Frogs and toads of New YorkPresents several photographs of frogs and toads in New York.New York State Conservationist
Frogs and toads make up the largest group of amphibians. Species in this order, called Anura, substantially outnumber those in the two other living orders of amphibians — Caudata (salamanders) and Gymnophiona (caecilians). As of August 2022, Anura had 7,486 of the 8,478 known amphibian sp...
Tadpoles are very different from adult frogs and, after a period of growth, undergo metamorphosis. To change into the adult form, they must develop limbs, lose their tail and gills and remodel their guts and head to change into an amphibian that can live
A step-by-step guide to getting rid of noisy, croaking frogs and toads in your backyard—and keeping them away for good.
While the venom produced by toads of the Old World doesn’t seem to contain the quality and quantity of bufotoxin necessary to produce such visions, this can’t be said for certain New World species. One of these is the Cane toad (bufo rhinella) that invasive species best known for infes...
Over the last century, daily temperatures increased during 5 of the 8 months key to gametogenesis in frogs and toads near Ithaca, New York (U.S.A.). Earliest dates of calling frogs recorded by Albert Hazen Wright between 1900 and 1912 near Ithaca were compared to those from the New York...
摘要: The article reports that seven frog species of the genus Brachycephalus have been discovered by researcher Luiz Ribeiro and colleagues, published in the journal "Peer J," in threatened cloud forests and mountains of southern Brazil.
The differentiation of sex chromosomes is thought to be interrupted by relatively frequent sex chromosome turnover and/or occasional recombination between sex chromosomes (fountain-of-youth model) in some vertebrate groups as fishes, amphibians, and lizards. As a result, we observe the prevalence of...
Strange swarms of frogs also appeared before the 6.9 Loma Prieta Earthquake in October of 1989. Check the links below for pictures and videos: – (1) Did toads predict the China earthquake? story: http://observers.france24.com/en/content/20080513-toads-predict-earthquake-dead-china ...
Thomé MTC, Zamudio KR, Giovanelli JGR, Haddad CFB, Baldissera FA, Alexandrino J (2010) Phylogeography of endemic toads and post-Pliocene persistence of the Brazilian Atlantic Forest. Mol Phylogenet Evol 55:1018–1031 PubMed Google Scholar Thomé MTC, Zamudio KR, Haddad CFB, Alexandrino J (20...