Giant monkey frog (photo)
Nov08

Giant monkey frog (photo)

The giant monkey frog of Peru is known for its mind-altering skin secretions. Shamans in the Amazon rainforest use this species in hunting rituals. This frog lives in the newly created Sierra del Divisor National Park in Peru.

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Red-eyed tree frog (photo)
Oct22

Red-eyed tree frog (photo)

Red-eyed tree frog, a species found widely in lowland rainforests from southern Mexico to Colombia’s Choco.

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In Search of Lost Frogs: The Quest to Find the World’s Rarest Amphibians – book review
Oct24

In Search of Lost Frogs: The Quest to Find the World’s Rarest Amphibians – book review

By Gabriel Thoumi In Search of Lost Frogs: The Quest to Find the World’s Rarest Amphibians describes the great quest to rediscover long-lost and presumed extinct frogs, toads, and salamanders not seen between 15 and 140 years ago. Since the turn of the millennium, over 250 amphibians have not been seen or recorded by science – many now presumed extinct – and it is estimated that over half of the Earth’s 7,000 amphibians are currently...

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Picture: Blue-footed poison frog
Mar31

Picture: Blue-footed poison frog

Blue-footed poison dart frog (Oophaga pumilio) from Panama

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Picture: Red-eyed tree frog
Mar26

Picture: Red-eyed tree frog

Photo by Rhett A. Butler.

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Bizarre: tadpoles seen wiggling inside daddy’s vocal sac (video)

Males gobbling babies. Wiggly tadpoles bulging beneath the skin. Yeah, okay, that’s bizarre, but it’s also the lifestyle of Darwin’s frog (Rhinoderma darwinii), an endangered species that was found by Charles Darwin himself. While the females carry the eggs, the male Dawin frogs carry the young tadpoles in its vocal sac (of all places!) for a fortnight. The footage was filmed and produced by EDGE Fellow Claudio...

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Activism: ban Atrazine in the US for the frogs (and yourself)
Apr27

Activism: ban Atrazine in the US for the frogs (and yourself)

Note: mongabay.com does not endorse the action below, but believes its readers may be interested in taking action or discussing the issue in comments. For the third annual Save the Frogs Day (Friday, April 29th), amphibian-lovers are taking the fight to Washington DC to rally at the Environmental Protection Agency for a ban on the herbicide Atrazine. Banned in the EU since 2004, Atrazine has been shown to chemically-castrate frogs at...

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Pictures: Saving threatened frogs

Hand-feeding a sick Hyloscirtus colymba tree frog. The Panama Amphibian Rescue and Conservation Project is racing to save amphibians as the deadly chytrid fungus spreads down Central America. The disease is presently between Panama City and Colon. Juvenile Atelopus certus. Pristimantis species. Undescribed Pristimantis species. Juvenile Atelopus certus. Atelopus limosus. More photos to come. All photos by Rhett A....

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Photos: Bornean gliding leopard tree frog

The Bornean gliding leopard tree frog (Rhacophorus pardalis). Shots taken from a recent visit to Gunung Palung National Park in Kalimantan. Photos by Rhett A. Butler,...

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Photo: the shadow cast by a tree frog

A tree frog photographed in Amacayacu National Park, Colombia, 2010. We have been unable to identify this species, if you know please contact us. Photo by: Rhett A. Butler.

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Video: bizarre purple frog sounds like a squeaky toy

Native to India, the purple frog (Nasikabatrachus sahyadrensis) is listed as Endangered by the IUCN Red List. The species is also a focal amphibian for the innovative ZSL EDGE program, which selects the species it works with based on their evolutionary uniqueness and threat level. According to the EDGE website: “The purple frog is the sole representative of an ancient lineage of frogs that has been evolving independently for...

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Find the poison frog!
Feb07

Find the poison frog!

Look closely to spot the Green and black poison dark frog (Dendrobates auratus in the rainforest canopy in Colombia. See more photos below of the frog in Colombia. Unlike many Neotropical frogs, this species is listed as Least Concern by the IUCN Red List. Photos by Rhett A. Butler. Click to see more photos of poison dart...

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Picture: Red-eyed tree frog

Red-eyed tree frogs are found in lowland rainforests ranging from southern Mexico to Colombia.

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