direct smear stained with Lugol's iodine. In 63 samples (62.4%) the presence of parasite eggs and oocysts ...

Terrestrial ecosystems during the Pennsylvanian (late Carboniferous) and Cisuralian (early Permian) are usually described in literature as being dominated by synapsids, mammal-line amniotes. The pelycosaurs (a paraphyletic grouping of synapsid families) have been considered more speciose, abundant, ecologically diverse than contemporary reptile-line However, this dominance has never subjected t...

1 Have you acquired a reptile in the last five years? please circle Y / N If yes, continue with questionnaire 2 What type of reptile keeper do you consider yourself to be? Tick one option a Private reptile keeper (those keeping reptiles for pleasure) b Private reptile breeder (those keeping and breeding reptiles mainly for pleasure) c Private reptile breeder (those keeping reptiles mainly for m...

SCHMIDT-NIELSEN, BODIL, AND ERIK SKADHAUGE, Function of the excretory system of the crocodile (Crocodylus acutus) Am. ,T. Physiol. 212(5): 973-980. I 967 .-Glomerular filtration rate (GFR), tubular and cloaca1 functions were studied, during normal conditions, water loading, salt loading, and isosmotic expansion of the extracellular fluid volume. Na+, K+, Cl-, NH& and osmolality were determined ...

CAN REPTILES EXPERIENCE PAIN? In a recent survey of members of the Association of Reptile and Amphibian Veterinarians, 98% of the respondents indicated their belief that reptiles do feel pain. However, only 39% of respondents in this survey reported using analgesics in > 50% of their patients subjected to surgical interventions. The reasons for failure to use analgesics were not specifically ad...