Category: Wild Frogs & Amphibians
Harlequin Frog Breeding Project Has Some Success In Panama
Panamanian conservation groups have raised nine Atelopus limosus frogs and have hundreds of tadpoles. [...]
New Species Of Skin Feeding Caecilian Discovered And Described
Amphibian looks like an earthworm and its young feeds on the mother's skin. [...]
Aussie Scientists Attempt To Bring Extinct Frog Back To Life
The gastric brooding frog was declared extinct in 1983. [...]
Starry Frog Rediscovered in Sri Lankan Rainforest
Long thought extinct, Pseudophilautus stellatus found in Sri Lanka's Peak Wilderness park. [...]
Residents On Oahu, Hawaii Urged To Listen And Report Coqui Frog Calls The Evening Of Sept. 12
The invasive Coqui frog (Eleutherdactylus coqui), has been making its way onto Oahu over the last 10 years. [...]
Newly Constructed Tunnels Help California Tiger Salamanders Cross The Road
Northern California tunnels provide bridge from upland habitat to breeding pond. [...]
Vietnamese Flying Frog Discovered Less Than 100 Kilometers From Ho Chi Minh City
Rhacophorus helenae is about four inches in length and has webbed hands and feet to aid in gliding. [...]
Louisiana Proposes Endangered Status For Mississippi Gopher Frog
Wildlife and Fisheries Commission also proposes permit system for taking or killing Eastern Diamondback rattler and two species of pine snake. [...]
USFWS To Develop Recovery Plan For The California Tiger Salamander
Recovery plans will be in place for all three populations of Ambystoma californiense by June 2017. [...]
Ozark Hellbender Threatened By Freshwater Pollution
Cryptobranchus alleganiensis lives its entire life in water. [...]
Japanese Frog Has Spike-like Pseudo-Thumbs Used During Mating And Fighting
Babina subaspera sports a sharp spike to latch onto females when breeding [...]
Bullock Frog At Center Of Chilean Company's Goal To Be More Environmentally Friendly
Telmatobufo bullocki population discovered on pine forest land owned by Arauco. [...]
Three Fingered Frog Discovered In Brazil's Salto Morato Rainforest Classified As New Species
Brachycephalus tridactylus is less than 1.5 centimeters in length. [...]
Kihansi Spray Toad Reintroduced Into The Wild
Breeding program releases more than 2500 Nectophrynoides asperginis back into their native habitat. [...]
Male Orange-eyed Treefrogs Trill To Other Males During Mating Season
Unlike most other frogs that call out to females, Litoria chloris calls out males. [...]
Puerto Rico's Coqui Llanero Treefrog Recommended For Endangered Species List
The coqui llanero is the island's smallest tree frog [...]
Mountain Yellow-Legged Frogs Breeding Again In California's San Gabriel Mountains
U.S.G.S. biologists discover 19 new adult Rana muscosa frogs among 71 frogs and hundreds of tadpoles in a Mojave River pool of water. [...]
Asian Frogs Are Going Extinct Faster Than They Can Be Identified
Economic development seen as factor in frog extinction in Asia. [...]
New Caecilian Species Discovered In Brazil
Atretochoana eiselti is being called the "floppy snake." [...]
AmphibiaWeb Documents 7,000th Amphibian Species
A green glass frog, Centrolene sabini is the 7,000th species cataloged on UC Berkeley-based website. [...]
MSU Professor's Reptile Book Published 8 Years After His Death
"The Amphibians and Reptiles of Michigan" published by Wayne State University Press. [...]
Mountain Yellow-Legged Frog Recovery Effort Experiences Challenges
104 of the animals set for release have died [...]
Japanese Tree Frog Behavior Aids WiFi Research
Social interactions of Hyla japonica helps to shape artificial intelligence. [...]
Treefrog Named After Prince Charles
Hyloscirtus princecharlesi is native to Ecuadorean rainforests. [...]
