Category: Wild Frogs & Amphibians
Live In Fort Wayne, Indiana? Want To Count Frogs And Toads?
The Fort Wayne Children’s Zoo is offering free training to help count frogs. [...]
New Frog Species Discovered in Peru
Pristimantis IIAP is just one of many new species that will be detailed in future issues of the Annals of Carnegie Museum. [...]
Two New Treefrog Species Discovered on Taiwan
The actual amphibian species diversity on the island of Taiwan is likely higher than currently thought. [...]
Scientists Race to Save Quito Rocket Frog From Volcano
The Quito rocket frog is found in just one location in Ecuador. [...]
Indian Treefrog Rediscovered, Placed In Brand New Genus
Franky’s treefrog was rediscovered by accident by renowned biologist Sathyabhama Das Biju [...]
Two Forest Floor Dwelling Frog Species Discovered In Madagascar
The two frogs were first spotted in 2010 but were not described until December 2015. [...]
Interim Ban Placed On Importation And Interstate Transport Of 201 Salamander Species
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has instituted an interim ban on the importation of 201 salamanders for the pet trade. The restriction is [...]
Freedom Frog Released From Pennsylvania Prison
Prisoner finds a frog in the prison yard and releases him when he got out. [...]
Six New African Clawed Frog Species Discovered
DNA, voice recordings, CT scanning of internal anatomy, and chromosome analysis determined the species were new to science. [...]
Nearly 5ft Long Chinese Giant Salamander Discovered In Chinese Cave
Now Chinese scientists have pulled it from the cave for “further study” [...]
New Treefrog Species Discovered In The Brazilian Atlantic Forest
Dendropsophus bromeliaceus is found in bromeliad plants filled with rainwater. [...]
Red Strawberry Poison Dart Frogs More Aggressive Than Green Counterparts
It is suggested that coloration plays a role in aggressiveness of strawberry poison frogs. [...]
Today Is National Baw Baw Frog Day In Australia
The Baw Baw frog is critically endangered and is currently known in just a single locality in Australia. [...]
Scientists Eliminate Chytrid Fungus In Five Mallorca Ponds
The controversial chemical Virkon was used to clear Mallorcan midwife toad ponds of the Chytrid fungus. [...]
Frog Loving French Town Constructs Frog Tunnels To Prevent Roadkill
The French eat about 80 million frogs every year in stews and frog legs. A French council in Vern-Sur-Seiche, Brittany have done something of a differ [...]
Natural History And Captive Care Of The Fowler's Toad
Located in Southeast New England (coastal Massachusetts specifically), peninsular Cape Cod extends into the Atlantic Ocean with its 90 miles [...]
Poison Dart Frogs May Have Higher Extinction Rates Than Other Frogs
Animals that use other defenses such as mimicry, camouflage and warning coloration tend to evolve more efficiently. [...]
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. [...]
Researchers Discover Hermaphroditic Frog In New Guinea
The frogs, Cophixalus rajampatensis and Cophixalus salawatiensis have slender bodies less than 23mm in length. [...]
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. [...]
