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Table Mountain stands isolated – an ancient, rocky beacon of biodiversity amidst the bustling city Cape Town at the south-western tip of Africa. Its fairytale gorges and tea-coloured streams are home to an iconic but elusive amphibian – the Table Mountain Ghost Frog. The Ghosts of Table Mountain reveals the secret life of the Critically Endangered Table Mountain Ghost Frog and the freshwater ecosystems it inhabits.  Leer más.

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Most swamp-dwelling dusky salamanders of the genus Desmognathus from the Coastal Plain were long treated as a single species (Desmognathus auriculatus) ranging from east Texas to southeastern Virginia. This taxon concept was based on the name Salamandra auriculata Holbrook, 1838 with type locality Riceboro, Liberty County, Georgia and a type series that could not be located by later authors. Leer más.

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