El pasado 2 de febrero fue el día mundial de los humedales y para celebrarlo, desde la asociación medioambiental Muskerrak, en colaboración con el Ayuntamiento de Amurrio, se han organizado una serie de excursiones nocturnas a una de las charcas cercanas al centro urbano para conocer a sus habitantes y, en especial, a la rana ágil. Serán los días 11 y 18 de febrero, de 19.30 a 21.00 horas y el máximo de participantes por grupo será de diez personas. Leer más.

Biologists from Southern and Baja California have published the first major account of the amphibian disease chytridiomycosis in the Mediterranean region of Baja California. Their results indicate that the disease is more prevalent on the peninsula than in similar areas of Southern California. Leer más.

The phenotypic variation of some species at the geographic level makes them excellent models to evaluate different evolutionary attributes and answer questions related to their diversity. In addition, the constant effort of sampling in high Andean ecosystems that include the type localities of the species, and the integration of a novel data set can lead to unsuspected taxonomic findings.  Leer más.

A new species of Diasporus is described from the lowlands of southwestern Colombia. The new species exhibits a yellowish coloration in life, a character that it shares with other three species in the genus—Diasporus citrinobapheus, D. gularis, and D. tigrillo. Leer más.