... of South Florida (USF) and colleagues revealed that chemical pollution can increase often deadly trematode (parasitic flatworm) infections in the northern leopard frog, a declining amphibian species.
... Red List as Endangered in Colombia, and four species of monkeys, including Geoffroy's spider monkey ... Noah's Ark. The high number of new amphibian species found is a sign of hope, even with the serious ...
... Alpine newt is the first European and the third on the global scale, tailed amphibian species in which the MHC has been studied, and the first one in which more than one MHC II locus has been found. ...
... worldwide are threatened with extinction. One in four mammal species, one in eight bird species and one in three amphibian species are on the IUCN "Red List," indicating they are threatened with ...
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Bd infects amphibians' skin and is thought to interfere with their ability to absorb water. Over 257 amphibian species are known to be affected by Bd. Some species are very susceptible and die ...
... And amphibians are bearing the brunt of the problem."
Studies suggest that more than 32 percent of amphibian species are threatened and more than 43 percent face a steep decline in numbers.
Much of ...
One-third of amphibian species are thought to be threatened or endangered, including the often forgotten salamander.
... currently known amphibian fauna. This study suggests that the number of amphibian species in Madagascar, one of the world’s biodiversity hotspots, has been significantly underestimated. According to ...
As temperatures rise over the next century, three California
amphibian species could be pushed to the cusp of extinction because
the warming climate will effectively block their migration to more
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... amphibian extinctions in Central America and north-eastern Australia in the 1990's. Bd infects over 350 amphibian species by penetrating their skin, but little else is known about where it came from ...
... destroyed by human activity. Amazingly, despite the ongoing habitat destruction, no Malagasy amphibian species have been reported as extinct, though a quarter of the 220 species evaluated by the World ...
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"What we are finding in Bufo marinus might also occur in other animals, including other amphibian species and humans," McCoy said. "In fact, reproductive abnormalities are increasing in humans and ...
... been really startling drops in amphibian populations there, too," Wake said.
Of the seven amphibian species that inhabit the peaks of the Sierra Nevada, five are threatened. Wake and his colleagues ...
... Bd is introduced to a habitat, up to 50 percent of amphibian species and 80 percent of individuals may die ... stop Bd from killing off frog species in several ways. They currently are comparing active ...
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