The boreal toad (Bufo boreas), in decline due to such factors as habitat destruction and the Chytrid  fungal disease that has devastated amphibian populations worldwide, may qualify for protection under the Endangered Species Act. The United States Fish and Wildlife Service will conduct a 90-day finding and will release a full review of the toad’s status after 90 days. The USFWS will make a final finding to determine if the boreal toad will be afforded Endangered Species Act protection within a year.  Leer más.

Después de 4 años de trabajo y esfuerzo, la primera semana de abril eclosionaban en la sala de bioseguridad de Bioparc Fuengirola 18 huevos de Sapo Partero Bético (Alytes dickhilleni). Esto supone la primera reproducción en cautividad en España registrada hasta el momento de este especial sapo.  Leer más.

Infections with Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis (B. dendrobatidis), the causal agent of chytridiomycosis, have been shown to play an important role in the decline of amphibians worldwide. Leer más.

Kharghar resident Madhurima Gupta was shocked when she took her red-ear slider turtle for a routine health check up. The doctor found that the 13-year-old reptile had not grown to its full capacity, its legs were deformed and it was also suffering from vitamin deficiency. However, this is not a stray case. Veterinary doctors across the city are getting several such cases where pet turtles are facing nutritional deficiencies. Leer más.

Florida’s approach to saving gopher tortoises from extinction a decade ago allowed developers to bury the docile reptiles alive in their burrows in return for what critics called «blood money» that was used to buy and protect tortoise habitat elsewhere. Leer más.