Objective- In this study, the general anatomical features of the digestive tube and the transit time of the digestive tube of the Zarudni’s spur-thighed tortoises were examined by contrast radiology. Design - Experimental study. Animals - 4 adult female Zarudni’s Spur-thighed Tortoises (Testudo graeca zarudnyi). Procedures- At a temperature of 25-27°c a set of dorsoventral rad...

In the transition between Mediterranean forest and the arid subtropical shrublands of the southeastern Iberian Peninsula, humans have transformed habitat since ancient times. Understanding the role of the original mosaic landscapes in wildlife species and the effects of the current changes as pine forest plantations, performed even outside the forest ecological boundaries, are important conserv...

Reptiles live in a range of different habitats from tropical forests to temperate zones where the climate may change on seasonal or daily basis. The thermal environment is major determinant how efficiently they can achieve optimum preferred body temperatures and, terms physiologically temperatures, these not be possible natural environment. In this paper, null models have been employed evaluate...

Fossil turtles from Mokrá-Quarry, South Moravia Region, Czech Republic, are described in this paper. Remains come two already known karstic fissures uncovered Mokrá-Western Quarry (1/2001 Turtle Joint and 2/2003 Reptile Joint), as well three new (TC/2001 4/2018) Mokrá-Central (3/2005). All localities correspond to the early Miocene (Burdigalian: late Eggenburgian-Ottnangian MN4). The newly mate...

Bird nest selection in forests can be influenced by the composition of key structural elements and resources. This has important consequences terms species population dynamics since it determine reproduction success. Here, we assessed Common raven nest-site reproductive success, how these might determined foraging behavior habitat structure. A previously documented breeding that exerts high pre...

Fig. 1. F-FDG PET/CT images revealing marginated abdomino-pelvic soft tissue density mass displacing the bowel loops and infiltration of the mesentry with heterogeneously increased tracer uptake (A and F; arrow). Additionally, there was evidence of metabolically active metastatic disease involving bilateral lungs (B), multiple skeletal muscles (C), multiple subcutaneous nodules (C), liver (D; a...