Category: Frog & Amphibians Information & News
Researchers Discover New Population of Hellbender Salamanders In Pennsylvania
The hellbender salamander does well in Pennsylvania due to the state's clean water, rocky stream bottoms and abundance of crayfish. [...]
Túngara Frogs Mating Calls Also Attract Predators
The little frog has to deal with a double-edged sword just to find a mate. [...]
Romer’s Treefrog Rediscovered In Hong Kong
The tiny frog is the smallest amphibian in the Hong Kong Territories. [...]
Newly Discovered Hybrid Ranavirus Moves Rapidly Through Wood Frog Tadpoles
The study found that the RCV-Z2 ranaviruses can quickly infect amphibian populations [...]
Australia’s FrogID Week Runs November 8-17. Help Find Frogs!
"We need as many frog calls recorded this year as possible in order to build our database and compare year-on-year information." [...]
Invasive Cane Toads In Australia Are Prey To Australian Water Rats
Australian water rats have learned how to kill and eat invasive cane toads without getting poisoned. [...]
Congolese Giant Toad Mimics Gaboon Viper, New Study Says
The amphibian is known to live in 11 locations that are also home to the venomous snake, and the coloration and patterns they share are uncanny. [...]
Research Shows Chytrid Fungus Survives In Warm Tropical Lowlands
Lab studies have shown the fungus cannot survive in temperatures above 29 degrees celsius, but researchers found the fungus surviving in frogs living [...]
California Fish And Wildlife Recommends Protections For Yellow-Legged Frog
The California Department of Fish and Wildlife has recommended endangered species act protections for five populations of yellow-legged frogs. [...]
Wild Glass Frog Trade Should Be Stopped, South American States Say
Glass frog populations have been decimated in the wild by the wildlife trade, scientists say. [...]
Researchers Discover Two New Salamander Species Thought To Be World’s Largest
The South China giant salamander (Andrias sligoi) a new and much larger species of salamander. [...]
Cuban Treefrogs Ride Out Hurricane Dorian In Florida Man’s Windchimes
The man released the amphibians after he found them. [...]
Researchers Save 14 Critically Endangered Loa Water Frogs From Probable Death
The critically endangered frogs were in a stream that was drying up. [...]
Cope’s Gray Treefrog Hitches Ride To Canada, Gets Returned To Georgia
The Cope's gray treefrog is a species of least concern. [...]
California Red-legged Frog Populations Suffer Due To Woolsey Fire
Back in 2014, biologists Mark Mendelsohn and Katy Delaney released more than 850 tadpoles into the Santa Monica Mountains.
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Chinese Giant Salamander Mucus More Effective At Sealing Wounds Than Many Medical Glues
The Chinese giant salamander is a critically endangered species but is farmed in China for food. [...]
Detroit Zoological Society Releases Close To 8,000 Puerto Rican Crested Toad Tadpoles
The toad is a critically endangered species native to Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands. [...]
Asian Elephant Tracks Are Ideal Breeding Sites For Frogs
Frog eggs and tadpoles were found in elephant tracks in Myanmar. [...]
Two Central Texas Salamanders Need Federal Protection, Lawsuit Says
Both salamanders were given ESA protections in 2014 but the federal government failed to follow through. [...]
USFWS Proposes Neuse River Waterdog Salamander For ESA Protections
The Neuse River waterdog (Necturus lewisi) is a permanently aquatic salamander. [...]
Tadpole Tail Regeneration Cells Discovered
Tadpoles can regenerate their tails after loss via cells in their skin.
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New Glass Frog Species Discovered And Described
The Guajira giant glass frog is native to a remote mountain in Colombia. [...]
More Than Half The World’s Amphibians In Danger Of Extinction, Study Says
"We found that more than 1,000 data-deficient amphibians are threatened with extinction, and nearly 500 are Endangered or Critically Endangered. [...]
