Among the more than 800tree frog speciesin the world, three share the moniker “green tree frog.” The Australian green tree frog measures approximately 4 inches long, and its back is a bright jade green, while the American green tree frog measures approximately 2.5 inches long, and its back...
Invasive speciesSeasonalityEmerging infectious diseases threaten the survival of wildlife populations and species around the world. In particular, amphibians are experiencing population declines and species extinctions...doi:10.1007/s10393-019-01432-4Brenda Rivera...
This family is extremely broad and contains a wide range of different frog species from all over the world. There are currently nearly 40 different genera to be found in this family. A lot of the tree frog species do not even live in trees, they are terrestrial or aquatic. In the genus...
Allen JA (1877) The influence of physical conditions in the genesis of species. Radic Rev 1:108–140 Google Scholar Amado TF, Bidau CJ, Olalla-Tárraga MÁ (2019) Geographic variation of body size in New World anurans: energy and water in a balance. Ecography 42(3):456–466 Article ...
Amphibian populations worldwide are currently in decline. One approach to preventing extinction of some of the affected species is to create assurance colonies. These sustainable populations might some day be used to reestablish wild populations. One issue with creating assurance colonies is successful ...
The creatures (Atelopus carrikeri), found in the remote mountainous Paramo region of Columbia, had not been seen in 14 years and were feared extinct. Their rediscovery - and that of another species of the same critically endangered genus in 2006 - brings rare cheer to amphibian biologists....
Pelodytes caucasicus inhabits Turkey, Georgia, Abkhazia, South Ossetia, Azerbaijan, and six regions of Russia (226 localities). The forest cutting strongly threatens its populations. Therefore, the frog is listed in Red Data Books of Georgia, South Ossetia, Azerbaijan, and the Russian Federati...
Many longleaf savanna specialist species have experienced abundance declines and population extirpations throughout the southeastern Coastal Plain [11]. One such species is the gopher frog (Rana capito) (Frost et al. [12] placed this species in the genus Lithobates, but this creates paraphyly in...
Don't panic! That fin you see in the water may not be a shark at all. Here's how you can tell the difference. Credit - NYS DEC Credit - NYS DEC Sharks of New York There are several species of shark in the waters around New York. ...