… The Amphibia are among the most imperiled of the vertebrate classes with threats from habitat
… The Amphibia are unique because most species have an aquatic larval stage followed by …

The present paper is based on material collected from Namdapha National Park in Tirap
district of Arunachal Pradesh, India. The material is not only rich in number (64 specimens) but …

The amphibian fauna from the Lower Miocene (MN4) sites Oberdorf 03 and 04 near Graz (Austria)
is com-posed of Albanerpeton inexpectatum (Albanerpetontidae); Chelotriton sp., cf. …

Evidence is presented supporting the viewpoint that all the moderns Amphibia are clearly
related. It is suggested that the three living orders constitute a natural monophyletic group-the …

The origin of land vertebrates is a constant subject of discussion. Recent findings in zoology
and paleontology (Latimeria, Ichthyostega, Hesperoherpeton, etc.) have supplied many new …

Physiology of the Amphibia, Volume III consists of 10 chapters beginning with a discussion
on amphibian color changes and the various aspects of the molting cycle. Possessing a skin …

Compared with the other vertebrate groups the Amphibia of the island of Trinidad are relatively
poorly known. There have been four surveys of the group, one in the last century and the …

INTRODUCTION lizards (Wermuth, 1965), agamid lizards (Wermuth, 1967), varanid lizards (Mertens,
1963), chelonians and crocodilians (Wermuth & Mertens, 1977), leptodactylid frogs …

The study of amphibian parasites extends back nearly 250 years to the beginnings of
helminthology itself. The literature on these parasites is widely scattered and in writing this book …

Aquatic and terrestrial amphibians integrate acoustic, magnetic, mechanical, olfactory and
visual directional information into a redundant–multisensory orientation system. The sensory …