Bold Frogs or Shy Toads? How Did the COVID-19 Closure of Zoological Organisations Affect Amphibian Activity?

Authors: Jack Boultwood, Michelle O’Brien, Paul Rose

Publication/Journal: Animals

Keywords: amphibian behaviour, amphibian welfare, COVID-19, enclosure usage, evidence-based husbandry, visitor effect

2021

Posture as a Non-Invasive Indicator of Arousal in American Toads (Anaxyrus americanus)

Authors: Sarah M Woody, Rachel M Santymire, Katherine A Cronin

Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoological and Botanical Gardens

Keywords: amphibian, behavior, breathing, welfare, zoo-housed

2021

Posture as a Non-Invasive Indicator of Arousal in American Toads (Anaxyrus americanus)

Authors: Sarah M Woody, Rachel M Santymire, Katherine A Cronin

Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoological and Botanical Gardens

Keywords: amphibian, behavior, breathing, welfare, zoo-housed

2021

URINARY CORTICOSTERONE CONCENTRATIONS IN FREE-RANGING AND MANAGED CANE TOADS (RHINELLA MARINA)

Authors: Tarra Freel, Elizabeth Koutsos, Larry J Minter, Troy N Tollefson, Frank Ridgley, Janine L Brown, Dustin Smith, Heather Scott, Kimberly Ange-van Heugten

Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine

Keywords: amphibians, cane toad, urinary corticosterone, welfare

2021

Activity patterns and fine-scale resource partitioning in the gregarious Kihansi spray toad Nectophrynoides asperginis in captivity

Authors: Alfan A. Rija, Ezekiel M. Goboro, Kuruthumu A. Mwamende, Abubakari Said, Edward M. Kohi, Shombe N. Hassan

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: activity budgets, captive breeding, habitat use, kihansi spray toad, nectophrynoides

2014

Brown skin disease: A syndrome of dysecdysis in puerto rican crested toads (Peltophryne lemur)

Authors: Graham Crawshaw, Maria Pienkowski, Andrew Lentini, Christopher Dutton, Pauline Delnatte, Deanna Russell, Charlene Berkvens, Ian Barker, Dale Smith

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: amphibian, hyperkeratosis, skin

2014

Serum and hepatic vitamin A levels in captive and wild marine toads (Bufo marinus)

Authors: Charlene N. Berkvens, Andrew Lentini, Christopher J. Dutton, David L. Pearl, Ian K. Barker, Graham J. Crawshaw

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: bufo marinus, hepatic, marine toad, retinol, serum, vitamin a

2014

Differential effects of dietary protein on early life-history and morphological traits in natterjack toad (Epidalea calamita) tadpoles reared in captivity

Authors: Filipa M. S. Martins, Maria do Mar Oom, Rui Rebelo, Gonçalo M. Rosa

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: captive rearing, epidalea calamita, metamorphosis, morphology, protein, tadpoles

2013

Corticosterone–immune interactions during captive stress in invading Australian cane toads (Rhinella marina)

Authors: Sean P. Graham, Crystal Kelehear, Gregory P. Brown, Richard Shine

Publication/Journal: Hormones and Behavior

Keywords: amphibian, anthropogenic stressor, complement, hpa axis, innate immunity, invasive species, phagocytosis, rhabdias pseudosphaerocephala

2012

Effect of an increase in environmental temperature on testicular androgenesis and spermatogenesis in toad (Bufo melanostictus) during hibernating season

Authors: S. Parua, J.M. Debnath, D. Ghosh

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: bufo melanostictus, gametogenesis, heat exposure, hibernation, spermatogenesis

2011