Transcriptome Analysis and Identification of the Cholesterol Side Chain Cleavage Enzyme BbgCYP11A1 From Bufo bufo gargarizans [PDF]
Frontiers in Genetics, 2022 Bufo bufo gargarizans Cantor are precious medicinal animals in traditional Chinese medicine (TCM). Bufadienolides as the major pharmacological components are generated from the venomous glands of B. bufo gargarizans.
Guangli Li +12 more
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Exposure to Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis affects chemical defences in two anuran amphibians, Rana dalmatina and Bufo bufo [PDF]
BMC Ecology and Evolution, 2021 Background Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis (Bd) is the causative agent of chytridiomycosis, one of the major causes of worldwide amphibian biodiversity loss.
János Ujszegi +9 more
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The genome sequence of the common toad, Bufo bufo (Linnaeus, 1758) [version 1; peer review: 2 approved] [PDF]
Wellcome Open Research, 2021 We present a genome assembly from an individual male Bufo bufo (the common toad; Chordata; Amphibia; Anura; Bufonidae). The genome sequence is 5.04 gigabases in span. The majority of the assembly (99.1%) is scaffolded into 11 chromosomal pseudomolecules.
Jeffrey W. Streicher
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Indication of spatially random occurrence of Chlamydia-like organisms in Bufo bufo tadpoles from ponds located in the Geneva metropolitan area [PDF]
New Microbes and New Infections, 2019 Occurrence of bacteria belonging to the order Chlamydiales was investigated for the first time in common toad (Bufo bufo) tadpole populations collected from 41 ponds in the Geneva metropolitan area, Switzerland.
E. Vajana +8 more
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Decline of Common Toad Populations in Flanders Is Not Linked to Surrounding Landscape. [PDF]
Ecol EvolAnalysis of long time series show a main decline in population abundances of Common Toads (Bufo bufo) in Flanders. This decline could not be linked to surrounding landscape variables, likely because of the regions fragmented nature and the species' generalist ecology.
Blomme E +8 more
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Amphibienreste aus dem Oberpliozän von Kaltensundheim (Rhön, Thüringen) [PDF]
Fossil Record, 2002 Aus den oberpliozänen Füllsedimenten eines fossilen Erdfalles bei Kaltensundheim in der Rhön (Thüringen) werden Skelettreste von anuren Amphibien beschrieben.
G. Böhme
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The Cases of Abnormal Amplexus in Anura on the Territory of the Chernivtsi Region, Ukraine
Zoodiversity, 2022 The paper contains information about 21 cases of abnormal amplexus among anurans (Amphibia) detected on the territory of the Chernivtsi Region, Ukraine.
N. A. Smirnov
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A new species of stream-living toad (Anura: Bufonidae: Bufo) from Guangdong, China [PDF]
Vertebrate Zoology, 2023 In this work, we describe a new species of genus Bufo, Bufo exiguus sp. nov. from Mt. Nankun, Guangdong Province, China. This new species can be distinguished from all congeners by significant divergences in the mitochondrial 16S rRNA and CO1 genes and ...
Shuo Qi +5 more
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Morphological study of dorsal lingual papillae of the green toad (Bufo bufo) [PDF]
Bulgarian Journal of Veterinary Medicine, 2018 The present study investigated the structure of the dorsal lingual surface tongue of the toad, Bufo bufo habitat in the west of Iran. The tongue of the toad contains two types of lingual papillae; fungiform papillae and filiform papillae.
N. Goodarzi, M. Azarhoosh , G. Akbari
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Biosurface and Biotribology, 2021 Anuran skin is a typical natural biomaterial with multifunctional features. A specific comparison of mechanical performance and morphology related to them was performed in the skin of Rana dybowskii and Bufo gargarizans using the tensile testing ...
Mo Li +7 more
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