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A hot knot of toads: Aggregation provides thermal benefits to metamorphic Andean toads
(Pergamon-Elsevier Science Ltd, 2008-02)
We tested the thermal benefits of aggregation ("knotting") for a high-elevation (>4300 m) population of metamorphic Rhinella spinulosa. Fewer knots were recorded when the sun was low on the horizon and aggregating toads ...
An experimental assessment of landscape configuration effects on frog and toad abundance and diversity in tropical agro-savannah landscapes of southeastern Brazil
(Springer, 2012-01-01)
Amphibians are an imperiled group of vertebrate animals that typically have biphasic life histories involving a shift from aquatic larval habitats to terrestrial adult habitats. Habitat loss is the greatest threat to ...
Rhaebo haematiticus (litter toad) and Craugastor fitzingeri (Fitzinger's rain frog) reproductive behavior
(2013-03)
C. fitzingeri was observed in amplexus with a large female R. haematiticus at Sarapiquí, Costa Rica
Alterações de fluidos corpóreos na rã Leptodactylus fuscus durante a estivação (Anura, Leptodactylidae).
(1990-02-01)
The frog, L. fuscus, becomes dormant during the dry season in southeastern Brazil. Plasma and urine were obtained and analyzed for K+, Na+, and osmotic concentrations in active and estivating frogs. Soil water potential ...
Alterações de fluidos corpóreos na rã Leptodactylus fuscus durante a estivação (Anura, Leptodactylidae).
(1990-02-01)
The frog, L. fuscus, becomes dormant during the dry season in southeastern Brazil. Plasma and urine were obtained and analyzed for K+, Na+, and osmotic concentrations in active and estivating frogs. Soil water potential ...
The Archipelago of Fernando de Noronha: An Intriguing Malformed Toad Hotspot in South America
(SpringerNew YorkEUA, 2009)
Cytogenetics of Brachycephalus ephippium (Anura, Brachycephalidae) with comments on its relationship to the Bufonidae
(Brill Academic PublishersLeidenHolanda, 2006)
A new species of Dendrophryniscus (Amphibia, Anura, Bufonidae) from the Atlantic Rainforest of southern Bahia, Brazil
(MAGNOLIA PRESS, 2010)
A new species of the tree toad genus Dendrophryniscus is described from a rainforest habitat at Parque Nacional de Serra das Lontras, municipality of Arataca, southern Bahia, Brazil. Dendrophryniscus oreites sp. nov. is ...
An experimental assessment of landscape configuration effects on frog and toad abundance and diversity in tropical agro-savannah landscapes of southeastern Brazil
(Springer, 2012-01-01)
Amphibians are an imperiled group of vertebrate animals that typically have biphasic life histories involving a shift from aquatic larval habitats to terrestrial adult habitats. Habitat loss is the greatest threat to ...