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Hi everyone, has anyone else experienced an 'Error 8008' with their NanoDrop 3300 (image attached), on a laptop which it previously worked fine on? I have tried uninstalling the software and...
03 June 2024 8,975 3 View
I'm aware that the Mwanza rock agama (Agama mwanzae) can be found in the Serengeti National Park, Tanzania but I was also wondering if it occupied this area with any other sympatric species.
25 January 2016 5,693 6 View
I've recently used the calls of male midwife toads played back to a restricted population of the toads in order to assess their overall population size. Has anything like this been done in the...
01 January 2016 9,067 8 View
I'm currently researching the common midwife toad (Alytes obstetricans) and there are a few aspects of it's life history I can't find information for in the search I have so far carried out in the...
08 August 2015 7,754 2 View
I am currently trying to assess the population size of a non-native species here in England, the midwife toad (Alytes obstetricans). So far I have only found what I think are males (as they call)...
31 July 2015 4,242 6 View
I shall soon be traveling to Malaysian Borneo, I intend to try to find as many amphibian and reptile species as I can whilst I'm out there. I was wondering if anyone was aware of a published...
24 May 2015 2,218 8 View
I have noticed that at a number of sites toad (Bufo bufo) tadpoles have not developed as much as frog (Rana temporaria) tadpoles despite the spawn of both species being laid around the same time....
15 May 2015 1,384 4 View
I have been wondering what genetically causes frogs to lack melanin as well of the roles of chromatophores in their colouration. Its the role of chromatophores and other pigment cells which I am...
06 April 2015 8,109 6 View
Hey everyone, I was wondering if much research has been done on the affect of lunar cycle on the activity of amphibians. I am aware of Deeming's 2008 paper where capture of newts correlated with...
28 March 2015 6,557 14 View
I am planning on carrying out some reptile surveys in the local area (Cambridge, England) which I hope to be starting in a few weeks. I will be using pieces of cut up roofing felt as a refugia...
13 March 2015 9,759 12 View
I have recently been carrying out research for my undergraduate dissertation regarding great crested newts Triturus cristatus. I was wondering if any research has been focused at looking at the...
03 March 2015 5,806 2 View
Many research papers have been focused on the effects of motorised vehicles on amphibian populations that cross busy roads, from all over the world. These focus on mortality caused by vehicle...
04 February 2015 4,999 4 View
Over the past few years I have become more and more involved in amphibian surveys here in the UK. Firstly I started out doing surveys in the day time but then after starting university these...
20 January 2015 9,172 10 View
I was wondering if any research has been focused on the radiation of the Dendrobatidae into Panama and Costa Rica since the formation of the isthmus of Panama around 2.5-3 mya.
14 November 2014 5,523 5 View
I am wondering if there are any records in the primary literature of examples of where any Lissotriton vulgaris x L. helvetica or Lissotriton helvetica x L. vulgaris hybrids have successfully been...
01 October 2014 7,432 2 View
