Sperm collection and storage for the sustainable management of amphibian biodiversity

RK Browne, AJ Silla, R Upton, G Della-Togna… - Theriogenology, 2019 - Elsevier
Current rates of biodiversity loss pose an unprecedented challenge to the conservation
community, particularly with amphibians and freshwater fish as the most threatened …

Amphibian assisted reproductive technologies: moving from technology to application

J Clulow, R Upton, VL Trudeau, S Clulow - Reproductive sciences in …, 2019 - Springer
Amphibians have experienced a catastrophic decline since the 1980s driven by disease,
habitat loss, and impacts of invasive species and face ongoing threats from climate change …

Biobanking in amphibian and reptilian conservation and management: opportunities and challenges

J Strand, H Thomsen, JB Jensen, C Marcussen… - Conservation Genetics …, 2020 - Springer
Numerous species from the classes Amphibia and Reptilia are facing extinction as a result
of habitat loss and increasing anthropogenic impact on the environment; to be more specific …

Reproduction technologies for the sustainable management of Caudata (salamander) and Gymnophiona (caecilian) biodiversity

RK Browne, SA Kaurova, K Vasudevan… - Reproduction …, 2022 - CSIRO Publishing
We review the use of reproduction technologies (RTs) to support the sustainable
management of threatened Caudata (salamanders) and Gymnophiona (caecilian) …

Effect of seasonality on hormonally induced sperm in Epidalea calamita (Amphibia, Anura, Bufonidae) and its refrigerated and cryopreservated storage

L Arregui, P Bóveda, J Gosálvez, AJ Kouba - Aquaculture, 2020 - Elsevier
An understanding of how seasonality impacts amphibian's sperm quality is crucial for the
development and implementation of assisted reproductive technologies for threatened …

Integrating current methods for the preservation of amphibian genetic resources and viable tissues to achieve best practices for species conservation

BM Zimkus, CL Hassapakis, ML Houck - 2018 - repository.sandiegozoo.org
Global amphibian declines associated with anthropogenic causes, climate change, and
amphibianspecific infectious diseases (eg, chytridiomycosis) have highlighted the …

Fertilization potential of cold-stored Fowler's toad (Anaxyrus fowleri) spermatozoa: temporal changes in sperm motility based on temperature and osmolality

L Arregui, AJ Kouba, JM Germano… - Reproduction …, 2021 - CSIRO Publishing
Asynchrony of gamete release is problematic in amphibian captive breeding programs but
can be overcome by short-term storage of spermatozoa. Hormonally induced sperm from the …