| phylogeography of the middle eastern tree frogs (hyla, hylidae, amphibia) as inferred from nuclear and mitochondrial dna variation, with a description of a new species. | evolutionary relationships of the tree frogs from the middle east and the demographic histories of their populations were studied using a combination of mitochondrial and nuclear genes. hyla savignyi and neighboring populations of h. orientalis (former eastern populations of h. arborea) were the main focus taxa. within h. savignyi, a deep phylogenetic divergence dated about 8.4ma was discovered. southern populations from yemen, jordan, southern syria and extreme north-eastern israel are hereby d ... | 2010 | 20307673 |
| trematode-associated morbidity and mortality of tadpoles in israel. | amphibians stand at the forefront of the global biodiversity crisis. the causes of their decline are diverse and include a rise in amphibian malformations due to various factors, especially trematode infection. however, linking amphibian mortality and morbidity with trematode infection has proven to be challenging due to the complex life cycle of the trematodes and the fact that trematodes are nonfastidious in their choice of definitive hosts. in israel, the decline in local amphibian population ... | 2014 | 25098342 |
| predation of amphibians by carabid beetles of the genus epomis found in the central coastal plain of israel. | the genus epomis is represented in israel by two species: epomis dejeani and epomis circumscriptus. in the central coastal plain these species are sympatric but do not occur in the same sites. the objective of this study was to record and describe trophic interactions between the adult beetles and amphibian species occurring in the central coastal plain of israel. day and night surveys at three sites, as well as controlled laboratory experiments were conducted for studying beetle-amphibian troph ... | 2011 | 21738411 |
| amphibians distribution and habitats in the southwestern region of saudi arabia. | this study surveyed 205 wetland sites in the southwestern saudi arabia. we found seven species of amphibians (anura), which belong to four families: bufonidae; which includes four species, sclerophrys tihamica; s. arabica, duttaphrynus dhufarensis, and bufotes viridis; hylidae, represented by only one species, the tree frog hyla savignyi; ranidae, which represented by one species, pelophylax ridibundus and finally the dicroglossidae, represented by one species, euphlyctis ehrenbergii. the reason ... | 2018 | 30505185 |
| characterization of a peptide family from the skin secretion of the middle east tree frog hyla savignyi by composition-based de novo sequencing. | a new tryptophyllin-like peptide family was found in the skin secretion of the tree frog hyla savignyi. peptides were characterized by database-independent sequencing strategies and specific ion fragmentation features were investigated. skin secretions from specimens of hyla savignyi were collected by mild electrical stimulation. peptides were separated by reversed-phase nano-high-performance liquid chromatography (nanohplc) and mass spectra were acquired online by electrospray ionization fourie ... | 2010 | 20857449 |
| isolation and sequence analysis of peptides from the skin secretion of the middle east tree frog hyla savignyi. | novel peptides were identified in the skin secretion of the tree frog hyla savignyi. skin secretions were collected by mild electrical stimulation. peptides were separated by reversed-phase high-performance liquid chromatography. mass spectra were acquired by electrospray ionization fourier transform ion cyclotron resonance mass spectrometry (fticr-ms), and fragment ion spectra were obtained after collision-induced dissociation and electron capture dissociation. peptides were analyzed by manual ... | 2010 | 20835817 |