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Amphibian Strategies Against Attacks by Flies: Host-Specificity and Threats. [PDF]

open access: yesEcol Evol
Species interactions between Diptera flies and amphibians play a significant role in tropical ecosystems, but their ecology and evolution remain understudied. This review explores the costs flies impose on amphibians, such as pathogen transmission and disruption of communication systems, and highlights the evolutionary strategies employed by both ...
de Campos LLF   +3 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

Antimicrobial Secretions of Toads (Anura, Bufonidae): Bioactive Extracts and Isolated Compounds against Human Pathogens

open access: yesAntibiotics, 2020
Species of the family Bufonidae, better known as true toads, are widespread and produce bioactive substances in the secretions obtained from specialized skin macroglands.
Candelario Rodriguez   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

The genome sequence of the common toad, Bufo bufo (Linnaeus, 1758) [version 1; peer review: 2 approved]

open access: yesWellcome 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
doaj   +1 more source

Herpetofauna, Santa Edwiges I and II hydroelectric power plants, state of Goiás, Brazil [PDF]

open access: yesCheck List, 2009
This paper presents a check list of amphibians and reptiles of the area under the influence of Santa Edwiges I and IIsmall hydroelectric power plants on Rio Buritis, state of Goiás, Brazil.
Cintra, C. E. D.   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

The complete mitochondrial genome sequence of Himalayan toad Duttaphrynus himalayanus (Anura: Bufonidae)

open access: yesMitochondrial DNA. Part B. Resources, 2020
In this study, the complete mitochondrial genome of Duttaphrynus himalayanus was sequenced adopting Illumina high-throughput sequencing method. The complete mitogenome of the species was 17,172 bp in length, including 13 protein-coding genes, 22 transfer
Jiahong Liao   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Helminth community structure and diet of three Afrotropical anuran species: a test of the interactive-versus-isolationist parasite communities hypothesis [PDF]

open access: yesWeb Ecology, 2011
The interactive-versus-isolationist hypothesis predicts that parasite communities should be depauperated and weakly structured by interspecific competition in amphibians. A parasitological survey was carried out to test this hypothesis using three anuran
G. C. Akani   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Atelophryniscus, Atelophryniscus chrysophorus [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
Number of Pages: 13Integrative BiologyGeological ...
McCranie, James R.
core   +1 more source

Fish and amphibians as bat predators [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
Although bats (Chiroptera) belong to the most diverse mammalian orders, study of diversity of their natural predators has been seriously neglected for a long time.
Mikula, Peter
core   +3 more sources

Taxonomía y distribución del sapo sudamericano Bufo poeppigii Tschudi, 1845 (Amphibia: Anura: Bufonidae)

open access: yesGraellsia, 2002
La posición taxonómica del sapo andino Bufo poeppigii ha sido objeto de controversia desde su descripción por Tschudi en el siglo XIX. Ello se ha debido a su parecido con Bufo marinus y a que ambas especies pueden encontrarse juntas en algunas ...
Ignacio De la Riva
doaj   +1 more source

List of anurans (Amphibia: Anura) from the rural zone of the municipality of Maringá, Paraná state, southern Brazil [PDF]

open access: yesCheck List, 2014
We report the anurans of four locations at the rural zone from municipality Maringá, Paraná state, Brazil. Specimens were registered by acoustic and direct visual search.
Igor Affonso   +5 more
doaj   +3 more sources

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