Anthropogenic environmental change has led to unprecedented rates of species extinction,
presenting a major threat to global biodiversity. Among vertebrates, amphibians have been …

Abstract The Amphibian Conservation Action Plan (ACAP), published in 2007, is a formal
document of international significance that proposed eleven relevant actions for global …

Current rates of biodiversity loss pose an unprecedented challenge to the conservation
community, particularly with amphibians and freshwater fish as the most threatened …

Amphibians are facing an extinction crisis, and conservation breeding programmes are a
tool used to prevent imminent species extinctions. Compared to mammals and birds …

Captive breeding and reintroduction programs have been established for several threatened
amphibian species globally, but with varied success. This reflects our relatively poor …

Each amphibian species is evolutionarily distinct, having developed highly specialized and
diverse reproductive strategies in both terrestrial and aquatic environments. These unique …

How to conserve our planet's rapidly disappearing biodiversity is one of the greatest
challenges of our generation. Among terrestrial vertebrate taxa, amphibians are most at risk …

The challenge of replicating environmental cues in amphibian captive assurance colonies
has been shown to be one of the contributing factors leading to limited breeding success. To …

The aims of this project were to transfer hormone-induced spermiation and sperm
cryopreservation protocols developed in the model salamander species, Ambystoma …

There is a remarkable diversity in the animal kingdom regarding mechanisms underlying the
production, maturation, structure, and function of sperm cells. Spermatology studies …