However, African clawed frogs have spread far beyond their native habitat, carrying the fungus with them, due to global trade. Scientists around the world have used these frogs for research and, from the 1930s to the 50s, to conduct pregnancy tests. People have also kept the frogs as pets...
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...
One of the researchers working feverishly to protect golden frogs is biologistMatt Becker, who got into the golden frog game after the species had gone extinct in its native habitat, so his work has been limited to small groups of golden frogs that come from the 2,000 ...
And boy are these frogs weird. Take theaxolotl, (that's ACK-suh-LAH-tuhl, pictured above) the foot-long "water monster" native to Mexico. Unlike other salamanders, axolotls keep their larval features—like external gills and a dorsal fin—and always stay under water. EDGE hopes to protect...
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...