Aim As anuran reproduction is generally linked to the availability of water, frogs and toads
are particularly sensitive to climate. We tested the effect of climate on anuran reproductive …

Scinax is the most species-rich genus of Neotropical treefrogs, with 129 currently recognized
species divided between two major clades, the S. catharinae and S. ruber clades. The S …

Multiple studies have shown that exposure to pollutants can increase genotoxic damage in
different taxa. However, to our knowledge, the effects of environmental stress have been …

The mainly Mesoamerican cane toad, Rhinella horribilis, is the northernmost species in the
Rhinella marina species group of giant or cane toads, occupying an extensive range west of …

We present notable distributional updates for 14 species from western Ecuador (seven
amphibians and seven reptiles). Our findings include the northernmost confirmed sighting of …

Introducción: La biodiversidad se está perdiendo a un ritmo acelerado como resultado del
cambio global. Herramientas como los modelos de distribución de especies (MDEs) han …

Objetivo: Determinar cómo la distribución potencial predicha por los MDEs para ocho
especies de murciélagos amenazados difiere de los mapas de distribución reportados por …

Introduction: Biodiversity is being lost at an accelerating rate because of global change.
Tools such as species distribution models (SDMs) have been widely used to improve …

We report the first cases of leucism in Ceratophrys stolzmanni larvae. The leucistic
individuals were recorded in an ex-situ population for conservation and research of the …

Abstract The Neotropical Seasonally Dry Forests (NSDFs) are amongst the most vulnerable
biomes worldwide, due to their fragility, high diversity and anthropic pressure, but also …