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  1. Assessing water conditions for Heleophryne rosei tadpoles and the conservation relevance
  2. Challenges of dehydration result in a behavioral shift in invasive toads
  3. In a Pinch: Mechanisms Behind Potential Biotic Resistance Toward Two Invasive Crayfish by Native African Freshwater Crabs
  4. Morphology, locomotor performance and habitat use in southern African agamids
  5. Invasion syndromes: a systematic approach for predicting biological invasions and facilitating effective management
  6. The implications of the reclassification of South African wildlife species as farm animals
  7. Biological Invasions in South Africa
  8. Biological Invasions in South Africa: An Overview
  9. Biological Invasions in South Africa’s Urban Ecosystems: Patterns, Processes, Impacts, and Management
  10. Education, Training and Capacity-Building in the Field of Biological Invasions in South Africa
  11. Experience and Lessons from Alien and Invasive Animal Control Projects in South Africa
  12. Potential Futures of Biological Invasions in South Africa
  13. South Africa as a Donor of Alien Animals
  14. South Africa’s Centre for Invasion Biology: An Experiment in Invasion Science for Society
  15. Terrestrial Vertebrate Invasions in South Africa
  16. The Role of Environmental Factors in Promoting and Limiting Biological Invasions in South Africa
  17. Occurrence and extent of hybridisation between the invasive Mallard Duck and native Yellow-billed Duck in South Africa
  18. The role of ambient temperature and body mass on body temperature, standard metabolic rate and evaporative water loss in southern African anurans of different habitat specialisation
  19. Has strategic planning made a difference to amphibian conservation research in South Africa?
  20. The global pet trade in amphibians: species traits, taxonomic bias, and future directions
  21. The world needs BRICS countries to build capacity in invasion science
  22. Invasive toads adopt marked capital breeding when introduced to a cooler, more seasonal environment
  23. Taxonomic Bias and Traits of the Global Amphibian Pet-Trade
  24. No survival of native larval frogs in the presence of invasive Indian bullfrog Hoplobatrachus tigerinus tadpoles
  25. Emerging infectious diseases and biological invasions: a call for a One Health collaboration in science and management
  26. Locomotor performance constrained by morphology and habitat in a diverse clade of African frogs (Anura: Pyxicephalidae)
  27. Why Have a Pet Amphibian? Insights From YouTube
  28. A global meta-analysis of the ecological impacts of alien species on native amphibians
  29. An established population of African clawed frogs, Xenopus laevis (Daudin, 1802), in mainland China
  30. Anti-predator strategies of the invasive African clawed frog, Xenopus laevis, to native and invasive predators in western France
  31. Cannibalism or congeneric predation? The African clawed frog, Xenopus laevis (Daudin), preferentially predates on larvae of Cape platannas, Xenopus gilli Rose & Hewitt
  32. A taxonomically and geographically constrained information base limits non-native reptile and amphibian risk assessment: a systematic review
  33. Molecular phylogenetics reveals a complex history underlying cryptic diversity in the Bush Squeaker Frog (Arthroleptis wahlbergii) in southern Africa
  34. Size-dependent functional response of Xenopus laevis feeding on mosquito larvae
  35. What’s for dinner? Diet and potential trophic impact of an invasive anuran Hoplobatrachus tigerinus on the Andaman archipelago
  36. Europe’s plan S could raise everyone else’s publication paywall
  37. Reconstructing biological invasions using public surveys: a new approach to retrospectively assess spatio-temporal changes in invasive spread
  38. Rapid adaptive response to a Mediterranean environment reduces phenotypic mismatch in a recent amphibian invader
  39. Extreme Climate-Induced Life-History Plasticity in an Amphibian
  40. A framework for engaging stakeholders on the management of alien species
  41. Invasive frogs in São Paulo display a substantial invasion lag
  42. Freshwater crayfish invasions in South Africa: past, present and potential future
  43. Overland movement in African clawed frogs (Xenopus laevis): empirical dispersal data from within their native range
  44. Does restricted access limit management of invasive urban frogs?
  45. Cyclic variation of the oviduct structure of Boulengerula taitana, an oviparous species of Gymnophiona: morphological changes, proliferation and apoptosis
  46. Integrating age structured and landscape resistance models to disentangle invasion dynamics of a pond-breeding anuran
  47. Are invasive populations characterized by a broader diet than native populations?
  48. Global realized niche divergence in the African clawed frog Xenopus laevis
  49. Limited genomic consequences of hybridization between two African clawed frogs, Xenopus gilli and X. laevis (Anura: Pipidae)
  50. Competition and feeding ecology in two sympatric Xenopus species (Anura: Pipidae)
  51. Distribution and establishment of the alien Australian redclaw crayfish, Cherax quadricarinatus, in South Africa and Swaziland
  52. Invasive amphibians in southern Africa: A review of invasion pathways
  53. How repeatable is the Environmental Impact Classification of Alien Taxa (EICAT)? Comparing independent global impact assessments of amphibians
  54. Taxonomy of the Capensibufo rosei group (Anura: Bufonidae) from South Africa
  55. Impact assessment with different scoring tools: How well do alien amphibian assessments match?
  56. Rather than unifying invasion biology, Dick et al.’s approach rests on subjective foundations
  57. Functional responses can’t unify invasion ecology
  58. Genetic diversity and differentiation of the Western Leopard Toad (Sclerophrys pantherina) based on mitochondrial and microsatellite markers
  59. Red swamp crayfish,Procambarus clarkii, found in South Africa 22 years after attempted eradication
  60. Counting chirps: acoustic monitoring of cryptic frogs
  61. Implications of summer breeding frogs from Langebaanweg, South Africa: Regional climate evolution at 5.1 mya
  62. Overland movement in African clawed frogs (Xenopus laevis): a systematic review
  63. Does diet drive the evolution of head shape and bite force in chameleons of the genus Bradypodion ?
  64. Frog origins: inferences based on ancestral reconstructions of locomotor performance and anatomy
  65. Diving in head first: trade-offs between phenotypic traits and sand-diving predator escape strategy in Meroles desert lizards
  66. A global assessment of alien amphibian impacts in a formal framework
  67. A new species of Zygaspis (Reptilia: Squamata: Amphisbaenidae) from north-eastern Mozambique
  68. Invasive crayfish threaten Okavango Delta
  69. Impacts of Climate Change on the Global Invasion Potential of the African Clawed Frog Xenopus laevis
  70. Soil biota in a megadiverse country: Current knowledge and future research directions in South Africa
  71. The relationship between cranial morphology, bite performance, diet and habitat in a radiation of dwarf chameleon (Bradypodion)
  72. Historical perspectives on global exports and research of African clawed frogs (Xenopus laevis)
  73. Unequal contribution of native South African phylogeographic lineages to the invasion of the African clawed frog,Xenopus laevis, in Europe
  74. Science and Education at the Centre for Invasion Biology
  75. Shell crushing resistance of alien and native thiarid gastropods to predatory crabs in South Africa
  76. Studying Earthworms (Annelida: Oligochaeta) in South Africa
  77. Assessing the effects of climate change on distributions of Cape Floristic Region amphibians
  78. Meteterakis saotomensis n. sp. (Nematoda: Heterakidae) from Schistometopum thomense (Bocage) (Gymnophiona: Dermophiidae) on São Tomé Island
  79. The structure of the littoral: effects of waterlily density and perch predation on sediment and plant-associated macroinvertebrate communities
  80. Frog eat frog: exploring variables influencing anurophagy
  81. Annual variation of ovarian structures ofBoulengerula taitana(Loveridge 1935), a Kenyan caecilian
  82. Functional divergence between morphs of a dwarf chameleon: differential locomotor kinematics in relation to habitat structure
  83. The effects of substratum on locomotor performance in lacertid lizards
  84. Evidence from peptidomic analysis of skin secretions that allopatric populations of Xenopus gilli (Anura:Pipidae) constitute distinct lineages
  85. A general framework for animal density estimation from acoustic detections across a fixed microphone array
  86. Population Genetics of the São Tomé Caecilian (Gymnophiona: Dermophiidae: Schistometopum thomense) Reveals Strong Geographic Structuring
  87. Fading out of view: the enigmatic decline of Rose's mountain toadCapensibufo rosei
  88. Sexual Dimorphism in Bite Performance Drives Morphological Variation in Chameleons
  89. Is the whole more than the sum of its parts? Evolutionary trade-offs between burst and sustained locomotion in lacertid lizards
  90. Linking microhabitat structure, morphology and locomotor performance traits in a recent radiation of dwarf chameleons
  91. A molecular phylogeny for sub-Saharan amphisbaenians
  92. The Occurrence of Taste Buds in Adults of the Terrestrial CeacilianBoulengerula boulengeriTornier, 1898 (Lissamphibia: Gymnophiona: Herpelidae)
  93. Mind the gaps: investigating the cause of the current range disjunction in the Cape Platanna,Xenopus gilli(Anura: Pipidae)
  94. Is dietary niche breadth linked to morphology and performance in Sandveld lizardsNucras(Sauria: Lacertidae)?
  95. Impact of temperature on performance in two species of South African dwarf chameleon, Bradypodion pumilum and B. occidentale
  96. Taxonomic adjustments in the systematics of the southern African lacertid lizards (Sauria: Lacertidae)
  97. Using modern models to test Poynton's predictions
  98. The conservation status of the world’s reptiles
  99. Convergent Evolution Associated with Habitat Decouples Phenotype from Phylogeny in a Clade of Lizards
  100. Slow but tenacious: an analysis of running and gripping performance in chameleons
  101. Revised phylogeny of African sand lizards (Pedioplanis), with the description of two new species from south-western Angola
  102. Feeding Underground: Kinematics of Feeding in Caecilians
  103. Ongoing invasions of the African clawed frog, Xenopus laevis: a global review
  104. The ‘peer’ in ‘Peer Review’
  105. Rediscovery ofBoulengerula denhardtiNieden 1912 (Amphibia: Gymnophiona: Caeciliidae) in Meru County, Kenya
  106. The “Peer” in “Peer Review”*
  107. Got It Clipped? The Effect of Tail Clipping on Tail Gripping Performance in Chameleons
  108. A biogeographical assessment of anthropogenic threats to areas where different frog breeding groups occur in South Africa: implications for anuran conservation
  109. Sequential Fragmentation of Pleistocene Forests in an East Africa Biodiversity Hotspot: Chameleons as a Model to Track Forest History
  110. Functional consequences of morphological differentiation between populations of the Cape Dwarf Chameleon (Bradypodion pumilum)
  111. Diet, morphology and performance in two chameleon morphs: do harder bites equate with harder prey?
  112. The past, present and future of African herpetology
  113. Increased structure and active learning: Can we bridge the achievement gap in South African science?
  114. Ancient forest fragmentation or recent radiation? Testing refugial speciation models in chameleons within an African biodiversity hotspot
  115. Rediscovery ofBoulengerula fischeri, with notes on its morphology and habitat
  116. Isolation and high genetic diversity in dwarf mountain toads (Capensibufo) from South Africa
  117. The Montane Forest Associated Amphibian Species of the Taita Hills, Kenya
  118. Chameleons on the Move: Survival and Movement of the Cape Dwarf Chameleon,Bradypodion pumilum, within a Fragmented Urban Habitat
  119. Diet composition of Xenopus borealis in Taita Hills: effects of habitat and predator size
  120. The kinematics of locomotion in caecilians: effects of substrate and body shape
  121. Investigating the cause of the disjunct distribution of Amietophrynus pantherinus, the Endangered South African western leopard toad
  122. Dispersaltoorfroman African biodiversity hotspot?
  123. Morphology, ornaments and performance in two chameleon ecomorphs: is the casque bigger than the bite?
  124. Why colour in subterranean vertebrates? Exploring the evolution of colour patterns in caecilian amphibians
  125. Subterranean herpetofauna show a decline after 34 years in Ndumu Game Reserve, South Africa
  126. Observations on the breeding behaviour of the Taita dwarf toadMertensophryne taitanaon Mt. Mbololo, Taita Hills, Kenya
  127. Chameleons and vineyards in the Western Cape of South Africa: Is automated grape harvesting a threat to the Cape Dwarf Chameleon (Bradypodion pumilum)?
  128. Gene flow in a direct-developing, leaf litter frog between isolated mountains in the Taita Hills, Kenya
  129. Rotational feeding in caecilians: putting a spin on the evolution of cranial design
  130. The values of soil animals for conservation biology
  131. Surveying biodiversity of soil herpetofauna: towards a standard quantitative methodology
  132. ORIGINAL ARTICLE: Freshwater paths across the ocean: molecular phylogeny of the frog Ptychadena newtoni gives insights into amphibian colonization of oceanic islands
  133. Evidence of seasonal migration in a tropical subterranean vertebrate
  134. Plotting the course of an African clawed frog invasion in Western France
  135. Externally Measured Condition Versus Internal Organ Mass in the Caecilian Gegeneophis ramaswamii (Amphibia: Gymnophiona: Caeciliidae)
  136. Are Caecilians Rare? An East African Perspective
  137. A subterranean generalist predator: diet of the soil-dwelling caecilian Gegeneophis ramaswamii (Amphibia; Gymnophiona; Caeciliidae) in southern India
  138. Termitivore or detritivore? A quantitative investigation into the diet of the East African caecilian Boulengerula taitanus (Amphibia: Gymnophiona: Caeciliidae)
  139. A mark–recapture study of the caecilian amphibian Gegeneophis ramaswamii (Amphibia: Gymnophiona: Caeciliidae) in southern India
  140. Quantitative surveying of endogeic limbless vertebrates—a case study of Gegeneophis ramaswamii (Amphibia: Gymnophiona: Caeciliidae) in southern India
  141. Phylogeography of the genus Xenopus in southern Africa
  142. Growth and ageing of feral Xenopus laevis (Daudin) in South Wales, U.K.
  143. Diet of feral Xenopus laevis (Daudin) in South Wales, U.K.
  144. Terrestrial Prey Capture in Xenopus laevis
  145. The effects of nymphaeid (Nuphar lutea) density and predation by perch (Perca fluviatilis) on the zooplankton communities in a shallow lake
  146. Lines of arrested growth in the caecilian, Typhlonectes natans (Amphibia: Gymnophiona)
  147. Mating Behavior of Xenopus wittei (Anura: Pipidae)