Welcome to the AmphibiaTree website!
We haven't posted much new material this summer because the Editor has been traveling. But this will change soon
These pages provide news from the community about recent research on amphibians. New papers are added regularly.
from the AmphibiaWeb site:
Can amphibians in the wild be saved from the deadly fungal disease chytridiomycosis, using bioaugmentation of naturally occurring amphibian anti-fungal skin bacteria? This summer will be the first test, in California.
From AmphibiaWeb News:
What distinguishes invasive amphibian species at the earliest stage of becoming invasive?
From AmphibiaWeb News:
Can chytridiomycosis be treated in the wild?
From the AWeb Site:
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A new paper from Acta Zoologica (Natale et al. 2010) reports that the tadpole of Ceratophrys ornata makes distress calls underwater, the first example of any larva communicating by sound underwater, and the first known of any vertebrate larva to make sounds.
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