Lacerta bonali is a montane lizard endemic to the central western part of the Pyrenean mountain chain. Here we report on the observation of L. bonali at 3000m of altitude, constituting the highest known altitude record for the species.The exact site was situated a few meters below the highest...

The reproductive cycle of Lygodactylus verticillatus, a small diurnal lizard of the family Gekkonidae, was studied using a large preserved sample from Lake Ihotry in a very arid and seasonal environment in Madagascar. Ovigerous females and small juveniles were found in all seasons. In males, no...

The aim of this study was to see if a simple, low-cost anatomical method could be used to identify genetic differences among different populations of pouting Trisopterus luscus. We based our study on 8 anatomical units of the pouting skeleton in 170 specimens from 4 populations (3 Atlantic, 1...

The aim of this study was to provide a contribution to the knowledge of ontogenic pattern variation in a montane common frog population.

Population size and structure of the common frog, Rana temporaria, have been intensively studied by many authors during the last three decades (e.g. Cooke, 1975; Grossenbacher, 1980; Pascual andMontori, 1981; Hintermann,1984;Loman, 1984;Ryser, 1986;Elmberg, 1990; Kneitz, 1998). Most of these...