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Fig. 9 in Diversity and conservation of terrestrial, freshwater, and marine reptiles and amphibians in Saudi Arabia

Fig. 9. The Zarudnyi Worm Lizard, Diplometopon zarudnyi. Photos by A. Aloufi.

Fig. 2 in Diversity and conservation of terrestrial, freshwater, and marine reptiles and amphibians in Saudi Arabia

Fig. 2. Ad Disah mountains, southwest Tabuk. Photo by S. Al Jathli.

Fig. 1 in Diversity and conservation of terrestrial, freshwater, and marine reptiles and amphibians in Saudi Arabia

Fig. 1. Map of Saudi Arabia showing main geographic landmarks (after Al-Nafie 2018).

Fig. 4 in Diversity and conservation of terrestrial, freshwater, and marine reptiles and amphibians in Saudi Arabia

Fig. 4. Phytogeographical regions of Saudi Arabia (after Al-Nafie 2008).

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Data from: The global distribution of tetrapods reveals a need for targeted reptile conservation

The distributions of amphibians, birds and mammals have underpinned global and local conservation priorities, and have been fundamental to our understanding of the determinants of global biodiversity. In contrast, the global distributions of reptiles, representing a third of terrestrial vertebrate diversity, have been unavailable. This prevented the incorporation of reptiles into conservation planning and biased our understanding of the underlying processes governing global vertebrate biodiversity. Here, we present and analyse the global distribution of 10,064 reptile species (99% of extant terrestrial species). We show that richness patterns of the other three tetrapod classes are good spatial surrogates for species richness of all reptiles combined and of snakes, but characterize diversity patterns of lizards and turtles poorly. Hotspots of total and endemic lizard richness overlap very little with those of other taxa. Moreover, existing protected areas, sites of biodiversity significance and global conservation schemes represent birds and mammals better than reptiles. We show that additional conservation actions are needed to effectively protect reptiles, particularly lizards and turtles. Adding reptile knowledge to a global complementarity conservation priority scheme identifies many locations that consequently become important. Notably, investing resources in some of the world's arid, grassland and savannah habitats might be necessary to represent all terrestrial vertebrates efficiently.

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Data from: Squamate Conserved Loci (SqCL): a unified set of conserved loci for phylogenomics and population genetics of squamate reptiles

The identification of conserved loci across genomes, along with advances in target capture methods and high-throughput sequencing, has helped spur a phylogenomics revolution by enabling researchers to gather large numbers of homologous loci across clades of interest with minimal upfront investment in locus design. Target capture for vertebrate animals is currently dominated by two approaches – anchored hybrid enrichment (AHE) and ultraconserved elements (UCE) – and both approaches have proven useful for addressing questions in phylogenomics, phylogeography, and population genomics. However, these two sets of loci have minimal overlap with each other; moreover, they do not include many traditional loci that that have been used for phylogenetics. Here, we combine across UCE, AHE, and traditional phylogenetic gene locus sets to generate the Squamate Conserved Loci (SqCL) set, a single integrated probe set that can generate high-quality and highly complete data across all three loci types. We use these probes to generate data for 44 phylogenetically-disparate taxa that collectively span approximately 33% of terrestrial vertebrate diversity. Our results generated an average of 4.29 Mb across 4709 loci per individual, of which an average of 2.99 Mb was sequenced to high enough coverage (≥10×) to use for population genetic analyses. We validate the utility of these loci for both phylogenomic and population genomic questions, provide a comparison among these locus sets of their relative usefulness, and suggest areas for future improvement.

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Favoring recruitment as a conservation strategy to improve the resilience of long-lived reptile populations: insights from a population viability analysis

<p>In long-lived species, although adult survival typically has the highest elasticity, temporal variations in less canalized demographic parameters are the main drivers of population dynamics. Targeting recruitment rates may thus be the most effective strategy to manage these species. We analyzed 1136 capture–recapture histories collected over 9 years in an isolated population of the critically endangered Lesser Antillean iguana, using a robust-design Pradel model to estimate adult survival and recruitment rates. From an adult population size estimated at 928 in 2013, we found a yearly decline of 4% over the 8-year period. As expected under the canalization hypothesis for a long-lived species, adult survival was high and constant, with little possibility for improvement, whereas the recruitment rate varied over time and likely drove the observed population decline. We then used a prospective perturbation analysis to explore whether managing the species' immature cohorts would at least slow the population decline. The prospective perturbation analysis suggested that a significant and sustained conservation effort would be needed to achieve a recruitment rate high enough to slow the population decline. We posit that the high recruitment rate achieved in 2014 – likely due to the maintenance in 2012 of the main nesting sites used by this population – would be sufficient to slow this population's decline if it was sustained each year. Based on the results of diverse pilot studies we conducted, we identified the most likely threats targeting the eggs and immature cohorts, stressing the need to improve reproductive success and survival of immature iguanas. The threats we identified are also involved in the decline of several reptile species, and species from other taxa such as ground-nesting birds. These findings on a little-studied taxon provide further evidence that focusing on the immature life stages of long-lived species can be key to their conservation.</p>

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Supplementary material 1 from: Minoli I, Morando M, Avila LJ (2015) Reptiles of Chubut province, Argentina: richness, diversity, conservation status and geographic distribution maps. ZooKeys 498: 103-126. https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.498.7476

Specimens examined from LJAMM-CNP herpetological collection: Explanation note: Specimens examined from LJAMM-CNP herpetological collection, museum voucher and bibliography data for the reptile's distribution in Chubut province, Patagonia, Argentina. Additional figures of the results section.

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Supplementary material 2 from: Grimm A, Ramírez AMP, Moulherat S, Reynaud J, Henle K (2014) Life-history trait database of European reptile species. Nature Conservation 9: 45-67. https://doi.org/10.3897/natureconservation.9.8908

Comments on taxonomy and species coverage: Explanation note: The supplementary material consists of several tables that explain differences between our updated list of species names to the lists used by Sillero et al. (2014) in their new SEH list of species and the list of Speybroeck et al. (2010).

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Supplementary material 1 from: Grimm A, Ramírez AMP, Moulherat S, Reynaud J, Henle K (2014) Life-history trait database of European reptile species. Nature Conservation 9: 45-67. https://doi.org/10.3897/natureconservation.9.8908

Species names used in our database and used in the Societas Europaea Herpetologica (SEH) atlas: Explanation note: The table matches the species names in the SEH atlas with the updated speceis names used in our database. It thus provides the two species list that can be used to search the database.

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F in The amphibians and reptiles of Nosy Be (NW Madagascar) and nearby islands: a case study of diversity and conservation of an insular fauna

F. 2. Species accumulation curves for all techniques combined amphibian and reptile species at RNI de Lokobe (Nosy Be) during 1993 and 1999 surveys.

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F in The amphibians and reptiles of Nosy Be (NW Madagascar) and nearby islands: a case study of diversity and conservation of an insular fauna

F. 1. Location of Nosy Be and of the Réserve Naturelle Integrale (RNI) de Lokobe, and nearby islands. Map source: GIS Service of WWF-Antananarivo, based upon FTM (Foiben-Taosarintanin'i Madagascar/Institut Géographique et Hydrographique National) maps.