Salamanders and other amphibians are aglow with . . . - Nature The presence of fluorescence in caecilians and in disparate lineages of frogs (Fig 3, Supplementary Table 1) suggests that biofluorescence is taxonomically widespread in those radiations, and
Climate change threatens thousands of amphibians with . . . The other 57 species are recovering by themselves Species such as the green and golden bell frog, which were once hit hard by chytridiomycosis, appear to be recovering Although the exact reasons for this are not clear, it’s possible that the species have developed a resistance to the disease The researchers also suggest that other factors
Global Amphibian Assessment 1 – IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist . . . Completed in 2004, the GAA1 included assessments for 5,743 species A few hundred species were subsequently updated in 2006 and 2008 and some new species assessed for the first time A summary of the GAA1 project between 2001-2008 and analysis of the data, titled The IUCN Amphibians Initiative (previously hosted on the IUCN Red List website
Amphibians and Reptiles - SpringerLink According to our analyses, there are about 124 amphibian species, composed of frogs and toads (N = 66) and salamanders (N = 58), whose distributions overlap by at least 10% with the rangeland ecoregions described in this book (Table 25 1) The United States (U S ) is a global hotspot of salamander diversity, but salamanders are much less common
Whats the difference: Frog vs. toad | Forest Preserve . . . Other families of frogs and toads exist — for example, tree frogs are a different family of frogs than true frogs — but these are smaller groupings of species, and some are specific to certain regions of the world While many frogs and toads look similar, there are some differences
ADW: Salamandridae: INFORMATION The salamandrids are informally subdivided into two subgroups, the "true salamanders" (including the genera Chioglossa, Mertensiella, and Salamandra), and the newts (the remaining genera) The "true salamanders" tend to be smooth skinned, while the newts are unlike all other salamanders in having rough skin that is not slimy
ADW: Pseudacris triseriata: INFORMATION 1 9 to 3 2 cm 0 75 to 1 26 in; Development Midland chorus frogs breed in shallow waters in late winter or early spring Males call to attract females During amplexus (where the male grips the female from above with his front legs), the female lays from 500 to 1500 eggs in small gelatinous masses, while the male fertilizes them externally