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- North American amphibians: Distribution and diversity
Some 300 species of amphibians inhabit North America The past two decades have seen an enormous growth in interest about amphibians and an increased intensity of scientific research into their fascinating biology and continent-wide distribution This atlas presents the spectacular diversity of North American amphibians in a geographic context It covers all formally recognized amphibian species fo
- Feeding in Amphibians: Evolutionary Transformations and . . .
The nearly 7000 species of frogs make up the most species-rich group of amphibians, composing over 85% of the diversity of extant amphibians Their origin dates back to at least the early Triassic, 55 million years before their first appearance in the fossil record, as estimated by relaxed molecular clock approaches (Roelants and Bossuyt 2005)
- Diversification in a biodiversity hotspot – The evolution of . . .
A large-scale phylogeny of Amphibia including over 2800 species, and a revised classification of extant frogs, salamanders, and caecilians Mol Phylogenet Evol , 61 ( 2011 ) , pp 543 - 583
- A new species of Micryletta (Amphibia: Anura: Microhylidae . . .
Our intensive surveys in similar habitats over several other forested areas of the Langbian Plateau within Lam Dong, Khanh Hoa, and Dak Lak provinces failed to discover any new populations of Micryletta melanops sp nov ; it is likely that the new species has a limited distribution within the eastern edge of the Langbian Plateau Hence, the
- AMPHIBIAN CONTRIBUTIONS TO ECOSYSTEM SERVICES
amphibian species on the planet threatened with extinction (Stuart et al 2004; Collins and Crump 2009; Hoffmann et al 2010) An additional 22 5% are classified as Data Deficient by the IUCN, which likely contributes to an underestimation of the number of threatened amphibian species (Stuart et al 2004; Hoffmann et al 2010; Li et al 2013)
- Habitat-specific conservation priorities of multidimensional . . .
According to the latest report from the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN, 2022), over 41 % of extant amphibian species are severely threatened by extinction In China, the situation is even worse, with 43 1 % of evaluated amphibian species designated as threatened (Jiang et al , 2016)
- Amphibian Population Declines: 30 Years of Progress in . . .
While amphibian population declines are considered a global phenomenon resulting from broad-scale patterns of habitat loss, disease, pollution, climate change and introduced species (Collins and
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