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• New reproductive locations for the common spadefoot toad Pelobates fuscus (Anura: Pelobatidae) in Como province, Italy

  Nicola Larroux, Daniele Seglie, Alberto Ferrario, Paolo Eusebio Bergò, Riccardo Cavalcante, Andrea Mologni, Giovanni Soldato

  https://doi.org/10.4081/nhs.2025.902

  33

  PDF: 12

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• First evidence of Sette Fratelli cave salamander Speleomantes sarrabusensis (Urodela: Plethodontidae) consumption by the Sardinian grass snake Natrix helvetica cetti (Squamata: Natricidae)

  Matteo Riccardo Di Nicola, Sergio Mezzadri, Anna Cerullo

  https://doi.org/10.4081/nhs.2024.808

  1991

  PDF: 80

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• First record of Pancratium maritimum L. (Amaryllidaceae) for the Friuli Venezia Giulia region, Italy

  Manuela Davanzo, Giosuè Cuccurullo, Elena Zwirner, Davide Scridel

  https://doi.org/10.4081/nhs.2024.768

  1968

  PDF: 70

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• Observations on the breeding biology of the Luzon flameback Chrysocolaptes haematribon (Wagler 1827) (Piciformes: Picidae) with notes on active nest defense against dollarbird Eurystomus orientalis (Linnaeus 1766) (Coraciiformes: Coraciidae)

  Vince Angelo G. Gicaraya, Carmela P. Española

  https://doi.org/10.4081/nhs.2024.748

  4528

  PDF: 74

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• Observations about Neomys milleri (Mammalia: Soricidae) predation on Austropotamobius pallipes (Crustacea: Astacidae)

  Fabio Ballanti, Armando Nappi

  https://doi.org/10.4081/nhs.2024.794

  1135

  PDF: 52

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• Demographic explosion of the brown shrimp Penaeus aztecus Ives 1891 (Decapoda: Penaeidae) in the central and northern Adriatic: implications for ecosystems and fisheries

  Francesco Tiralongo, Homa Nik Zad, Alberto Felici

  https://doi.org/10.4081/nhs.2025.841

  1412

  PDF: 292

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