Salamanders

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Comparative skull osteology of Karsenia koreana (Amphibia, Caudata, Plethodontidae), Buckley, D., Wake M., and Wake David B. , J. Morphol., Volume 271, p.533-558, (2009)

Comparative osteology and evolution of the lungless salamanders, family Plethodontidae, Wake, David B. , Mem. So. California Acad. Sci., Volume 4, p.1-111, (1966)

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Neurergus kaiseri, the Lorestan newt, has just been granted protection from international trade under CITES Appendix I, as of March 21, 2010.

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The California tiger salamander (Ambystoma californiense) has finally been granted protected status under the California Endangered Species Act, by a 3-2 vote of the California Fish and Game Commission on March 3, 2010. This native Californian species depends on ephemeral vernal pools for breeding, 95% of which have been lost in recent decades.

The lissamphibian humerus and elbow joint, and the origins of modern amphibians, Sigurdsen, Trond, and Bolt John R. , Journal of Morphology, Volume 270, Number 12, p.1443-1453, (2009)

Developmental processes underlying the evolution of a derived foot morphology in salamanders., Jaekel, Martin, and Wake David B. , Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Dec 18, Volume 104, Number 51, p.20437-20442, (2007)

An aquatic disease on a terrestrial salamander: individual and population level effects of the amphibian chytrid fungus, Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis, on Batrachoseps attenuatus (Plethodontidae)., Weinstein, Sara B. , Copeia, Volume 2009, Number 4, p.653-660., (2009)

Dramatic declines in neotropical salamander populations are an important part of the global amphibian crisis, Rovito, Sean M., Parra-Olea Gabriela, Vásquez-Almazán Carlos R., Papenfuss Theodore J., and Wake David B. , Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, February 9, 2009, p.-, (2009)

Transcriptional response of Mexican axolotls to Ambystoma tigrinum virus (ATV) infection, Cotter, J., Storfer A., Page R., Beachy C., and Voss S. , BMC Genomics, Jan 1, Volume 9, p.493, (2008)

Recent divergence with gene flow in Tennessee cave salamanders (Plethodontidae: Gyrinophilus) inferred from gene genealogies., Niemiller, M. L., Fitzpatrick B. M., and Miller B. T. , Molecular Ecology, Jan 1, Volume 17, p.2258-2275, (2008)

Emerging infectious disease and the loss of biodiversity in a Neotropical amphibian community, Lips, Karen R., Brem Forrest, Brenes Roberto, Reeve John D., Alford Ross A., Voyles Jamie, Carey Cynthia, Livo Lauren, Pessier Allan P., and Collins James P. , Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, February 28, 200, Volume 103, Number 9, p.3165-3170, (2006)

Multiple nuclear gene sequences identify phylogenetic species boundaries in the rapidly radiating clade of Mexican ambystomatid salamanders, Weisrock, D. W., Shaffer H. B., Storz B. L., Storz S. R., and Voss S. R. , Molecular Ecology, Volume 15, Number 9, p.2489-2503, (2006)

Falling apart and merging: diversification of Slender Salamanders (Plethodontidae: Batrachoseps) in the American West., Jockusch, E. L., and Wake David B. , Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, Volume 76, Number 3, p. 361-391, (2002)

Mitogenomic perspectives on the origin and phylogeny of living amphibians, Zhang, Peng, Zhou Hui, Chen Yue-Qin, Liu Yi-Fei, and Qu Liang-Hu , Syst. Biol., Volume 54, Number 3, p.391-400, (2005)

The Global Amphibian Assessment (GAA) is the first-ever comprehensive assessment of the conservation status of the world's 5,743 known species of frogs, toads, salamanders, and caecilians. This website presents results of the assessments, including IUCN Red List threat category, range map, ecology information, and other data for every amphibian species.

The GAA website is located at www.globalamphibians.org