Results

What did we learn from amphibians throughout our project? 

The raising global temperature is a challenge for everyone, but for amphibians it translates into shortened life. This threat adds to the already devastating effects caused by habitat disappearance, pollution or introduced species, throughout the globe. It will be our responsibility to create and protect suitable habitats, to ensure their survival. The most affected will be those species that already have a short lifespan and survive within limited ranges. In Romania, we estimate that spadefoot toads, the fire-bellied toad, green frogs (edible and marsh frogs) and the Danube crested newt will be the most affected. These species were evaluated as "Least concern" by IUCN, meaning that the global estimated risk of their extinction is low. However, the spadefoot toads already live at the limits of their distribution range in our country, such as the persistence of viable populations in this area will be even more challenging, in the absence of adequate conservation measures.

Annual report

1. Stănescu, F., Cogălniceanu, D. 2022. Report summary for the project PN-III-P1-1_1-PD-2021-0260 AmphiChange.

2. Stănescu, F., Cogălniceanu, D. 2023. Report summary for the project PN-III-P1-1_1-PD-2021-0260 AmphiChange.

3. Stănescu, F., Cogălniceanu, D. 2024. Final report summary for the project PN-III-P1-1_1-PD-2021-0260 AmphiChange.

Published results

1. Stănescu, F., Márquez, R.,  Cogălniceanu, D., Marangoni, F. 2022. Older males whistle better: Age and body size are encoded in the mating calls of a nest-building amphibian (Anura: Leptodactylidae). Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution – 10: 1020613. doi: 10.3389/fevo.2022.1020613

2. Cogălniceanu, D., Stănescu, F., Eggert, C. 2024. Aging and growth outside the comfort zone: the case of alien fire-bellied toads in France. The European Zoological Journal – 91(1):142-150.  https://doi.org/10.1080/24750263.2024.2304269

3. Székely, D., Stănescu, F., Székely, P., Telea, A.E., Cogălniceanu, D. 2024. A review of age estimation methods in non‐avian reptiles by growth marks in hard tissues. Integrative Zoology - online first. https://doi.org/10.1111/1749-4877.12808

Results presented at conferences

1. Stănescu, F., Cogălniceanu, D., Kuchta, S., Popescu, V.D. 2022. Using skeletochronology to understand how climate shapes aging and growth trajectories in amphibians. In: Book of Abstracts, p. 232, Crnobrnja-Isailović, J. et al. (Eds.), SEH 21st European Congress of Herpetology, 2022, Belgrade, Serbia. ISBN: 978-86-80335-19-3

2. Topliceanu, S., Jovanović, B., Stănescu, F., Ćorović, J., Aleksić, I., Vlad, S., Telea, a., Cogălniceanu, D., Crnobrnja-Isailović, J. 2022. Life history changes observed over 17 years in a Common Toad population from Serbia. In: Book of Abstracts, p. 264, Crnobrnja-Isailović, J. et al. (Eds.), SEH 21st European Congress of Herpetology, 2022, Belgrade, Serbia. ISBN: 978-86-80335-19-3

3. Cogălniceanu, D.2022. Skeletochronology – a valuable tool in ectotherm population biology studies. In: Book of Abstracts, p. 26, Crnobrnja-Isailović, J. et al. (Eds.), SEH 21st European Congress of Herpetology, 2022, Belgrade, Serbia. ISBN: 978-86-80335-19-3

4. Marangoni, F., Stănescu, F., Márquez, R., Cogălniceanu, D. 2022. Las ranas más viejas silban mejor (Anura: Leptodactylidae). XXII Congreso Argentino de Herpetología, 2022, Santa Fe, Argentina.

5. Cogălniceanu, D., Stănescu, F., Topliceanu, S.T., Sinsch, U. 2023. Age and growth-size variation in the common frog across a latitudinal gradient. In: Book of Abstracts, p. 143, Malhotra, A., Harrison, X., Jehle, R., Ruthsatz, K., Ting, K.S., Garner, T., ... et al. (Eds.), SEH 22nd European Congress of Herpetology, 4–8 September 2023, University of Wolverhampton, Wolverhampton, UK.

6. Székely, D., Stănescu, F., Cogălniceanu, D. 2023. Age estimation in non-avian reptiles using growth marks in skeletal and non-skeletal hard tissues. In: Book of Abstracts, p. 142, Malhotra, A., Harrison, X., Jehle, R., Ruthsatz, K., Ting, K.S., Garner, T., ... et al. (Eds.), SEH 22nd European Congress of Herpetology, 4–8 September 2023, University of Wolverhampton, Wolverhampton, UK.