From AmphibiaWeb News:
What distinguishes invasive amphibian species at the earliest stage of becoming invasive?
Caudata
salamanders
Lorestan Newt Is Listed by CITES
From the AWeb site:
Neurergus kaiseri, the Lorestan newt, has just been granted protection from international trade under CITES Appendix I, as of March 21, 2010.
Ambystoma californiense Listed As Endangered
From AmphibiaWeb
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.
Molecular mechanisms of extensive mitochondrial gene rearrangement in plethodontid salamanders.
.
2005. Molecular mechanisms of extensive mitochondrial gene rearrangement in plethodontid salamanders.. Mol Biol Evol. 22:2104-2112.
- 287 reads
- Tagged
- XML
- Google Scholar
Report of the Global Amphibian Assessment Group (GAA)
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
- 489 reads
