Isolated dwarfism and sexual dimorphism in a mainland population of the greater short-horned lizard (Phrynosoma hernandesi) and the Great Plains toad (Anaxyrus cognatus). [PDF]
Lahti ME +3 more
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Updated Chorotypes of Terrestrial Vertebrates Shed New Light on Zoogeographical Regions in China
Chorotype represents a fundamental concept for identifying groups of species that share similar distribution patterns. However, the last comprehensive revision of animal chorotypes in China was performed more than a decade ago. Here, we update the chorotype classifications for 1040 species and propose an updated zoogeographical regionalization scheme ...
Baoming Zhang +6 more
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Complete genome sequence of frog virus 3 isolated from a wild Eastern box turtle (<i>Terrapene carolina carolina</i>) in New Jersey, USA. [PDF]
Hassan A +6 more
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High altitudes are challenging for the animals that inhabit these environments. The Xizang plateau frog (Nanorana parkeri) survives in high‐altitude environments through a synergistic strategy of metabolic remodeling and protein expression adjustment to optimize energy efficiency and enhance cellular protection.
Xuejing Zhang +6 more
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Signatures of repeated genomic selection associated with human-modified landscapes in genetically independent populations of Rhinella horribilis. [PDF]
Soria-Ortiz GJ, Vázquez-Domínguez E.
europepmc +1 more source
The diversification of advertisement calls is largely driven by climatic niche differentiation. Our results provide acoustic evidence for studies on ecological speciation in anurans.
Tuo Shen +7 more
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The Wonder Years: A Demographic Approach to Revisit the Age‐at‐Size Conundrum in Amphibians
We combined repeated body size measurements of marked individuals of unknown age throughout their adult life with growth records of individuals marked as postmetamorphic juveniles and recaptured years later as sexually mature adults, focusing on 10 amphibian species in central Spain.
Gregorio Sánchez‐Montes +5 more
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Warm Spring Weather Alters Calling Phenology of Four Sympatric Early‐Breeding Anurans
An unusually warm March in 2024 (“false spring”) followed by freezing temperatures allowed us to assess the impact of a weather event on an amphibian community. The calling activity of all four species was associated with increasing temperature, and the first date of calling was advanced by 11–18 days.
Jeffrey P. Ethier +3 more
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BirdNET: Automated Detection for Monitoring Critically Endangered Lemurs from the Maromizaha Forest
In this study, we evaluated the effectiveness of integrating PAM with BirdNET, a convolutional neural network originally developed for avian vocalization detection, to monitor two critically endangered lemurs, Indri indri and Varecia variegata, in Madagascar's Maromizaha rainforest.
Valeria Ferrario +10 more
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