| long-term monitoring of tropical alpine habitat change, andean anurans, and chytrid fungus in the cordillera vilcanota, peru: results from a decade of study. | the cordillera vilcanota in southern peru is the second largest glacierized range in the tropics and home to one of the largest high-alpine lakes, sibinacocha (4,860 m). here, telmatobius marmoratus (marbled water frog), rhinella spinulosa (andean toad), and pleurodema marmoratum (marbled four-eyed frog) have expanded their range vertically within the past century to inhabit newly formed ponds created by ongoing deglaciation. these anuran populations, geographically among the highest (5,200-5,40 ... | 2017 | 28261462 |
| pathogenic fungus batrachochytrium dendrobatidis in marbled water frog telmatobius marmoratus: first record from lake titicaca, bolivia. | the pathogenic fungus batrachochytrium dendrobatidis (bd) has been associated with amphibian declines worldwide but has not been well-studied among critically endangered amphibian species in bolivia. we sampled free-living marbled water frogs telmatobius marmoratus (anura: leptodactylidae) from isla del sol, bolivia, for bd using skin swabs and quantitative polymerase chain reactions. we detected bd on 44% of t. marmoratus sampled. this is the first record of bd in amphibians from waters associa ... | 2014 | 25392045 |
| evolution and conservation on top of the world: phylogeography of the marbled water frog (telmatobius marmoratus species complex; anura, telmatobiidae) in protected areas of chile. | the andean altiplano has served as a complex setting throughout its history, driving dynamic processes of diversification in several taxa. we investigated phylogeographic processes in the telmatobius marmoratus species complex occurring in this region by studying the geographic patterns of genetic variability, genealogies, and historical migration, using the cytochrome b (cyt-b) gene as a marker. dna sequences from telmatobius gigas and telmatobius culeus, bolivian species with an uncertain taxo ... | 2015 | 26245789 |