Hellbender salamanders can only thrive in cool, clean water. Hellbender salamanders are listed as near threatened on the IUCN Red List of Threatened S [...]
Beginner’s Guide To Poison Frog Care
Poison frogs thrive in stable, well-maintained environments, so regular care, cleaning and monitoring are key. [...]
American Toad Care And History
If you’ve lived in the United States long enough, chances are that you’ve been greeted by hopping, warty friends on rainy days during warmer months [...]
Review: In Situ Ecosystems Amazonia Classic Terrarium
In just five years, In Situ Ecosystems has built and outfitted terrariums that are designed to enable you to easily create rainforest habitats. [...]
Care and Breeding Fire-bellied Toads
Fire-bellied toads are not true toads, but rather are frogs that average about 1.5 to 3.5 inches (4 to 9 cm) in length. [...]
Breeding Red-Eyed Treefrogs
In their natural habitat, red-eyed treefrogs breed during the rainy season, which occurs from late May through November. [...]
Axolotl Breeding
Seasonal changes in temperature and day length will usually cause axolotls (Ambystoma mexicanum) to breed in late winter and early spring. [...]
Boreal Toad Tadpoles Discovered At Colorado Reintroduction Site
The toad has experienced decline due to factors such as the chytrid fungus, which is devastating amphibian populations around the world. [...]
Critically Endangered Gigantes Limestone Frog Successfully Bred For First Time In Captivity
Project Palaka announced the frogs began hatching October 17. Currently there are 21 neonates and all are voracious eaters. Photo by Project Palaka [...]
New Poison Frog Species Discovered in Peru
According to Ministerio del Ambiente - Perú, the frog, Ranitomeya hwata is about 15 mm in length and is the smallest species in the Ranitomeya genus. [...]
New Breviceps Rain Frog Species Discovered In South Africa
The researchers analyzed the frog call, physical, RNA and DNA analysis to determine it is a new rainfrog species. [...]
More Than 1,000 Frosted Flatwoods Salamander Larvae Released In Florida
The salamanders were head-started, raised in a protected environment from eggs collected in the wild and then released when they were larger. [...]
Researchers Discover Australian Barred Frog Species In New South Wales
Mixophyes australis is closely related to Mixophyes balbus, the Stuttering Frog [...]
USARK Update: Colorado Herp Rule Review
The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources is also initiating a comprehensive review of all herp regulations. [...]
Snake Road Closes in Illinois For Annual Herp Migration
About 2 1/2 miles of LaRue Road and Forest Service Road No. 345 also known as “Snake Road” will be closed to vehicle traffic. [...]
100s Of California Red-legged Frog Tadpoles Released Into Santa Monica Mountains
The storms disrupted egg masses in streams and ponds in the Santa Monica mountains. [...]
The Secretive World Of Tadpoles
Did you know that science still doesn’t know about the tadpoles of more than half of all known frog species? [...]
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