Frogs & Salamanders

7+ hour, 47+ min ago   (168+ words) Pima County, AZ (.gov) The Chiricahua leopard frog was listed as Threatened under the Endangered Species Act in 2002 due to a combination of aquatic habitat loss, increasing non-native species presence, and spreading of disease. Habitat fragmentation and increased groundwater pumping…...

19+ hour, 50+ min ago   (409+ words) A new species of montane toad has been discovered in Mizoram, adding to the state’s growing record of unique amphibian diversity. Named Duttaphrynus phawngpui, the newly described species was found in the high-elevation forests of Phawngpui National Park, also known…...

1+ day, 17+ hour ago   (300+ words) The Times of India Kolkata: Scientists have discovered a new species of rare, subterranean, legless amphibian in the northern Western Ghats of Maharashtra, adding to the known biodiversity of one of India’s richest yet poorly explored regions.The new…...

2+ day, 9+ hour ago   (17+ words) Ventura County Star How many frogs is too many frogs?...

2+ day, 11+ hour ago   (681+ words) Across the flooded fields and scrubby foothills of South Asia lives a frog that most people, including many biologists, would struggle to tell apart from its close relatives. The burrowing frog Sphaerotheca maskeyi, a medium-sized member of the family Dicroglossidae,…...

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4+ day, 2+ hour ago   (264+ words) Kyoto, Japan -- Amphibian larvae -- often known as tadpoles -- exhibit a behavior known as social aggregation, where they gather together as a way to avoid predators. These interactions are evidence of their association preferences, or their tendency to recognize members of…...

4+ day, 9+ hour ago   (691+ words) Note: This article was originally published 30 years ago, on Aug. 7, 1996. Brian Barnes and author Ned Rozell have since retired from the University of Alaska Fairbanks, and scientists now know that the wood frog’s internal body temperature can dip to 0.6 degrees…...

4+ day, 3+ hour ago   (442+ words) LOS ANGELES, CA — More than 650 endangered southern mountain yellow-legged frogs bred at the Los Angeles Zoo have been released into the San Gabriel Mountains as part of an ongoing effort to restore the species in the wild. Staff from the…...

4+ day, 18+ hour ago   (328+ words) Susan Burgos is mad as a box of frogs… about frogs! She’s addicted to amassing amphibians, that is. The American woman officially has the world’s largest collection of frog-related items with a whopping 13,201 of the little green guys crammed inside…...