Schlippe Justicia, Lia
Mayer, Martin
Lorioux-Chevalier, Ugo
Dittrich, Carolin
Rojas, Bibiana
Chouteau, Mathieu
Funding for this research was provided by:
Academy of Finland (318404, 319949)
Ministère de l’enseignement supérieur
French National Agency for Research (ANR-20-CE02-0003)
Investissement d’Avenir (ANR-10-LABX-25-01)
Inland Norway University Of Applied Sciences
Article History
Received: 30 June 2023
Accepted: 12 November 2023
First Online: 2 December 2023
Declarations
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: The authors have no relevant financial or non-financial interests to disclose.
: All capture and handling procedures were approved by the Prefet de la Région Guyane (R03-2022-12-28-00004). Protocols employed at Nouragues Research Station were also approved by the Reserve’s scientific committee. For breeding experiments, we obtained permits to collect frogs from the Prefet de la Région Guyane (Collection permit R03-2021-03-03-004). Authorization to maintain animals in captivity was also given by the Prefet de la Région Guyane (Agréement A973-02-002). Authorization to perform breeding experiments was provided by the Ministère de l’enseignement supérieur et de la Recherche (référence APAFIS #38380-2022090708128291). Our study met the ASAB/ABS Guidelines for the treatment of animals in research and teaching ASAB/ABS (Buchanan et al. CitationRef removed). None of the frogs were injured during capture and handling and were successfully released at the site of capture after handling (except the individuals kept for breeding experiments). No subsequent long-term effects of capture and handling were observed (based on the frogs in captivity).
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