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The presence of Bd in North Africa was described in 2011 and this included the distribution range of the endemic Moroccan midwife toad (Alytes maurus). Here we report new Bd positive occurrences across several distant regions of Morocco, augment the known number of infected species, and describe the first evidence of lethal chytridiomycosis in A. maurus. Thumsová et al. 2021. Thumsova_etal22

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Amphibians are considered excellent indicators of ecological and climatic changes with a remarkable phenotypic plasticity. The study of such adaptative capacities is central to understanding the climate and environmental changes that occurred during the Early-Middle Pleistocene Transition, at around 1.2 Ma, when the persistence of subtropical ecosystems in Europe came to an end, and several reptile and tree taxa were extirpated. The SE Spain sites in the Guadix-Baza Basin offer an exceptional opportunity for studying this change, in addition to the significant findings made in this area in the field of human evolution. Ir al enlace

 

UGR/DICYT Un equipo multidisciplinar de científicos ha estudiado el tamaño de las ranas que vivieron en Orce hace 1,5 millones de años y ha puesto de manifiesto que sus cuerpos aumentaban de envergadura cuando las condiciones climáticas se volvían más adversas. Esto se debió a que, con el frío y la aridez, las ranas deben almacenar energía, soportar las bajas temperaturas y aumentar su fertilidad. Leer más.

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