{"topic_id":"evidence_exotic_amphibian_nutrition","category":"evidence","context":"---\ntopic_id: evidence_exotic_amphibian_nutrition\ncategory: evidence\ntitle: \"Pet amphibian (frog / salamander / newt) — diet & nutrition — representative studies (Europe PMC)\"\nlang: en\nsource: \"Europe PMC REST search (europepmc.org), query '(pet frog OR captive amphibian OR pet amphibian OR pet salamander) AND (diet OR nutrition OR feeding OR husbandry)', 175 hits, pulled 2026-07-22\"\nsource_file: pdf-raw/evidence/europepmc_evidence_exotic_amphibian_nutrition_2026-07-22.txt\ndate_parsed: 2026-07-22\ntokens_estimated: 260\nverification:\n  method: substring_match\n  claims: 30\n  passed: 30\n  date: 2026-07-22\n---\n\n# Pet amphibian (frog / salamander / newt) — diet & nutrition — representative studies (Europe PMC)\n\nSource: Europe PMC (Europe PubMed Central) REST search, query \"(pet frog OR captive amphibian OR pet amphibian OR pet salamander) AND (diet OR nutrition OR feeding OR husbandry)\", 175 hits (2026-07-22). Each entry is a first-hand peer-reviewed study; the abstract opening is quoted verbatim from the publisher abstract. 6 representative studies below (filtered for species + nutrition relevance).\n\n1. PMID 40740710 — It's not fur: newspaper article reporting of abandonment and relinquishment of pets exhibit taxonomic biases in framing and language use. (Royal Society open science, 2025). Abstract (opening): Animal companionship holds cultural and economic significance, but there are downsides too, including welfare compromises, the risk of pathogen spillover and the relinquishment or \n2. PMID 41028515 — DNA metabarcoding analysis of stomach flushing contents reveals the exceptionally diverse diet of the golden alpine salamander. (Scientific reports, 2025). Abstract (opening): Amphibians, particularly salamanders, are facing dramatic population declines worldwide; therefore, investigating their role as predators through diet analysis could inform targete\n3. PMID 41966362 — Microplastic ingestion is positively associated with age in a freshwater salamander population. (Environmental pollution (Barking, Essex : 1987), 2026). Abstract (opening): Microplastics (MPs) are widely acknowledged as ubiquitous pollutants in freshwater systems and may threaten a variety of aquatic organisms, including amphibians. Owing to their per\n4. PMID 38742097 — Feral frogs, native newts, and chemical cues: identifying threats from and management opportunities for invasive African Clawed Frogs in Washington state. (PeerJ, 2024). Abstract (opening): Invasive species threaten biodiversity globally. Amphibians are one of the most threatened vertebrate taxa and are particularly sensitive to invasive species, including other amphi\n5. PMID 40699846 — The Application of Microsatellite Markers as Molecular Tools for Studying Genomic Variability in Vertebrate Populations. (Current issues in molecular biology, 2025). Abstract (opening): Vertebrate molecular genetic research methods typically employ single genetic loci (monolocus markers) and those involving a variable number of loci (multilocus markers). The forme\n6. PMID 37974288 — The role of Culex territans mosquitoes in the transmission of Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis to amphibian hosts. (Parasites & vectors, 2023). Abstract (opening): Mosquitoes are the deadliest organisms in the world, killing an estimated 750,000 people per year due to the pathogens they can transmit. Mosquitoes also pose a major threat to oth\n\nNote: study selection and synthesis are left to the API consumer; this topic only surfaces primary sources with verbatim abstract openings.\n\nSource text: `pdf-raw/evidence/europepmc_evidence_exotic_amphibian_nutrition_2026-07-22.txt` (Europe PMC REST + PubMed efetch, 2026-07-22).\n","sources":[],"tokens_estimated":260,"generated_at":null,"tip":"Use /api/v1/topics to discover more topics. /api/v1/nutrient for precise single-point queries. /api/v1/cross_compare for 2-3 standard comparisons."}