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Limited Effects of Temperature on Captive Eastern Hellbender (Cryptobranchus alleganiensis alleganiensis) Growth

open access: yesZoo Biology, EarlyView.
While higher temperatures are generally expected to increase amphibian growth, our experiments with captive‐reared Eastern Hellbenders found no evidence that growth increased at a rearing temperature of 21°C relative to 16°C. As Eastern Hellbender reintroduction efforts move forward, a focus on other conditions, such as density or diet, might be more ...
Kylie S. Soniak   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Amphibian Perkinsea

Current Biology, 2023
Vanessa Smilansky and Thomas A. Richards introduce Perkinsea - a lineage of freshwater parasitic protists that infect certain amphibians and cause of severe Perkinsea infection.
Vanessa, Smilansky, Thomas A, Richards
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The Amphibian Heart

Veterinary Clinics of North America: Exotic Animal Practice, 2022
Currently, there are more than 8200 amphibian species described, including the orders Anura (frogs and toads), Caudata (salamanders and newts) and Gymnophiona (caecilians). Amphibians have 3 heart chambers: 2 atria and 1 ventricle. Their heart anatomy, histology, and physiology are reviewed.
Silvana, Schmidt-Ukaj   +3 more
openaire   +2 more sources

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