Three Australian Frog Species Officially Extinct
The Kuranda treefrog has been upgraded to endangered from near-threatened.
Wild Frogs & Amphibians
Cascade And Columbia Torrent Salamanders May Get Endangered Species Act Protection
The next step is for the USFWS to conduct a full status review of the Cascade and Columbia torrent salamanders.
Video Shows How Glass Frog Expels Wasps Off Its Egg Clutch
The little ninja frog has an effective way of ridding his nest of wasps
Researchers Discover New Frog Species From Western Ghats Of India
The frog is commonly called a cricket frog or Fejervarya frog.
Frog Tadpoles In 5 Countries Infected With Protist Disease
The parasitic disease is a single-celled microbe related to oyster parasites.
Tiny Frog Discovered High In The Andes Mountains Of Peru
Noblella madreselva is from the family of so-called flesh belly frogs, Craugastoridae
Brazilian Scientists Discover World’s First Venomous Frogs
Two Brazilian frog species use spiked lips to deliver toxins to predators.
Scientists Urge Immediate U.S. Ban On Importation Of Asian Salamanders
Two North American salamander species are susceptible to Batrachochytrium salamandrivorans
New Frog Species Discovered In India
The frog, Indirana Salelkari is named after state ranger forest officer Prakash Salelkar.
Chiricahua Leopard Frog Habitat Must Be Protected, US Govt. Says
The Chiricahua leopard frog is listed as vulnerable by the IUCN
One Species Of Frog Has Morphed Into A Species Complex With 5 Frogs
Odontobatrachus natator is actually five distinct species of frog.
Restoration Of Yellow-Legged Frog In Yosemite Could Take 10 Years
How many years will it take to restore the populations of the endangered yellow-legged frogs back into the Yosemite Valley? According to National Park Service biologists, it could take 10 years for the population of frogs to become self sustaining,…
Watch This Treefrog Light Up After It Ate A Firefly
For those of you who’ve seen this its probably not too exciting but for those of us who haven’t, well, it is pretty cool. Teresa Hand of Huntsville, Ala. captured this footage of a green treefrog crawling on her wall…
Dumpy Frog Tries To Eat Carpet Python In Australia
It is usually snakes that eat frogs, but in Australia, the frogs are more aggro than ever. Australian Mark Drescher captured this video of an Australian green treefrog (Litoria caerulea), also known as a White’s or dumpy treefrog, trying to…
3D Image Shows Frog Within An Argentine Horned Frog
Most of us know that the Argentine horned frog (Ceratophrys ornata), aka the Pac-Man Frog has a fairly wide mouth and eats most anything that it can fit inside. We also know that the horned frog is a sit and…
7 New Miniature Poison Frogs Discovered In Brazil’s Cloud Forests
The mountainous forests of Brazil have kicked out seven new frog species that are so small they can foot on the tip of your thumb. The frogs are no longer than 1cm in length and can be found on just…
Dusky Gopher Frog Gets 170 Acres In Agreement With Mississippi Developer
The dusky gopher frog (Rana sevosa) has been allotted more than 170 acres of land in southern Mississippi as protected habitat after years of wrangling between the landowner, Columbus Communities and the Mississippi Chapter of the Sierra Club, Gulf Restoration…
Brilliant-thighed Poison Frogs Use Spatial Mapping to Find Their Way Home
Poison dart frogs are not only some of the most colorful species in the amphibian world, they apparently can find their way back to their home territory with the use of spatial mapping. Femoralis Project 46 male brilliant-thighed poison frogs…
New Species Of Glass Frog Looks Like Kermit The Frog
Herpetologist Brian Kubicki has discovered and described a new species of glass frog that looks eerily similar (at least the eyes do) to Kermit the Frog of Muppet fame. At least that is what the mainstream media thinks. The frog,…
Critically Endangered Lake Oku Clawed Frog Bred At ZSL’s London Zoo In The UK
The Lake Oku clawed frog (Xenopus longipes) of Cameroon has been successfully bred in captivity for the first time at the ZSL London Zoo in the United Kingdom, raising hopes that the frog, which lives in just a single location in…
Frog Discovered In Ecuador Shape Shifts Like Star Trek's Changeling Odo
The amphibian world has a shape shifter in Pristimantis mutabilis, a small frog that was discovered in a nature reserve in the Andean cloud forests of Ecuador. Just like the Changeling Odo of the Star Trek universe, Pristimantis mutabilis can change its…
Certain Panamanian Golden Frogs Survive Exposure To Chytrid
Scientists at the Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute who set out to determine if an anti-fungal probiotic treatment could stop the chytridiomycosis fungus from attacking Panamanian golden frogs (Atelopus zeteki) found that 25 percent of the frogs in the study had a…
Chytrid Fungus Confirmed On Madagascar Yet No Frogs Have Died From It
The chytrid fungus (Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis) which has been killing off amphibian populations around the world for decades has now been discovered in Madagascar, a biological hotspot for amphibians and other animals. According to a study published in the journal Nature,…
Relict Leopard Frog Conservation Efforts Experiences Challenges In Nevada
The relict leopard frog (Rana onca) has been the subject of conservation efforts by citizens of the state of Nevada to save the threatened species for about 10 years. Nevada’s Clark County and the Nevada Department of Wildlife were approached by…
