A5037336294- Amphibian and Reptile Biology
- Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
- Turtle Biology and Conservation
- Species Distribution and Climate Change
- Wildlife Conservation and Criminology Analyses
- Identification and Quantification in Food
- Animal and Plant Science Education
- Primate Behavior and Ecology
- Genetic diversity and population structure
- Rabies epidemiology and control
- Venomous Animal Envenomation and Studies
- Animal Disease Management and Epidemiology
- Bat Biology and Ecology Studies
- Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior
- Oil Palm Production and Sustainability
- Animal Behavior and Welfare Studies
- Bird parasitology and diseases
- Human-Animal Interaction Studies
- Ichthyology and Marine Biology
- Sex work and related issues
- Animal Behavior and Reproduction
- Animal Vocal Communication and Behavior
- Paleontology and Evolutionary Biology
- Ethnobotanical and Medicinal Plants Studies
- Marine animal studies overview
Zoological Research Museum Alexander Koenig
2002-2025
Leibniz Institute for the Analysis of Biodiversity Change
2022-2025
International Union for Conservation of Nature (Bangladesh)
2024
Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research
2010-2021
James Cook University
2012
Comprehensive assessments of species' extinction risks have documented the crisis1 and underpinned strategies for reducing those risks2. Global reveal that, among tetrapods, 40.7% amphibians, 25.4% mammals 13.6% birds are threatened with extinction3. Because global been lacking, reptiles omitted from conservation-prioritization analyses that encompass other tetrapods4-7. Reptiles unusually diverse in arid regions, suggesting they may different conservation needs6. Here we provide a...
Traditional medicine beliefs are culturally important in some West African communities, where there is a thriving domestic consumer demand for wild animal derivatives. Yet, such practices can threaten the conservation of populations and negatively impact welfare. To identify those species most likely to be affected, we investigated wildlife derivative trade at largest fetish market Africa Togo. Specifically, asked what animals or products were profitable, which perceived by vendors have...
The commercial trade in frogs and their body parts is global, dynamic occurs extremely large volumes (in the thousands of tonnes/yr or billions frogs/yr). European Union (EU) remains single largest importer frogs’ legs, with most still caught from wild. Amongst many drivers species extinction population decline (e.g. due to habitat loss, climate change, disease etc.), overexploitation becoming increasingly more prominent. Due global declines extinctions, new attention being focused on these...
Abstract Exotic pet supply is a key, predominantly legal, component of global wildlife trade, but few studies have quantified its diversity or reach. Here, using information extracted from the public (open) Facebook accounts two exporters in Togo, West Africa, we identified at least 200 species, reptiles, also mammals, birds, amphibians and invertebrates, advertised as available for sale export, between years 2016 2020. Of animals identified, several hundred, possibly thousand, individuals...
Ball pythons (family Pythonidae) remain a commonly exploited species, readily available for purchase in North America and Europe. We assessed the housing conditions of more than 5000 across six exotic pet expositions 113 YouTube videos. scored provisions hygiene, mobility, shelter, substrate water provision, based on Royal Society Protection Animals (RSPCA) minimum guidelines. found most entities involved this commercial enterprise are not providing that meet welfare recommendations pythons,...
Context. Envenoming by some species of cobras (Naja species) may include cardiotoxic effects including various dysrhythmias. However, dysrhythmias leading specifically to ventricular bigeminy have not been previously documented. We report a case cardiotoxicity and the development following cobra envenomation. Case details. The patient was 23-year-old man who presented an emergency department alleged bite. There transient episode nausea, vomiting, hypotension tachycardia. ECG showed...
The ball python ( Python regius ) is the world’s most commonly traded species for “exotic” pet industry. majority of these live snakes are produced via a number farms in West Africa that have been operation since 1960s and involved with “ranching” operations 1990s. However, to date no thorough taxonomic review or genetic studies conducted within its range, despite fact evaluation species’ variability generally considered mandatory effective management. We used mtDNA sequence data eight...
As an important economic natural resource in Southeast Asia, reticulated pythons (Malayopython reticulatus ssp.) are primarily harvested from the wild for their skins—which prized luxury leather goods industry. Trade dynamics of this CITES Appendix II listed species complex and management approaches on country or regional level appear obscure. Little is known about actual geographic point-of-harvest snakes, how genetic diversity partitioned across range, current harvest levels may affect...
The loss of biodiversity due to overexploitation is well known, but a review and regulation species used in the frogs’ legs trade has yet be accomplished. This problem relates supply (the capture wild populations) demand main consumer being EU). EU’s responsibility should not ignored, since unsustainable imports certain drives population decline increases risk extinction. For most organisms, including frog trade, commercial international remains unregulated, includes extinction-threat...