New occurrence records for Eurycea tonkawae Chippindale, Price, Wiens & Hillis, 2000 (Caudata, Plethodontidae) from an urbanized watershed in Travis County, Texas, USA [PDF]
Check List, 2020 We report two new occurrence records for Jollyville Plateau Salamanders, Eurycea tonkawae Chippindale, Price, Wiens & Hillis, 2000, from an urbanized watershed in Travis County, Texas, USA.
Zachary C. Adcock +6 more
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RESEARCH PERSPECTIVES:: STASIS SHMASIS - WHAT SALAMANDERS WERE REALLY DOING IN THE YULE LOG [PDF]
, 2007 Whether it is their nocturnal habits, their ability to regenerateentire limbs and tails with functional neurons,or simply their ability to emerge unsinged from a burningyule log, salamanders have long intrigued humansand witches alike.
Bernardo, Joseph
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Environmental DNA, 2020 Environmental DNA (eDNA), or DNA that is shed into the environment by an organism, can be used to detect the presence of cryptic species. However, eDNA methodology requires validation of an assay in both laboratory and field environments.
Nicole A. Witzel +6 more
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WOODLAND POND SALAMANDER ABUNDANCE IN RELATION TO FOREST MANAGEMENT AND ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS IN NORTHERN WISCONSIN [PDF]
, 2015 Woodland ponds are important landscape features that help sustain populations of amphibians that require this aquatic habitat for successful reproduction.
Beck, Albert J. +5 more
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Discovery of central Texas Eurycea eggs in the wild
Ecosphere, 2021 Eurycea pterophila is a fully aquatic paedomorphic salamander species classified as under review for federal listing and distributed in restricted sections of the Comal River (Comal CO., TX).
Linda M. Moon +2 more
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Characterization and mechanism of action of amphibian-derived wound-healing-promoting peptides
Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology, 2023 Wound-healing-promoting peptides are excellent candidates for developing wound-healing agents due to their small size and low production cost. Amphibians are one of the major sources of bioactive peptides, including wound-healing-promoting peptides.
Xiakun Wang +4 more
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In Vitro and in Vivo Immunomodulatory Activity of Giant Salamander Peptide-Selenium Chelates
Shipin gongye ke-jiTo investigate the immunomodulatory function of giant salamander peptide-selenium chelates, macrophage RAW 264.7 proliferation rate and cyclophosphamide-induced immunocompromised mouse model were used to evaluate the immunomodulatory activities of giant ...
Hui YANG +4 more
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Invasive Asian Earthworms Negatively Impact Keystone Terrestrial Salamanders.
PLoS ONE, 2016 Asian pheretimoid earthworms (e.g. Amynthas and Metaphire spp.) are invading North American forests and consuming the vital detrital layer that forest floor biota [including the keystone species Plethodon cinereus (Eastern Red-backed Salamander)], rely ...
Julie L Ziemba +2 more
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Inhibition of Fungal Pathogens across Genotypes and Temperatures by Amphibian Skin Bacteria
Frontiers in Microbiology, 2017 Symbiotic bacteria may dampen the impacts of infectious diseases on hosts by inhibiting pathogen growth. However, our understanding of the generality of pathogen inhibition by different bacterial taxa across pathogen genotypes and environmental ...
Carly R. Muletz-Wolz +11 more
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