The large number of species also indicates regionalism. For example, the New Jersey Chorus Frog, not presented here, has a range limited to Southeastern Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and the Delmarva Peninsula of eastern Maryland, Delaware, and Virginia. Many types of these frogs live in all areas...
They are typically 1.5 to 5 grams. In addition to the salamanders, Barb noted the presence of several native terrestrial molluscs on the island: Banana Slugs, Yellow-bordered Taildropper slugs, Robust Lancetooth snails, and Northwest Hesparian snails. It is likely that these species also stowed...
Virginia Tech, MC 0406, Blacksburg, VA, USA; 4Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, James Madison University, MSC 4501, Harrisonburg, VA, USA; 5Zoological Institute, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland; 6Department of Ecology, Evolution and Marine Biology, University of California, Santa...
byVirginia Tech Researchers studied microbial communities on the skin of Panamanian golden frogs to learn more about amphibian disease resistance. Panamanian golden frogs live only in captivity. Continued studies may help restore them back to the wild. Credit: B. Gratwicke/Smithsonian Conservation Biolog...
A team of scientists including Virginia Tech researchers is one step closer to understanding how bacteria on a frog's skin affects its likelihood of contracting disease.
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