This study was part of a larger monitoring and surveillance project commissioned and funded by the National Parks and Wildlife Service(NPWS);Department of Culture,Heritage and the Gaeltacht(CHG);Republic of Ireland.Natterjack toads were collected under Government license(No.C098/2016).
According to the International Union for Conservation of Nature Red List,41%of the world’s amphibian species are threatened with extinction,making them more threatened than any other vertebrate group nowadays.Given t...