Category: Frog & Amphibians Information & News
Frogs Evolved Millions Of Years Later Than Previously Thought
The researchers created the model using hundreds of genetic markers of 5,242 frog species, and based on that data, has shifted the date in which frogs [...]
Study Suggests Frogs Of The Genus Eleutherodactylus Migrated Over Water From Caribbean to Florida
Florida retains the most complete fossil record of anurans from North America that extends from the Oligocene to the Pleistocene eras, researchers say [...]
Oregon State University Gives Large Herp Collection To University of Michigan
Most of the Oregon State University specimens belong to two groups of snakes; garter snakes and water snakes; and two groups of salamanders comprised [...]
Josh’s Frogs Accepting Applications For Amphibian Grant Program
The public will be invited to participate in the grant program via public vote after seven grant recipients are selected. [...]
World’s Amphibians Most Threatened Vertebrate Class, Study Says
Since 1980, 37 amphibian species have gone extinct, with the most recent extinctions being the the Chiriqui harlequin frog and the sharp snouted day f [...]
NARBC Arlington and CITES Amphibian Trade Review
When a nonnative species is listed under ESA, even domestically born and bred animals can no longer be sold in interstate commerce by private breeders [...]
Updates to Endangered Species Act, Lacey Act Amendments
Phil and Garrett discuss the potential additions to the Endangered Species Act, as well as the ever-threatening Lacey Act Amendments [...]
New Species Of Ancient Giant Amphibian Discovered In Australia
The amphibian is believed to have inhabited freshwater rivers in the Sydney Basin 240 million years ago during the Triassic period. [...]
Caecilians Have Developed Resistance to Neurotoxic Elapid Snake Venoms
The research is a textbook example of how predatory pressure on the caecilians caused an evolutionary cascade to resist snake venom. [...]
New Spiny-backed Treefrog Species Discovered In Peru
Osteocephalus vasquezi features dark irises and tuberculate dorsal skin, which is brown in coloration. [...]
Climate Change To Kill Off More Than 800 Herp Species During Next 100 Years, Study Says
Data from 14,000 amphibian and reptile species was compiled, which is around 70 percent of all known herp species. [...]
New Stefania Genus Frog Species Described
This particular frog carries its eggs on the back, and once hatched, the froglets remain on the back for a period of time. [...]
Researchers Discover Australian Barred Frog Species In New South Wales
Mixophyes australis is closely related to Mixophyes balbus, the Stuttering Frog [...]
New Treefrog Species Of the Genus Scinax Discovered In Peru
The frog, Scinax pyroinguinis sp. nov. was described from two males that were found in the Amazon rainforest. [...]
U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio of Florida Wants to Amend Lacey Act, Again
The bill creates a “white list” of species that can be imported. This means that any animal that is not on the white list is by default treated as pot [...]
Australia Snake Catcher Records Keelback Snake Dining on Invasive Cane Toad
Hudson Snake Catching-Gold Coast Snake Catcher in Australia captured some pretty cool footage of a keelback snake feeding on an invasive cane toad (Rh [...]
Dominic, Akron Zoo’s Mountain Chicken Frog Dies at 18 Years 10 Months
It s estimated that there are less than 50 mountain chicken frogs left in the wild. [...]
5 New Papua New Guinea Treefrog Species Described
The five described species are Litoria daraiensis, Litoria gracilis, Litoria haematogaster, Litoria lisae and Litoria naispela. [...]
Ormat Technologies Sues USFWS Over Dixie Valley Toad Listing
The toad is the smallest toad within the western toad species complex and was only recently described by science in 2017 [...]
Hellbender Salamanders Found In Creek Near East Palestine Train Derailment
The findings of these two salamanders was called a "positive discovery" by the state as Hellbender salamanders can only thrive in cool, clean water. [...]
Hyloscirtus tolkieni, A New Stream Frog Species Named After J.R.R. Tolkien
A new species of stream frog from the Ecuadorian Andes has been named after J.R.R. Tolkien, the author of The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings. The fr [...]
Josh’s Frogs Launches New Website
Josh’s Frogs, an internet-only pet breeder and supplier based in Michigan with facilities in Owosso and Durand, has recently launched a new, proprieta [...]
Amphibian Foundation Sets Up Copperhead Snake Rescue and Advocacy Program
The Amphibian Foundation, an Atlanta, Georgia-based nonprofit organization, hosts a hotline to save copperhead snakes. Atlantans who believe they have [...]
Toadzilla Cane Toad Found In Australia
Conway National Park rangers in Australia last week removed a massive cane toad from the wild that weighed an estimated 5 lbs. The rangers were conduc [...]
