1. 1. A comparison is made between the urinary bladder capacities of two South American anurans, the fully aquatic Calyptocephalella caudiverbera and the fully terrestrial toad Bufo arunco. 2. 2. They have a urinary bladder ...

We studied the richness and composition of the anuran assemblage of Morro do Diabo State Park, the major remnant of Mesophytic Semideciduous Forest in the state of São Paulo, Brazil, through hypothesis tests. From September ...

We studied the richness and composition of the anuran assemblage of Morro do Diabo State Park, the major remnant of Mesophytic Semideciduous Forest in the state of São Paulo, Brazil, through hypothesis tests. From September ...

Ecological Niche Modelling (ENM) is used to estimate potential species distributions through the association of general climate data with precise geographic occurrence records. Occurrence data are mainly obtained from ...

Sound pressure levels and the spectral structure of the advertisement calls of five species of frogs from the South American temperate austral forest were analyzed. Males of Eupsophus emiliopugini, Batrachyla antartandica ...

There is an increasing interest in unveiling the dynamics of parasite infection. Understanding the interaction patterns, and determinants of host-parasite association contributes to filling knowledge gaps in both community ...

Mediterranean biomes have been recognized as having high value due to their diversity; they are under threat due to anthropic pressures. Both freshwater fish and amphibians show high endemism and vulnerability to several ...