Category: Wild Frogs & Amphibians
Foothill Yellow-legged Frog Approved For California Endangered Species Act Protections
The foothill yellow-legged frog was once widespread throughout much of Northern and Central California and down to Southern California. [...]
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. [...]
Researchers Save 14 Critically Endangered Loa Water Frogs From Probable Death
The critically endangered frogs were in a stream that was drying up. [...]
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. [...]
Amphibians And The Fishless Ponds Of Florida
The habitats that reptiles and amphibians depend on are species specific and reliant on the adaptive ways of the animals. “Niches” are spe [...]
New Treefrog Species Discovered In Ecuador
Hyloscirtus hillisi is a dark mottled brown in coloration with tiny yellow spots found on its front and hind legs. [...]
Horned Marsupial Frog Rediscovered In Ecuador After Missing Since 2005
The frog is in danger of becoming extinct because the area in which it lives faces the highest rate of deforestation in the country. [...]
Search For Mate Of World's Most Endangered Frog Is On
Sehuencas water frogs are fully aquatic frogs that at one point were found in abundance in ponds, rivers and streams of montane cloud forests in Boliv [...]
Mixed Results For Frogs Translocated To Areas Devastated By Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis
The Sierra Nevada yellow-legged frog was declared an endangered species in 2014. [...]
Frogs In England Stuck In Storm Drains Get Help From Team WART
Frogs and toads trapped in drains in England are helped out by frog ladders placed in the drains. [...]
Salamander Diversity Of The United States
The United States has the highest salamander diversity in the world [...]
Two New Frog Species Discovered In Vietnam
The newly discovered Vietnamese frogs live in a cold climate more than 3,000 meters above sea level. [...]
Poison Dart Frog Coloration Conceals As Well As Warns
The bright coloration of the dyeing dart frog (Dendrobates tinctorius) also acts as camouflage. [...]
Giant Chinese Salamander, Now Viewed As 5 Species Level Lineages, Faces Extinction
The Chinese giant salamander is five species level lineages and not just a single species, a new study says. [...]
Los Angeles Zoo Hatches More Than 2,000 Southern Mountain Yellow-legged Frogs
The recovery plan for the endangered species was launched in 2014 and seems to be on track. [...]
New Frog Species Of The Genus Microhyla Discovered In India
Microhyla kodial is the 10th Microhyla species from India. [...]
