Genetic analysis reveals multiple parentage in captive reared eastern hellbender salamanders (Cryptobranchus alleganiensis)

Authors: Shem D. Unger, Rod N. Williams

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: amphibian breeding, captive management, cryptobranchidae, head-starting, microsatellite DNA

2015

Foraging plasticity favours adaptation to new habitats in fire salamanders

Authors: Raoul Manenti, Mathieu Denoël, Gentile Francesco Ficetola

Publication/Journal: Animal Behaviour

Keywords: amphibian, cave, fire salamander, hypogeous, local adaptation, phenotypic plasticity, predation, salamandra salamandra

2013

The effects of repeated handling and corticosterone treatment on behavior in an amphibian (Ocoee salamander: Desmognathus ocoee)

Authors: Jacqueline M. Bliley, Sarah K. Woodley

Publication/Journal: Physiology & Behavior

Keywords: amphibian, corticosterone, reproduction, stress, stressor, testosterone

2012

Learning to Avoid Dangerous Habitat Types by Aquatic Salamanders, Eurycea tynerensis

Authors: A. Mathis, S. Unger

Publication/Journal: Ethology

Keywords: aquatic salamander, avoidance, eurycea tynerensis, habitat, predation

2012

Better the devil you know: familiarity affects foraging activity of red-backed salamanders, Plethodon cinereus

Authors: E.B. Liebgold, C.J. Dibble

Publication/Journal: Animal Behaviour

Keywords: enclosure, familiarity, foraging activity, juvenile, plethodon cinereus, territorial

2011

Predator-recognition training: a conservation strategy to increase postrelease survival of hellbenders in head-starting programs

Authors: A.L. Crane, A. Mathis

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: associative learning, cryptobranchus, oncorhynchus, salamander, trout

2011

Acute stressors increase plasma corticosterone and decrease locomotor activity in a terrestrial salamander (Desmognathus ochrophaeus)

Authors: Lauren F. Ricciardella, Jacqueline M. Bliley, Caitlin C. Feth, Sarah K. Woodley

Publication/Journal: Physiology & Behavior

Keywords: activity, amphibian, corticosterone, glucocorticoid, reproduction, stress

2010

Pathogenicity of Batrachochytrium Dendrobatidis in Larval Ambystomatid Salamanders

Authors: Matthew D. Venesky, Matthew J. Parris, Ronald Altig

Publication/Journal: Herpetological Conservation and Biology

Keywords: ambystoma opacum, batrachochytrium dendrobatidis, jaw sheath, life history

2010

Amphibian Biology and Husbandry

Authors: F. Harvey Pough

Publication/Journal: Institute for Laboratory Animal Research Journal

Keywords: amphibian, caecilian, care, frog, herpetoculture, husbandry, salamander, toad.

2007

Integrative studies of amphibians- from molecules to mating

Authors: L.D. Houck

Publication/Journal: American Zoologist

Keywords: amphibian, coursthip, hormone, mating, molecule, pheromone, reproductive behavior, reproductive behaviour

1998