Over 6,000 of them belong to the frog family, with over 300 types of toads, some of which we’ll be learning about in today’s piece. There are also over 600 species of known salamanders. Many people confusefrogsfor toads and vice versa, and it’s easy to see why given their striki...
Most of the animals in South America can be found either in the Amazon Rainforest or along the Andes mountains. If you’re looking for wildlife, you can generally check nearby wooded areas and expansive grasslands. Most animals like to have shelter and tree cover, but many of the local her...
New Zealand is a country inOceaniamade up of two large islands (the North and South islands) and several smaller islands. New Zealand has a widely diverse topography and a temperate maritime climate, although it’s position within the Ring of Fire makes it susceptible to certain natural disaste...
Toads are a certain type of frog that has leathery skin and large bumps around their parotoid glands. You can tellfrogs and toadsapart from their legs and the appearance of their skin. Frogs have smooth skin which is covered in mucus and long legs. Toads have tougher, thicker skin than ...
Actinopodidae is a family of spiders that mainly reside in South America and Australia. They are known as “mouse spiders” or “funnel-web tarantulas.” They differ from other trapdoor spiders due to the distinction in their burrow and web structure. ...
While earthworms are beneficial to our soil and plants to keep their populations alive, we must remember that earthworms are an important food source for many predators, such as birds, frogs and moles. Some animals, such as endangered land snails, would become extinct if they didn’t have ...
These values did not differ significantly between frogs from NMGA and MGA areas. Collectively, these data demonstrated no differences in gonadal and laryngeal development in X. laevis collected in South Africa from MGA and NMGA areas and that there is little evidence for an effect of agricultural...
The Oriental Bay Owl is a small barn owl. It is found in Southeast Asia and parts of India. They are generally seen in woodlands, plantations and mangrove swamps. They feed on small rodents, snakes, frogs, lizards, bats, and insects. They also make a variety of calls apart from hoots,...
African Civet Secretes up to 4g of musk every week! African Clawed Frog African clawed frogs were used as pregnancy testers from the 1930s to the early 1960s. African Elephant Both male and female African elephants have tusks. In Asian elephants, only the males have tusks. African Fish Eagle...
The Ferruginous Duck belongs to the family ofAythya nyroca, and is also known as Fudge Duck. These species breed in southern andEastern Europe and Asia. Ferruginous ducks occasionally migrate to the North Africa. Males are larger in comparison to the females. ...