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Isolation and Identification of Bacterial Strains from Skin of Terrestrial Amphibians

The microbiota is a vital element of higher organisms, with the cutaneous microbiota significantly contributing to the organism&#39;s defense against ...

UNIVERSITY OF L'AQUILA

The ongoing biodiversity crisis is strongly threatening amphibians, mostly because of their peculiar physiology, their sensitivity to climate change and the spread of diseases. Effective monitoring involving assessments of pressure effects across time and estimation of population trends play a key role in mitigating amphibian decline. To improve implementation of standardized protocols and conservation efforts, we present here a dataset related to one of the amphibian genera whose onservation status is considered the most declining according to the IUCN. We report information on 66 populations of the endangered European cave salamanders, genus Speleomantes, that was collected through a standardized monitoring along a four-year period (2021-2024). Demographics data of the populations and fitness-related data of single individuals are reported. Furthermore, we include 3,836 high quality images of individuals that can allow to perform studies aiming to assess the phenotypic variability within the genus, and to perform long-term capture-mark-recaptured studies.

Luca Coppari

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