Toads in a hole

• Autores: Catherine Brahic
• Localización: New scientist, ISSN 0262-4079, Nº. 3034, 2015, pág. 41
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • Faced with a worldwide collapse in frog and toad numbers, researchers around the world have begun to collect vulnerable species and try to get them to reproduce in captivity. Given the upbeat title of "reassurance colonies," these safe houses provide an environment to study the species' biology and perhaps understand why they are susceptible to chytrid fungus. Conservationist Robin Moore points out that collecting species ahead of a wave of chytrid in Panama probably prevented their extinction there, and in general conservation activities help to educate the public about the amphibians' fate.