Arising from: JA Pounds et al. Nature439, 161–167 (2006)10.1038/nature04246 ; Pounds et
al. reply Is global warming contributing to amphibian declines and extinctions by promoting …

The New Zealand endemic species, Archey’s frog, Leiopelma archeyi, has recently undergone
marked population declines, and is currently classified as Nationally Critical. This study …

Amphibians are facing an extinction crisis, and conservation breeding programmes are a
tool used to prevent imminent species extinctions. Compared to mammals and birds, …

Conservation breeding programmes are a tool used to prevent amphibian extinctions. The
husbandry requirements of amphibians are complex. Ongoing research is needed to ensure …

Threatened species identified as priorities for ex situ conservation action are not necessarily
the best candidates for conservation breeding programmes (CBPs). To facilitate good …

The ex-situ conservation of amphibians is the process of maintaining a threatened species
outside of its natural habitat in order to contribute towards their in-situ conservation. This can …

Levels of developmental instability (DI), usually measured by examining the degree of
asymmetry of bilateral structures, increase as stress increases or health decreases in many …

Cryptic diversity corresponding with island of origin has been previously reported in the
endemic, geographically restricted sooglossid frogs of the Seychelles archipelago. The …

How will organisms cope when forced into warmer‐than‐preferred thermal environments?
This is a key question facing our ability to monitor and manage biota as average annual …

Published records of amphibians preying on either large spiders or snakes in the wild are
rare; this note documents predation by individuals of one amphibian species on both large …