The Future for Reptiles: Advances and Challenges in the Anthropocene

摘要: The future for the Reptilia will be one of continued discovery extant diversity species in every group and challenges their conservation. Most persist, albeit smaller increasingly fragmented geographic ranges, highly vulnerable require active conservation measures to ensure survival. There are more than 10,500 reptiles, up from 8,700 less 10 years ago. Transfer laboratory techniques, computational resources, access literature herpetologists throughout world is fueling increase systematic studies reptiles. bulk reptiles squamates, lizards snakes, with impressive on most continents. Habitat loss, landscape fragmentation, exploitation, invasive species, environmental contamination, global warming persistent all biodiversity, including Endemism, ecological specialization, restricted ranges generally make anthropogenic disturbances. Moreover, natural history information that so important informing aims lacking newly described forms, whether they represent completely novel discoveries or result taxonomic revisions. major lineages exhibit enormous variation life traits, ranging extremely long-lived low fecundity those short generation times high fecundity. Reptiles vary degree many live difficult-to-sample habitats. It implausible, if not impossible, gather detailed thousands which secretive difficult study. However, evaluating where likely fit along gradients time maturity, brood size, frequency reproduction reveals much about abilities persist face disturbance. Combined distribution severity pressures, consideration strategies reveal implications reptile species. Modern approaches translocations, regulation international trade management imperiled context landscapes, progress confronting emerging diseases, resolving human–wildlife conflict its showing promise ensuring persistence great Anthropocene.