In this study an assessment is made of how the marsh frog P. ridibundus individuals, being
long-term inhabitants of an anthropogenically polluted habitat, are affected and what …

Longevity is one of the most important characteristics in the life history of organisms. It is
directly associated with growth, reproduction and age of sexual maturity. Despite this, little is …

Body weight and snout-vent length (SVL) data of 3006 individual Leptodactylus latrans frogs
collected over ten years in the Pampa Region of Argentina were analyzed to evaluate the …

The aquatic Andean frogs of genus Telmatobius are one of the most threatened amphibian
taxa, with many species having suffered drastic declines and even possible extinction. The …

Urbanization impacts biodiversity both directly through physical expansion over land, and
indirectly due to land use conversion and human behaviors associated with urban areas …

In this study, Bufo gargarizans (B. gargarizans) tadpoles were exposed to different fluorine
concentrations (0, 0.5, 5 and 50 mg/L NaF) from the Gosner stage 26 to 38. We evaluated …

Fluorite mining activities have been scarcely evaluated so far and the potential effect of this
activity on larval stages is poorly known. Thus, studies addressing the effect of contaminants …

In this study, basic erythrocyte sizes in P. ridibundus individuals inhabiting a polluted area
(heavy metals, nitrates, nitrites, and ammonium) in southern Bulgaria were evaluated. The …

Abstract Stormwater ponds (“SWPs”) are artificial roadside structures, conceived to retain
and clean polluted runoff water, before its release to the environment. SWPs were not …

The assessment of the health and protection of anuran amphibian populations in biotopes
damaged by anthropogenic activity is today a priority and a global problem. The aim of this …