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Widespread amphibian extinctions from epidemic disease driven by global warming

It is shown that a recent mass extinction associated with pathogen outbreaks is tied to global warming, and it is proposed that temperatures at many highland localities are shifting towards the growth optimum of Batrachochytrium, thus encouraging outbreaks.
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Population Decline of the Jambato Toad Atelopus ignescens (Anura: Bufonidae) in the Andes of Ecuador

It is strongly suggested that the Jambato Toad, Atelopus ignescens, is extinct, although the available information suggests that a combination of factors such as pathogens and unusual weather conditions may have played an important role.
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Glass frogs (Centrolenidae) of Yanayacu Biological Station, Ecuador, with the description of a new species and comments on centrolenid systematics

A phylogenetic analysis of morphological and behavioural data shows that the genera Centrolene and Cochranella might not be monophyletic; the genus Hyalinobatrachium and, in particular, the group H. fleischmanni seem to be monophical; an analysis with many more characters is needed to resolve the relationships of glass frogs.
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Spatial and temporal variation in population dynamics of Andean frogs: Effects of forest disturbance and evidence for declines

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Monitoring Population Trends of Eleutherodactylus Frogs

It is concluded that capture-recapture analysis is a good method for monitoring Eleutherodactylus density over time, but the sampling area and/or the number of sampling occasions should be increased from the area and number of occasions used here in order to increase sample sizes and therefore power.
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Amphibia, Centrolenidae, Cochranella pulverata, Hyalinobatrachium aureoguttatum: distribution extension, Ecuador

The amphibian diversity in the Chocoan tropical rain forests of Ecuador is far from being thoroughly documented. Although Neotropical equatorial forests might be the most amphibian-diverse in the…
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Global warming and amphibian losses; The proximate cause of frog declines? (Reply)

Here it is shown why the working model underlying the test for a link between global warming and amphibian disappearances was appropriate and the complexity of the imminent threat to species survival that results as global warming conspires with various other agents is highlighted.
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Amphibia, Centrolenidae, Centrolene ilex, Centrolene litorale, Centrolene medemi, Cochranella albomaculata, Cochranella ametarsia : range extensions and new country records

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A new frog species (Strabomantidae: Pristimantis ) from the High Andes of Southeastern Ecuador

This species is referred to the P. unistrigatus group by the presence of large conical tubercles on the eyelid and heel, small conical ulnar and tarsal tubercles, suprascapular dermal ridges, and bronze iris.
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Citizen science as a tool for education: First Bioblitz in Quito, Ecuador

Bioblitz is a citizen global science initiative which aims to find and identify as many species of fauna and flora as possible in a specific area during a short period of time. This activity promotes…
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