INTRODUCTION Infectious disease outbreaks among wildlife have surged in recent
decades alongside global climate change. However, the circumstances under which climate …

Distribution and host range of ranaviruses Page 19 9© The Author (s) 2015 MJ Gray, VG
Chinchar (eds.), Ranaviruses , DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-13755-1_2 Distribution and Host Range …

Ranaviruses are globally distributed pathogens in amphibian, fish, and reptile communities
that appear to be emerging. Cases of ranavirus infection or disease have been confirmed in …

The gas explosions of the mid 80's at Lakes Monoun and Nyos in Cameroon released huge
quantities of magmatic CO 2 gas that asphyxiated close to 1800 people and thousands of …

Amphibians are challenging to mark for recapture due to their small size and permeable,
sensitive, and often frequently shed skins. Photographic identification and pattern matching …

Amphibians are a disproportionately threatened group of vertebrates, the status of which in
Sub-Saharan Africa is still uncertain, with heterogeneous fauna punctuated by mountains …

Ranaviruses are DNA viruses (Family Iridoviridae; Subfamily Alphairidovirinae) and
ranaviral disease is considered an emerging infectious disease of ectothermic vertebrates …

Ex situ amphibian populations are a key component of global amphibian conservation
strategy, and optimal husbandry is vital to ex situ conservation success. Animal behavior can …

Animal behavior and welfare science can form the basis of zoo animal management.
However, even basic behavioral data are lacking for the majority of amphibian species, and …

The Lake Oku Clawed Frog Xenopus longipes is a Critically Endangered, dodecaploid
anuran endemic to Lake Oku in Cameroon. An ex situ population of this species was …