HISTORY A male Herman’s tortoise (Testudo hermanni hermanni), from a rescue centre on Majorca Island (Spain), was referred to the CRARC (Catalonian Reptile and Amphibian Rehabilitation Centre (Barcelona, Spain)) for evaluation of anorexia of 2-month duration. The tortoise belonged to a group of tortoises that were to be released into the Montsant Natural Park (Catalonia, Spain). At the time of ...

Knotek Z. , O.A. Fischer , V. Jekl , Z. Knotková: Fatal Myiasis Caused by Calliphora vicina in Hermann’s Tortoise (Testudo hermanni) Acta Vet. Brno 2005, 74: 123-128. An extensive myiasis was observed in an adult male Hermann’s tortoise (Testudo hermanni) with a missing distal part of the right forelimb and an exposed right humerus. Haematological examinaton indicated very low haemoglobin level...

Amphibians and reptiles spend their winter months in the hibernation period under ground response to adverse weather conditions. It was established that some species of amphibians are active before periods when is supposed end. One reasons for occurrence unusual activity amphibian reptile may be these very sensitive changing temperature The effects global warming on clearly visible, members gro...

Recent research has shown that the helmeted terrapin (Pelomedusa subrufa), a species that occurs throughout sub-Saharan Africa, in Madagascar and the southwestern Arabian Peninsula, consists of several deeply divergent genetic lineages. Here we examine all nominal taxa currently synonymized with Pelomedusa subrufa (Bonnaterre, 1789) and provide mitochondrial DNA sequences of type specimens or t...

Abstract The genus Anoplophora (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) is among the most well-known insect genera in invasive entomology and represented by 2 noted alien species: Asian longhorned beetle (Anoplophora glabripennis (Motschulsky, 1854)) Citrus chinensis (Forster, 1771)). In this study, a new non-native species belonging to Anoplophora, horsfieldii (Hope, 1843), has been discovered on Jeju Islan...

Much of our current knowledge about the genetic dynamics in range expansions originates from models, simulations and microcosm experiments that need to be corroborated by field data. Here, we report a neutral genetic pattern that matches the predictions of the genetic surfing theory. Genetic surfing occurs when repeated founding events and genetic drift act on the wave of advance of an expandin...