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...

The total number of corpora lutea developed in the left and right overies of 170 white-toothed shrews (Crocidura russula monacha) differed significantly, showing a functional dominance of the left ovary. Blastocytes were equally distributed in both uterine horns.

current research on effect of increasing concentrations (0 (control), 100, 200, 300, 400 and 500 mm) of different salts including nacl and na2so4 on germination and initial growth phase of halostachys caspica were studied. the experimental design was completely randomized design with three replications. characters of percentage, speed and index of germination, seed healthy index, radicle, plumu...

nonea medik. is a genus of the boraginaceae tribe boragineae, with approximately 35 species worldwide. examination of their palynological characters supported the separation of taxa, which is usually based on morphological and micromorphological reproductive features. pollen grains of 10 taxa representing three groups of taxa in iran, the n. caspica group, the n. persica group and the n. lutea ...

We report the prevalence and diversity of helminth parasites found in native turtles Mauremys leprosa and Emys orbicularis from three localities in southwestern Spain and we describe the helminth communities of exotic turtles Trachemys scripta elegans coexisting in the wild with both native turtle species. Five nematodes species were identified, of which Serpinema microcephalus was the only spe...

Five new species of Berlandina Dalmas, 1922 are described from Mongolia: B. koponeni sp. n. (♂), B. mishenini sp. n. (♂), B. nakonechnyi sp. n. (♂), B. ovtsharenkoi sp. n. (♂♀) and B. yakovlevi sp. n. (♂♀). Nine other species occurring in Mongolia and adjacent Russia, China and Kazakhstan are illustrated: B. caspica Ponomarev, 1979; B. hui Song, Zhu & Zhang, 2004; B. nabozhenkoi Ponomarev& Tsve...