 | Las balsas de riego sin rampas constituyen un autentico peligro para la fauna, especialmente en una tierra tan árida como la nuestra. Cuando llega el verano y se secan muchas fuentes y arroyos, el único recurso disponible para poder aplacar la sed o para reproducirse, en el caso de los anfibios, es este tipo de estructuras. Es por ello, que son muchos los animales que se acercan a este tipo de medios y por desgracia finalmente, quedan atrapados. Leer más. |
In Africa morphologically very similar frogs live along fast flowing rainforest rivers and at waterfalls, the Torrent Frogs. While studying the phylogeny of these frogs, scientists from the Berlin Natural History Museum and their colleagues from Switzerland came across a scientific sensation. Leer más.
A frog’s evening serenade beckons his would-be suitors but also summons competition from rivals and attracts predators, making dating a dangerous endeavour, international researchers said. Leer más.
 | Heiko Stuckas,Guillermo Velo-Antón,Soumia Fahd,Mohsen Kalboussi,Rachid Rouag,Marco Arculeo,Federico Marrone,Francesco Sacco,Melita Vamberger,Uwe Fritz. Organisms Diversity & Evolution. February 2014. The European pond turtle (Emys orbicularis) is a Nearctic element in the African fauna and thought to have invaded North Africa from the Iberian Peninsula. All North African populations are currently identified with the subspecies E. o. occidentalis. However, a nearly range-wide sampling in North Africa used for analyses of mitochondrial and microsatellite DNA provides evidence that only Moroccan populations belong to this taxon, while eastern Algerian and Tunisian pond turtles represent an undescribed distinct subspecies. Leer más. |
