Ranaviruses pose major threats to biodiversity and human livelihoods, with mass mortalities and population collapse following disease outbreaks in both wild and farmed animals. This has led to all amphibian-infecting ranaviruses and Ranavirus perca1 in fish being included on the list of notifiable agents by the World Organization for Animal Health (WOAH). Leer más.
These results suggest that speciation in midwife toads initially involve cryptic lineages, which probably evolve RI through intrinsic (genetic) hybrid incompatibilities. As they continue to diverge, these nascent species eventually differentiate externally, which potentially enforces pre-mating barriers and facilitates sympatry. Leer más.
We provide evidence that an FV3-like virus has been present in amphibians from the PNP since at least 2009. Further efforts should be taken to understand the impacts of FV3 on amphibians inhabiting the Pyrenees. Leer más.
In this study we compile data regarding lizard densities of the island populations of the Ibiza wall lizard, Podarcis
pityusensis, which can serve as a baseline for future research and control of the invasive snakes, and in particular the
horseshoe whip snake Hemorrhois hippocrepis, in the Pityusic Islands. Leer más.
We hypothesise that differences in head shape due to microhabitat and soil variation might be considered a scenario under which different amphisbaenian head morphologies initially evolved. Leer más.
