http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/frognet/ frognet: dendrobatids, mantellas, etc. Fri, 05 Feb 2010 17:21:36 GMT Tor Linbo http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/frognet/message/52343 http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/frognet/message/52343 Incidence extrapolations for USA for Salmonella food poisoning: 1,400,000 per year, 116,666 per month, 26,923 per week, 3,835 per day, 159 per hour, 2 per Thu, 04 Feb 2010 22:23:24 GMT Tracy Hicks http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/frognet/message/52342 http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/frognet/message/52342 ... I love this, Matt. The different ways it can be interpreted are fantastic/fantastical. Questions like: As frog skin is generally as porous as our mouth, Thu, 04 Feb 2010 18:02:45 GMT Matthew Mirabello http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/frognet/message/52341 http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/frognet/message/52341 http://www.express.co.uk/posts/view/155388/Kissing-a-frog-50-fall-ill- KISSING a frog may be the way for princesses to find a prince in fairytales ? but Thu, 04 Feb 2010 16:54:24 GMT Kowalski, Ed http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/frognet/message/52340 http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/frognet/message/52340 Dear friends, Please find attached a graduate student Ph.D. announcement for a collaborative position between Mississippi State University and the Memphis Zoo Fri, 29 Jan 2010 20:22:51 GMT Brian http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/frognet/message/52339 http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/frognet/message/52339 here's a cool article on chytrid that just came out: http://www.plospathogens.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.ppat.1000550 Brian Thu, 28 Jan 2010 21:50:38 GMT Brent L. Brock http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/frognet/message/52338 http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/frognet/message/52338 ... This is my impression too. But it seems like we've only seen the tip of the iceberg in this research area. It wasn't many years ago that research was Thu, 28 Jan 2010 02:05:22 GMT edwardk674@... http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/frognet/message/52337 http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/frognet/message/52337 snip "I agree completely Steve.  What we have now are a handful of studies that show that toxin profiles within a species vary by location and at least one Wed, 27 Jan 2010 16:21:39 GMT Brent L. Brock http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/frognet/message/52336 http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/frognet/message/52336 ... I agree completely Steve. What we have now are a handful of studies that show that toxin profiles within a species vary by location and at least one paper Mon, 25 Jan 2010 22:13:54 GMT Steven Waldron http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/frognet/message/52335 http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/frognet/message/52335 Sorry, I was referring to the Taboga and Oahu populations- not the captive population. I believe the retic. is form is relatively rare in nature and was Mon, 25 Jan 2010 18:13:06 GMT Brent L. Brock http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/frognet/message/52334 http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/frognet/message/52334 ... I believe that's the one Bill! I think I even have a copy around here somewhere. Brent _______________________________________________ Frognet Mailing Mon, 25 Jan 2010 17:44:02 GMT William Heath http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/frognet/message/52333 http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/frognet/message/52333 I think you may be thinking of Daly's 1992 paper Variability in alkaloid profiles in neotropical poison frogs (Dendrobatidae): genetic versus environmental Mon, 25 Jan 2010 15:38:16 GMT Brent L. Brock http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/frognet/message/52332 http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/frognet/message/52332 ... But there was a study done on the Hawaii vs. Taboga populations. It is rather obscure but I'm pretty sure the citation has been posted both here and on Sat, 23 Jan 2010 07:55:25 GMT Corey Wickliffe http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/frognet/message/52331 http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/frognet/message/52331 ... The edges of Hawaiians I've seen always seemed fuzzy edged when transitioning to the background, not the clean, distinct one color to the next like you get Sat, 23 Jan 2010 07:38:12 GMT Corey Wickliffe http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/frognet/message/52330 http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/frognet/message/52330 " The results of this study indicate that chemical defense in a dendrobatid poison frog is dependent on geographic location and habitat type, which presumably Sat, 23 Jan 2010 07:33:33 GMT Corey Wickliffe http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/frognet/message/52329 http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/frognet/message/52329 "If it was due to phenotypic plasticity, then they should appear identical when cultured in a terrarium." Could it be a bit of all of the above? The original