La Conselleria de Medio Ambiente, Agua, Infraestructuras y Territorio reintroduce 41 ejemplares de gallipatos u ‘ofegabous’ en la Reserva de Fauna Silvestre de La Balsilla en el término municipal de Alcublas, con motivo del Día Mundial del Medio Ambiente. Leer más.
The results demonstrate that adults were rarely present in arable fields at any of the sites (overall 0.5% and 4% of total observations for frogs and toads, respectively). Metamorph captures in arable fields were more variable, ranging from 1.2% to 38.8% (frogs) and from 0.0% to 26.1% (toads) across study sites. Leer más.
Our results highlight that maintaining widely connected arrays of ponds of different hydroperiods, including large breeding sites free from invasive predators and competitors, is paramount for amphibian conservation in Mediterranean wetlands. Leer más.
The new species and two additional undescribed species occur on the south side of the Rio Pastaza Valley, at Cerro Candelaria within the Llanganates – Sangay Ecological Corridor, reflecting the high importance of this area for conservation and understanding of evolution processes in the area, suggesting a probably adaptive radiation zone for the P. anaiae species group. Leer más.
