 | l Parc del Garraf, ateses les seves particularitats, és un dels escenaris triats per dur a terme el Programa de conservació de la tortuga mediterrània, una espècie que pràcticament s’havia extingit en molts indrets de Catalunya on, antigament, era un animal comú en la composició faunística. Leer más. |
Fieldwork in the cloud forest of Venezuela’s remote Península de Paria in 2001 resulted in the collection of several specimens that could unquestionably be classified as members of the genus Pristimantis. Leer más.
We describe a new species of lizard assigned to the genus Proctoporus from the Historic Sanctuary of Machu Picchu in the Department of Cusco (southeastern Peru) where it inhabits a montane forest region at an elevation between 2,760–2,800 m. Leer más.
In the wake of Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis (Bt), the fungal skin infection that has exacted a devastating toll on amphibians around the world, a new, deadly fungus — that looks all too familiar — has appeared in European salamanders. Batrachochytrium salamandrivorans (Bsal) appears to have arrived in Europe with captive salamanders sold as pets. Leer más.
