Conor McFeely, The Case of the Midwife Toad (The Unrepeatable Experiment), Alan Phelan, Douglas Hyde Gallery, Dublin, December 2007 - January 2008

Circa ◽  
2008 ◽  
pp. 98
Author(s):  
Alan Phelan
Keyword(s):  
Midwife Toad ◽  
Douglas Hyde

scholarly journals The Genome Sequence of the Emerging Common Midwife Toad Virus Identifies an Evolutionary Intermediate within Ranaviruses

2012 ◽  
Vol 86 (7) ◽  
pp. 3617-3625 ◽  
Author(s):  
C. Mavian ◽  
A. Lopez-Bueno ◽  
A. Balseiro ◽  
R. Casais ◽  
A. Alcami ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Genome Sequence ◽  
Midwife Toad

Too late for the midwife toad

1999 ◽  
Vol 15 (5) ◽  
pp. 169-171 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anne McLaren
Keyword(s):  
Midwife Toad

Letters of Kuno Meyer to Douglas Hyde, 1896–1919

2016 ◽  
Vol 42 ◽  
pp. 1-64
Author(s):  
Dáibhí Ó Cróinín
Keyword(s):  
Douglas Hyde

scholarly journals In-situ severe breeding habitat intervention only achieves temporary success in reducing Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis infection

2020 ◽  
Vol 41 (2) ◽  
pp. 261-267 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrés Fernández-Loras ◽  
Luz Boyero ◽  
Jaime Bosch
Keyword(s):  
Batrachochytrium Dendrobatidis ◽  
Research Effort ◽  
Breeding Habitat ◽  
Habitat Manipulation ◽  
Breeding Sites ◽  
Breeding Habitats ◽  
The Common ◽  
Natural Breeding ◽  
Midwife Toad

Abstract Chytridiomycosis, an emerging infectious disease caused by the fungus Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis (Bd), is causing sharp declines in amphibian populations around the globe. A substantial research effort has been made to study the disease, including treatments against Bd, but most treatments have been applied to captive amphibians only. We report a study aimed at clearing wild populations of the Common Midwife toad Alytes obstetricans. We removed all larvae from natural breeding sites (cattle troughs) and conducted two types of severe breeding habitat manipulation (complete drying and fencing for the whole breeding season). While larval removal followed by drying was a successful method of Bd elimination, the effect was only temporary. Since terrestrial habits of adult A. obstetricans prevent them from infection, our findings suggest that, even in simple breeding habitats where all aquatic amphibian stages can be handled and extreme habitat intervention is possible, Bd cannot be eliminated without controlling other potential Bd reservoirs in the surroundings of breeding sites.

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