Anomalies in Three Frog Species from Eastern Amazonia
Acta Biológica ColombianaWe reported anomalies in three anuran species belonging to two families: Craugastoridae (Pristimantis gutturalis and P. chiastonotus), and Bufonidae (Rhinella castaneotica).
Fillipe Pedroso-Santos +2 more
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Genome size rather than content might affect call properties in toads of three ploidy levels (Anura: Bufonidae: Bufo viridis subgroup) [PDF]
, 2012 In vertebrates, genome size has been shown to correlate with nuclear and cell sizes, and influences phenotypic features, such as brain complexity. In three different anuran families, advertisement calls of polyploids exhibit longer notes and intervals ...
Betto-Colliard, Caroline +4 more
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Journal of Threatened Taxa, 2017 To know the situation of road hits of amphibians and reptile species, a survey was conducted during the period 02 June 2013 to 25 May 2014. A total of 172 incidents of road kill of different species were noticed, representing 12 species of herpetofauna,
P. Santhoshkumar +5 more
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Niche overlap and resource partitioning among five sympatric bufonids (Anura, Bufonidae) from northeastern Argentina [PDF]
Phyllomedusa: Journal of Herpetology, 2009 The niche overlap and resource partitioning were analyzed for five sympatric bufonids from Northeastern Argentina: Rhinella schneideri, R. bergi, R. fernandezae, R. granulosa, and Melanophryniscus cupreuscapularis.
Marta I. Duré +2 more
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Bufo aff. viridis (Anura: Bufonidae) from the Middle Miocene diatomite of Szurdokpüspöki, northeastern Hungary [PDF]
, 2008 The excellently preserved toad fossil was found the Middle Miocene (Badenian) lower freshwater-brackish diatomite layers in Szurdokpüspöki, Mátra Mountains, northern Hungary. This is the first amphibian fossil of the locality.
Szentesi, Zoltán
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A new species of arboreal toad (Anura: Bufonidae: Chaunus) from Madidi National Park, Bolivia [PDF]
, 2006 Accepted by M. Vences: 23 Jun 2006; published: 3 Aug. 2006A new arboreal species of the Chaunus veraguensis group is described for the humid montane forest of Madidi National Park, in northern Bolivia.
De la Riva, Ignacio +3 more
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The advertisement call of the toad Rhinella humboldti (Bufonidae)
Zootaxa, 2013 Despite important advances in understanding phylogenetic relationships among anurans (Frost et al. 2006; Pyron & Wiens, 2011), many uncertainties persist regarding phylogenetic affinities and taxonomic limits. The male advertisement call offers numerous opportunities to find diagnostic characters and is therefore useful for anuran species ...
Torres-Suárez, Olga Lucía +1 more
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Gayana, 2005 El Parque Nacional Sierra de las Quijadas se encuentra ubicado al noroeste de la provincia de San Luis. Fue creado en 1990 a fin de preservar parte del ecosistema semiárido, presentando una biodiversidad característica de un ambiente ecotonal de las ...
Analía Guerreiro +2 more
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Pigment composition of the bright skin in the poison toad, Melanophryniscus rubriventris (Anura: Bufonidae) from Argentina [PDF]
, 2017 The determination of the basis of skin colour is important to better understand the evolutionary and ecological relevance of colour variation in aposematic species.
Bonansea, Maria Ines +2 more
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Amphibians Of Argentinean Mesopotamia [PDF]
, 2004 An update of the amphibian diversity and populations status in the Northeast of Argentina (NEA) is presented. General characteristics and distribution of groups that conform the amphibian fauna of this region is also pointed out.
Baldo, Juan Diego +2 more
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