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Dryophylax chaquensis (Bergna & Álvarez, 1993) (Serpentes, Colubridae): first record from Cochabamba Department and a geographic range extension in Bolivia [PDF]

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We present novel distributional information on the little-known snake species Dryophylax chaquensis (Bergna & Álvarez, 1993) in Bolivia, including the first record from Cochabamba Department.
Luis R. Rivas, Gabriel Callapa, Patricia Mendoza-Miranda, Arturo Muñoz, Cord B. Eversole, Randy L. Powell   +5 more
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Folk taxonomy and indigenous names for frogs in Zululand, South Africa

Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine, 2019
Background We use taxonomy to organize the world into recognizable units. Folk taxonomy deals with the naming and classification of organisms through culture. Unlike its scientific counterpart, folk taxonomy is mostly undocumented, the Zoological Code of
Fortunate M. Phaka, Edward C. Netherlands, Donnavan J. D. Kruger, Louis H. Du Preez   +3 more
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Melanesia holds the world’s most diverse and intact insular amphibian fauna

Communications Biology, 2022
Melanesia, centred on the vast tropical island of New Guinea, is shown to have the most diverse and intact insular frog fauna in the world.
Paul M. Oliver, Deborah S. Bower, Peter J. McDonald, Fred Kraus, Jennifer Luedtke, Kelsey Neam, Louise Hobin, Alienor L. M. Chauvenet, Allen Allison, Evy Arida, Simon Clulow, Rainer Günther, Elizah Nagombi, Burhan Tjaturadi, Scott L. Travers, Stephen J. Richards   +15 more
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Amphibian ranaviruses in Europe: important directions for future research

FACETS, 2020
Ranaviruses are an emerging group of pathogens capable of infecting all cold-blooded vertebrates. In Europe, ranaviruses pose a particularly potent threat to wild amphibian populations.
Lewis J. Campbell, Alice H. Pawlik, Xavier A. Harrison   +2 more
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A bibliometric-mapping approach to identifying patterns and trends in amphibian decline research

Acta Herpetologica, 2020
Amphibian decline is one of the most severe and well-documented examples of immediacy of the ongoing biodiversity crisis. In this study we analyze the scientific literature on amphibian declines with a view to identifying and analyzing emerging patterns ...
Claudio Angelini, Jon Bielby, Corrado Costa   +2 more
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Long‐term impacts of the invasive frog Polypedates megacephalus on Taiwan's native frogs: A 16‐year community science study

Conservation Science and Practice
Invasive species pose a major threat to biodiversity worldwide, and the invasive frog Polypedates megacephalus has become a significant concern for native amphibian populations in Taiwan.
Yung‐Chih Lai, Cheng‐En Li, Wei‐Chun Cheng, Yi‐Ju Yang   +3 more
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Injury-induced cooperation of InhibinβA and JunB is essential for cell proliferation in Xenopus tadpole tail regeneration

Scientific Reports
In animal species that have the capability of regenerating tissues and limbs, cell proliferation is enhanced after wound healing and is essential for the reconstruction of injured tissue.
Makoto Nakamura, Tatsuya Kyoda, Hitoshi Yoshida, Kimiko Takebayashi-Suzuki, Ryota Koike, Eri Takahashi, Yuka Moriyama, Marcin Wlizla, Marko E. Horb, Atsushi Suzuki   +9 more
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Why Have a Pet Amphibian? Insights From YouTube

Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 2019
The desire to own a pet amphibian is growing, and with it a growth in amphibian trade and in negative impacts on native populations, including disease transmission and invasive amphibian populations.
John Measey, Annie Basson, Alexander D. Rebelo, Ana L. Nunes, Ana L. Nunes, Giovanni Vimercati, Marike Louw, Nitya Prakash Mohanty   +7 more
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Validating the underpinnings of water corticosterone measurement for aquatic amphibians [version 1; peer review: 2 approved]

F1000Research
Background Good animal welfare is important ethically but also to ensure animals provide valid scientific models. Despite thousands of amphibians in research laboratories there is minimal quantitative evidence pertaining to their management and welfare ...
Charlotte A Hosie, Robert Coleman, Christopher J Emmans, Andrew M Holmes, Tessa E Smith   +4 more
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Discovery of Ll-CATH: a novel cathelicidin from the Chong’an Moustache Toad (Leptobrachium liui) with antibacterial and immunomodulatory activity

BMC Veterinary Research
Background Cathelicidins are vital antimicrobial peptides expressed in diverse vertebrates, crucial for immunity. Despite being a new field, amphibian cathelicidin research holds promise. Results We isolated the cDNA sequence of the cathelicidin (Ll-CATH)
Jie Chen, Chi-Ying Zhang, Yu Wang, Le Zhang, Rachel Wan Xin Seah, Li Ma, Guo-Hua Ding   +6 more
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