Toward Sustainable Biocultural Ecotourism: An Integrated Spatial Analysis of Cultural and Biodiversity Richness in Colombia by Alejandra Echeverri, Natasha M. Batista, Stacie Wolny, Guido A. Herrera‐R, Federico Andrade‐Rivas, Allison Bailey, Anaid Cardenas‐Navarrete, Armando Dávila Arenas, Andres Felipe Díaz‐Salazar, Katherine Victoria Hernandez, Kelley E. Langhans, Bryam E. Mateus‐Aguilar, Dallas Levey, Andrew Neill, Oliver Nguyen, Andres Felipe Suárez‐Castro, Felipe Zapata, Natalia Ocampo‐Peñuela

“…Using Colombia as a case study, we created metrics of taxonomic biological diversity as measured by vertebrate species richness (including birds, mammals, freshwater fishes, reptiles and amphibians) and institutionalized cultural richness (by counting the number of UNESCO World Heritage Sites, UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage sites, museums, endemic music festivals, Afro‐Colombian Territories and Indigenous Reserves) and evaluated the spatial correlations between them. …”
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Speciation and historical invasions of the Asian black-spined toad (Duttaphrynus melanostictus) by Christophe Dufresnes, Daniel Jablonski, Johanna Ambu, Vishal Kumar Prasad, Kumudani Bala Gautam, Rachunliu G. Kamei, Stephen Mahony, Sylvia Hofmann, Rafaqat Masroor, Bérénice Alard, Angelica Crottini, Devin Edmonds, Annemarie Ohler, Jianping Jiang, Janak R. Khatiwada, Sandeep Kumar Gupta, Amaël Borzée, Leo J. Borkin, Dmitriy V. Skorinov, Daniel A. Melnikov, Konstantin D. Milto, Evgeny L. Konstantinov, Sven Künzel, Tomasz Suchan, Dmitriy V. Arkhipov, Alexei V. Trofimets, Tan Van Nguyen, Chatmongkon Suwannapoom, Spartak N. Litvinchuk, Nikolay A. Poyarkov

“…Combining continental-wide genomic and DNA-barcoding analyses, we reconstructed the historical biogeography of the Asian black-spined toad (Duttaphrynus melanostictus), a toxic commensal amphibian that currently threatens two biodiversity hotspots through biological invasions (Wallacea and Madagascar). …”
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Exceptional Enlargement of the Mitochondrial Genome Results from Distinct Causes in Different Rain Frogs (Anura: Brevicipitidae: Breviceps) by Keitaro Hemmi, Ryosuke Kakehashi, Chiaki Kambayashi, Louis Du Preez, Leslie Minter, Nobuaki Furuno, Atsushi Kurabayashi

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De novo assembly and analysis of the transcriptome of the Siberian wood frog Rana amurensis by D. N. Smirnov, S. V. Shekhovtsov, A. A. Shipova, G. R. Gazizova, E. I. Shagimardanova, N. A. Bulakhova, E. N. Meshcheryakova, T. V. Poluboyarova, E. E. Khrameeva, S. E. Peltek, D. I. Berman

“…The Siberian wood frog Rana amurensis Boulenger, 1886 is the most hypoxia-tolerant amphibian. It can survive for several months in an almost complete absence of oxygen. …”
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New data on the distribution of the Italian agile frog Rana latastei Boulenger, 1879 in Slovenian Istra by David Stanković, Katja Poboljšaj

“…Here we present a preliminary report on the presence of this amphibian in the Slovenian part of Istra. …”
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Role of the Endocannabinoid System in the Central Regulation of Nonmammalian Vertebrate Reproduction by Erika Cottone, Valentina Pomatto, Patrizia Bovolin

“…Since studies performed in animal models other than mammals might provide further insight into the biology of these signalling molecules, in the present paper we review the comparative data pointing toward the endocannabinoid involvement in the reproductive control of non-mammalian vertebrates, focussing in particular on the central regulation of teleost and amphibian reproduction. The morphofunctional distribution of brain cannabinoid receptors will be discussed in relation to other crucial signalling molecules involved in the control of reproductive functions, such as GnRH, dopamine, aromatase, and pituitary gonadotropins.…”
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Erythrocyte changes and ecotoxicological evaluation in freshwater of the Pintado stream in the municipality of Ji-Paraná, Brazil: Anurans of the genus Leptodactylus (Leptodactilida... by Jacqueline Lopes dos Santos, Patrícia Pastana de Sousa, Natália Faria Romão, Matheus Venancio de Paula, Ana Carolina Anchieta Adriano, Sandro de Vargas Schons, Jerônimo Vieira Dantas Filho, Francisco Carlos da Silva

“… The main aimed of this study was to conduct out an ecotoxicological assessment through the Micronucleus (Mn) test and other associated anomalies in peripheral erythrocyte cells, using the amphibian of the genus Leptodactylus as a bioindicator organism, in addition to analyzing the physicochemical parameters in freshwater of the Pintado stream located in urban perimeter of Ji-Paraná municipality, Rondônia State, Brazil. …”
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Transcriptomic analysis of Andrias davidianus meat and experimental validation for exploring its bioactive components as functional foods by Changge Guan, Zhenglin Tan, Shucheng Li, Yi Wang, Naoyuki Yamamoto, Chong Zhang, Songjun Wang, Junjie Chen, Xin-Hui Xing

“…Andrias davidianus (Chinese giant salamander, CGS) is the largest and oldest extant amphibian species in the world and is a source of prospective functional food in China. …”
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Thermal Tolerance in Anuran Embryos with Different Reproductive Modes: Relationship to Altitude by Manuel Hernando Bernal, John D. Lynch

“…In addition, environmental temperature decreases with altitude, and the amphibian fauna changes. Therefore, we studied the relationship between the embryonic thermal tolerances of twelve species of anurans and the temperatures of their microhabitat along an altitudinal gradient from 430 m to 2600 m. …”
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Foraging Behaviour of the Black-Headed Heron at Kibimba Rice Scheme, Eastern Uganda by Sarah, Nachuha, M. Polycarp, Mwima

“…This variation was explained by a combination of factors such water depth, waterbird abundance, Nearest Neighbor Distance (NND) and food or prey abundance (except amphibian abundance). Statistical analysis were conducted using Genstat Version 8.1 (VSN Intl.2003, in which a General Linear Mixed Model were used to examine the variation in each behavioural measure. …”
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Meta-analyses of Culex blood-meals indicates strong regional effect on feeding patterns. by Jet S Griep, Eve Grant, Jack Pilgrim, Olena Riabinina, Matthew Baylis, Maya Wardeh, Marcus S C Blagrove

“…The percentage of blood-meals on amphibian, avian, human, non-human mammalian, and reptilian hosts was determined for each Culex species. …”
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Morphometric and genetic variations of the Poison Frog (Odorrana hosii Boulenger 1891) in Jatimulyo, Kulon Progo, Yogyakarta using microsatellite markers by Enggar Pramesti Galuh, Suwartiningsih Nurul

“…One of the abundant amphibian species in Indonesia is Odorrana hosii. …”
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Structure Dynamic Response of Amphibious Aircraft Induced by Water-Taxiing by Jihang Lyu, Rong Yang, Lingcai Huang

“…According to the peculiarities of the amphibious aircraft, structural dynamics model is based on the distribution of stiffness and mass, Virtual Mass Theory is utilized to solve the wet modes on the water surface, rational function approximations of unsteady aerodynamic force in time-domain are constructed by the Minimum-State Approximation Formula, and loose coupling method is employed to simulate the hydrodynamic elastic response under the encounter of amphibian with single wave and repeated waves, respectively. …”
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An In Vitro Study on Prestin Analog Gene in the Bullfrog Hearing Organs by Zhongying Wang, Minfei Qian, Qixuan Wang, Huihui Liu, Hao Wu, Zhiwu Huang

“…HCs in both the sacculus and the amphibian papilla exhibited a capacitance profile that is similar to NLC while HCs in the basilar papilla showed no sign of NLC. …”
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Integrating Individual-Based Indices of Contaminant Effects by Christopher L. Rowe, William A. Hopkins, Justin D. Congdon

“…Here we provide an example of such an integrated perspective based upon recent studies of an amphibian (the bullfrog, Rana catesbeiana) that experiences several, disparate changes when larval development occurs in a trace element�contaminated habitat. …”
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Transcriptome analysis reveals the genetic basis underlying the formation and seasonal changes of nuptial pads in Rana chensinensis by Fuyuan Qiu, Qingbo Ai, Jun Li, Hua Wu

“…Conclusions Our study provides a valuable reference for investigating the molecular basis of sexual dimorphism in R. chensinensis and other amphibian species more broadly.…”
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Mettre l’intime en bande dessinée. Un dialogue avec Léna Merhej et Noémie Honein by Michela De Giacometti, Laura Odasso

“…In 2007, Léna Merhej founded, with three Lebanese artists and cartoonists, the magazine Samandal (“salamander” in Arabic), whose vocation is to be, like this amphibian, a hybrid entity. Originally born as a publishing platform to support works from this first group of artists, the magazine soon transformed into a collective and broadened its horizons to include comics made by artists from the Arab world and beyond. …”
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Historical biogeography and systematics of yellow-bellied toads (Bombina variegata), with the description of a new subspecies from the Balkans by Christophe Dufresnes, Simeon Lukanov, Sven Gippner, Johanna Ambu, Ilias Strachinis, Dragan Arsovski, Benjamin Monod-Broca, Hugo Cayuela, Petros Lymberakis, Daniele Canestrelli, Dan Cogălniceanu, Nikolay A. Poyarkov, Spartak N. Litvinchuk, Tomasz Suchan, Mathieu Denoël, Daniel Jablonski

“…Abstract The Balkan Peninsula hosts a great proportion of Europe’s biodiversity, and this is well illustrated by amphibian richness and endemism. Among them, the yellow-bellied toad Bombina variegata has been a model in ecology and evolution, but several aspects of its phylogeography and taxonomy remain surprisingly poorly understood. …”
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Conservation and ecological screening of small water bodies in temperate riverine wetlands using UAV Photogrammetry (Middle Danube) by Dušanka Cvijanović, Maja Novković, Djuradj Milošević, Milica Stojković Piperac, Laszlo Galambos, Dubravka Čerba, Olivera Stamenković, Bojan Damnjanović, Minučer Mesaroš, Dragoslav Pavić, Vladica Simić, Ivana Trbojević, Ana Anđelković, Nusret Drešković, Barbara Stammel, Bernd Cyffka, Snežana Radulović

“…Conversely, sites experiencing eutrophication and a poor oxygen regime with species-poor fish assemblages correlated positively with a higher cover of amphibian and free-floating vegetation, as well as filamentous algae. …”
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