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New amphibian species discovered in Western Ghats
6+ hour, 55+ min ago (300+ words) The Times of India Kolkata: Scientists have discovered a new species of rare, subterranean, legless amphibian in the northern Western Ghats of Maharashtra, adding to the known biodiversity of one of Indiaâs richest yet poorly explored regions.The new…...
DNA Hints at Hidden Diversity in a Declining South Asian Frog
1+ day, 1+ hour ago (681+ words) Across the flooded fields and scrubby foothills of South Asia lives a frog that most people, including many biologists, would struggle to tell apart from its close relatives. The burrowing frog Sphaerotheca maskeyi, a medium-sized member of the family Dicroglossidae,…...
New subterranean amphibian species discovered in Maharashtra's Western Ghats
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Time capsule: Looking for a few good wood frog
2+ day, 23+ hour ago (691+ words) Note: This article was originally published 30 years ago, on Aug. 7, 1996. Brian Barnes and author Ned Rozell have since retired from the University of Alaska Fairbanks, and scientists now know that the wood frog’s internal body temperature can dip to 0.6 degrees…...
Eravikulam National Park has emerged as a thriving habitat for the endangered Resplendent Shrub Frog
3+ day, 19+ hour ago (301+ words) thehindu.com A recent comprehensive amphibian and reptile survey across the protected areas of the Munnar Wildlife Division found that Eravikulam National Park (ENP) near Munnar in Idukki has emerged as a thriving habitat for the endangered Resplendent Shrub Frog,…...
Birch Aquarium Releases 223 Endangered Frogs Back Into the Wild
3+ day, 23+ hour ago (432+ words) The release marks another milestone in a collaborative effort to save the Mountain Yellow-legged Frog. This summer, Birch Aquarium at Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego released 223 Mountain Yellow-legged Frogs into their native habitat in Southern California’s San…...
Munnar wildlife survey records new species of amphibians and reptiles
4+ day, 5+ hour ago (332+ words) A four-day survey in Idukki's protected areas identified 54 amphibian and 52 reptile species, including new undocumented species. A significant population of the vulnerable Anamudi bush frog, potentially facing extinction, was found in Eravikulam National Park, which may be its last refuge....
The frog that reads the water with its fingertips
5+ day, 2+ hour ago (261+ words) Click the play button above to watch the video. [In slow motion: A feeder fish approaches a piece of seemingly submerged driftwood. Suddenly, the driftwood moves; it turns out to be a large, perfectly camouflaged frog that rises from the…...
Frog That Reads Water With Its Fingertips
5+ day, 5+ hour ago (921+ words) Mirage News - Surinam toads lie in wait with outstretched forelimbs until a small fish approaches, then snap open their jaws to create enough suction to draw the fish into their tongueless mouths and swallow it whole. - The water is murky,…...
A frog that is locally abundant in the forests of western Ecuador, and conspicuous because of its loud call, has now been described for the first time, after researchers found that the name it had been filed under since 1980 belongs to a lineage that split from it about 24 million years ago, according to a published phylogeny
5+ day, 9+ hour ago (673+ words) The new species, Pristimantis milpe, is one of the most widely distributed Pristimantis frogs in the Ecuadorian Chocó, and the reason it stayed nameless is an error in how a name was matched to a population rather than any difficulty…...