Category: Frog & Amphibians Information & News
Critically Endangered Puerto Rican Crested Toad Toadlets Slated for October 22 Release
The toads were thought to have gone extinct in the 1920s. [...]
New Leopard Frog Species Discovered In Virginia
The Atlantic Coast leopard frog is quite different from the Southern leopard frog. [...]
New Frog Species Of The Genus Bryophryne Discovered In Peru
A new frog species was discovered in Cusco, Peru near the converging point of the Andes and Amazonian slopes between 3,605 and 3,651 meters above sea [...]
We Are On Pace To Witness a Mass Frog Extinction
6.9 percent of all frog species will go extinct over the next 100 years. [...]
Horned Frogs Have Tongues That Are Strong Like Adhesive Tape
The horned frog's super sticky tongue helps it to subdue large prey items. [...]
Chinese Hold a Food Festival With An Endangered Species As The Main Course
Chinese giant salamanders are protected but farmed salamanders are what government officials claim are used for human consumption. [...]
Single Coqui Frog Captured On The Windward Side Of Oahu, HI
The coqui frog is established on the Big Island of Hawaii but is not yet established on Oahu. [...]
Three Australian Frog Species Officially Extinct
The Kuranda treefrog has been upgraded to endangered from near-threatened. [...]
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 [...]
Female Green Frogs Outnumber Males In Suburban Connecticut Ponds
Estrogenic wastes are altering the sexuality of green frogs [...]
Snoop Dogg The Next Jeff Corwin? Maybe Not
Snoop hosting an animal show like a boss. [...]
New Robber Frog Discovered In Bolivia’s Madidi National Park
18 month expedition that began in June has yielded two more potential new herp species [...]
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. [...]
Fire Destroys Building At Armstrong Cricket Farm
The 1950s era building was destroyed by fire.
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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 [...]
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.
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