Skip to Content
czaw-bear
detroit zoo detroit zoo
Printout from detroitzoo.org
Date: 09/12/24
  • Home
  • About
  • Resources
  • Projects
  • Multimedia
  • Events

Our Goals

  1. Acquire and make easily accessible to zoo and aquarium professionals the current body of knowledge on animal welfare and ethics.
  2. Conduct and facilitate welfare assessments and applied welfare research on captive exotic animals.
  3. Convene important discussions and presentations on captive exotic animal welfare and ethics.
  4. Train professionals on captive exotic animal welfare best practices and policies.
  5. Recognize advances in improving captive exotic animal welfare and ethics through awards.
URL: https://detroitzoo.org/resources/?fwp_search=frogs

The effects of anthropogenic noise on frogs housed on exhibit at a public aquarium

Authors: Colette Angel, Michael Romano, Charles R. Knapp

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: acoustics, conservation, Dentrobatidae, vocalization, zoo

2024

Activity budgets, responses to disturbance and novel behaviours in captive mountain chicken frogs Leptodactylus fallax

Authors: Eve Mannings, Francesca Servini, Benjamin Tapley, Christopher J Michaels

Publication/Journal: Herpetological Journal

Keywords: amphibians, behaviour, disturbance, mSPI, welfare, zoo

2023

Effects of Background Color on Stress-Linked Behavior in the Critically Endangered Lake Oku Clawed Frog (Xenopus longipes)

Authors: Arabella E Graves, Jemma E Dias, Christopher J Michaels

Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoological and Botanical Gardens

Keywords: amphibian, husbandry, welfare, zoo research

2023

Baseline Behavioral Data and Behavioral Correlates of Disturbance for the Lake Oku Clawed Frog (Xenopus longipes)

Authors: Jemma E Dias, Charlotte Ellis, Tessa E Smith, Charlotte A Hosie, Benjamin Tapley, Christopher J Michaels

Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoological and Botanical Gardens

Keywords: amphibian, behavior, welfare, zoo research

2022

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

Initial founders of captive populations are genetically representative of natural populations in critically endangered dusky gopher frogs, Lithobates sevosus

Authors: Kristin M. Hinkson, Natochia L. Henry, Nina M. Hensley, Stephen C. Richter

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: captive population management, ex situ, genetic variation, relatedness

2016

Meeting ultraviolet B radiation requirements of amphibians in captivity: A case study with mountain chicken frogs (Leptodactylus fallax) and general recommendations for pre-release health screening

Authors: Benjamin Tapley, Matthew Rendle, Frances M. Baines, Matthias Goetz, Kay S. Bradfield, David Rood, Javier Lopez, Gerardo Garcia, Andrew Routh

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: amphibian, conservation, husbandry, leptodactylus fallax, uv-b

2015

Causes of mortality in anuran amphibians from an ex situ survival assurance colony in Panama

Authors: Allan P. Pessier, Eric J. Baitchman, Paul Crump, Brad Wilson, Edgardo Griffith, Heidi Ross

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: atelopus spp., hypovitaminosis a, metabolic bone disease, parasites, pathology, polycystic kidney disease, skin disease

2014

Effect of dietary carotenoids on vitamin A status and skin pigmentation in false tomato frogs (Dyscophus guineti)

Authors: Andrea Brenes-Soto, Ellen S. Dierenfeld

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: amphibians, color, lutein, nutrition, zeaxanthin, β-carotene

2014

Carotenoid supplementation enhances reproductive success in captive strawberry poison frogs (Oophaga pumilio)

Authors: Matthew B. Dugas, Justin Yeager, Corinne L. Richards-Zawacki

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: amphibian reproduction, captive breeding, carotenoids, dendrobates pumilio, dendrobatidae

2013

  • Search

    • Search within:
Detroit Zoological Society: Detroit Zoo; Belle Isle Nature Center

Celebrating and Saving Wildlife and Wild Places

8450 W. 10 Mile Road, Royal Oak, MI 48067 | 248-541-5717

The Detroit Zoological Society – a renowned leader in
humane education, wildlife conservation, animal welfare
and sustainability – operates the Detroit Zoo and Belle Isle Nature Center.

  • © 2024 Detroit Zoological Society
Celebrating and Saving Wildlife and Wild Places
Searching...