The chytrid fungus: from its origins to its consequences

• Grant number: 16/25358-3
• Support Opportunities: Research Projects - Thematic Grants
• Duration: November 01, 2017 - April 30, 2023
• Field of knowledge: Biological Sciences - Zoology - Applied Zoology
• Principal Investigator: Luis Felipe de Toledo Ramos Pereira
• Grantee: Luis Felipe de Toledo Ramos Pereira
• Host Institution: Instituto de Biologia (IB). Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP). Campinas , SP, Brazil
• Associated researchers: Carlos Guilherme Becker ; Célio Fernando Baptista Haddad ; Cláudia Maris Ferreira Mostério ; Cybele Sabino Lisboa ; Domingos da Silva Leite ; Elaine Maria Lucas Gonsales ; Erica Bree Rosenblum ; Hyun Mo Yang ; Igor Soares de Oliveira ; Kelly Raquel Zamudio ; Mariana Lúcio Lyra ; Osmindo Rodrigues Pires Júnior ; Raoni Rebouças Santos ; Raquel Fernanda Salla Jacob ; Ricardo Luiz Moro de Sousa ; Rodrigo Lingnau ; Timothy Yong James
• Associated grant(s): 17/24450-6 - Multi-user equipment approved in grant 16/25358-3: QuantStudio 6 flex real-time PCR e acessório (conjunto para atualização do VIIa 7, QS6, QS7 e QS12K - Bloco fast 96 poços), AP.EMU
• Associated scholarship(s): 20/07184-3 - Organization of the collections of LaHNAB, cultivation and isolation of the chytrid fungus, BP.TT; 20/02994-7 - Altitudinal variation of Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis on continental and insular amphibians, BP.DR; 20/02991-8 - Passive transport of a lethal pathogen to amphibians (Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis) through fog, BP.MS; + associated scholarships 20/00099-0 - The chytrid fungus and ranavirus in species of the genus Melanophryniscus (Anura: Bufonidae), BP.DR; 18/23622-0 - Implications of national and international bullfrog trade in spread and tolerance acquired to chytrid fungus and conservation measures of anurans, BP.DR; 19/03170-0 - Acoustic, seismic and visual signaling: investigating the multimodal communication of neotropical anurans, BP.DR; 19/06938-7 - Isolating, culturing and preserving Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis, BP.TT; 18/08650-8 - Amphibian microbiome: the first line of defense against chytrid infection, BP.PD; 17/18040-0 - Integrated effects of xenoestrogens and chytrid infection on the morphological physiology of males and females of the Cururu Toad, BP.PD; 18/00875-0 - Isolating, culturing and storing Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis from natural amphibian populations: database for future research in conservation, BP.TT - associated scholarships

Abstract

The chytrid fungus, Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis (Bd), is an important infectious agent, globally related to amphibian population declines. With this fungus as a central theme, increasing our comprehension of the disease status in Brazil, in 2011 we were awarded a grant by a joint call from FAPESP and NSF. That grant expected to build the foundation of an international collaboration between researchers from the state of São Paulo and USA. Such partnership was consolidated and resulted in several relevant publications, greatly increasing the knowledge about Bd in Brazil. The same call (the one from 2011) implied in a subsequent larger proposal, of an ambitious grant, robust and with the research team united. It is in this context that the present proposal is placed, aiming to target diverse and multidisciplinary, but interrelated aspects as: epidemiology, ecology, and evolution of the chytrid in Brazil. In a concise way, we purpose to study Bd genetic diversity (by means of phylogenetic and phylogenomic analyses), its evolution (studying the genetic and ecological relationships among different strains in a hybrid zone), its ecology in the natural environment, its epidemiology (with ex situ experiments), and the historical infection patterns in Brazil. At the highest scale, the juxtaposition of these studies will promote a solid base for amphibian conservation actions in Brazil, and possibly other similar regions of the world. The present proposal connects researchers from 11 Brazilian institutions (from north to south of Brazil) and 4 North American institutions (from west to east of the Country), totaling 32 researchers. (AU)

Scientific publications

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(References retrieved automatically from Web of Science and SciELO through information on FAPESP grants and their corresponding numbers as mentioned in the publications by the authors)

NEELY, WESLEY J.; GREENSPAN, SASHA E.; RIBEIRO, LUISA P.; CARVALHO, TAMILIE; MARTINS, RENATO A.; RODRIGUEZ, DAVID; ROHR, JASON R.; HADDAD, CELIO F. B.; TOLEDO, LUIS FELIPE; BECKER, C. GUILHERME. Synergistic effects of warming and disease linked to high mortality in cool-adapted terrestrial frogs. Biological Conservation, v. 245, MAY 2020. (18/23622-0, 16/25358-3, 13/50741-7, 16/03344-0)

GREENSPAN, S. E.; LAMBERTINI, C.; CARVALHO, T.; JAMES, T. Y.; TOLEDO, L. F.; HADDAD, C. F. B.; BECKER, C. G.. Hybrids of amphibian chytrid show high virulence in native hosts. SCIENTIFIC REPORTS, v. 8, JUN 25 2018. (16/25358-3, 13/50741-7, 11/51694-7)

TOLEDO, LUIS FELIPE; RUGGERI, JOICE; LEITE FERRAZ DE CAMPOS, LEONARDO; MARTINS, MARCIO; NECKEL-OLIVEIRA, SELVINO; BREVIGLIERI, CRASSO PAULO BOSCO. Midges not only sucks, but may carry lethal pathogens to wild amphibians. Biotropica, v. 53, n. 3, MAR 2021. (16/25358-3, 17/01917-6)

ERNETTI, JULIA R.; BOSCHETTI, JOANA P.; DELAZERI, FRANCIELI; DE BASTIANI, VELUMA I. M.; PONTES, MARIANA R.; RIBEIRO, LUISA P.; LINGNAU, RODRIGO; TOLEDO, LUIS FELIPE; LUCAS, ELAINE M.. High temporal and individual variation in the prevalence and intensity of chytrid infection in the southernmost Leaf Frog of the genusPithecopus(Anura, Phyllomedusidae). Hydrobiologia, v. 847, n. 16, JUL 2020. (16/25358-3, 20/00099-0, 18/23622-0)

DE ANDRADE, FELIPE SILVA; HAGA, ISABELLE AQUEMI; LYRA, MARIANA LUCIO; DE CARVALHO, THIAGO RIBEIRO; BAPTISTA HADDAD, CELIO FERNANDO; GIARETTA, ARIOVALDO ANTONIO; TOLEDO, LUIS FELIPE. Reassessment of the taxonomic status of Pseudopaludicola parnaiba (Anura, Leptodactylidae, Leiuperinae), with the description of a new cryptic species from the Brazilian Cerrado. EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF TAXONOMY, v. 679, p. 1-36, JUL 3 2020. (17/08489-0, 15/10728-7, 16/25358-3, 13/50741-7, 17/26162-8)

FORTI, LUCAS RODRIGUEZ; PONTES, MARIANA RETUCI; ALCANTARA, EDNA PAULINO; MORAIS, DRAUSIO HONORIO; DA SILVA, REINALDO JOSE; DODONOV, PAVEL; TOLEDO, LUIS FELIPE. Torrent frogs have fewer macroparasites but higher rates of chytrid infection in landscapes with smaller forest cover. ECOSPHERE, v. 11, n. 6, JUN 2020. (16/25358-3, 20/00099-0, 13/21519-4, 14/23388-7)

BARDIER, CECILIA; MANEYRO, RAUL; TOLEDO, LUIS FELIPE. The Correlates of in situ Larval Survivorship of the Threatened South American Toad Melanophryniscus montevidensis (Anura, Bufonidae). South American Journal of Herpetology, v. 17, n. 1, p. 33-42, AUG 2020. (14/23388-7, 19/18335-5, 16/25358-3)

AUGUSTO-ALVES, GUILHERME; DENA, SIMONE; TOLEDO, LUIS FELIPE. coustic allometry, background stream noise and its relationship with large-bodied and voiceless rheophilic frog. ZOOLOGISCHER ANZEIGER, v. 295, p. 156-162, NOV 2021. (14/23388-7, 19/03170-0, 16/25358-3)

DE ANDRADE, FELIPE SILVA; HAGA, ISABELLE AQUEMI; LYRA, MARIANA LUCIO; GAZONI, THIAGO; ZARACHO, VICTOR; BAPTISTA HADDAD, CELIO FERNANDO; TOLEDO, LUIS FELIPE; GIARETTA, ARIOVALDO ANTONIO. Geographic distributions ofPseudopaludicola bolivianaand congeneric long-legged species (Anura: Leiuperinae). Studies on Neotropical Fauna and Environment, v. 57, n. 1, p. 17-pg., 2020-09-10. (19/18335-5, 13/50741-7, 17/26162-8, 15/10728-7, 16/25358-3)

PONTES, MARIANA R.; AUGUSTO-ALVES, GUILHERME; LAMBERTINI, CAROLINA; TOLEDO, LUIS FELIPE. A lizard acting as carrier of the amphibian-killing chytrid Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis in southern Brazil. Acta Herpetologica, v. 13, n. 2, p. 201-205, DEC 2018. (16/25358-3)

WEBB, REBECCA J.; ROBERTS, ALEXANDRA A.; WYLIE, STEPHEN; KOSCH, TIFFANY; TOLEDO, LUIS FELIPE; MERCES, MARCIA; SKERRATT, LEE F.; BERGER, LEE. on-detection of mycoviruses in amphibian chytrid fungus (Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis) from Australi. FUNGAL BIOLOGY, v. 126, n. 1, p. 75-81, JAN 2022. (16/25358-3, 19/18335-5)

SALES, LILIAN P.; REBOUCAS, RAONI; TOLEDO, LUIS FELIPE. Native range climate is insufficient to predict anuran invasive potential. Biological Invasions, v. 23, n. 8, p. 2635-2647, AUG 2021. (19/18335-5, 16/25358-3)

RIBEIRO, LUISA P.; CARVALHO, TAMILIE; BECKER, C. GUILHERME; JENKINSON, THOMAS S.; LEITE, DOMINGOS DA SILVA; JAMES, TIMOTHYY; GREENSPAN, SASHA E.; TOLEDO, LUIS FELIPE. Bullfrog farms release virulent zoospores of the frog-killing fungus into the natural environment. SCIENTIFIC REPORTS, v. 9, SEP 17 2019. (16/25358-3, 16/03344-0)

RUGGERI, JOICE; RIBEIRO, LUISA P.; PONTES, MARIANA R.; TOFFOLO, CARLOS; CANDIDO, MARCELO; CARRIERO, MATEUS M.; ZANELLA, NOELI; SOUSA, RICARDO L. M.; TOLEDO, LUIS FELIPE. Discovery of Wild Amphibians Infected with Ranavirus in Brazil. JOURNAL OF WILDLIFE DISEASES, v. 55, n. 4, p. 897-902, OCT 2019. (17/01917-6, 12/08846-3, 16/25358-3, 17/01718-3, 16/03344-0)

RUGGERI, JOICE; DA SILVA MARTINS, ANA GLAUCIA; ROSA DOMINGOS, ADAO HENRIQUE; SANTOS, ISAIAS; VIROOMAL, IMRAN BHARAT; TOLEDO, LUIS FELIPE. Seasonal prevalence of the amphibian chytrid in a tropical pond-dwelling tadpole species. DISEASES OF AQUATIC ORGANISMS, v. 142, p. 171-176, 2020. (17/01917-6, 16/25358-3)

SALLA, RAQUEL F.; JONES-COSTA, MONICA; ABDALLA, FABIO C.; VIDAL, FELIPE A. P.; BOEING, GUILHERME A. N. S.; OLIVEIRA, CRISTIANE R.; SILVA-ZACARIN, ELAINE C. M.; FRANCO-BELUSSI, LILIAN; RIZZI-POSSIGNOLO, GISELE M.; LAMBERTINI, CAROLINA; et al. Differential liver histopathological responses to amphibian chytrid infection. DISEASES OF AQUATIC ORGANISMS, v. 142, p. 177-187, 2020. (16/25358-3)

MAXIMO, ISABEL M.; BRANDAO, REUBER A.; RUGGERI, JOICE; TOLEDO, LUIS FELIPE. AMPHIBIAN ILLEGAL PET TRADE AND A POSSIBLE NEW CASE OF AN INVASIVE EXOTIC SPECIES IN BRAZIL. Herpetological Conservation and Biology, v. 16, n. 2, p. 303-312, AUG 2021. (17/01917-6, 16/25358-3)

PONTES, MARIANA RETUCI; BARDIER, CECILIA; MEDINA, DANIEL; PEREIRA, GISELA; LAMBERTINI, CAROLINA; TOLEDO, LUIS FELIPE. Seasonal variation of Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis in a threatened anuran species from Uruguay. DISEASES OF AQUATIC ORGANISMS, v. 145, p. 79-88, 2021. (18/08650-8, 20/00099-0, 16/25358-3)

FERREIRA, RODRIGO B.; MONICO, ALEXANDER T.; ZOCCA, CASSIO Z.; SANTOS, MARCUS THADEU T.; LIRIO, FERNANDA C. F.; TONINI, JOAO F. R.; SABAGH, LEANDRO T.; CIPRIANO, RAFAEL S.; WAICHERT, CECILIA; CRUMP, MARTHA L.; et al. Uncovering the Natural History of the Bromeligenous Frog Crossodactylodes izecksohni (Leptodactylidae, Paratelmatobiinae). South American Journal of Herpetology, v. 14, n. 2, p. 136-145, AUG 2019. (16/25358-3)

FORTI, LUCAS RODRIGUEZ; SAMPAIO, MARIA RITA DE MELO; PIRES, CLARA RESENDE; SZABO, JUDIT K.; TOLEDO, LUIS FELIPE. Torrent frogs emit acoustic signals of a narrower spectral range in habitats with longer-lasting biotic background noise. Behavioural Processes, v. 200, p. 10-pg., 2022-07-08. (19/18335-5, 16/25358-3)

REBOUCAS, RAONI; CAROLLO, ANA BEATRIZ; FREITAS, MARIANE DE OLIVEIRA; LAMBERTINI, CAROLINA; NOGUEIRA DOS SANTOS, RONALD MATEUS; TOLEDO, LUIS FELIPE. Is the conspicuous dorsal coloration of the Atlantic forest pumpkin toadlets aposematic?. SALAMANDRA, v. 55, n. 1, p. 39-47, FEB 15 2019. (16/25358-3)

BARDIER, C.; MARTINEZ-LATORRACA, N.; PORLEY, J. L.; BORTOLINI, S. V.; CABRERA ALONZO, N.; MANEYRO, R.; TOLEDO, L. F.. Seasonal demography of the threatened Montevideo Redbelly Toad (Melanophryniscus montevidensis) in a protected area of Uruguay. CANADIAN JOURNAL OF ZOOLOGY, v. 97, n. 2, p. 131-141, FEB 2019. (14/23388-7, 16/25358-3)

RUGGERI, JOICE; DE CARVALHO-E-SILVA, SERGIO POTSCH; JAMES, TIMOTHY Y.; TOLEDO, LUIS FELIPE. Amphibian chytrid infection is influenced by rainfall seasonality and water availability. DISEASES OF AQUATIC ORGANISMS, v. 127, n. 2, p. 107-115, JAN 31 2018. (16/25358-3, 14/23388-7, 17/01917-6)

DELAZERI, FRANCIELI; ERNETTI, JULIA R.; DE BASTIANI, VELUMA I. M.; LINGNAU, RODRIGO; TOLEDO, LUIS FELIPE; LUCAS, ELAINE M.. Forest cover influences chytrid infections in populations of Boana curupi, a threatened treefrog of south Brazil. DISEASES OF AQUATIC ORGANISMS, v. 144, p. 133-142, 2021. (20/02994-7, 16/25358-3, 19/18335-5)

ROTENBERG, ELSIE; MUSCAT, EDELCIO; STUGINSKI, DANIEL RODRIGUES; TOLEDO, LUIS FELIPE; MOROTI, MATHEUS DE TOLEDO. Paratelmatobius mantiqueira Pombal & Haddad, 1999 (Anura: Leptodactylidae): New specimens and rectification of the type locality of a rare species from the Serra da Mantiqueira, southeastern Brazil. Zootaxa, v. 4845, n. 3, p. 447-450, SEP 3 2020. (19/18335-5, 16/25358-3)

GOUTTE, SANDRA; MASON, MATTHEW J.; ANTONIAZZI, MARTA M.; JARED, CARLOS; MERLE, DIDIER; CAZES, LILIAN; TOLEDO, LUIS FELIPE; EL-HAFCI, HANANE; PALLU, STEPHANE; PORTIER, HUGUES; et al. Intense bone fluorescence reveals hidden patterns in pumpkin toadlets. SCIENTIFIC REPORTS, v. 9, MAR 29 2019. (16/25358-3, 14/23388-7)

MESQUITA, ANDREA F. C.; LAMBERTINI, CAROLINA; LYRA, MARIANA; MALAGOLI, LEO R.; JAMES, TIMOTHY Y.; TOLEDO, LUIS FELIPE; HADDAD, CELIO F. B.; BECKER, C. GUILHERME. Low resistance to chytridiomycosis in direct-developing amphibians. SCIENTIFIC REPORTS, v. 7, NOV 30 2017. (14/23388-7, 16/25358-3, 13/50741-7, 14/23677-9)

RIBEIRO, LUISA P.; TOLEDO, LUIS FELIPE. An overview of the Brazilian frog farming. Aquaculture, v. 548, n. 2, FEB 15 2022. (16/25358-3, 19/18335-5, 18/23622-0)

LACERDA, JOAO VICTOR A.; ZOCCA, CASSIO; CAFOFO, EMANUEL G.; DE ARAUJO, ALAN P.; BEARD, KAREN H.; TOLEDO, LUIS F.; FERREIRA, RODRIGO B.. Plant-borne vibration is related to the vocal repertoire of an Atlantic Forest marsupial frog: vocalization of Fritziana tonimi (Anura: Hemiphractidae). SALAMANDRA, v. 59, n. 3, p. 9-pg., 2023-08-15. (16/25358-3)

MCDONALD, COBY A.; BECKER, C. GUILHERME; LAMBERTINI, CAROLINA; TOLEDO, L. FELIPE; HADDAD, CELIO F. B.; ZAMUDIO, KELLY R.. Host immune responses to enzootic and invasive pathogen lineages vary in magnitude, timing, and efficacy. Molecular Ecology, v. 32, n. 9, p. 19-pg., 2023-03-02. (16/25358-3, 19/18335-5)

VITTORAZZI, STENIO EDER; AUGUSTO-ALVES, GUILHERME; DAS NEVES-DA-SILVA, DENER; PAULINO TELLES DE CARVALHO-E-SILVA, ANA MARIA; RECCO-PIMENTEL, SHIRLEI MARIA; TOLEDO, LUIS FELIPE; LOURENCO, LUCIANA BOLSONI; BRUSCHI, DANIEL PACHECO. Paraphyly in the giant torrent-frogs (Anura: Hylodidae: Megaelosia) and the description of a new genus. SALAMANDRA, v. 57, n. 2, p. 274-284, MAY 15 2021. (16/25358-3, 19/03170-0)

MEDINA, DANIEL; GREENSPAN, SASHA E.; CARVALHO, TAMILIE; BECKER, C. GUILHERME; TOLEDO, LUIS FELIPE. Co-infecting pathogen lineages have additive effects on host bacterial communities. FEMS MICROBIOLOGY ECOLOGY, v. 97, n. 4, APR 2021. (19/18335-5, 18/08650-8, 16/25358-3)

JORGEWICH-COHEN, GABRIEL; TOLEDO, LUIS FELIPE; GRANT, TARAN. Genetic structure of American bullfrog populations in Brazil. SCIENTIFIC REPORTS, v. 12, n. 1, p. 10-pg., 2022-06-15. (16/25358-3, 18/15425-0, 12/10000-5)

REBOUCAS, RAONI. White-edged cowards: high-pitched treefrogs will be attacked by those with orange legs. BEHAVIOUR, v. 160, n. 1, p. 25-pg., 2023-12-01. (16/25358-3, 19/18335-5)

DA SILVA MARTINS, ANA GLAUCIA; REBOUCAS, RAONI; SANTOS, ISAIAS; ROSA DOMINGOS, ADAO HENRIQUE; TOLEDO, LUIS FELIPE. Influence of tail injury on the development of Neotropical elegant treefrog tadpoles. Acta Herpetologica, v. 17, n. 1, p. 8-pg., 2022-06-01. (16/25358-3, 19/18335-5)

TOLEDO, LUIS FELIPE; ZANOTTI, ALEXANDRE P.; DE LIMA SILVA BEZERRA, LISANDRA MARIA; ABRAHAO, CARLOS; LISBOA, CYBELE SABINO. Occasional herpetofaunal introductions into and from the archipelago of Fernando de Noronha, Brazil. SPIXIANA, v. 45, n. 2, p. 5-pg., 2023-02-01. (16/25358-3, 19/18335-5)

GREENSPAN, SASHA E.; PELOSO, PEDRO; FUENTES-GONZALEZ, JESUALDO A.; BLETZ, MOLLY; LYRA, MARIANA L.; MACHADO, IBERE F.; MARTINS, RENATO A.; MEDINA, DANIEL; MOURA-CAMPOS, DIEGO; NEELY, WESLEY J.; et al. Low microbiome diversity in threatened amphibians from two biodiversity hotspots. ANIMAL MICROBIOME, v. 4, n. 1, p. 9-pg., 2022-12-29. (13/50741-7, 14/16320-7, 16/25358-3, 19/18335-5)

RUTHSATZ, KATHARINA; LYRA, MARIANA L.; LAMBERTINI, CAROLINA; BELASEN, ANAT M.; JENKINSON, THOMAS S.; LEITE, DOMINGOS DA SILVA; BECKER, C. GUILHERME; HADDAD, CELIO F. B.; JAMES, TIMOTHY Y.; ZAMUDIO, KELLY R.; et al. Skin microbiome correlates with bioclimate and Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis infection intensity in Brazil's Atlantic Forest treefrogs. SCIENTIFIC REPORTS, v. 10, n. 1, DEC 18 2020. (16/25358-3, 13/50741-7, 11/51694-7)

DE ANDRADE, FELIPE SILVA; HAGA, ISABELLE AQUEMI; FERREIRA, JOHNNY SOUSA; RECCO-PIMENTEL, SHIRLEI MARIA; TOLEDO, LUIS FELIPE; BRUSCHI, DANIEL PACHECO. A new cryptic species of Pithecopus (Anura, Phyllomedusidae) in north-eastern Brazil. EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF TAXONOMY, v. 723, p. 108-134, NOV 4 2020. (15/10728-7, 16/25358-3, 19/18335-5)

DOS SANTOS, ROSATI COELHO; MOLINARI DE BASTIANI, VELUMA LALU; MEDINA, DANIEL; RIBEIRO, LUISA PONTES; PONTES, MARIANA RETUCI; LEITE, DOMINGOS DA SILVA; TOLEDO, LUIS FELIPE; DE SOUZA FRANCO, GILZA MARIA; LUCAS, ELAINE MARIA. HIGH PREVALENCE AND Low INTENSITY OF INFECTION BY BATRACHOCHYTRIUM DENDROBATIDIS IN RAINFOREST BULLFROG POPULATIONS IN SOUTHERN BRAZIL. HERPETOLOGICAL CONSERVATION AND BIOLOGY, v. 15, n. 1, p. 13-pg., 2020-04-01. (16/03344-0, 18/08650-8, 16/25358-3)

REBOUCAS, RAONI; DOS SANTOS, MARCILEIDA M.; DA SILVA MARTINS, ANA GLAUCIA; ROSA DOMINGOS, ADAO HENRIQUE; SANTOS, ISAIAS; TOLEDO, LUIS FELIPE. Warming drives cryptic declines of amphibians in eastern Brazil{*}. Biological Conservation, v. 256, APR 2021. (16/25358-3, 19/18335-5)

DOS SANTOS, ROSATI COELHO; MOLINARI DE BASTIANI, VELUMA LALU; MEDINA, DANIEL; RIBEIRO, LUISA PONTES; PONTES, MARIANA RETUCI; LEITE, DOMINGOS DA SILVA; TOLEDO, LUIS FELIPE; DE SOUZA FRANCO, GILZA MARIA; LUCAS, ELAINE MARIA. HIGH PREVALENCE AND Low INTENSITY OF INFECTION BY BATRACHOCHYTRIUM DENDROBATIDIS IN RAINFOREST BULLFROG POPULATIONS IN SOUTHERN BRAZIL. Herpetological Conservation and Biology, v. 15, n. 1, p. 118-130, APR 2020. (16/03344-0, 18/08650-8, 16/25358-3)

DE ANDRADE, FELIPE SILVA; HAGA, ISABELLE AQUEMI; LYRA, MARIANA LUCIO; GAZONI, THIAGO; ZARACHO, VICTOR; BAPTISTA HADDAD, CELIO FERNANDO; TOLEDO, LUIS FELIPE; GIARETTA, ARIOVALDO ANTONIO. eographic distributions ofPseudopaludicola bolivianaand congeneric long-legged species (Anura: Leiuperinae. Studies on Neotropical Fauna and Environment, v. 57, n. 1, SEP 2020. (19/18335-5, 17/26162-8, 15/10728-7, 16/25358-3, 13/50741-7)

FREITAS, MARIANE DE OLIVEIRA; TOLEDO, LUIS FELIPE. Treefrogs with distinct advertisement calls produce similar territorial signals. BIOACOUSTICS-THE INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ANIMAL SOUND AND ITS RECORDING, v. 30, n. 4, p. 389-401, JUL 4 2021. (19/18335-5, 16/25358-3)

REBOUCAS, RAONI; BECKER, C. GUILHERME; BACON, JAMIE P.; TOLEDO, LUIS FELIPE. Anthropogenic habitat modification linked to deformities in Cururu Toads from Fernando de Noronha. SALAMANDRA, v. 57, n. 3, p. 389-399, AUG 15 2021. (16/25358-3, 19/18335-5)

FORTI, LUCAS RODRIGUEZ; BAPTISTA HADDAD, CELIO FERNANDO; LEITE, FELIPE; DRUMMOND, LEANDRO DE OLIVEIRA; DE ASSIS, CLODOALDO; CRIVELLARI, LUCAS BATISTA; MELLO, CAIO MARINHO; GARCI, PAULO CHRISTIANO ANCHIETTA; ZORNOSA-TORRES, CAMILA; TOLEDO, LUIS FELIPE. Notes on vocalizations of Brazilian amphibians IV: advertisement calls of 20 Atlantic Forest frog species. PeerJ, v. 7, SEP 13 2019. (16/25358-3, 13/50741-7, 13/21519-4, 14/50342-8)

ZORNOSA-TORRES, CAMILA; LAMBERTINI, CAROLINA; TOLEDO, LUIS FELIPE. Amphibian chytrid infections along the highest elevational gradient of the Brazilian Atlantic Forest. DISEASES OF AQUATIC ORGANISMS, v. 144, p. 99-106, 2021. (16/25358-3, 19/18335-5)

FORATTO, ROSELI MARIA; LLUSIA, DIEGO; TOLEDO, LUIS FELIPE; FORTI, LUCAS RODRIGUEZ. Treefrogs adjust their acoustic signals in response to harmonics structure of intruder calls. BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY, v. 32, n. 3, p. 416-427, MAY-JUN 2021. (16/25358-3, 13/21519-4, 14/23388-7)

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RIBEIRO, JR., JOSE WAGNER; SIQUEIRA, TADEU; DIRENZO, GRAZIELLA V.; LAMBERTINI, CAROLINA; LYRA, MARIANA L.; TOLEDO, LUIS FELIPE; HADDAD, CELIO F. B.; BECKER, C. GUILHERME. Assessing amphibian disease risk across tropical streams while accounting for imperfect pathogen detection. Oecologia, v. 193, n. 1, p. 237-248, MAY 2020. (16/07469-2, 16/25358-3, 14/07113-8, 13/50424-1, 13/50741-7)

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