A review of the role of parasites in the ecology of reptiles and amphibians

Integrating social networks, animal personalities, movement ecology and parasites: a framework with examples from a lizard

(2018) Andrew Sih et al.   ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR

The hidden consequences of altering host-parasite relationships during fauna translocations

(2018) A.S. Northover et al.   BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION

Evolution of resistance to chytridiomycosis is associated with a robust early immune response

(2018) Laura F. Grogan et al.   MOLECULAR ECOLOGY

Where Have All the Turtles Gone, and Why Does It Matter?

(2018) Jeffrey E Lovich et al.   BIOSCIENCE

Endure your parasites: sleepy lizard movement is not affected by their ectoparasites

(2018) Patrick Leo Taggart et al.   CANADIAN JOURNAL OF ZOOLOGY

Spinal arthritis in cane toads across the Australian landscape

(2018) Deborah S. Bower et al.   Scientific Reports

Habitat type influences parasite load in Algerian Psammodromus lizards (Psammodromus algirus)

(2018) Jorge Carbayo et al.   CANADIAN JOURNAL OF ZOOLOGY

The costs of parasite infection: Effects of removing lungworms on performance, growth and survival of free-ranging cane toads

(2017) Patrick B. Finnerty et al.   FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

Plasmodium Infections in Natural Populations of Anolis sagrei Reflect Tolerance Rather Than Susceptibility

(2017) Camille Bonneaud et al.   INTEGRATIVE AND COMPARATIVE BIOLOGY

Pathogen richness and abundance predict patterns of adaptive major histocompatibility complex variation in insular amphibians

(2017) Supen Wang et al.   MOLECULAR ECOLOGY

A novel copro-diagnostic molecular method for qualitative detection and identification of parasitic nematodes in amphibians and reptiles

(2017) Lucas G. Huggins et al.   PLoS One

New Weapons in the Toad Toolkit: A Review of Methods to Control and Mitigate the Biodiversity Impacts of Invasive Cane Toads (Rhinella Marina)

(2017) Reid Tingley et al.   QUARTERLY REVIEW OF BIOLOGY

Infection increases vulnerability to climate change via effects on host thermal tolerance

(2017) Sasha E. Greenspan et al.   Scientific Reports

Parasite vulnerability to climate change: an evidence-based functional trait approach

(2017) Carrie A. Cizauskas et al.   Royal Society Open Science

The effects of sex hormones on immune function: a meta-analysis

(2016) Yong Zhi Foo et al.   BIOLOGICAL REVIEWS

Enhanced call effort in Japanese tree frogs infected by amphibian chytrid fungus

(2016) Deuknam An et al.   Biology Letters

Characterization of MHC class IA in the endangered southern corroboree frog

(2016) Tiffany A. Kosch et al.   IMMUNOGENETICS

Genome evolution in the allotetraploid frog Xenopus laevis

(2016) Adam M. Session et al.   NATURE

Dermatomycosis caused byParanannizziopsis australasiensisin five tuatara (Sphenodon punctatus) and a coastal bearded dragon (Pogona barbata) in a zoological collection in New Zealand

(2016) NJ Masters et al.   NEW ZEALAND VETERINARY JOURNAL

Discovery and Partial Genomic Characterisation of a Novel Nidovirus Associated with Respiratory Disease in Wild Shingleback Lizards (Tiliqua rugosa)

(2016) Mark A. O’Dea et al.   PLoS One

Adaptive tolerance to a pathogenic fungus drives major histocompatibility complex evolution in natural amphibian populations

(2016) Anna E. Savage et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Adapting Koch's postulates

(2016) A. L. Byrd et al.   SCIENCE

A review of fibropapillomatosis in Green turtles (Chelonia mydas)

(2016) K. Jones et al.   VETERINARY JOURNAL

First in Vivo Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis Transcriptomes Reveal Mechanisms of Host Exploitation, Host-Specific Gene Expression, and Expressed Genotype Shifts

(2016) Amy R. Ellison et al.   G3-Genes Genomes Genetics

Amphibians with infectious disease increase their reproductive effort: evidence for the terminal investment hypothesis

(2016) Laura A. Brannelly et al.   Open Biology

The impact of lungworm parasites on rates of dispersal of their anuran host, the invasive cane toad

(2015) Gregory P. Brown et al.   BIOLOGICAL INVASIONS

Density-dependent immunity and parasitism risk in experimental populations of lizards naturally infested by ixodid ticks

(2015) Marianne Mugabo et al.   ECOLOGY

The natural history, ecology, and epidemiology of Ophidiomyces ophiodiicola and its potential impact on free-ranging snake populations

(2015) Matthew C. Allender et al.   Fungal Ecology

Alaria mesocercariae in the tails of red-sided garter snakes: evidence for parasite-mediated caudectomy

(2015) Emily J. Uhrig et al.   PARASITOLOGY RESEARCH

Whole-genome sequence of the Tibetan frogNanorana parkeriand the comparative evolution of tetrapod genomes

(2015) Yan-Bo Sun et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Cryptic infection of a broad taxonomic and geographic diversity of tadpoles by Perkinsea protists

(2015) Aurélie Chambouvet et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Condition-dependent reproductive effort in frogs infected by a widespread pathogen

(2015) Elizabeth A. Roznik et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Emerging infectious diseases of wildlife: a critical perspective

(2015) Daniel M. Tompkins et al.   TRENDS IN PARASITOLOGY

Lesser of Two Evils? Foraging Choices in Response to Threats of Predation and Parasitism

(2015) Janet Koprivnikar et al.   PLoS One

Cooperate or compete? Influence of sex and body size on sheltering behaviour in the wall lizard, Podarcis muralis

(2014) Fabien Aubret et al.   BEHAVIOUR

Interventions for Reducing Extinction Risk in Chytridiomycosis-Threatened Amphibians

(2014) BEN C. SCHEELE et al.   CONSERVATION BIOLOGY

Toward consilience in reptile phylogeny: miRNAs support an archosaur, not lepidosaur, affinity for turtles

(2014) Daniel J. Field et al.   EVOLUTION & DEVELOPMENT

Natural enemy ecology: comparing the effects of predation risk, infection risk and disease on host behaviour

(2014) Daniel L. Preston et al.   FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

More than Skin Deep: Functional Genomic Basis for Resistance to Amphibian Chytridiomycosis

(2014) Amy R. Ellison et al.   Genome Biology and Evolution

The Relationships between Parasite Intensity, Locomotor Performance, and Body Condition in Adult Toads (Rhinella icterica) from the Wild

(2014) Eduardo H. Moretti et al.   JOURNAL OF HERPETOLOGY

Parasite load and MHC diversity in undisturbed and agriculturally modified habitats of the ornate dragon lizard

(2014) Jacek Radwan et al.   MOLECULAR ECOLOGY

The pathogenBatrachochytrium dendrobatidisdisturbs the frog skin microbiome during a natural epidemic and experimental infection

(2014) Andrea J. Jani et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

What is a pathogen? Toward a process view of host-parasite interactions

(2014) Pierre-Olivier Méthot et al.   Virulence

Fighting a Losing Battle: Vigorous Immune Response Countered by Pathogen Suppression of Host Defenses in the Chytridiomycosis-Susceptible Frog Atelopus zeteki

(2014) Amy R. Ellison et al.   G3-Genes Genomes Genetics

Fitness Consequences of Infection by Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis in Northern Leopard Frogs (Lithobates pipiens)

(2013) Matthew W. H. Chatfield et al.   EcoHealth

Calling Behavior and Parasite Intensity in Treefrogs,Hypsiboas prasinus

(2013) Carla Bonetti Madelaire et al.   JOURNAL OF HERPETOLOGY

Isolation, Identification, and Characterization of Novel Arenaviruses, the Etiological Agents of Boid Inclusion Body Disease

(2013) U. Hetzel et al.   JOURNAL OF VIROLOGY

SEVERE SPARGANOSIS IN AUSTRALIAN TREE FROGS

(2013) Lee Berger et al.   JOURNAL OF WILDLIFE DISEASES

PATHOLOGIC AND PARASITOLOGIC FINDINGS OF COLD-STUNNED KEMP’S RIDLEY SEA TURTLES (LEPIDOCHELYS KEMPII) STRANDED ON CAPE COD, MASSACHUSETTS, 2001–2006

(2013) Charles Innis et al.   JOURNAL OF WILDLIFE DISEASES

CARRIAGE OF ANTIBIOTIC-RESISTANT ENTERIC BACTERIA VARIES AMONG SITES IN GALÁPAGOS REPTILES

(2013) Emily Wheeler et al.   JOURNAL OF WILDLIFE DISEASES

Variation in anti-parasite behaviour and infection among larval amphibian species

(2013) Janet Koprivnikar et al.   OECOLOGIA

Infection deflection: hosts control parasite location with behaviour to improve tolerance

(2013) B. F. Sears et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Hot bodies protect amphibians against chytrid infection in nature

(2013) Jodi J. L. Rowley et al.   Scientific Reports

Impacts of mesomycetozoean parasites on amphibian and freshwater fish populations

(2013) Jodi J.L. Rowley et al.   Fungal Biology Reviews

Coextinction and Persistence of Dependent Species in a Changing World

(2012) Robert K. Colwell et al.   Annual Review of Ecology Evolution and Systematics

Macroparasite Infections of Amphibians: What Can They Tell Us?

(2012) Janet Koprivnikar et al.   EcoHealth

Heavy metal pollution across sites affecting the intestinal helminth communities of the Egyptian lizard, Chalcides ocellatus (Forskal, 1775)

(2012) M. F. M. Soliman   ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING AND ASSESSMENT

Diverse effects of parasites in ecosystems: linking interdependent processes

(2012) Melanie J Hatcher et al.   FRONTIERS IN ECOLOGY AND THE ENVIRONMENT

Does genetic diversity limit disease spread in natural host populations?

(2012) K C King et al.   HEREDITY

The Effect of Local Environmental Variables on the Helminth Parasite Communities of the Pointedbelly Frog Leptodactylus podicipinus from Ponds in the Pantanal Wetlands

(2012) Karla Magalhães Campião et al.   JOURNAL OF PARASITOLOGY

Social networks and the spread ofSalmonellain a sleepy lizard population

(2012) C. M. BULL et al.   MOLECULAR ECOLOGY

Only skin deep: shared genetic response to the deadly chytrid fungus in susceptible frog species

(2012) ERICA BREE ROSENBLUM et al.   MOLECULAR ECOLOGY

Emerging fungal threats to animal, plant and ecosystem health

(2012) Matthew C. Fisher et al.   NATURE

Substrate-Specific Gene Expression in Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis, the Chytrid Pathogen of Amphibians

(2012) Erica Bree Rosenblum et al.   PLoS One

The Behavioral Response of Larval Amphibians (Ranidae) to Threats from Predators and Parasites

(2012) Dorina Szuroczki et al.   PLoS One

Reciprocal Trophic Interactions and Transmission of Blood Parasites between Mosquitoes and Frogs

(2012) Laura V. Ferguson et al.   Insects

Mitigating amphibian disease: strategies to maintain wild populations and control chytridiomycosis

(2011) Douglas C Woodhams et al.   Frontiers in Zoology

Interactions Between Infective Helminth Larvae and Their Anuran Hosts

(2011) Crystal Kelehear et al.   HERPETOLOGICA

Effects of an Infectious Fungus, Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis, on Amphibian Predator-Prey Interactions

(2011) Barbara A. Han et al.   PLoS One

Disease and the Extended Phenotype: Parasites Control Host Performance and Survival through Induced Changes in Body Plan

(2011) Brett A. Goodman et al.   PLoS One

A Suspected Parasite Spill-Back of Two Novel Myxidium spp. (Myxosporea) Causing Disease in Australian Endemic Frogs Found in the Invasive Cane Toad

(2011) Ashlie Hartigan et al.   PLoS One

Short-Term Exposure to Warm Microhabitats Could Explain Amphibian Persistence with Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis

(2011) Joshua H. Daskin et al.   PLoS One

MHC genotypes associate with resistance to a frog-killing fungus

(2011) A. E. Savage et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Viruses Infecting Reptiles

(2011) Rachel E. Marschang   Viruses-Basel

Assessing the long-term impact of Ranavirus infection in wild common frog populations

(2010) A. G. F. Teacher et al.   ANIMAL CONSERVATION

Impacts of Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis Infection on Tadpole Foraging Performance

(2010) Matthew D. Venesky et al.   EcoHealth

Ecomorphology and disease: cryptic effects of parasitism on host habitat use, thermoregulation, and predator avoidance

(2010) Brett A. Goodman et al.   ECOLOGY

Fusarium solani is responsible for mass mortalities in nests of loggerhead sea turtle, Caretta caretta, in Boavista, Cape Verde

(2010) Jullie M. Sarmiento-Ramírez et al.   FEMS MICROBIOLOGY LETTERS

Social network structure and parasite infection patterns in a territorial reptile, the tuatara (Sphenodon punctatus)

(2010) Stephanie S. Godfrey et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL FOR PARASITOLOGY

Inclusion Body Disease, A Worldwide Infectious Disease of Boid Snakes: A Review

(2010) Li-Wen Chang et al.   Journal of Exotic Pet Medicine

Museum material reveals a frog parasite emergence after the invasion of the cane toad in Australia

(2010) Ashlie Hartigan et al.   Parasites & Vectors

How pathogens drive genetic diversity: MHC, mechanisms and misunderstandings

(2010) L. G. Spurgin et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

The Ecological Impact of Invasive Cane Toads (Bufo Marinus) in Australia

(2010) Richard Shine   QUARTERLY REVIEW OF BIOLOGY

The Genome of the Western Clawed Frog Xenopus tropicalis

(2010) U. Hellsten et al.   SCIENCE

Low prevalence of Salmonella enterica in Australian wildlife

(2010) Sandra K. Parsons et al.   Environmental Microbiology Reports

Different habitats, different pressures? Analysis of escape behaviour and ectoparasite load in Podarcis sicula (Lacertidae) populations in different agricultural habitats

(2009) Marta Biaggini et al.   AMPHIBIA-REPTILIA

Ecology and pathology of amphibian ranaviruses

(2009) MJ Gray et al.   DISEASES OF AQUATIC ORGANISMS

Is the international frog legs trade a potential vector for deadly amphibian pathogens?

(2009) Brian Gratwicke et al.   FRONTIERS IN ECOLOGY AND THE ENVIRONMENT

Rhabdias pseudosphaerocephala infection in Bufo marinus: lung nematodes reduce viability of metamorph cane toads

(2009) C. KELEHEAR et al.   PARASITOLOGY

Evidence for Directional Selection at a Novel Major Histocompatibility Class I Marker in Wild Common Frogs (Rana temporaria) Exposed to a Viral Pathogen (Ranavirus)

(2009) Amber G. F. Teacher et al.   PLoS One

Genome-Wide Transcriptional Response of Silurana (Xenopus) tropicalis to Infection with the Deadly Chytrid Fungus

(2009) Erica Bree Rosenblum et al.   PLoS One

Pathogenesis of Chytridiomycosis, a Cause of Catastrophic Amphibian Declines

(2009) J. Voyles et al.   SCIENCE

Combined effects of agricultural activity and parasites on biomarkers in the bullfrog, Rana catasbeiana

(2008) David J. Marcogliese et al.   AQUATIC TOXICOLOGY

Suitability of Amphibians and Reptiles for Translocation

(2008) JENNIFER M. GERMANO et al.   CONSERVATION BIOLOGY

Genetic diversity ofDaphnia magnapopulations enhances resistance to parasites

(2008) Florian Altermatt et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Agrochemicals increase trematode infections in a declining amphibian species

(2008) Jason R. Rohr et al.   NATURE

Epigenetic effects of infection on the phenotype of host offspring: parasites reaching across host generations

(2008) Robert Poulin et al.   OIKOS

Parasites as predators: unifying natural enemy ecology

(2008) Thomas R. Raffel et al.   TRENDS IN ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION

Spinal Arthropathy Associated with Ochrobactrum anthropi in Free-ranging Cane Toads (Chaunus [Bufo] marinus) in Australia

(2008) C. M. Shilton et al.   VETERINARY PATHOLOGY

Immune function varies with reproductive stage and context in female and male tree lizards, Urosaurus ornatus

(2007) Susannah S. French et al.   GENERAL AND COMPARATIVE ENDOCRINOLOGY

Thermal biology of newts (Notophthalmus viridescens) chronically infected with a naturally occurring pathogen

(2007) Elizabeth Sherman   JOURNAL OF THERMAL BIOLOGY