Search Results - "Frontiers in amphibian and reptile science"

Novel sounds, native responses: exploring the acoustic consequences of Eleutherodactylus johnstonei’s invasion in urban areas by Melo, Natalia Bispo Vieira, Both, Camila, Brasileiro, Cinthia A.

“…BackgroundBiological invasions pose a critical threat to biodiversity, affecting ecological balance and native species’ communication. Eleutherodactylus…”
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Creating salt refuges to protect amphibians from chytridiomycosis: first, do no harm by Relyea, Rick A., Le Sage, Emily

“…In the fight against emerging pathogens, an important management strategy is to identify host refuges to prevent extinctions. Fungal pathogens (…”
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Micromanagement: conditions influencing antipathogen function of the skin microbiome in spotted salamanders, Ambystoma maculatum by Barnhart-McCarty, Kelly, LaBumbard, Brandon, Kearns, Patrick J., Ahsan, Rakeyah, Whetstone, Ross, Bletz, Molly, AlKhalifa, Saleh E., Poltronetti, Anthony, Tokash-Peters, Amanda, Gabor, Caitlin R., Schliep, Klaus, Umile, Thomas P., Minbiole, Kevin, Woodhams, Douglas C.

“…The emerging fungal pathogen Batrachochytrium salamandrivorans ( Bsal ) threatens the diversity of amphibians, particularly in North America where it is…”
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Physiological and behavioral variation by urbanization and climate in an urban-tolerant toad by Monroe, Dillon J., Bókony, Veronika, Gabor, Caitlin R.

“…The distribution of a species is best understood by examining the organism-environment interaction. Climate and anthropogenic habitat degradation, including…”
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A comprehensive review of the ecology and conservation status of spot-tailed earless lizards (Holbrookia lacerata and Holbrookia subcaudalis) by Rangel, E. Drake, Henke, Scott E., Ayala, Ruby A., Eversole, Cord B.

“…Spot-tailed Earless Lizards (STEL; Plateau STEL, Holbrookia lacerata; and Tamaulipan STEL, Holbrookia subcaudalis ) are lizard species that are in decline both…”
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Variability in oil droplet numbers and proportions in the retinas of anole lizards by Campbell, Darlene, Loew, Ellis R.

“…Colored oil droplets are a common feature in the cones of almost all diurnal lizards. Using white light microscopy, three chromotypes of droplet can be…”
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Plastic pollution and health metrics in wild juvenile green sea turtles (Chelonia mydas) from two Ecuadorian national parks: Galápagos and Machalilla by Muñoz-Pérez, Juan Pablo, Lewbart, Gregory A., Toapanta, Tania, Chadwick, Helen, Okoffo, Elvis D., Alarcón-Ruales, Daniela, Zurita-Arthos, Leo, Jones, Jen S., Cisneros, Fernando, Moreira-Mendieta, Andres, Vintimilla-Palacios, Cristina, Miranda, Cristina, Vallejo, Felipe, Houck, Emma, Alemán, Rubén, Escobar-Flores, Kamila, Skehel, Alice, Castañeda, Jason, Secoura, Patricia, Vaden, Shelly, Lewis, Ceri, Galloway, Tamara, Wallace, Bryan, Godley, Brendan J., Cole, Matthew, Lindeque, Penelope, Thomas, Kevin V., Potvin, Dominique A., Valle, Carlos A., Townsend, Kathy A.

“…Marine vertebrates, particularly green sea turtles, are especially vulnerable to plastic pollution through ingestion or entanglement. This study investigated…”
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Sound localization circuits in reptiles by Han, Dawei, Fuquen, Rebeca W., Willis, Katie L., Christensen-Dalsgaard, Jakob, Carr, Catherine E.

“…Location of sound sources is a fundamental task of the auditory system. Recent studies have shown that land vertebrates employ an array of sound localization…”
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Lizard visual ecology by Fleishman, Leo J.

“…Visual ecology is the study of how visual systems are evolutionarily adapted to the light conditions animals experience and the visual tasks they must perform…”
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Influence of landscape on the presence of Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis and Ranavirus in tadpoles in the southern Atlantic Forest of Brazil by Roseli Coelho dos Santos, Diego Anderson Dalmolin, Joice Ruggeri, Diego Brum, Mauricio Roberto Veronez, Elaine Maria Lucas, Alexandro Marques Tozetti

“…IntroductionHabitat loss, as well as infectious diseases, have been suggested as the main causes for the worldwide decline of amphibian populations. Thus, the…”
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Corrigendum: The effects of sex, season, and natural sunlight on plasma vitamin D3 levels in two chelonian species (Testudo hermanni, Trachemys scripta) and their interaction with calcium, phosphate, and magnesium as associated plasma compounds by Geisler, Gregor, Leineweber, Christoph, Pees, Michael, Öfner, Sabine, Marschang, Rachel E.

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The mechanosensory world in aquatic snakes: corporal scale sensilla in three species of Neotropical freshwater dipsadine by Velasquez-Cañon, Valeria, Bravo-Vega, Carlos, Galeano, Sandra P., Molina, Jorge, Salazar-Guzmán, Alejandra María, García-Cobos, Daniela

“…Snakes have diverse and unique sensory systems that make them extremely efficient at moving through the environment while detecting prey and predators and…”
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Predicting behavior in extinct reptiles from quantitative analysis of trigeminal osteological correlates by Lessner, Emily J., Xu, Xing, Young, Bruce A., Echols, M. Scott, Jones, Marc E. H., Elsey, Ruth M., Holliday, Casey M.

“…IntroductionVertebrate sensory systems are in close contact with surrounding tissues, often leaving bony signatures behind. These bony features are the keys to…”
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Impacts of pelagic longline fisheries on sea turtles in the Santos Basin, Brazil by Vanucci, Rodrigo Malta, Goldberg, Daphne Wrobel, Maranho, Andrea, Giffoni, Bruno de Barros, Boaventura, Isabella Cristina da Rocha, Dias, Renata Balsamo, Leonardi, Simone Baratto, Neto, Hugo Gallo, Silva, Berenice Maria Gomes, Rogerio, Daniel Wagner, Domit, Camila, Barreto, Andre Silva, Castilho, Pedro Volkmer, Koleniskovas, Cristiane, Chupil, Henrique, Becker, José Henrique

“…Strand monitoring is valuable for identifying human-caused threats to sea turtles but has limitations in fully understanding their overall impact. To address…”
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Protecting Japanese giant salamanders (Andrias japonicus) in the Nawa River Basin, Japan: policy recommendations addressing water pollution and waterway disruption by Borzée, Amaël, Angulo, Ariadne, Meredith, Helen, Taguchi, Yuki, Groffen, Jordy, Kohler, Dallin Bradshaw, Abernethy, John Peter Duncan, Othman, Siti N., Messenger, Kevin, Heo, Kyongman, Wan, Le, Um, Tae Eun, Zhang, Xiaoli, Shin, Yucheol, Bae, Yoonhyuk, Wang, Zhenqi, Qiu, Zhixin, Pearce, Richard

“…The Japanese giant salamander, Andrias japonicus , is an iconic but declining species of aquatic amphibian. A population within the Nawa River Basin of Tottori…”
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Playing “hide and seek” with Texas tortoises: value of a detector dog by Moeller, Christin, Perales, Saren, Rodriguez, Wraith, Henke, Scott E., Rideout-Hanzak, Sandra, Eversole, Cord B.

“…Texas tortoises ( Gopherus berlandieri ) were once considered common and abundant throughout southern Texas with densities as high as 16 tortoises per hectare…”
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Genetic composition of green sea turtles (Chelonia mydas) at coastal feeding areas of Uruguay by Prosdocimi, Laura, Vilaca, Sibelle Torres, Naro-Maciel, Eugenia, Caraccio, Maria N., Formia, Angela, Vélez-Rubio, Gabriela M.

“…The highly migratory and marine nature of species such as green sea turtles ( Chelonia mydas ) may hinder understanding of basic life history and impact…”
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The complement system and its involvement in inhibition of Batrachochytriym dendrobatidis, a lethal fungal pathogen of amphibians by Pacheco, Helen R., Reynoso, Jennifer Rodriguez, Tenneti, Megha M., Rodriguez, Keely M., Voyles, Jamie

“…The field of ecological immunology, or ecoimmunology, has provided valuable insights on the immune responses of diverse host organisms threatened by infectious…”
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Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis and Hannemania mite’s relationships with Mexican amphibians in disturbed environments by Jacinto-Maldonado, Mónica, Lesbarrères, David, Rebollar, Eria A., Basanta, M. Delia, González-Grijalva, Belem, Robles-Morúa, Agustín, Álvarez-Bajo, Osiris, Vizuete-Jaramillo, Efraín, Paredes-León, Ricardo, Meza-Figueroa, Diana

“…The rapid transformation and pollution of ecosystems have severely impacted biodiversity. Specifically, anthropogenic activities have imposed adverse effects…”
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Tracking nest-rescued green sea turtles in oceanic currents sheds light on eastern Caribbean “lost years” by Levenson, J. Jacob, Cooper, Robert, Weissman, Amelia, Bell, Desirée, Smith, Jamison, Harris, Marcella

“…Although sea turtles are well-studied charismatic marine species, little is known about the juvenile stage, especially the oceanic phase between hatching on…”
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