Diario del proyecto Reptiles and Amphibians of California

Archivos de Diario para diciembre 2018

jueves, 06 de diciembre de 2018

Tiny salamanders could stand in the way of massive dam raising project.

If the agency determines the three closely related amphibians, the Shasta salamander, Samwel Shasta salamander and Wintu Shasta salamander are threatened with extinction the bureau would have to find a way to raise the dam without harming the 4-inch amphibians.

https://www.redding.com/story/news/2018/12/05/tiny-salamanders-may-stand-way-massive-shasta-dam-raising-project/2210322002/

Publicado el jueves, 06 de diciembre de 2018 a las 12:59 PM por biohexx1 biohexx1 | 0 comentarios | Deja un comentario

martes, 18 de diciembre de 2018

Futurity: Research News. Recovering frogs plop from backpacks into new places.

The frogs travel in a box, within a canister, surrounded by snow, tucked tightly into a backpack strapped to a determined ecologist. Twenty at a time they depart places where they’re thriving for sites from which their species has vanished. Their mission: population recovery.

Ecologist Roland Knapp of the University of California, Santa Barbara has been leading a team of field crews—in collaboration with the National Park Service, US Geological Survey, and US Fish & Wildlife Service—to save these frogs by reintroducing them to lakes from which they have disappeared due to the chytrid fungus Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis (Bd).

https://www.futurity.org/sierra-nevada-yellow-legged-frog-1927952-2/

Publicado el martes, 18 de diciembre de 2018 a las 09:30 AM por biohexx1 biohexx1 | 0 comentarios | Deja un comentario

viernes, 21 de diciembre de 2018

Book Review: Cat Wars: The Devastating Consequences of a Cuddly Killer.

Cats have been introduced to an estimated 10,000 (5 percent) of Earth’s islands. Felix Medina’s meta-analysis of the feline impact on island biodiversity concluded cats have caused a population decline, reduction in geographic distribution, or extinctions of 175 species of reptiles, birds, and mammals.

https://www.islandconservation.org/cat-wars-devastating-consequences-cuddly-killer/

Publicado el viernes, 21 de diciembre de 2018 a las 02:09 AM por biohexx1 biohexx1 | 2 comentarios | Deja un comentario

miércoles, 26 de diciembre de 2018

Tiny salamander in Northern California could spell big problem for plans to heighten the Shasta Dam.

A trio of tiny salamander species could mean big trouble for federal officials spearheading a controversial $1.4-billion public works project to heighten the Shasta Dam in Northern California.

https://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-shasta-dam-lawsuit-20181207-story.html

Publicado el miércoles, 26 de diciembre de 2018 a las 01:35 PM por biohexx1 biohexx1 | 0 comentarios | Deja un comentario