Xenopus fraseri: Mr. Fraser, where did your frog come from? [PDF]
, 2019 A comprehensive, accurate, and revisable alpha taxonomy is crucial for biodiversity studies, but is challenging when data from reference specimens are difficult to collect or observe.
Blackburn, D. +11 more
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Amphibia, Anura, Pipidae, Pipa carvalhoi (Miranda-Ribeiro, 1937): distribution extension and geographic distribution map in the southeast of Brazil [PDF]
Check List, 2010 We report new records for the Carvalho’s Surinam Toad Pipa carvalhoi in state of Minas Gerais, southeast of Brazil, extending its occurrence in the southern portion of its known geographic range.
Emanuel da Silva +3 more
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Primeiro estudo parasitológico em rã com garras Africano (Xenopus laevis, Anfibia) no Chile [PDF]
, 2017 Introduced species can arrive into new territories with parasites; however, these species are expected to face lower parasite richness than in their original regions. Both introduced hosts and parasites can affect native fauna.
Castillo, Cristóbal +5 more
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Pharmaceuticals, 2014 Skin secretions from frogs belonging to the genera Xenopus, Silurana, Hymenochirus, and Pseudhymenochirus in the family Pipidae are a rich source of host-defense peptides with varying degrees of antimicrobial activities and cytotoxicities to mammalian ...
J. Michael Conlon, Milena Mechkarska
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, 2000 Number of Pages: 5Integrative BiologyGeological ...
Heyer, W. Ronald, Thompson, Amanda S.
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Evaluation of the genotoxic and teratogenic potential of a municipal sludge and sludge-amended soil using the amphibian Xenopus laevis and the tobacco: Nicotiana tabacum L. var. xanthi Dulieu [PDF]
, 2003 The toxic, genotoxic and teratogenicpotential of amunicipal sewage sludge was assessed using the micronucleus assay on the larvae of the amphibianXenopuslaevis and with the tobacco somatic mutation test using the yellow–green xanthiDulieu mutant a1+/a1 ...
Chenon, Pascale +4 more
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Amphibians of Serra Bonita, southern Bahia: a new hotpoint within Brazil’s Atlantic Forest hotspot
ZooKeys, 2014 We studied the amphibian community of the Private Reserve of Natural Heritage (RPPN) Serra Bonita, an area of 20 km2 with steep altitudinal gradients (200–950 m a.s.l.) located in the municipalities of Camacan and Pau-Brasil, southern Bahia State, Brazil.
Iuri Dias +3 more
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Mind the gaps: investigating the cause of the current range disjunction in the Cape Platanna, Xenopus gilli (Anura: Pipidae) [PDF]
PeerJ, 2013 Low-lying areas of the Cape at Africa’s south-westernmost tip have undergone dramatic marine-remodelling, with regular changes in sea-level following glacial cycles.
Deborah J. Fogell +2 more
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Non-native Amphibian Pet Trade via Internet in Poland [PDF]
, 2018 Overharvesting and trade in amphibian populations is one of the causes of their global decline. Online trade not only encourages the exploitation of an increasing number of rare and endangered amphibian species from all over the world but also ...
Kaczmarski, Mikołaj, Kolenda, Krzysztof
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The ultrastructure of the spermatozoa of Epipedobates flavopictus (Amphibia, Anura, Dendrobatidae), with comments on its evolutionary significance [PDF]
, 2002 We describe, for the first time, the spermatozoon ultrastructure of a dendrobatid frog, Epipedobates flavopictus. Mature spermatozoa of E. flavopictus are filiform, with a moderately curved head and a proportionally short tail. The acrosomal vesicle is a
Aguiar Júnior, Odair +4 more
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