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4. Catalogo dei tipi e degli esemplari figurati della collezione Bellardi e Sacco .

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Museo regionale di scienze naturali (Turin, Italy)., Tampieri, Rosanna, Ferrero Mortara, E., Montefameglio, Laura, Novelli, Mauro, Opesso, Gianna, Pavia, G.., Natural History Museum Library, London, Museo regionale di scienze naturali (Turin, Italy)., Tampieri, Rosanna, Ferrero Mortara, E., Montefameglio, Laura, Novelli, Mauro, Opesso, Gianna, and Pavia, G..

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Bellardi, Luigi, Catalogs and collections, Italy, Mollusks, Fossil, Museo regionale di scienze naturali (Turin, Italy), Paleontology, Sacco, Federico, Tertiary
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1984

7. Target-enriched DNA sequencing from historical type material enables a partial revision of the Madagascar giant stream frogs (genus Mantidactylus)

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Carl R. Hutter, Frank Glaw, Teddy Bruy, Franco Andreone, Nicolas Straube, Michaela Preick, Mark D. Scherz, Elvis Almeida Pereira, Mariana L. Lyra, Andolalao Rakotoarison, J. Christian Randrianantoandro, Angelica Crottini, Loïs Rancilhac, Jeffrey W. Streicher, Miguel Vences, Annemarie Ohler, Michael Hofreiter, Institut de Systématique, Evolution, Biodiversité (ISYEB ), Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle (MNHN)-École pratique des hautes études (EPHE), Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Sorbonne Université (SU)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université des Antilles (UA), Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 (UPMC)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Museo Regionale di Scienze Naturali di Torino, Sezione di Zoologia, Zoologische Staatssammlung Muenchen (SNSB), Department of Evolutianory Genetics, Max-Planck-Institut, Technische Universität Braunschweig = Technical University of Braunschweig [Braunschweig], Braunschweig University of Technology, Zoologische Staatssammlung München (ZSM-SNSB), Sorbonne Université, Universidade Federal Rural do Rio de Janeiro, University of Potsdam, University Museum of Bergen, Universidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp), The Natural History Museum, Museo Regionale di Scienze Naturali, Universidade do Porto, University of Kansas, and Université d’Antananarivo

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0106 biological sciences, Ranidae, Mantellidae, 010607 zoology, Zoology, Biology, [SDV.BID.SPT]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Biodiversity/Systematics, Phylogenetics and taxonomy, 010603 evolutionary biology, 01 natural sciences, Target enrichment, DNA sequencing, Amphibia, Madagascar, Animalia, Mantidactylus grandidieri, Chordata, Mantidactylus radaka sp. nov, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, ComputingMilieux_MISCELLANEOUS, Taxonomy, Mantidactylus guttulatus, Biodiversity, biology.organism_classification, Taxonomy (biology), Subgenus, Anura
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Made available in DSpace on 2020-12-12T01:22:39Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 0 Previous issue date: 2020-01-17 The subgenus Mantidactylus is a group of frogs endemic to Madagascar, including the largest anuran species on the island. Although these frogs are common and widely distributed, their taxonomy remains unclear. Two species are currently recognised, M. grandidieri and M. guttulatus, with another available name, Rana pigra, considered to be a synonym of M. grandidieri. However, molecular studies have suggested the presence of several cryptic species within the group. Additionally, due to the lack of prominent morphological features, allocating the available names to evolutionary lineages has proven challenging. In the present study, we take a first step towards solving these problems by using fragments of the 16S mitochondrial gene and RAG1 nuclear gene from all over the range of the subgenus to describe its genetic diversity. We also use a newly designed target enrichment laboratory protocol to sequence three mitochondrial fragments from five name-holding museum specimens (as old as 120 years) in order to determine to which lineages the existing names should be applied. The study of the 16S mitochondrial gene revealed 7 geographically separated lineages, distinct enough to be considered candidate species. Out of the five museum specimens analysed, four successfully yielded DNA sequences and could be attributed to one of the aforementioned lineages. Therefore, the name Mantidactylus grandidieri should be applied to the populations from North-Eastern Madagascar, while M. guttulatus refers to populations from inland localities along the Eastern coast of the island. On the other hand, the holotype of Rana pigra did not yield enough genetic material to allow definitive identification. While our data were not sufficient to assess the status of the four lineages distributed along the Eastern coast, the populations from North-Western Madagascar were highly distinct on both the mitochondrial and nuclear markers. We thus describe them as a new species, M. radaka sp. nov. http://www.zoobank.org/urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:1EDDAF0D-FE37-490A-B09E-E136A0C5CB35. Zoological Institute Braunschweig University of Technology Sektion Herpetologie Zoologische Staatssammlung München (ZSM-SNSB) Institut de Systématique Biodiversité (ISYEB) Sorbonne Université Programa de Pós-Graduação em Biologia Animal Departamento de Biologia Animal Laboratório de Herpetologia Universidade Federal Rural do Rio de Janeiro Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences Institute for Biochemistry and Biology University of Potsdam Department of Natural History University Museum of Bergen Depto de Zoologia Instituto de Biologia Universidade Estadual Paulista - UNESP Department of Life Sciences The Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road Museo Regionale di Scienze Naturali Research Centre in Biodiversity Genetics and Evolution Universidade do Porto Biodiversity Institute and Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology University of Kansas Mention Zoologie et Biodiversité Animale Faculté des Sciences Université d’Antananarivo Depto de Zoologia Instituto de Biologia Universidade Estadual Paulista - UNESP

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2020
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8. Choice of climate data influences predictions for current and future global invasion risks for two Phelsuma geckos

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Nicolas Dubos, Thomas W. Fieldsend, Markus A. Roesch, Stéphane Augros, Aurélien Besnard, Arthur Choeur, Ivan Ineich, Kenneth Krysko, Boris Leroy, Sparkle L. Malone, Jean-Michel Probst, Christopher Raxworthy, Angelica Crottini, Ecologie marine tropicale dans les Océans Pacifique et Indien (ENTROPIE [Réunion]), Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Université de La Réunion (UR)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Association Nature Océan Indien, Ecosystèmes lagunaires : organisation biologique et fonctionnement (ECOLAG), Université Montpellier 2 - Sciences et Techniques (UM2)-Institut Français de Recherche pour l'Exploitation de la Mer (IFREMER)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Centre d’Ecologie Fonctionnelle et Evolutive (CEFE), Université Paul-Valéry - Montpellier 3 (UPVM)-Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA)-Centre international d'études supérieures en sciences agronomiques (Montpellier SupAgro)-École Pratique des Hautes Études (EPHE), Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université de Montpellier (UM)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD [France-Sud])-Institut national d’études supérieures agronomiques de Montpellier (Montpellier SupAgro), Institut de Systématique, Evolution, Biodiversité (ISYEB ), Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle (MNHN)-École Pratique des Hautes Études (EPHE), Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Sorbonne Université (SU)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université des Antilles (UA), Biologie des Organismes et Ecosystèmes Aquatiques (BOREA), Université de Caen Normandie (UNICAEN), Normandie Université (NU)-Normandie Université (NU)-Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle (MNHN)-Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Sorbonne Université (SU)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université des Antilles (UA), Florida International University [Miami] (FIU), Parc national de La Réunion, American Museum of Natural History (AMNH), Sezione di Zoologia, and Museo Regionale di Scienze Naturali di Torino

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Ecology, Worldclim climatologies, Socio-economic factors, [SDE]Environmental Sciences, Invasive alien species, Species distribution models, CHELSA climatologies, Madagascar reptiles, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
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Invasion risks may be influenced either negatively or positively by climate change, depending on the species. These can be predicted with species distribution models, but projections can be strongly affected by the source of the environmental data (climate data source, Global Circulation Models GCM and Shared Socio-economic Pathways SSP). We modelled the distribution of Phelsuma grandis and P. laticauda, two Malagasy reptiles that are spreading globally. We accounted for drivers of spread and establishment using socio-economic factors (e.g., distance from ports) and two climate data sources, i.e., Climatologies at High Resolution for the Earth’s and Land Surface Areas (CHELSA) and Worldclim. We further quantified the degree of agreement in invasion risk models that utilised CHELSA and Worldclim data for current and future conditions. Most areas identified as highly exposed to invasion risks were consistently identified (e.g. in Caribbean and Pacific Islands). However, projected risks differed locally. We also found notable differences in quantitative invasion risk (3% difference in suitability scores for P. laticauda and up to 14% for P. grandis) under current conditions. Despite both species native distributions overlapping substantially, climate change will drive opposite responses on invasion risks by 2070 (decrease for P. grandis, increase for P. laticauda). Overall, projections of future invasion risks were the most affected by climate data source, followed by SSP. Our results highlight that assessments of current and future invasion risks are sensitive to the climate data source, especially in islands. We stress the need to account for multiple climatologies when assessing invasion risks.

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2023
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9. High interannual variability of a climate-driven amphibian community in a seasonal rainforest

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Franco Andreone, Ingrid J. Porton, Nicolas Dubos, Georges Rendrirendry, Jean Honoré, Jean Noël, Karen Freeman, Loïs Morel, Angelica Crottini, Gonçalo M. Rosa, Honoré Lava, Centre d'Ecologie et des Sciences de la COnservation (CESCO), Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle (MNHN)-Sorbonne Université (SU)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Museo Regionale di Scienze Naturali di Torino, Géoarchitecture : Territoires, Urbanisation, Biodiversité, Environnement, Université de Rennes (UR)-Université de Brest (UBO), Universidade do Porto = University of Porto, Zoological Society of London - ZSL (UNITED KINGDOM), Centre for Ecology - Evolution and Environmental Changes (cE3c), Universidade de Lisboa = University of Lisbon (ULISBOA), Université de Rennes 1 (UR1), Université de Rennes (UNIV-RENNES)-Université de Rennes (UNIV-RENNES)-Université de Brest (UBO), Universidade do Porto, Universidade de Lisboa (ULISBOA), and Repositório da Universidade de Lisboa

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0106 biological sciences, Biodiversity, Climate change, Rainforest, Temporal beta-diversity, Biology, 010603 evolutionary biology, 01 natural sciences, Abundance (ecology), medicine, Madagascar, Temporal scales, Relative species abundance, Reserve Naturelle Intégrale de Betampona, Weather, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Nature and Landscape Conservation, Ecology, Phenology, 010604 marine biology & hydrobiology, 15. Life on land, Seasonality, medicine.disease, 13. Climate action, Rainforest anurans, [SDE.BE]Environmental Sciences/Biodiversity and Ecology
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International audience; Seasonality exerts strong pressures on biodiversity patterns. Yet, temporal beta-diversity is poorly studied in tropical systems, and the drivers of variability in amphibian activity and seasonality remain largely unknown. We quantified intra- and interannual variation in temporal beta-diversity relying on a nine-year, year-round survey (51 species, n > 23,000) performed in a protected area (Betampona, Madagascar). We assessed the dependence on climate of beta-diversity and abundance using a distance-based redundancy analysis and generalised linear mixed models, respectively. Despite the majority of species being preferentially active during one specific period, beta-diversity and abundance were more variable between years than within years. Temporal variation in beta-diversity was best explained by temperature (but climate accounted for only 2% of variation). Species abundance was best explained by temperature (for 32% of the tested species), monthly humidity (30%) and monthly rainfall (24%). We found no climatic dependence for 24% of the species. Our results suggest that studies focusing on species phenology can be misleading when based on single-year surveys even in seasonal systems. The high interannual variability in diversity may be due to an adaptive responses to an important regime of stochastic events. Given the direction of the relationships between weather and abundances, we predict that a large proportion of amphibians would suffer from climate change in Madagascar. We emphasise the need to account for multiple temporal scales in studies of tropical species composition and abundance to better understand species phenology and their response to climate change, and make targeted conservation actions more effective.

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2020
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10. The Terrific Skink bite force suggests insularity as a likely driver to exceptional resource use

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Michael J. Jowers, Yuri Simone, Anthony Herrel, M. Pilar Cabezas, Raquel Xavier, Magaly Holden, Renaud Boistel, John C. Murphy, Mathieu Santin, Stephane Caut, Renoir J. Auguste, Arie van der Meijden, Franco Andreone, Ivan Ineich, Mécanismes Adaptatifs et Evolution (MECADEV), Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle (MNHN)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Universidade do Porto = University of Porto, Centre d’Ecologie Fonctionnelle et Evolutive (CEFE), Université Paul-Valéry - Montpellier 3 (UPVM)-École Pratique des Hautes Études (EPHE), Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD [France-Sud])-Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement (INRAE)-Institut Agro Montpellier, Institut national d'enseignement supérieur pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement (Institut Agro)-Institut national d'enseignement supérieur pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement (Institut Agro)-Université de Montpellier (UM), Center for NeuroImaging Research-Human MRI Neuroimaging core facility for clinical research [ICM Paris] (CENIR), Institut du Cerveau = Paris Brain Institute (ICM), Assistance publique - Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP) (AP-HP)-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-CHU Pitié-Salpêtrière [AP-HP], Assistance publique - Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP) (AP-HP)-Sorbonne Université (SU)-Sorbonne Université (SU)-Sorbonne Université (SU)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Assistance publique - Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP) (AP-HP)-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-CHU Pitié-Salpêtrière [AP-HP], Assistance publique - Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP) (AP-HP)-Sorbonne Université (SU)-Sorbonne Université (SU)-Sorbonne Université (SU)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas [Spain] (CSIC), The University of the West Indies, Museo Regionale di Scienze Naturali di Torino, Institut de Systématique, Evolution, Biodiversité (ISYEB ), Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle (MNHN)-École Pratique des Hautes Études (EPHE), and Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Sorbonne Université (SU)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université des Antilles (UA)

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PHASE CONTRAST, DIVERGENCE HYPOTHESIS, Brachyura, [SDV]Life Sciences [q-bio], BIOLOGY, Bite Force, DIET, SEXUAL-DIMORPHISM, HEAD SIZE, STABLE-ISOTOPES, Animals, Humans, Multidisciplinary, PHASE CONTRAST MICROTOMOGRAPHY, Biology and Life Sciences, Lizards, EVOLUTION, BIOMIMETICS, Biomechanical Phenomena, Diet, LACERTID LIZARDS, Jaw, Predatory Behavior, LIZARD PODARCIS-ATRATA, DARWINS FINCHES, NICHE DIVERGENCE
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Natural history museum collections hold extremely rare, extinct species often described from a single known specimen. On occasions, rediscoveries open new opportunities to understand selective forces acting on phenotypic traits. Recent rediscovery of few individuals of Bocourt´s Terrific Skink Phoboscincus bocourti, from a small and remote islet in New Caledonia allowed to genetically identify a species of land crab in its diet. To explore this further, we CT- and MRI-scanned the head of the holotype, the only preserved specimen dated to about 1870, segmented the adductor muscles of the jaw and bones, and estimated bite force through biomechanical models. These data were compared with those gathered for 332 specimens belonging to 44 other skink species. Thereafter we recorded the maximum force needed to generate mechanical failure of the exoskeleton of a crab specimen. The bite force is greater than the prey hardness, suggesting that predation on hard-shelled crabs may be an important driver of performance. The high bite force seems crucial to overcome low or seasonal variations in resource availability in these extreme insular environments. Phoboscincus bocourti appears to be an apex predator in a remote and harsh environment and the only skink known to predate on hard-shelled land crabs.

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2022
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11. TerrHum: An iOS application for classifying terrestrial humipedons and some considerations about soil classification

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Michaël Aubert, Augusto Zanella, Bernard Jabiol, Jean-François Ponge, Michael Englisch, R.-C. Le Bayon, Eckart Kolb, Klaus Katzensteiner, Giacomo Sartori, Judith Ascher-Jenull, Herbert Hager, Department of Land, Environment, Agriculture and Forestry (TeSAF), Universita degli Studi di Padova, Universität für Bodenkultur Wien [Vienne, Autriche] (BOKU), Mécanismes Adaptatifs et Evolution (MECADEV), Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle (MNHN)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), AgroParisTech, Museo Regionale di Scienze Naturali di Torino, Regione Piemonte, Technische Universität Munchen - Université Technique de Munich [Munich, Allemagne] (TUM), Université de Neuchâtel (UNINE), Étude et compréhension de la biodiversité (ECODIV), Université de Rouen Normandie (UNIROUEN), Normandie Université (NU)-Normandie Université (NU), Sciences Appliquées à L'Environnement (SCALE), Université Le Havre Normandie (ULH), Normandie Université (NU)-Normandie Université (NU)-Université de Rouen Normandie (UNIROUEN), Normandie Université (NU)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), University of Innsbruck, Federal Research and Training Centre for Forests, Natural azards and Landscape, Federal Research and Training Centre For Forests, Natural Hazards and Landscape, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences (BOKU), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université de Rouen Normandie (UNIROUEN), Normandie Université (NU)-Normandie Université (NU)-Université Le Havre Normandie (ULH), and Normandie Université (NU)

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business.product_category, Computer science, Soil Science, Cloud computing, 010501 environmental sciences, [SDV.SA.SDS]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Agricultural sciences/Soil study, computer.software_genre, 01 natural sciences, Grassland, Natural (archaeology), Phone, Internet access, Soil ecology, 0105 earth and related environmental sciences, geography, geography.geographical_feature_category, Database, business.industry, Soil classification, 04 agricultural and veterinary sciences, 15. Life on land, Humus, 040103 agronomy & agriculture, 0401 agriculture, forestry, and fisheries, business, computer
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International audience; The name TerrHum is an abbreviation of the words “Terrestrial” (not hydromorphic, not submerged) and “Humipedon” (organic and organic-mineral humus horizons). With this application, it is possible to describe and classify terrestrial forest and grassland topsoils in a system published as a Special Issue entitled “Humusica 1– Terrestrial Natural Humipedons” in the journal Applied Soil Ecology. The iOS application TerrHum allows the storage of the main content of Humusica 1 on a cellular phone. Images, diagrams and simplified tables of classification may be recalled with a few touches on the screen. Humus forms, representing five humus systems, are classified based on the vertical arrangement of diagnostic horizons and their attributes. TerrHum allows accessing specific figures that are stored in a virtual cloud and can be downloaded the first time the user recalls them. Once all figures have been opened in the device, the application is ready to use, without any further internet connection. The application is in continuous evolution.

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2019
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12. Photography-based taxonomy is inadequate, unnecessary, and potentially harmful for biological sciences

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Fenton P.D. Cotterill, Fernanda P. Werneck, Stephen W. Chordas, Enrique González-Soriano, Pierangelo Luporini, Santiago Claramunt, Santosh Kumar, Adriano B. Kury, Marcelo José Sturaro, Atsushi Tominaga, Marcos Gonçalves Lhano, Giulio Cuccodoro, Bernardo F. Santos, Alejandro Oceguera-Figueroa, Klaus Henle, Giovanni B. Delmastro, Thibaut Delsinne, Jeremy A. Miller, Thomas Ziegler, Ishan Agarwal, Rodrigo M. Feitosa, Robert C. Glotzhober, Giuliano Doria, Adeline Soulier-Perkins, Diego Baldo, Valéria da Cunha Tavares, Danilo Pacheco Cordeiro, Eli Greenbaum, Carlos Alberto Santos de Lucena, Stuart V. Nielsen, Jörn Köhler, Fernando Pacheco Rodrigues, Justin C. Bagley, Shun Ichiro Naomi, Gustavo Hormiga, Geoffrey Odhiambo Ong'ondo, Aurélien Miralles, Alexandre Uarth Christoff, Florian M. Steiner, Matthias Glaubrecht, Victor Van Cakenberghe, Wolfgang Rabitsch, Jack W. Sites, Norma J. Salcedo, Mario Alberto Cozzuol, Ward C. Wheeler, Krister T. Smith, Brian Tilston Smith, Ignacio Jose De La Riva De La Viña, Leo J. Borkin, Ângelo Parise Pinto, Marivene R. Manuel-Santos, Ana Carolina Pavan, M. J. Alves, Dan Cogălniceanu, Luciana F. Santoferrara, James M. Carpenter, Thierry Deuve De Resbecq, Beat Schätti, Jean Pierre Vacher, John G. Day, Ray C. Schmidt, Otto M. P. Oliveira, Lázaro Guevara, Jean-Lou Justine, Karthikeyan Vasudevan, Donat Agosti, Cécile Mourer-Chauviré, Brett C. Ratcliffe, Birgit C. Schlick-Steiner, Sebastian Kvist, Nathan K. Lujan, Robert Alexander Pyron, Rosana M. Rocha, Roberto Poggi, José A. Langone, Larry Lee Grismer, Václav Gvoždík, Natsuhiko Yoshikawa, Thaís P. Miranda, Elizabeth Prendini, Abel Pérez-González, Katharina C. Wollenberg Valero, Jean-Yves Rasplus, Cristiano R. Moreira, Antonietta La Terza, Fabio Siqueira Pitaluga de Godoi, Michael W. Holmes, Thomas E. Lacher, Ronald H. Pine, Matthew P. Heinicke, Steven M. Goodman, John D. Lynch, Elöd Kondorosy, Anderson Feijó, Orfeo Picariello, Wolfgang Denzer, Stefano Valdesalici, Aléssio Datovo, Jean Pierre Hugot, Yuri L. R. Leite, Heinz Grillitsch, Hernán Ortega, Dimitri Forero, Jean Carlos Santos, Marie Claude Durette-Desset, Victor H. Gonzalez, Mrugank Prabhu, Walter E. Schargel, Beate Röll, Caleb D. McMahan, Mitsuru Kuramoto, Edson A. Adriano, Jérôme Constant, Richard Laval, María A. Mendoza-Becerril, Cédric d'Udekem d'Acoz, Alain Didier Missoup, Frank Tillack, Janet K. Braun, Lindsey Swierk, André L. Netto-Ferreira, Xiaofeng Lin, Karl Heinz Jungfer, Fabio Di Dario, Vanessa Kruth Verdade, Pavel Štys, Franco Andreone, Andrés A. Ojanguren-Affilastro, Manuel Ruedi, Didier Van den Spiegel, Rahul Khot, Lars Krogmann, Lance Grande, Robert C. Drewes, Luis M. P. Ceríaco, Jeffrey W. Streicher, Jacob A. Esselstyn, Josiah H. Townsend, Wolfgang Arthofer, Wiesław Bogdanowicz, Marcos A. Raposo, Omar Torres-Carvajal, Dirk Ahrens, Theo Blick, Carlos DoNascimiento, Eric Drouet, Claudia Patricia Ornelas-García, Gervásio Silva Carvalho, Zachary H. Falin, Gaetano Odierna, Michael Maia Mincarone, Sabine Agatha, Christian De Muizon, Célio F. B. Haddad, Pablo Rodrigues Gonçalves, Maarten P.M. Vanhove, Ronald Janssen, Ulrich Burkhardt, Bernard Landry, Paúl M. Velazco, Melanie L. J. Stiassny, Erna Aescht, Sarah Siqueira Oliveira, Koshiro Eto, Thomas van de Kamp, Fabio Cianferoni, Leonardo Ferreira Machado, Luiz Carlos Pinho, Dennis Rödder, Fábio Raposo do Amaral, Shan Gao, Paulo Passos, Nikolai L. Orlov, Emanuel Tschopp, Bert Van Bocxlaer, Roman Hołyński, Isabella Van De Velde, Indraneil Das, Luciano Damián Patitucci, Daniel J. Bennett, Annemarie Ohler, Rachunliu G. Kamei, Patrick Grootaert, Tony Robillard, Jun Gong, Massimo Delfino, Antonio C. Marques, Daizy Bharti, Ira Richling, José L. O. Birindelli, Thiago Borges Fernandes Semedo, Philippe Grandcolas, Eric J. Sargis, Andreas Taeger, Jesús Molinari, Link E. Olson, Christoph Kucharzewski, Luc Janssens de Bisthoven, José P. Pombal, Ryan C. McKellar, Serge Gofas, Mário C. C. de Pinna, Kristofer M. Helgen, Pablo Quintela-Alonso, Marcos Tavares, Wolfgang A. Nässig, Jodi J. L. Rowley, Jairo Arroyave, Fabio Maria Guarino, Djoko T. Iskandar, Martin Fikáček, Joel Cracraft, Robert M. Timm, Lassad Neifar, Marcelo C. Andrade, Moisés Escalona, Max Kieckbusch, George R. Zug, J. V. Remsen, Weibo Song, Paula Beatriz Araujo, Marco Brandalise de Andrade, Luiz Alexandre Campos, Eva V. Bärmann, Thomas Lehmann, Thorsten Stoeck, Jorge Salazar-Bravo, Charles Morphy D. Santos, Joël Minet, Mann Kyoon Shin, Gustavo A. Bravo, Felipe Franco Curcio, Antoine Pariselle, Hidetoshi Ota, David R. Luz, Abdulaziz S. Alqarni, Joseph A. Cook, Cameron D. Siler, Zilda Margarete Seixas de Lucena, Guarino R. Colli, Máriom A. Carvajal, Franziska Bauer, Yves Samyn, Luke Tornabene, Stefan Merker, Favízia Freitas de Oliveira, Murilo N. L. Pastana, Luís Fábio Silveira, Moira Jane FitzPatrick, Stephen D. Busack, Max R. Lambert, Julián Faivovich, Masafumi Matsui, Bernhard A. Huber, Alexandre Aleixo, Mariana P. Marques, Jean-François Trape, Marcello Guimarães Simões, Brian L. Fisher, Brandi S. Coyner, Michael F. Bates, Marcelo Salles Rocha, Silke Schweiger, Jean Raffaëlli, Vladimir Dinets, Paulo C. A. Garcia, Devanshu Gupta, Juan M. Guayasamin, W. Brian Simison, Rudy Jocqué, Aniruddha Datta-Roy, Marcelo R. Britto, Cristiane Bastos-Silveira, Celso O. Azevedo, Roger Bour, Aidin Niamir, Leandro M. Vieira, Mark Epstein, Neal Woodman, Marcelo R. de Carvalho, José Antonio González-Orej, Martin Kruger, Ulisses Caramaschi, Marcus Guidoti, Cibele Biondo, Scott Lyell Gardner, François Dusoulier, Francisco Langeani, John E. Lattke, Helen M. Barber-James, Jan Zima, Guilherme R. R. Brito, Ricardo Moratelli, Stylianos Chatzimanolis, Carlos José Einicker Lamas, John B. Iverson, Maria Hołyńska, Aaron M. 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0106 biological sciences, [SDV]Life Sciences [q-bio], Rebuttal, 010607 zoology, Biology, [SDV.BID.SPT]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Biodiversity/Systematics, Phylogenetics and taxonomy, Q1, 010603 evolutionary biology, 01 natural sciences, Biological Science Disciplines, FOTOGRAFIA, Photography, Animals, Animal species, Biological sciences, QH426, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, ComputingMilieux_MISCELLANEOUS, Taxonomy, QL, [ SDV ] Life Sciences [q-bio], Ecology, [SDV.BA]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Animal biology, Biodiversity, Classification, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematic, Taxonomy (biology), Animal Science and Zoology, Classics
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2016
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13. Widespread presence of the pathogenic fungus Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis in wild amphibian communities in Madagascar

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Molly C. Bletz, Gonçalo M. Rosa, Franco Andreone, Elodie A. Courtois, Dirk S. Schmeller, Nirhy H. C. Rabibisoa, Falitiana C. E. Rabemananjara, Liliane Raharivololoniaina, Miguel Vences, Ché Weldon, Devin Edmonds, Christopher J. Raxworthy, Reid N. Harris, Matthew C. Fisher, Angelica Crottini, James Madison University, Technische Universität Braunschweig = Technical University of Braunschweig [Braunschweig], University of Kent [Canterbury], INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY LONDON GBR, Partenaires IRSTEA, Institut national de recherche en sciences et technologies pour l'environnement et l'agriculture (IRSTEA)-Institut national de recherche en sciences et technologies pour l'environnement et l'agriculture (IRSTEA), Universidade de Lisboa (ULISBOA), Museo Regionale di Scienze Naturali di Torino, International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), Station d’Ecologie Expérimentale du CNRS à Moulis (SEEM), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier (UT3), Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées-Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées, CNRS Guyane (USR 3456), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Laboratoire Ecologie Fonctionnelle et Environnement (ECOLAB), Université Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier (UT3), Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées-Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées-Institut Ecologie et Environnement (INEE), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut National Polytechnique (Toulouse) (Toulouse INP), Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées-Observatoire Midi-Pyrénées (OMP), Météo France-Centre National d'Études Spatiales [Toulouse] (CNES)-Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Météo France-Centre National d'Études Spatiales [Toulouse] (CNES)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Helmholtz Zentrum für Umweltforschung = Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research (UFZ), University of Mahajanga, University of Antananarivo, North-West University [Potchefstroom] (NWU), American Museum of Natural History (AMNH), Imperial College London, Universidade do Porto, Universidade de Lisboa = University of Lisbon (ULISBOA), Université de Toulouse (UT)-Université de Toulouse (UT)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Laboratoire Ecologie, Evolution, Interactions des Systèmes amazoniens (LEEISA), Institut Français de Recherche pour l'Exploitation de la Mer (IFREMER)-Université de Guyane (UG)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Laboratoire Ecologie Fonctionnelle et Environnement (LEFE), Institut Ecologie et Environnement (INEE), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier (UT3), Université de Toulouse (UT)-Université de Toulouse (UT)-Observatoire Midi-Pyrénées (OMP), Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Université Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier (UT3), Université de Toulouse (UT)-Université de Toulouse (UT)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National d'Études Spatiales [Toulouse] (CNES)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Météo-France -Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National d'Études Spatiales [Toulouse] (CNES)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Météo-France -Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut National Polytechnique (Toulouse) (Toulouse INP), Université de Toulouse (UT), Université de Mahajanga, and Universidade do Porto = University of Porto

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Amphibians, pathogenic fungus, amphibian communities, Chytridiomycota, Geography, Mycoses, [SDV]Life Sciences [q-bio], Host-Pathogen Interactions, Madagascar, Animals, DNA, Intergenic, Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis, Article
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International audience; Amphibian chytridiomycosis, an emerging infectious disease caused by the fungus Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis (Bd), has been a significant driver of amphibian declines. While globally widespread, Bd had not yet been reported from within Madagascar. We document surveys conducted across the country between 2005 and 2014, showing Bd's first record in 2010. Subsequently, Bd was detected in multiple areas, with prevalence reaching up to 100%. Detection of Bd appears to be associated with mid to high elevation sites and to have a seasonal pattern, with greater detectability during the dry season. Lineage-based PCR was performed on a subset of samples. While some did not amplify with any lineage probe, when a positive signal was observed, samples were most similar to the Global Panzootic Lineage (BdGPL). These results may suggest that Bd arrived recently, but do not exclude the existence of a previously undetected endemic Bd genotype. Representatives of all native anuran families have tested Bd-positive and exposure trials confirm infection by Bd is possible. Bd's presence could pose significant threats to Madagascar's unique “megadiverse” amphibians.

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2015
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14. Variations in age, size at maturity and gestation duration among two neighbouring populations of the alpine salamander ( Salamandra lanzai )

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Sara De Michelis, R. Guyetant, Jacques Castanet, Franco Andreone, Valentina Clima, Hélène Francillon-Vieillot, Claude Miaud, Alexandre Riberon, Laboratoire d'Ecologie Alpine (LECA), Université Joseph Fourier - Grenoble 1 (UJF)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Savoie Mont Blanc (USMB [Université de Savoie] [Université de Chambéry]), Sezione di Zoologia, Museo Regionale di Scienze Naturali di Torino, Adaptation et evolution des sytemes osteo-musculaires, Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 (UPMC)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle (MNHN), Université Joseph Fourier - Grenoble 1 (UJF)-Université Savoie Mont Blanc (USMB [Université de Savoie] [Université de Chambéry])-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), and Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle (MNHN)-Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 (UPMC)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)

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0106 biological sciences, body-size, growth, Foraging, Population, Zoology, [SDV.BID]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Biodiversity, desmognathine, phenotypic plasticity, size, 010603 evolutionary biology, 01 natural sciences, Life history theory, salamanders, gestation, Life-history traits, triturus-cristatus, biology.animal, Salamandra lanzai, Skeletochronology, education, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, [SDV.EE]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Ecology, environment, proximate cause, urodela, education.field_of_study, biology, Ecology, Hatching, 010604 marine biology & hydrobiology, food availability, biology.organism_classification, adult size, age, skeletochronology, Ectotherm, Salamander, Animal Science and Zoology, [SDE.BE]Environmental Sciences/Biodiversity and Ecology, lizard
Abstract

International audience; We describe the age structures of two neighbouring terrestrial salamander populations. The skeletochronological method was also used on larvae in utero and on new-born individuals. The age of adults was 8-24 years in population A, while males reached maturity at 3-5 years old and the youngest females were 6 years old in population B. Males and females from population B were also larger than those in population A. For the first time, lines of arrested growth (LAGs) were also found in the humerus of intra-uterine larvae and new-born individuals, indicating that young can spend up to 3 years in utero (population B) and up to 4 years (population A) before hatching. Growth of adults (fitted by the Bertalanffy model) also exhibited differences in growth coefficient (k) and mean asymptotic length (SVLmax) between sexes and populations. Local climatic conditions differed between the two areas of these populations and we hypothesize that the number of rainy days directly influences foraging during the short period of activity (< 3 months), leading to a delay in age at maturity, smaller length and growth rate, and increased gestation duration in the drier environment. The discussion is focused on proximate environmental influences on the variation of length and associated life-history traits in ectotherms, especially in terrestrial salamanders.

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2001
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15. A new microphthalmous species of Perigona Castelnau, 1835 from Ecuador (Coleoptera Carabidae)

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Giachino, Pier Mauro, Moret, Pierre, Picciau, Luca, Museo Regionale di Scienze Naturali di Torino, Regione Piemonte, Travaux et recherches archéologiques sur les cultures, les espaces et les sociétés (TRACES), Ministère de la Culture et de la Communication (MCC)-École des hautes études en sciences sociales (EHESS)-Université Toulouse - Jean Jaurès (UT2J)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), DIVAPRA- Entomologia e Zoologia applicate all'ambiente, Università degli studi di Torino (UNITO), and P. M. Giachino

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Coleoptera, Perigona, microphthalmy, Perigonini, Carabidae, Ecuador, [SDE.BE]Environmental Sciences/Biodiversity and Ecology, [SDV.BID.SPT]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Biodiversity/Systematics, Phylogenetics and taxonomy
Abstract

International audience; Description of Perigona (Neoperigona) belloi n. sp., a microphthalmous species that lives in the Andes of Ecuador (Cerro Blanco, Pichincha province and Mojanda, Imbabura province), in leaf litter, in the transition zone between the high montane forest and the lower shrub paramo.

Published
2008

16. Fossorial but widespread: the phylogeography of the common spadefoot toad (Pelobates fuscus), and the role of the Po Valley as a major source of genetic variability

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Michael Veith, Joachim Kosuch, Christophe Eggert, Franco Andreone, Spartak N. Litvinchuk, Angelica Crottini, Leo J. Borkin, Systematische en Geografische Dierkunde (inactive) (IBED, FNWI), Dipartimento di Biologia, Università degli Studi di Milano [Milano] (UNIMI), Sezione di Zoologia, Museo Regionale di Scienze Naturali di Torino, Institut für Zoologie, Johannes Gutenberg - Universität Mainz (JGU), Fachbereich VI Biogeographie, Universität Trier, Department of Herpetology, Russian Academy of Sciences [Moscow] (RAS), Institute of Cytology, Laboratoire d'Ecologie Alpine (LECA), Université Joseph Fourier - Grenoble 1 (UJF)-Université Savoie Mont Blanc (USMB [Université de Savoie] [Université de Chambéry])-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Institute for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Dynamics (IBED), and University of Amsterdam [Amsterdam] (UvA)

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0106 biological sciences, haplotypes, Pelobates fuscus, population-structure, mismatch distribution, 01 natural sciences, Nucleotide diversity, Coalescent theory, postglacial range expansion, Effective population size, Phylogeny, [SDV.EE]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Ecology, environment, 0303 health sciences, education.field_of_study, biology, Geography, Ecology, Fossils, summary, coalescent, Cytochromes b, Europe, Mitochondrial-dna, statistics, Anura, cladistic-analysis, Population, Pelobates, [SDV.BID]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Biodiversity, nucleotide diversity, 010603 evolutionary biology, 03 medical and health sciences, statistical phylogeography, geographical-distribution, Genetics, Vicariance, Animals, education, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, 030304 developmental biology, Population Density, inference, DNA, 15. Life on land, biology.organism_classification, Phylogeography, speciation, Evolutionary biology, phylogeographical analysis, [SDE.BE]Environmental Sciences/Biodiversity and Ecology, divergence, Pelobates cultripes
Abstract

International audience; Pelobates fuscus is a fossorial amphibian that inhabits much of the European plain areas. To unveil traces of expansion and contraction events of the species' range, we sequenced 702 bp of the mitochondrial cytochrome b gene. To infer the population history we applied phylogeographical methods, such as nested clade phylogeographical analysis (NCPA), and used summary statistics to analyse population structure under a neutral model of evolution. Populations were assigned to different drainage systems and we tested hypotheses of explicit refugial models using information from analysis of molecular variance, nucleotide diversity, effective population size estimation, NCPA, mismatch distribution and Bayesian dating. Coalescent simulations were used as post hoc tests for plausibility of derived or a priori assumed biogeographical hypotheses. Our combination of all approaches enabled the reconstruction of the colonization history and phylogeography of P. fuscus and confirmed a previous assumption of the existence of two major genetic lineages within P. fuscus. Using the Afro-European vicariance of Pelobates cultripes and Pelobates varaldii and applying Bayesian dating we estimated the divergence of these phylogeographical lineages to the Pliocene. We suggest the existence of three different glacial refugia: (i) the area between the Caspian and Black Seas as the origin for the expansion of the 'eastern lineage'; (ii) the Danube system as a centre of diversity for part of the 'western lineage'; (iii) the Po Valley, the largest centre of genetic variability. This fits the hypothesis that climatic fluctuation was a key event for differentiation processes in P. fuscus.

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2007
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17. Consistency of Published Results on the Pathogen Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis in Madagascar: Formal Comment on Kolby et al. Rapid Response to Evaluate the Presence of Amphibian Chytrid Fungus (Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis) and Ranavirus in Wild Amphibian Populations in Madagascar

Author

Devin Edmonds, Nirhy H. C. Rabibisoa, Franco Andreone, Miguel Vences, Ché Weldon, Molly C. Bletz, Elodie A. Courtois, Liliane Raharivololoniaina, Gonçalo M. Rosa, Falitiana C. E. Rabemananjara, Dirk S. Schmeller, Matthew C. Fisher, Reid N. Harris, Christopher J. Raxworthy, Angelica Crottini, Natural Environment Research Council (NERC), Technische Universität Braunschweig = Technical University of Braunschweig [Braunschweig], University of Kent [Canterbury], INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY LONDON GBR, Partenaires IRSTEA, Institut national de recherche en sciences et technologies pour l'environnement et l'agriculture (IRSTEA)-Institut national de recherche en sciences et technologies pour l'environnement et l'agriculture (IRSTEA), Universidade de Lisboa (ULISBOA), Museo Regionale di Scienze Naturali di Torino, International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), Station d’Ecologie Expérimentale du CNRS à Moulis (SEEM), Université Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier (UT3), Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées-Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), CNRS Guyane (USR 3456), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Laboratoire Ecologie Fonctionnelle et Environnement (ECOLAB), Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées-Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées-Institut Ecologie et Environnement (INEE), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut National Polytechnique (Toulouse) (Toulouse INP), Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées-Observatoire Midi-Pyrénées (OMP), Météo France-Centre National d'Études Spatiales [Toulouse] (CNES)-Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Météo France-Centre National d'Études Spatiales [Toulouse] (CNES)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Helmholtz Zentrum für Umweltforschung = Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research (UFZ), University of Mahajanga, University of Antananarivo, North-West University [Potchefstroom] (NWU), American Museum of Natural History (AMNH), James Madison University, Imperial College London, Centro de Investigacão em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos (CIBIO), and Universidade do Porto

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Wet season, Amphibian Chytrid Fungus, General Science & Technology, Water flow, Fauna, Ranavirus, Population, lcsh:Medicine, Biology, MD Multidisciplinary, Dry season, Madagascar, medicine, Animals, [SDV.MP.PAR]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Microbiology and Parasitology/Parasitology, lcsh:Science, education, Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis, Wild Amphibian Populations, [SDV.MP.MYC]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Microbiology and Parasitology/Mycology, Panzootic, education.field_of_study, [SDV.BA.MVSA]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Animal biology/Veterinary medicine and animal Health, Science & Technology, Multidisciplinary, Ecology, lcsh:R, Seasonality, medicine.disease, Monitoring program, DNA Virus Infections, Multidisciplinary Sciences, Mycoses, Science & Technology - Other Topics, lcsh:Q, Pathogen Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis, Anura, Water Microbiology
Abstract

A recent paper by Kolby et al. [1], surveying for Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis (Bd) and ranavirus in Madagascar, presents results for 508 amphibian specimens and 68 water bodies sampled during a 2-month period of the 2013–14 wet season. Kolby et al. [1] did not detect Bd in any of the samples, presenting evidence that add to our understanding of Bd dynamics in Madagascar. Earlier in 2015, we published “Widespread presence of the pathogenic fungus Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis in wild amphibian communities in Madagascar” in the journal Scientific Reports [2]. We presented rigorous spatial and temporal surveillance data for 4,155 amphibians sampled across a 10-year period, and used two independent molecular diagnostics to demonstrate the occurrence of a molecular signature of Bd infection at multiple locations across the island. We focus here on solely the Bd results, which directly relate to our published study. While the conclusions of Bd’s occurrence and prevalence in Madagascar may appear to conflict between these papers, upon closer investigation the data sets actually complement each other. Our evidence for Bd’s presence and its widespread incidence is based on multi-year monitoring data carried out through the National Monitoring Program [3] and allied survey efforts, occurring in both the wet and dry season. Our data collected during the same time as Kolby et al.’s sampling (2013–14 wet season), is consistent with their recently published results [1,2] (summarized in Table 1). Therefore, Kolby et al.’s conclusion that our data “highly contradict” those reported in their study is inaccurate. In the 2013–14 wet season, we sampled 569 frogs from 8 locations, of which only 3 samples showed a positive signal for Bd. The positive samples were collected from one individual at each of three sites: Antoetra, Ranomafana, and Ankaratra. While both datasets (the sampling reported in Kolby et al. 2015 and the wet season 2013–2014 sampling reported in Bletz et al. 2015) surveyed numerous individuals and locations across the island, there are some differences in sampling locations. More specifically, one of our positive occurrences came from Antoetra, which was not surveyed by Kolby et al [1]. Two of our positives do come from locations surveyed by both groups: Ranomafana and Ankaratra; if we combine the sub-sites within these locations, the prevalence is 0.0043 and 0.0062 respectively, which falls within the prevalence confidence intervals presented in Kolby et al. [1] (Table 1). This same logic is used by Kolby et al. [1] to show the complementarity of their field survey data and Kolby’s previous work showing Bd’s presence in amphibians imported into the US from Madagascar [4]. Both datasets are consistent with the conclusion that Bd had a very low prevalence during the 2013–2014 wet season. Table 1 Summary of published Bd survey data for the 2013–2014 wet season. The low prevalence detected in the wet season may likely be explained by seasonality of Bd. Both papers discuss the possibility of seasonal patterns, where Bd prevalence decreases in the warmer, wetter season and increases in the cooler, dryer season due to climatic or so-far un-described environmental factors. This phenomenon is not unusual and several studies have noted a high degree of seasonal variation in the prevalence of Bd (e.g. [5, 6, 7, 8]). In our published study [2] we present preliminary evidence of a seasonal pattern of Bd, showing that prevalence and/or detection was greater in the dryer, cooler season (May-Oct) than the wetter, warmer season (Nov-April) [2]. This seasonal pattern we documented likely explains the lack of detection by Kolby et al. since they sampled only in the wet (and warmer) season. Kolby et al. [1] supplement their individual sampling with the analysis of filtered water from natural habitats. In this case, the lack of Bd detection might be associated with increased water flow due to increased rainfall during the wet season, which could lower the concentration of Bd zoospores to undetectable levels. Additionally, water-filters of natural water bodies have also been found to be less sensitive than direct sampling of amphibians [9,10]. To better understand seasonal variation as well as other factors such as geographic distribution and host species variation, additional sampling across wet and dry season in a uniform and standardize manner will be important. The major difference between these papers is that we draw from data collected in multiple years and seasons and from a much larger sample of amphibians with further validation using chytrid lineage-based PCR amplification, making our study more comprehensive in nature. Kolby et al. [1] surveyed for a 2-month period, which makes it difficult to make general assumptions about pathogen occurrence from such a small snap shot in time. Our data set thus allows for the conclusion of the “widespread presence of Bd” as we document repeated detections of Bd at geographically distant locations in Madagascar albeit with varying degree of prevalence among sites and seasons. We also have secondary confirmation and validation of Bd’s presence from an independent non-nuclear lineage specific qPCR designed to the Bd mtDNA locus, which is unique to our study. Kolby et al. [1] suggest that Bd in Madagascar cannot yet be described with certainty in part due to the variability of sampling and detection methods. We acknowledge ourselves that our use of various methods may confound some of our findings, such as the seasonal pattern of Bd; however, and importantly, this does not negate or question the evidence for Bd-positive samples collected from Madagascar. While the data presented by both studies indicate a low prevalence of Bd in Madagascar in 2014, we argue that the additional multi-year data we have collected strongly supports the occurrence of one or more Bd lineage(s) in the samples collected from wild Madagascar amphibians. A similar conclusion was also made by Kolby et al. [4] based on their observations of Bd in wild-caught frogs from Madagascar that were imported into the USA. Definitive and final confirmation of Bd in Madagascar awaits histopathology, isolation of a Bd culture, and/or genome sequencing. These additional analyses can clarify whether Madagascar is facing the panzootic, hypervirulent Bd-GPL or a different (possibly endemic) Bd-lineage. More importantly, our results may have serious conservation implications. We presented strong evidence that at least one lineage of Bd exists in Madagascar, with increased prevalence at some locations during the dry season. It remains to be understood if this genotype is virulent with respect to the resident anuran fauna and capable of causing population declines. Using the ‘precautionary principle’ in reacting to suspected introductions of novel emerging infectious diseases infecting wildlife [11] it is essential to initiate conservation actions. Continuing ongoing population monitoring of Madagascar's amphibians and pathogen surveillance through the NMP are therefore essential and are a priority of the national amphibian conservation strategy for the country known as ‘A Conservation Strategy for the Amphibians of Madagascar (ACSAM) [12,13]. If it is relatively hypovirulent, it gives conservationists time to engage in mitigation strategies and to plan for the possible (and likely inevitable) arrival of a virulent genotype, which could threaten the diverse, endemic frog communities.

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2015
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18. Into the canyons: The phylogeography of the Malagasy frogs Mantella expectata and Scaphiophryne gottlebei in the arid Isalo Massif, and its significance for conservation (Amphibia: Mantellidae and Microhylidae)

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Ylenia Chiari, Vincenzo Mercurio, Axel Meyer, Angelica Crottini, Franco Andreone, Miguel Vences, Sezione di Zoologia, Museo Regionale di Scienze Naturali di Torino, Zoological Institute, Technische Universität Braunschweig = Technical University of Braunschweig [Braunschweig], Zoology and Evolutionary Biology, Department of Biology, University of Konstanz, Institut des Sciences de l'Evolution de Montpellier (UMR ISEM), Centre de Coopération Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le Développement (Cirad)-École pratique des hautes études (EPHE), Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université de Montpellier (UM)-Institut de recherche pour le développement [IRD] : UR226-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Section Herpetology, Forschungsinstitut und Naturmuseum Senckenberg, Forschungsinstitut und Naturmuseum Senckenberg, École pratique des hautes études (EPHE), and Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université de Montpellier (UM)-Centre de Coopération Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le Développement (Cirad)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut de recherche pour le développement [IRD] : UR226

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0106 biological sciences, Microhylidae, Range (biology), Cytochrome b, 010607 zoology, Mantellidae, Conservation, 010603 evolutionary biology, 01 natural sciences, ddc:570, Madagascar, Scaphiophryne gottlebei, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, ComputingMilieux_MISCELLANEOUS, Mantella, Genetic diversity, biology, Ecology, Scaphiophryne gottlebe, 15. Life on land, biology.organism_classification, Gene flow, Phylogeography, Threatened species, [SDE.BE]Environmental Sciences/Biodiversity and Ecology, Mantella expectata
Abstract

Scaphiophryne gottlebei and Mantella expectata are two endemic and threatened frog species that live syntopically in the arid Isalo Massif in southern Madagascar. They share large parts of their distribution areas but differ in their natural history. Scaphiophryne gottlebei is more often found in canyons, while M. expectata prefers open habitats. Using samples from their known distribution areas, we investigated the genetic variability of these species by analyzing an approximately 600 base-pair fragment of the mitochondrial cytochrome b gene. Both species include a few widespread and common haplotypes as well as a number of other, geographically restricted ones. However, M. expectata exhibits more geographic substructure than S. gottlebei, in which one main haplotype represents individuals from various localities across the largest part of the distribution range. Comparing populations inside and outside of the Parc National de l’Isalo showed that the park does not harbour the bulk of the overall genetic diversity of the two species. These results emphasize the importance of so far unprotected habitats for the conservation of genetic variation in the endemic fauna of the Isalo region and of Madagascar in general.

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19. Small population size and possible extirpation of the threatened Malagasy poison frog Mantella cowanii .

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Edmonds D, Andriantsimanarilafy RR, Crottini A, Dreslik MJ, Newton-Youens J, Ramahefason A, Randrianantoandro CJ, and Andreone F

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Animals, Madagascar, Extinction, Biological, Ecosystem, Population Dynamics, Poison Frogs, Endangered Species, Population Density, Conservation of Natural Resources, Anura
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Amphibians are experiencing severe population declines, requiring targeted conservation action for the most threatened species and habitats. Unfortunately, we do not know the basic demographic traits of most species, which hinders population recovery efforts. We studied one of Madagascar's most threatened frog species, the harlequin mantella ( Mantella cowanii ), to confirm it is still present at historic localities and estimate annual survival and population sizes. We surveyed eleven of all thirteen known localities and were able to detect the species at eight. Using a naïve estimate of detection probability from sites with confirmed presence, we estimated 1.54 surveys (95% CI [1.10-2.37]) are needed to infer absence with 95% confidence, suggesting the three populations where we did not detect M. cowanii are now extirpated. However, we also report two new populations for the first time. Repeated annual surveys at three sites showed population sizes ranged from 13-137 adults over 3-8 years, with the most intensively surveyed site experiencing a >80% reduction in population size during 2015-2023. Annual adult survival was moderately high (0.529-0.618) and we recaptured five individuals in 2022 and one in 2023 first captured as adults in 2015, revealing the maximum lifespan of the species in nature can reach 9 years and beyond. Our results confirm M. cowanii is characterized by a slower life history pace than other Mantella species, putting it at greater extinction risk. Illegal collection for the international pet trade and continued habitat degradation are the main threats to the species. We recommend conservation efforts continue monitoring M. cowanii populations and reassess the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Red List status because the species may be Critically Endangered rather than Endangered based on population size and trends., Competing Interests: The authors declare that they have no competing interests., (© 2024 Edmonds et al.)

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2024
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20. A new species of colorful Platypelis (Amphibia: Microhylidae) from the Tsaratanàna and Bemanevika massifs in northern Madagascar.

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Rakotoarison A, Vences M, Andreone F, Crottini A, Glaw F, Scherz MD, and Raselimanana AP

Subjects
Animals, Madagascar, Male, Female, Organ Size, Animal Structures anatomy & histology, Animal Structures growth & development, Ecosystem, RNA, Ribosomal, 16S genetics, Anura anatomy & histology, Anura classification, Phylogeny, Animal Distribution, Body Size
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Frogs of the genus Platypelis are known to have their center of species richness in the mountain massifs of northern Madagascar. We here formally describe a new species of Platypelis from this region. Platypelis saikamavo sp. nov. has been known for over 20 years but its taxonomic identity has only recently been robustly clarified as a result of ongoing taxonomic revisions of other Platypelis species. The new species is known from rainforest on the Tsaratanàna Massif and Bemanevika, at elevations of 1000-1530 m above sea level. It is characterized by an isolated phylogenetic position and is genetically highly divergent, with an uncorrected pairwise distance ≥4.5% in the mitochondrial 16S rRNA gene to all other nominal species of Platypelis. It has a unique combination of morphological and chromatic character states such as a relatively large body size of 28-31 mm in snout-vent length, distinct superciliary tubercles, and bright yellow color around the forelimb insertion and on the posterior abdomen where this color extends in the form of flash marks onto the inguinal region.

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2024
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22. Taxonomizing a truly morphologically cryptic complex of dwarf geckos from Madagascar: molecular evidence for new species-level lineages within the Lygodactylus tolampyae complex.

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Vences M, Multzsch M, Zerbe M, Gippner S, Andreone F, Crottini A, Glaw F, Köhler J, Rakotomanga S, Rasamison S, and Raselimanana AP

Subjects
Animals, Madagascar, Female, Male, RNA, Ribosomal, 16S genetics, Animal Structures anatomy & histology, Animal Structures growth & development, Lizards classification, Lizards genetics, Lizards anatomy & histology, Phylogeny, Animal Distribution
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The Lygodactylus tolampyae complex includes several deep genetic lineages of small diurnal geckos from the West and North West of Madagascar whose taxonomy is largely unsolved. We sequenced DNA fragments of one mitochondrial and four nuclear-encoded genes for up to 70 samples across the entire known range of these geckos. We find as many as 11 mitochondrial lineages differentiated by >4% pairwise distances in the 16S rRNA gene fragment, with >9% pairwise distance for the majority of lineage comparisons. Many of these lineages were concordantly differentiated in all of the nuclear-encoded genes without any haplotype sharing, despite the syntopic occurrence of some of them. We therefore hypothesize that the complex contains seven candidate species, but a comprehensive taxonomic resolution is complicated by various hindrances. These include incomplete sampling, with two lineages each known only from a single specimen, and one further lineage with no voucher specimens available for examination. Further hurdles are the probably lost holotype of L. tolampyae and its imprecise type locality, as well as the apparent lack of any morphological differentiation between the majority of the genetic lineages. Based on a survey of historical literature and the travel routes of the original collector, A. Grandidier, we conclude that the provenance of the holotype of L. tolampyae is likely in the wider Morondava area in the West and assign the sole candidate species from this area to this name. We then proceed to describe three species that represent separate genetic lineages for all markers studied: Lygodactylus morii sp. nov., a species common in Ankarafantsika National Park and several nearby sites in the North West; L. herilalai sp. nov., a species occurring in close syntopy with L. morii in Ankarafantsika without any signal of genetic admixture; and L. schwitzeri sp. nov. from Sahamalaza Peninsula in the North West. This leaves three more lineages without a name and with the need to gather additional samples, two from Namoroka National Park and one from other sites in the North West. We confirm the L. tolampyae complex to be an apparently rare example of truly cryptic reptile species in Madagascar, where even detailed morphological examination does not reveal morphological differences among lineages that are clearly evolutionarily independent and require recognition as distinct species due to their co-occurrence without admixture.

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2024
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23. Molecular systematics of the subgenus Gephyromantis (Phylacomantis) with description of a new subspecies.

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Scherz MD, Rudolph J, Rakotondratsima M, Ratsoavina FM, Crottini A, Andreone F, Glaw F, and Vences M

Subjects
Animals, Madagascar, Female, Male, Animal Structures anatomy & histology, Animal Structures growth & development, Body Size, Organ Size, Genetic Variation, Phylogeny, Animal Distribution, Anura anatomy & histology, Anura genetics, Anura classification
Abstract

The mantellid subgenus Phylacomantis (genus Gephyromantis) currently contains four species of frogs distributed in the South (G. corvus, G. kintana), West (G. atsingy), North East, North, and Sambirano regions (G. pseudoasper) in Madagascar. We assess the molecular systematics of these amphibians based on extended sampling and analysis of multiple nuclear-encoded and mitochondrial genes. We confirm the delimitation of the four known species, which form monophyletic groups in a mitochondrial tree and separate phylogroups without haplotype sharing in haplotype networks of four nuclear markers. Newly included samples of G. pseudoasper from the North and North East regions confirm a comparatively low genetic variation of this species across its range, with pairwise genetic distance in the 16S gene not exceeding 1.4%. On the contrary, newly collected specimens from three sites in the North East and North West of the island strongly differed from all other Phylacomantis, with genetic distances exceeding 4.8% for the16S gene. Mitochondrial and nuclear markers strongly suggest them to be sister to G. corvus from the South. Due to haplotype sharing in two nuclear genes, absence of detectable morphological differences, and lack of data on bioacoustic differentiation, we describe these populations as a new subspecies, G. corvus bakilana ssp. nov., emphasizing that this taxon may be elevated to species status in the future pending new data. This biogeographic pattern, with apparently disjunct sister lineages in the South vs. North West of Madagascar, is rare among Malagasy anurans and calls for increased exploration of the remaining humid forest fragments in the North West and West of the island.

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2024
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24. Author Correction: Ongoing declines for the world's amphibians in the face of emerging threats.

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Luedtke JA, Chanson J, Neam K, Hobin L, Maciel AO, Catenazzi A, Borzée A, Hamidy A, Aowphol A, Jean A, Sosa-Bartuano Á, Fong G A, de Silva A, Fouquet A, Angulo A, Kidov AA, Muñoz Saravia A, Diesmos AC, Tominaga A, Shrestha B, Gratwicke B, Tjaturadi B, Martínez Rivera CC, Vásquez Almazán CR, Señaris C, Chandramouli SR, Strüssmann C, Cortez Fernández CF, Azat C, Hoskin CJ, Hilton-Taylor C, Whyte DL, Gower DJ, Olson DH, Cisneros-Heredia DF, Santana DJ, Nagombi E, Najafi-Majd E, Quah ESH, Bolaños F, Xie F, Brusquetti F, Álvarez FS, Andreone F, Glaw F, Castañeda FE, Kraus F, Parra-Olea G, Chaves G, Medina-Rangel GF, González-Durán G, Ortega-Andrade HM, Machado IF, Das I, Dias IR, Urbina-Cardona JN, Crnobrnja-Isailović J, Yang JH, Jianping J, Wangyal JT, Rowley JJL, Measey J, Vasudevan K, Chan KO, Gururaja KV, Ovaska K, Warr LC, Canseco-Márquez L, Toledo LF, Díaz LM, Khan MMH, Meegaskumbura M, Acevedo ME, Napoli MF, Ponce MA, Vaira M, Lampo M, Yánez-Muñoz MH, Scherz MD, Rödel MO, Matsui M, Fildor M, Kusrini MD, Ahmed MF, Rais M, Kouamé NG, García N, Gonwouo NL, Burrowes PA, Imbun PY, Wagner P, Kok PJR, Joglar RL, Auguste RJ, Brandão RA, Ibáñez R, von May R, Hedges SB, Biju SD, Ganesh SR, Wren S, Das S, Flechas SV, Ashpole SL, Robleto-Hernández SJ, Loader SP, Incháustegui SJ, Garg S, Phimmachak S, Richards SJ, Slimani T, Osborne-Naikatini T, Abreu-Jardim TPF, Condez TH, De Carvalho TR, Cutajar TP, Pierson TW, Nguyen TQ, Kaya U, Yuan Z, Long B, Langhammer P, and Stuart SN

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2024
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25. A multidisciplinary approach to estimating wolf population size for long-term conservation.

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Marucco F, Boiani MV, Dupont P, Milleret C, Avanzinelli E, Pilgrim K, Schwartz MK, von Hardenberg A, Perrone DS, Friard OP, Menzano A, Bisi F, Fattori U, Tomasella M, Calderola S, Carolfi S, Ferrari P, Chioso C, Truc F, Bombieri G, Pedrotti L, Righetti D, Acutis PL, Guglielmo F, Hauffe HC, Rossi C, Caniglia R, Aragno P, La Morgia V, Genovesi P, and Bischof R

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Animals, Humans, Conservation of Natural Resources, Population Density, Animals, Wild, Wolves genetics
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The wolf (Canis lupus) is among the most controversial of wildlife species. Abundance estimates are required to inform public debate and policy decisions, but obtaining them at biologically relevant scales is challenging. We developed a system for comprehensive population estimation across the Italian alpine region (100,000 km 2 ), involving 1513 trained operators representing 160 institutions. This extensive network allowed for coordinated genetic sample collection and landscape-level spatial capture-recapture analyses that transcended administrative boundaries to produce the first estimates of key parameters for wolf population status assessment. Wolf abundance was estimated at 952 individuals (95% credible interval 816-1120) and 135 reproductive units (i.e., packs) (95% credible interval 112-165). We also estimated that mature individuals accounted for 33-45% of the entire population. The monitoring effort was spatially estimated thereby overcoming an important limitation of citizen science data. This is an important approach for promoting wolf-human coexistence based on wolf abundance monitoring and an endorsement of large-scale harmonized conservation practices., (© 2023 The Authors. Conservation Biology published by Wiley Periodicals LLC on behalf of Society for Conservation Biology.)

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2023
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26. Spatial Ecology of an Arboreal Iguana ( Oplurus cyclurus ) in a Treeless Landscape.

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Licata F, Eusebio Bergò P, Edmonds D, Andreone F, and Rosa GM

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Understanding the spatial ecology of species has important implications for conservation, as it helps identify suitable habitats and minimum requirements for biodiversity monitoring and management. The spiny-tailed lizard Oplurus cyclurus is a widespread endemic iguanid occurring in dry areas of southern and western Madagascar. While the species is known to be mostly arboreal, populations of the Isalo sandstone massif suggest local adaptation to a less forested savannah and a more exposed habitat. We radio-tracked 19 spiny-tailed lizards to investigate the species' rock-dwelling behaviour and spatial ecology at Isalo National Park. Tracked individuals showed high site and burrow fidelity, and a basking behaviour mostly tied to the accessibility of their burrow, the time of day, and their life stage. Activity peaked during the sunniest hours, while juveniles were more active than adults with unfavourable weather conditions. Despite high burrow fidelity, lizards used shelters non-exclusively, regularly changing (approx. once a week) with neighbouring burrows (average distance between burrows = 13.6 m). However, there was no obvious relation between lizards' body and/or tail size and the width and depth of selected burrows. Dynamic Brownian Bridge Movement Models estimated frequented areas over 247.8 m 2 (95% isopleth), where territorial overlap is common. Our results challenge the notion that burrow-site fidelity is the sole driving factor behind space utilization in the studied population. We argue that the apparently unusual saxicolous habits imposed by habitat features (the absence of trees) may lead to local behavioural adjustments influencing antipredatory and foraging strategies, as well as intraspecific interactions.

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2023
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27. Another step through the crux: a new microendemic rock-dwelling Paroedura (Squamata, Gekkonidae) from south-central Madagascar.

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Piccoli C, Belluardo F, Lobón-Rovira J, Oliveira Alves I, Rasoazanany M, Andreone F, Rosa GM, and Crottini A

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Using an integrative taxonomic approach including genetic and morphological data, we formally describe a new microendemic gecko species belonging to the Paroedurabastardi clade, previously referred to as P.bastardi D. We name this taxon currently known from Anja Reserve and Tsaranoro Valley Forest (south-central Madagascar), as P.manongavato sp. nov. The new species differs from other species of the P.bastardi clade by ≥ 12.4% uncorrected p -distance at the mitochondrial 16S rRNA gene and it forms a monophyletic group in the COI mtDNA phylogenetic tree. It lacks haplotype sharing at the nuclear KIAA1239 and CMOS genes with the other species of the same complex, including the syntopic P.rennerae . Given its limited extent of occurrence and high levels of habitat fragmentation linked to forest clearances and fires, we propose the IUCN Red List Category of Critically Endangered, based on the B1ab(iii) criterion. The conservation value of Anja Reserve and Tsaranoro Valley Forest is remarkable. Preserving the remaining deciduous forest habitat is of paramount importance to protect these narrow-range reptile species., Competing Interests: The authors have declared that no competing interests exist., (Costanza Piccoli, Francesco Belluardo, Javier Lobón-Rovira, Ivo Oliveira Alves, Malalatiana Rasoazanany, Franco Andreone, Gonçalo M. Rosa, Angelica Crottini.)

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2023
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28. Gray versus yellow ventral coloration: Identity, distribution, color polymorphism and molecular relationships of the microhylid frog Platypelis mavomavo Andreone, Fenolio & Walvoord, 2003.

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Rakotoarison A, Scherz MD, Mullin KE, Crottini A, Petzold A, Ranjanaharisoa FA, Maheritafika HMR, Rafanoharana JM, Raherinjatovo H, Andreone F, Glaw F, and Vences M

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Animals, RNA, Ribosomal, 16S, Phylogeny, Anura genetics, Polymorphism, Genetic
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The Malagasy frog Platypelis mavomavo from Ambolokopatrika in the North East of Madagascar was originally diagnosed based on its bright yellow venter, but only limited information on this species has become available after its initial description in 2003. Several Platypelis specimens with yellow ventral color have been erroneously assigned to this species due to a lack of DNA sequences from the P. mavomavo type series. On the other hand, the candidate species Platypelis sp. Ca10 from Andranomapanga in the Northern Central East of Madagascar with gray ventral color has been defined based on its genetic differentiation from other nominal Platypelis species. Here we study the genetic variation of P. mavomavo and P. sp. Ca10 based on mitochondrial (16S rRNA) and nuclear-encoded (RAG-1) genes, including a newly determined sequence from the P. mavomavo holotype, which was studied using a museomics approach. We find only limited genetic variation among the samples studied, and this variation is unlinked to ventral coloration but instead reflects geographic distribution. We, therefore, conclude that P. sp. Ca10 is a gray-colored variant of P. mavomavo, and that P. mavomavo is rather widespread in the North East and Northern Central East of Madagascar, with populations in areas bordering the North West (Ambohitantely) and Sambirano (Ampotsidy) geographic regions, and the yellow-bellied morph restricted to the North East (Makira, Ambolokopatrika). Due to the range extension of P. mavomavo, the conservation status of the species requires re-assessment.

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2023
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29. Ongoing declines for the world's amphibians in the face of emerging threats.

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Luedtke JA, Chanson J, Neam K, Hobin L, Maciel AO, Catenazzi A, Borzée A, Hamidy A, Aowphol A, Jean A, Sosa-Bartuano Á, Fong G A, de Silva A, Fouquet A, Angulo A, Kidov AA, Muñoz Saravia A, Diesmos AC, Tominaga A, Shrestha B, Gratwicke B, Tjaturadi B, Martínez Rivera CC, Vásquez Almazán CR, Señaris C, Chandramouli SR, Strüssmann C, Cortez Fernández CF, Azat C, Hoskin CJ, Hilton-Taylor C, Whyte DL, Gower DJ, Olson DH, Cisneros-Heredia DF, Santana DJ, Nagombi E, Najafi-Majd E, Quah ESH, Bolaños F, Xie F, Brusquetti F, Álvarez FS, Andreone F, Glaw F, Castañeda FE, Kraus F, Parra-Olea G, Chaves G, Medina-Rangel GF, González-Durán G, Ortega-Andrade HM, Machado IF, Das I, Dias IR, Urbina-Cardona JN, Crnobrnja-Isailović J, Yang JH, Jianping J, Wangyal JT, Rowley JJL, Measey J, Vasudevan K, Chan KO, Gururaja KV, Ovaska K, Warr LC, Canseco-Márquez L, Toledo LF, Díaz LM, Khan MMH, Meegaskumbura M, Acevedo ME, Napoli MF, Ponce MA, Vaira M, Lampo M, Yánez-Muñoz MH, Scherz MD, Rödel MO, Matsui M, Fildor M, Kusrini MD, Ahmed MF, Rais M, Kouamé NG, García N, Gonwouo NL, Burrowes PA, Imbun PY, Wagner P, Kok PJR, Joglar RL, Auguste RJ, Brandão RA, Ibáñez R, von May R, Hedges SB, Biju SD, Ganesh SR, Wren S, Das S, Flechas SV, Ashpole SL, Robleto-Hernández SJ, Loader SP, Incháustegui SJ, Garg S, Phimmachak S, Richards SJ, Slimani T, Osborne-Naikatini T, Abreu-Jardim TPF, Condez TH, De Carvalho TR, Cutajar TP, Pierson TW, Nguyen TQ, Kaya U, Yuan Z, Long B, Langhammer P, and Stuart SN

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Animals, Biodiversity, Conservation of Natural Resources economics, Conservation of Natural Resources trends, Extinction, Biological, Risk, Urodela classification, Amphibians classification, Climate Change statistics & numerical data, Ecosystem, Endangered Species statistics & numerical data, Endangered Species trends
Abstract

Systematic assessments of species extinction risk at regular intervals are necessary for informing conservation action 1,2 . Ongoing developments in taxonomy, threatening processes and research further underscore the need for reassessment 3,4 . Here we report the findings of the second Global Amphibian Assessment, evaluating 8,011 species for the International Union for Conservation of Nature Red List of Threatened Species. We find that amphibians are the most threatened vertebrate class (40.7% of species are globally threatened). The updated Red List Index shows that the status of amphibians is deteriorating globally, particularly for salamanders and in the Neotropics. Disease and habitat loss drove 91% of status deteriorations between 1980 and 2004. Ongoing and projected climate change effects are now of increasing concern, driving 39% of status deteriorations since 2004, followed by habitat loss (37%). Although signs of species recoveries incentivize immediate conservation action, scaled-up investment is urgently needed to reverse the current trends., (© 2023. The Author(s).)

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2023
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30. Integrative revision of the Blommersia wittei complex, with description of a new species of frog from western and north-western Madagascar.

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Vences M, Multzsch M, Köhler J, Crottini A, Andreone F, Rakotoarison A, Scherz MD, and Glaw F

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Animals, Phylogeny, Madagascar, RNA, Ribosomal, 16S genetics, Anura, Biological Evolution
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Frogs of the Blommersia wittei complex are widespread in western and northern Madagascar, and are one of two clades of the family Mantellidae that have colonized the Comoran island of Mayotte. Based on a comprehensive set of DNA sequences of the mitochondrial 16S rRNA gene and the nuclear-encoded RAG1 and SACS genes, integrated with morphological and bioacoustic data, we here analyze the genetic differentiation of populations of this complex across Madagascar. We confirm that a candidate species named B. sp. Ca5 in previous studies represents a genetically well-defined evolutionary lineage distributed over much of western Madagascar, which we describe herein as Blommeria bara sp. nov. based on its molecular and bioacoustic differentiation. Blommersia wittei occurs across northern Madagascar but its type locality Ambanja, at the lower Sambirano river, is very close to the range of another, newly discovered microendemic lineage that was only found at two sites along the upper Sambirano river (here named as candidate species B. sp. Ca12). The B. wittei complex thus provides an example of a clade of closely related Malagasy frogs that contains species widespread over hundreds of kilometers, as well as extreme microendemics. For a full resolution of this species complex, more data need to be collected on the geographical contact among these two lineages, on the morphology and bioacoustics of B. sp. Ca12, and on the north-eastern populations of B. wittei at Sambava, which are weakly differentiated in mitochondrial genes but differ in bioacoustics and possibly in the extent of foot webbing.

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2023
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31. Malagasy Amphibian Wildlife Trade Revisited: Improving Management Knowledge of the Trade.

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Carpenter AI and Andreone F

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Madagascar is a biodiversity hotspot with a long history of trading in its wildlife, especially its hyper-diverse amphibian taxa. Due to globally raised concerns over the conservation of harvested species, CITES was introduced as a global mechanism with which to monitor and regulate the trade. Utilising data collated from the CITES Trade database, this study sought to investigate the trade and CITES' effectiveness in managing the trade with respect to Madagascar. Over a 28-year period, 20 known amphibian species were exported from Madagascar, constituting a total of nearly 271,000 individuals. Formal descriptions of Malagasy amphibian species have increased and continue to increase greatly over time. However, there was no longitudinal relationship regarding the numbers of individuals traded as new species were described. Overall, the number of individuals traded has declined over time, but where assessments were provided by the IUCN Redlist, population declines were reported in all but one species of Malagasy amphibian. Mantella (97.5%) continues to be the predominantly traded genus, with certain, high-conservation-concern, species continuing to be traded. Despite initial concerns over the effectiveness of CITES's actions, after concerted efforts, it appears that CITES' actions were having positive impacts on regulating the trade. However, going forward, concerns remain over the appropriateness of the quotas set and the robustness of their underpinning NDFs. Furthermore, with the increase in the number of recognised species, the potential for incorrect species labelling on the CITES permits increases and requires greater attention.

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2023
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32. Life History Traits and Longevity of the Invasive Asian Common Toad Duttaphrynus melanostictus (Schneider, 1799) in Madagascar.

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Guarino FM, Andreone F, Mezzasalma M, Licata F, Puoti S, Santos B, Cocca W, Solofoniaina Fidy JF, Ndriantsoa SH, Noel J, Rakotonanahary TF, Harison RF, Odierna G, and Crottini A

Abstract

We analyzed the body length, age structure, and age at sexual maturity of the invasive Asian common toad Duttaphrynus melanostictus from different sites in Toamasina, east Madagascar. We used skeletochronology as a proxy for age estimation, while gonads were histologically analyzed to determine the age of sexual maturity. The analysis of pooled age data from three sites investigated in 2016 showed that both sexes were larger, although not older, than those of native populations. For the individuals from Madagascar, the males were significantly smaller and younger (mean ± SD, SVL: 71.4 ± 1.6 mm; age: 1.8 ± 0.7 years) than the females (SVL: 78.42 ± 1.9 mm; age: 2.7 ± 1.3 years), when the data were pooled, but when the data were analyzed separately for each of the three sites, similar results were obtained only for one site. The oldest recorded male and female were 3 and 6 years old, respectively. Gonadal histology showed that the males and females reach sexual maturity after the first and second years of age, respectively. Further studies are needed to understand if the larger size and faster growth rates observed in the invasive population of D. melanostictus in Madagascar are a consequence of more favorable environmental conditions with respect to the native range (e.g., the availability of larger trophic niches, a lack of competitors, and lower predatory pressure), and we suggest to extend the monitoring of these life history traits to understand how they might influence the invasion.

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2023
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33. Spatial ecology of the invasive Asian common toad in Madagascar and its implications for invasion dynamics.

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Licata F, Ficetola GF, Falaschi M, Muller BJ, Andreone F, Harison RF, Freeman K, Monteiro AT, Rosa S, and Crottini A

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Animals, Ecology, Madagascar, Bufo bufo, Introduced Species
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Invasion dynamics are determined, among other aspects, by the spatial behaviour of invasive populations. The invasive toad Duttaphrynus melanostictus is spreading inland from the eastern coast of Madagascar, causing considerable ecological impacts. Understanding the basic factors determining the spread dynamics can inform management strategies and provide insights into spatial evolutionary processes. We radio-tracked 91 adult toads in three localities along the invasion gradient to determine whether spatial sorting of dispersive phenotypes is occurring, and investigate intrinsic and extrinsic determinants of spatial behaviour. Overall, toads in our study appeared as habitat generalists, and their sheltering behaviour was tied to water proximity, with toads changing shelter more frequently closer to waterbodies. Toads showed low displacement rates (mean = 4.12 m/day) and quite a philopatric behaviour but were able to perform daily movements of over 50 m. We did not detect any spatial sorting of dispersal-relevant traits nor sex- or size-biased dispersal. Our results suggest that toads are more likely to expand their range during the wet season, and that the range expansion is probably dominated by short-distance dispersal at this stage of the invasion, although a future increase in invasion speed is expected, due to the capacity for long-distance movements of this species., (© 2023. The Author(s).)

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2023
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34. Survived the Glaciations, Will They Survive the Fish? Allochthonous Ichthyofauna and Alpine Endemic Newts: A Road Map for a Conservation Strategy.

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Bernabò I, Iannella M, Cittadino V, Corapi A, Romano A, Andreone F, Biondi M, Gallo Splendore M, and Tripepi S

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The Calabrian Alpine newt ( Ichthyosaura alpestris inexpectata ) is a glacial relict with small and extremely localised populations in the Catena Costiera (Calabria, Southern Italy) and is considered to be "Endangered" by the Italian IUCN assessment. Climate-induced habitat loss and recent fish introductions in three lakes of the Special Area of Conservation (SAC) Laghi di Fagnano threaten the subspecies' survival in the core of its restricted range. Considering these challenges, understanding the distribution and abundance of this newt is crucial. We surveyed the spatially clustered wetlands in the SAC and neighbouring areas. First, we provide the updated distribution of this subspecies, highlighting fish-invaded and fishless sites historically known to host Calabrian Alpine newt populations and two new breeding sites that have been recently colonised. Then, we provide a rough estimate of the abundance, body size and body condition of breeding adults and habitat characteristics in fish-invaded and fishless ponds. We did not detect Calabrian Alpine newts at two historically known sites now invaded by fish. Our results indicate a reduction in occupied sites and small-size populations. These observations highlight the need for future strategies, such as fish removal, the creation of alternative breeding habitats and captive breeding, to preserve this endemic taxon.

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2023
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35. Italian natural history museums need specimen digitization and much more: a reply to Benvenuti et al.

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Andreone F, Boero F, Bologna MA, Carpaneto GM, Castiglia R, Gippoliti S, Massa B, and Minelli A

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We reply to the comments made by Benvenuti et al. (2022) about our paper on the Italian natural history museums and scientific collections and the need of a centralized hub and repository. While agreeing that digitization is a useful tool to valorize each museum and collection, we still believe that the suggestion of a centralized hub is valid and necessary. This would largely help in boosting coordination among museums, sharing personnel and resources, and in providing a place to deposit scientific collections that do not fit the scope of smaller museums., (Franco Andreone, Ferdinando Boero, Marco A. Bologna, Giuseppe M. Carpaneto, Riccardo Castiglia, Spartaco Gippoliti, Bruno Massa, Alessandro Minelli.)

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2022
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36. Aliens Coming by Ships: Distribution and Origins of the Ocellated Skink Populations in Peninsular Italy.

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Mori E, Andreone F, Viviano A, Faraone FP, Di Nicola MR, Borri B, Bruni G, Mazza G, Banchi R, Zaccaroni M, Mezzadri S, and Baratti M

Abstract

The ocellated skink ( Chalcides ocellatus ) is a widespread lizard, naturally distributed between the Maghreb and coastal Pakistan, with few insular populations in the Mediterranean coastal area. Some populations of this species have also been recorded in peninsular Italy, Campania and Southern Tuscany due to accidental introductions via touristic and commercial routes. In this work, we conducted genetic analyses on mitochondrial DNA COXI, cytb and 16S mtDNA genes on a sample of Italian insular and peninsular populations. Differently from what previously suggested, the nucleus in Portici (Southern Italy) may have originated from Sardinia. The intense trade and touristic traffic between Sardinia and Southern Tuscany may have been responsible for the introduction of this lizard also to Central Italy.

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2022
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37. Reconnecting research and natural history museums in Italy and the need of a national collection biorepository.

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Andreone F, Boero F, Bologna MA, Carpaneto GM, Castiglia R, Gippoliti S, Massa B, and Minelli A

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In Italy, differently from other countries, a national museum of natural history is not present. This absence is due, among other reasons, to its historical political fragmentation up to 1870, which led to the establishment of medium-sized museums, mostly managed by local administrations or universities. Moreover, a change of paradigm in biological research, at the beginning of the 20 th century, contributed to privilege experimental studies in universities and facilitated the dismissal of descriptive and exploratory biology, which formed the basis of the taxonomic research carried out by natural history museums. Consequently, only a few museums have a provision of curatorial staff, space and material resources adequate to maintain their original mission of discovering the natural world, by conducting a regular research activity accompanied by field campaigns. The creation of a national research centre for the study of biodiversity, facilitating interconnections among the existing natural history museums could be a solution and is here supported, together with a centralised biorepository to host collections and vouchers, to the benefit of current and future taxonomic research and environmental conservation. Such an institution should find place and realisation within the recently proposed National Biodiversity Future Center (NBFC) planned within the National Plan of Recovery and Resilience (PNRR). Pending upon the creation of this new national centre, a network among the existing museums should coordinate their activities., (Franco Andreone, Ferdinando Boero, Marco A. Bologna, Giuseppe M. Carpaneto, Riccardo Castiglia, Spartaco Gippoliti, Bruno Massa, Alessandro Minelli.)

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2022
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38. The Terrific Skink bite force suggests insularity as a likely driver to exceptional resource use.

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Jowers MJ, Simone Y, Herrel A, Cabezas MP, Xavier R, Holden M, Boistel R, Murphy JC, Santin M, Caut S, Auguste RJ, van der Meijden A, Andreone F, and Ineich I

Subjects
Animals, Biomechanical Phenomena, Bite Force, Diet, Humans, Jaw anatomy & histology, Predatory Behavior, Brachyura, Lizards
Abstract

Natural history museum collections hold extremely rare, extinct species often described from a single known specimen. On occasions, rediscoveries open new opportunities to understand selective forces acting on phenotypic traits. Recent rediscovery of few individuals of Bocourt´s Terrific Skink Phoboscincus bocourti, from a small and remote islet in New Caledonia allowed to genetically identify a species of land crab in its diet. To explore this further, we CT- and MRI-scanned the head of the holotype, the only preserved specimen dated to about 1870, segmented the adductor muscles of the jaw and bones, and estimated bite force through biomechanical models. These data were compared with those gathered for 332 specimens belonging to 44 other skink species. Thereafter we recorded the maximum force needed to generate mechanical failure of the exoskeleton of a crab specimen. The bite force is greater than the prey hardness, suggesting that predation on hard-shelled crabs may be an important driver of performance. The high bite force seems crucial to overcome low or seasonal variations in resource availability in these extreme insular environments. Phoboscincus bocourti appears to be an apex predator in a remote and harsh environment and the only skink known to predate on hard-shelled land crabs., (© 2022. The Author(s).)

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2022
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39. Comparative cytogenetics on eight Malagasy Mantellinae (Anura, Mantellidae) and a synthesis of the karyological data on the subfamily.

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Mezzasalma M, Andreone F, Odierna G, Guarino FM, and Crottini A

Abstract

We performed a molecular and cytogenetic analysis on different Mantellinae species and revised the available chromosomal data on this group to provide an updated assessment of its karyological diversity and evolution. Using a fragment of the mitochondrial 16S rRNA, we performed a molecular taxonomic identification of the samples that were used for cytogenetic analyses. A comparative cytogenetic analysis, with Giemsa's staining, Ag-NOR staining and sequential C-banding + Giemsa + CMA + DAPI was performed on eight species: Gephyromantis sp. Ca19, G.striatus (Vences, Glaw, Andreone, Jesu et Schimmenti, 2002), Mantidactylus (Chonomantis) sp. Ca11, M. (Brygoomantis) alutus (Peracca, 1893), M. (Hylobatrachus) cowanii (Boulenger, 1882), Spinomantispropeaglavei "North" (Methuen et Hewitt, 1913), S.phantasticus (Glaw et Vences, 1997) and S. sp. Ca3. Gephyromantisstriatus , M. (Brygoomantis) alutus and Spinomantispropeaglavei "North" have a karyotype of 2n = 24 chromosomes while the other species show 2n = 26 chromosomes. Among the analysed species we detected differences in the number and position of telocentric elements, location of NOR loci (alternatively on the 6 th , 7 th or 10 th pair) and in the distribution of heterochromatin, which shows species-specific patterns. Merging our data with those previously available, we propose a karyotype of 2n = 26 with all biarmed elements and loci of NORs on the 6 th chromosome pair as the ancestral state in the whole family Mantellidae. From this putative ancestral condition, a reduction of chromosome number through similar tandem fusions (from 2n = 26 to 2n = 24) occurred independently in Mantidactylus Boulenger, 1895 (subgenus Brygoomantis Dubois, 1992), Spinomantis Dubois, 1992 and Gephyromantis Methuen, 1920. Similarly, a relocation of NORs, from the putative primitive configuration on the 6 th chromosome, occurred independently in Gephyromantis , Blommersia Dubois, 1992, Guibemantis Dubois, 1992, Mantella Boulenger, 1882 and Spinomantis . Chromosome inversions of primitive biarmed elements likely generated a variable number of telocentric elements in Mantellanigricans Guibé, 1978 and a different number of taxa of Gephyromantis (subgenera Duboimantis Glaw et Vences, 2006 and Laurentomantis Dubois, 1980) and Mantidactylus (subgenera Brygoomantis , Chonomantis Glaw et Vences, 1994, Hylobatrachus Laurent, 1943 and Ochthomantis Glaw et Vences, 1994)., (Marcello Mezzasalma, Franco Andreone, Gaetano Odierna, Fabio Maria Guarino, Angelica Crottini.)

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2022
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40. Impact of invasive alien plants on native plant communities and Natura 2000 habitats: State of the art, gap analysis and perspectives in Italy.

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Lazzaro L, Bolpagni R, Buffa G, Gentili R, Lonati M, Stinca A, Acosta ATR, Adorni M, Aleffi M, Allegrezza M, Angiolini C, Assini S, Bagella S, Bonari G, Bovio M, Bracco F, Brundu G, Caccianiga M, Carnevali L, Di Cecco V, Ceschin S, Ciaschetti G, Cogoni A, Foggi B, Frattaroli AR, Genovesi P, Gigante D, Lucchese F, Mainetti A, Mariotti M, Minissale P, Paura B, Pellizzari M, Perrino EV, Pirone G, Poggio L, Poldini L, Poponessi S, Prisco I, Prosser F, Puglisi M, Rosati L, Selvaggi A, Sottovia L, Spampinato G, Stanisci A, Venanzoni R, Viciani D, Vidali M, Villani M, and Lastrucci L

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Biodiversity, Italy, Plants, Ecosystem, Introduced Species
Abstract

Invasive alien plants are a major threat to biodiversity and they contribute to the unfavourable conservation status of habitats of interest to the European Community. In order to favour implementation of European Union Regulation no. 1143/2014 on invasive alien species, the Italian Society of Vegetation Science carried out a large survey led by a task force of 49 contributors with expertise in vegetation across all the Italian administrative regions. The survey summed up the knowledge on impact mechanisms of invasive alien plants in Italy and their outcomes on plant communities and the EU habitats of Community Interest, in accordance with Directive no. 92/43/EEC. The survey covered 241 alien plant species reported as having deleterious ecological impacts. The data collected illustrate the current state of the art, highlight the main gaps in knowledge, and suggest topics to be further investigated. In particular, the survey underlined competition as being the main mechanism of ecological impact on plant communities and Natura 2000 habitats. Of the 241 species, only Ailanthus altissima was found to exert an ecological impact on plant communities and Natura 2000 habitats in all Italian regions; while a further 20 species impact up to ten out of the 20 Italian administrative regions. Our data indicate that 84 out of 132 Natura 2000 Habitats (64%) are subjected to some degree of impact by invasive alien plants. Freshwater habitats and natural and semi-natural grassland formations were impacted by the highest number of alien species, followed by coastal sand dunes and inland dunes, and forests. Although not exhaustive, this research is the first example of nationwide evaluation of the ecological impacts of invasive alien plants on plant communities and Natura 2000 Habitats., (Copyright © 2020 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.)

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2020
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41. Resolving a taxonomic and nomenclatural puzzle in mantellid frogs: synonymization of Gephyromantis azzurrae with G. corvus , and description of Gephyromantis kintana sp. nov. from the Isalo Massif, western Madagascar.

Author

Cocca W, Andreone F, Belluardo F, Rosa GM, Randrianirina JE, Glaw F, and Crottini A

Abstract

The genus Gephyromantis belongs to the species-rich family Mantellidae and is currently divided in six subgenera. Among these is the subgenus Phylacomantis, which currently includes four described species: Gephyromantis pseudoasper , G. corvus , G. azzurrae , and G. atsingy . The latter three species are distributed in western Madagascar, and two of them ( G. azzurrae and G. corvus ) occur in the Isalo Massif. Based on the analysis of molecular data (a fragment of the 16S rRNA gene), morphological inspection of museum specimens, and photographic comparisons, G. azzurrae is synonymised with G. corvus and the second Phylacomantis lineage of Isalo is described as G. kintana sp. nov. This medium-sized frog species (adult snout-vent length 35-44 mm) is assigned to this subgenus according to genetic and morphological similarities to the other known species of Phylacomantis . Gephyromantis kintana sp. nov. is known only from the Isalo Massif, while new records for G. corvus extend its range to ca. 200 km off its currently known distribution. These two taxa seem to occur in syntopy in at least one locality in Isalo, and the easiest way to distinguish them is the inspection of the ventral colouration, dark in G. corvus and dirty white in G. kintana ., (Walter Cocca, Franco Andreone, Francesco Belluardo, Gonçalo M. Rosa, Jasmin E. Randrianirina, Frank Glaw, Angelica Crottini.)

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2020
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42. A new stump-toed frog from the transitional forests of NW Madagascar (Anura, Microhylidae, Cophylinae, Stumpffia ).

Author

Crottini A, Rosa GM, Penny SG, Cocca W, Holderied MW, Rakotozafy LMS, and Andreone F

Abstract

A new species of the miniaturised microhylid frog genus Stumpffia , from north-western Madagascar, is described. Stumpffia froschaueri sp. nov. differs from all other described Stumpffia species in colouration and morphology and is genetically divergent (≥ 7% uncorrected p-distance to all other nominal species of the genus) in a fragment of the mitochondrial 16S rRNA gene and in a segment of the nuclear Rag-1 gene. The new species is reliably known only from a few specimens collected in the Sahamalaza (and surroundings) region. Its known distribution is limited to three forest patches severely threatened by fire, drought and high levels of forest clearance, thus suggesting a classification of "Critically Endangered" according to IUCN Red List criteria., (Angelica Crottini, Gonçalo M. Rosa, Samuel G. Penny, Walter Cocca, Marc W. Holderied, Lovasoa M. S. Rakotozafy, Franco Andreone.)

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2020
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43. N-mixture models reliably estimate the abundance of small vertebrates.

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Ficetola GF, Barzaghi B, Melotto A, Muraro M, Lunghi E, Canedoli C, Lo Parrino E, Nanni V, Silva-Rocha I, Urso A, Carretero MA, Salvi D, Scali S, Scarì G, Pennati R, Andreone F, and Manenti R

Subjects
Animals, Female, Male, Population Density, Lizards physiology, Models, Statistical, Urodela physiology
Abstract

Accurate measures of species abundance are essential to identify conservation strategies. N-mixture models are increasingly used to estimate abundance on the basis of species counts. In this study we tested whether abundance estimates obtained using N-mixture models provide consistent results with more traditional approaches requiring capture (capture-mark recapture and removal sampling). We focused on endemic, threatened species of amphibians and reptiles in Italy, for which accurate abundance data are needed for conservation assessments: the Lanza's Alpine salamander Salamandra lanzai, the Ambrosi's cave salamander Hydromantes ambrosii and the Aeolian wall lizard Podarcis raffonei. In visual counts, detection probability was variable among species, ranging between 0.14 (Alpine salamanders) and 0.60 (cave salamanders). For all the species, abundance estimates obtained using N-mixture models showed limited differences with the ones obtained through capture-mark-recapture or removal sampling. The match was particularly accurate for cave salamanders in sites with limited abundance and for lizards, nevertheless non-incorporating heterogeneity of detection probability increased bias. N-mixture models provide reliable abundance estimates that are comparable with the ones of more traditional approaches, and offer additional advantages such as a smaller sampling effort and no need of manipulating individuals, which in turn reduces the risk of harming animals and spreading diseases.

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2018
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44. Widespread vulnerability of Malagasy predators to the toxins of an introduced toad.

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Marshall BM, Casewell NR, Vences M, Glaw F, Andreone F, Rakotoarison A, Zancolli G, Woog F, and Wüster W

Subjects
Animals, Vertebrates genetics, Bufonidae, Food Chain, Introduced Species, Toxins, Biological toxicity, Vertebrates physiology
Abstract

Invasive species are a key factor contributing to the global decline of biodiversity, and understanding the underlying mechanisms is crucial to mitigate detrimental effects [1]. One such mechanism is the introduction of invasive species with defensive strategies, such as novel toxins, that can disrupt native predator communities [2]. Disruption of such communities can produce trophic cascades, impacting a diverse array of taxa [2]. Madagascar, a globally significant biodiversity hotspot, has recently experienced the introduction of a toxic bufonid amphibian, the Asian common toad (Duttaphrynus melanostictus) [3]. Since its invasion, the toad population has expanded rapidly, making control efforts problematic and eradication extremely difficult [4]. Previous cases of bufonid introductions, such as the ongoing spread of the cane toad (Rhinella marina) in Australia, have resulted in the decimation of many indigenous species [2], prompting fears that Madagascar may be similarly impacted [4]. Here we show that these fears are warranted: we demonstrate that many Malagasy vertebrates are likely to be susceptible to the toxins of this invasive toad., (Copyright © 2018 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.)

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2018
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45. Longevity in Calumma parsonii, the World's largest chameleon.

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Tessa G, Glaw F, and Andreone F

Subjects
Animals, Body Size, Female, Lizards anatomy & histology, Male, Bone and Bones physiology, Lizards growth & development, Longevity physiology
Abstract

Large body size of ectothermic species can be correlated with high life expectancy. We assessed the longevity of the World's largest chameleon, the Parson's chameleon Calumma parsonii from Madagascar by using skeletochronology of phalanges taken from preserved specimens held in European natural history museums. Due to the high bone resorption we can provide only the minimum age of each specimen. The highest minimum age detected was nine years for a male and eight years for a female, confirming that this species is considerably long living among chameleons. Our data also show a strong correlation between snout-vent length and estimated age., (Copyright © 2017 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.)

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2017
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46. Reconciling molecular phylogeny, morphological divergence and classification of Madagascan narrow-mouthed frogs (Amphibia: Microhylidae).

Author

Scherz MD, Vences M, Rakotoarison A, Andreone F, Köhler J, Glaw F, and Crottini A

Subjects
Animals, Anura anatomy & histology, Anura genetics, Bone and Bones anatomy & histology, Madagascar, Molecular Sequence Data, Phylogeny, RNA, Ribosomal genetics, Sequence Analysis, DNA, Anura classification
Abstract

A recent study clarified several aspects of microhylid phylogeny by combining DNA sequences from Sanger sequencing and anchored phylogenomics, although numerous aspects of tree topology proved highly susceptible to data partition and chosen model. Although the phylogenetic results of the study were in conflict with previous publications, the authors made several changes to the taxonomy of Madagascar's cophyline microhylids. We re-analyzed part of their data together with our own molecular and morphological data. Based on a supermatrix of 11 loci, we propose a new phylogeny of the Cophylinae, and discuss it in the context of a newly generated osteological dataset. We found several sample misidentifications, partially explaining their deviant results, and propose to resurrect the genera Platypelis and Stumpffia from the synonymy of Cophyla and Rhombophryne, respectively. We provide support for the previous genus-level taxonomy of this subfamily, and erect a new genus, Anilany gen. nov., in order to eliminate paraphyly of Stumpffia and to account for the osteological differences observed among these groups. Deep nodes in our phylogeny remain poorly supported, and future works will certainly refine our classification, but we are confident that these will not produce large-scale rearrangements., (Copyright © 2016 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.)

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2016
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47. Consistency of Published Results on the Pathogen Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis in Madagascar: Formal Comment on Kolby et al. Rapid Response to Evaluate the Presence of Amphibian Chytrid Fungus (Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis) and Ranavirus in Wild Amphibian Populations in Madagascar.

Author

Bletz MC, Rosa GM, Andreone F, Courtois EA, Schmeller DS, Rabibisoa NH, Rabemananjara FC, Raharivololoniaina L, Vences M, Weldon C, Edmonds D, Raxworthy CJ, Harris RN, Fisher MC, and Crottini A

Subjects
Animals, Anura virology, DNA Virus Infections veterinary, Mycoses veterinary, Ranavirus isolation & purification, Water Microbiology
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2015
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48. Beautiful bright belly: A distinctive new microhylid frog (Amphibia: Stumpffia) from eastern Madagascar.

Author

Glaw F, Vallan D, Andreone F, Edmonds D, Dolch R, and Vences M

Subjects
Animal Distribution, Animal Structures anatomy & histology, Animal Structures growth & development, Animals, Anura anatomy & histology, Anura growth & development, Anura physiology, Body Size, Ecosystem, Female, Madagascar, Male, Organ Size, Vocalization, Animal, Anura classification
Abstract

We describe a new red-bellied species of the microhylid frog genus Stumpffia from the Andasibe region (18°56' S, 48°25' E, ca. 900 m elevation) in central-eastern Madagascar. Stumpffia kibomena sp. nov. differs from all other described Stumpffia species in coloration, morphology, and by genetic differentiation in the mitochondrial 16S  rRNA gene (≥8.6% uncorrected p-distance to all other nominal species of the genus). It is furthermore distinguished from most other Stumpffia species by its advertisement calls. The new species is reliably known only from a few specimens collected in the Andasibe region and based on the limited knowledge we suggest its IUCN Red List classification as "Data Deficient".

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2015
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49. Widespread presence of the pathogenic fungus Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis in wild amphibian communities in Madagascar.

Author

Bletz MC, Rosa GM, Andreone F, Courtois EA, Schmeller DS, Rabibisoa NH, Rabemananjara FC, Raharivololoniaina L, Vences M, Weldon C, Edmonds D, Raxworthy CJ, Harris RN, Fisher MC, and Crottini A

Subjects
Animals, DNA, Intergenic, Geography, Host-Pathogen Interactions, Madagascar, Amphibians microbiology, Chytridiomycota classification, Chytridiomycota isolation & purification, Chytridiomycota pathogenicity, Mycoses veterinary
Abstract

Amphibian chytridiomycosis, an emerging infectious disease caused by the fungus Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis (Bd), has been a significant driver of amphibian declines. While globally widespread, Bd had not yet been reported from within Madagascar. We document surveys conducted across the country between 2005 and 2014, showing Bd's first record in 2010. Subsequently, Bd was detected in multiple areas, with prevalence reaching up to 100%. Detection of Bd appears to be associated with mid to high elevation sites and to have a seasonal pattern, with greater detectability during the dry season. Lineage-based PCR was performed on a subset of samples. While some did not amplify with any lineage probe, when a positive signal was observed, samples were most similar to the Global Panzootic Lineage (BdGPL). These results may suggest that Bd arrived recently, but do not exclude the existence of a previously undetected endemic Bd genotype. Representatives of all native anuran families have tested Bd-positive, and exposure trials confirm infection by Bd is possible. Bd's presence could pose significant threats to Madagascar's unique "megadiverse" amphibians.

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2015
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