Chytridiomycosis - Wikipedia A 2019 Science review assessed that chytridiomycosis was a factor in the decline of at least 501 amphibian species during the past 50 years, of which 90 species were confirmed or presumed to have gone extinct in the wild and another 124 had declined in numbers by more than 90% [37]
Review of the Amphibian Immune Response to Chytridiomycosis . . . Despite relative Bd-associated immunosuppression, several gene expression studies on a variety of amphibian species have demonstrated that susceptible individuals express both greater number and variety of dysregulated immune genes during late stage infections than more resistant individuals (18, 151, 152) This negative correlation between
Amphibians and Reptiles Depend on Wetlands ephemeral wetlands as amphibians and reptiles, collectively known as herpetofauna, or “herps,” depend on wetlands for all or part of their life cycle, meaning that their survival is directly linked to the presence and condition of wetlands Amphibians and Reptiles Depend on Wetlands Wetlands serve as critical habitat for many species of amphibians and reptiles
Wildlife of Alaska - Wikipedia The Alaskan waters are home to two species of turtles, the leatherback sea turtle and the green sea turtle Alaska has two species of frogs, the Columbia spotted frog and wood frog, plus two introduced species, the Pacific tree frog and the red-legged frog [1] The only species of toad in Alaska is the western toad
68% Average Decline in Species Population Sizes Since 1970 . . . Washington, D C , Sept 9, 2020 – Globally, monitored population sizes of mammals, fish, birds, reptiles, and amphibians have declined an average of 68% between 1970 and 2016, according to World Wildlife Fund’s (WWF) Living Planet Report 2020 Populations in Latin America and the Caribbean have