How many reptile and amphibian species are in Uganda, and why it matters for global biodiversity conservation by Daniel F. Hughes, Mathias Behangana

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How low-abundance amphibians shape functional diversity across tropical forest succession stages? by Fabio Zabala-Forero, Angela M. Cortés-Gómez, Nicolás Urbina-Cardona

“…This study evaluates the effects of sequentially losing low-abundance species on amphibian functional diversity in the Colombian Pacific region. …”
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Movements of the Glandirana Frogs in Japan and South Korea: A Strategy for Defining Geographical Movements of Amphibians by Akira Oike, Koji Tojo, Yoriko Nakamura, Etsuro Ito, Masahisa Nakamura

“…Thus, all Japanese amphibians are undoubtedly derived from this nearby continent. …”
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Challenges and opportunities for assessing trends of amphibians with heterogeneous data – a call for better metadata reporting by Klaus Henle, Reinhard A. Klenke, M. Benjamin Barth, Annegret Grimm-Seyfarth, Diana E. Bowler

“…Over the last decades, the worldwide decline of amphibian populations has become a major concern of researchers and conservationists. …”
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Are tropical oceanic islands overlooked? Knowledge gaps regarding the vulnerability of amphibians to global anthropogenic threats by Renoir J. Auguste, Amy E. Deacon, Mark F. Hulme

“…Climate and land-use changes are major threats to amphibian conservation. However, amphibians on tropical oceanic islands appear to have been overlooked with regards to their vulnerability to global anthropogenic threats. …”
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Applying Fuzzy Logic to Comparative Distribution Modelling: A Case Study with Two Sympatric Amphibians by A. Márcia Barbosa, Raimundo Real

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IUCN Species Survival Commission Amphibian Specialist Group launches Eastern Asian Salamander Task Force by Amaël Borzée, Sally Wren, Vishal Kumar Prasad, Steven J. R. Allain, Janice Chanson, Kelsey Neam, Izabela Barata, Francis Asamoah, Jigme Wangyal, Maria Jose Chang, Dasi Ong

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Enhancing Farm Dams Increases Tadpole Abundance by Michelle Littlefair, Ben C. Scheele, David Lindenmayer, Maldwyn J. Evans

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Standard methods for marking caudate amphibians do not impair animal welfare over the short term: An experimental approach by David R Daversa, Ella Baxter, Gonçalo M Rosa, Chris Sergeant, Trenton WJ Garner

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Amphibians and reptiles from Leyte Sab-a Basin Peatland: A unique wetland habitat in Leyte, Philippines by Syrus Cesar P. Decena, Francis Ian C. Banado, Libertine Agatha F. Densing

“…However, the diversity of wildlife communities in peatland ecosystems, particularly herpetofauna (amphibians and reptiles), remains poorly understood. …”
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Experimental Evidence of Rapidly Decaying Environmental DNA Highlights Infection Risk from Two Major Amphibian Pathogens by Joseph D. Trafford, Trenton W. J. Garner, David J. Murrell, Julia J. Day

Subjects: “…amphibian disease…”
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Standard methods for marking caudate amphibians do not impair animal welfare over the short term: An experimental approach – CORRIGENDUM by David R Daversa, Ella Baxter, Gonçalo M Rosa, Chris Sergeant, Trenton WJ Garner

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Observations of amphibian, reptile and some mammal species in the area of Šaleška jezera near Velenje during the 2015–2017 period by Anja Bolčina, Jan Gojznikar, Rudi Kraševec, Matic Gabor, Blaž Vrhovšek

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Leveraging machine learning to uncover multi-pathogen infection dynamics across co-distributed frog families by Daniele L. F. Wiley, Kadie N. Omlor, Ariadna S. Torres López, Celina M. Eberle, Anna E. Savage, Matthew S. Atkinson, Lisa N. Barrow

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Exploring the batracho-and herpetofauna richness of Mojstirsko-Draške Mountains by Ćirković Glorija Ž., Ajtić Rastko D.

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Zooarchaeological investigation of the Hoabinhian exploitation of reptiles and amphibians in Thailand and Cambodia with a focus on the Yellow-headed Tortoise (Indotestudo elongata (Blyth, 1854)) by Bochaton, Corentin, Chantasri, Sirikanya, Maneechote, Melada, Claude, Julien, Griggo, Christophe, Naksri, Wilailuck, Forestier, Hubert, Sophady, Heng, Auertrakulvit, Prasit, Bowonsachoti, Jutinach, Zeitoun, Valéry

“…We observed a significant taphonomic homogeneity among the studied assemblages, along with similarities in the diversity of hunted reptile and amphibian taxa as well as the size of the exploited tortoises. …”
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A novel framework unveiling the importance of heterogeneous selection and drift on the community structure of symbiotic microbial indicator taxa across altitudinal gradients in amphibians by Jin Zhou, Zhidong Liu, Sishuo Wang, Jing Li, Lin Zhang, Ziyan Liao

“…Here, we propose a comprehensive framework for identifying DTUs/DSUs that remarkably contribute to the various mechanisms sustaining microbial community structure. Amphibian symbiotic microbes along an altitudinal gradient from Sichuan Province, China, were employed to examine the proposed statistical framework. …”
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Environmental influences on chorusing patterns in an Australian tropical savanna frog community by Sheryn Brodie, Slade Allen‐Ankins, Lin Schwarzkopf

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The Richness, Similarity, and Conservation Status of the Herpetofauna of the Balsas Basin Biogeographic Province of Mexico by Julio A. Lemos-Espinal, Geoffrey R. Smith

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