Road mortality is often spatially aggregated, and there is a need for models that accurately and efficiently predict hot spots within a road network for mitigation. We surveyed 145 points throughout a 353-km highway network in New York State, USA, for roadkill of reptiles and amphibians. We used land cover, wetland configuration, and traffic volume data to identify features that best predicted ...

In the field of numerical simulation, a multi-scale grid and its traversal can have a huge impact on the cache-efficiency of the calculations performed. We present the Haverkort element traversal and refinement scheme which is based on the bisection of 8-reptile tetrahedra. We developed a stack-assignment scheme that allows the Haverkort traversal to use stacks for storing the input data, the o...

The future of biodiversity and ecosystem services depends largely on the capacity of human-dominated ecosystems to support them, yet this capacity remains largely unknown. Using the framework of countryside biogeography, and working in the Las Cruces system of Coto Brus, Costa Rica, we assessed reptile and amphibian assemblages within four habitats that typify much of the Neotropics: sun coffee...

INTRODUCTION Reptiles remain popular zoo exhibits and companion animals, and their numbers in captivity and presented for veterinary treatment continue to increase. Similar growth and development has occurred within the field of herpetological medicine and surgery with the publication of a number of detailed texts. Reptile anesthesia, particularly involving the green iguana (Iguana iguana), has...

Florida, along with Hawaii, has among the two worst invasive species problems in the USA, and the state is especially susceptible to establishment by alien reptiles. Besides the large numbers of established non-native reptile species in Florida, many of these species present novel difficulties for management, or have other characteristics making effective management extremely challenging. Moreo...

Salmonellosis is an important zoonotic disease with worldwide distribution. Reptile-associated Salmonellosis in humans is an increasing public health concern. This study was conducted to determine the prevalence and antimicrobial susceptibility of Salmonella isolated from snakes. Cloacal swab samples were used for isolation by conventional culture, biochemical and serological test. Confirmation...