The Western Chorus Frog is a poorly named frog, due to it not living anywhere close to the west. It used to be part of a species complex with other Chorus Frogs, such as the Upland Chorus Frog (Pseudacris feriarum), but they were eventually all split into their own species. Leer más.

Con esta imagen de Tarentola delalandi realizada por Rubén Barone se presenta el nuevo número del Boletín de la Asociación Herpetológica Española. Entre los interesantes artículos incluidos se encuentra el de Carmen Nayra Hernández Acosta de la Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria Depredación de un ejemplar de Gallotia stehlini por parte de una Pelophylax perezi. Leer más.

Researchers found that wood frogs, known for their ability to survive being frozen through, are more susceptible to lethal ranavirus infections if they have been raised in ponds high in salinity from road deicer. The findings lend more weight to the stress-induced susceptibility hypothesis, which could help explain dramatic wildlife population declines in recent years. Leer más.

Migration rates were asymmetric between ponds, with a stronger contribution from Gravera to Laguna (29.9% vs. 16.2% in the opposite direction) that may result in a rescue effect. This study emphasizes the importance of integrative demographic approaches for the monitoring of natural populations based on a better understanding of their spatio‐temporal dynamics, which provides valuable information for conservation actions. Leer más.

Villar del Olmo es el hábitat perfecto para la reproducción de anfibios como el sapo partero común y el sapillo moteado común. Así se desprende de un estudio que un grupo de investigación del Museo de Ciencias Naturales – CSIC acaba de publicar en la revista internacional Herpetological Conservation and Biology. Leer más.