Lethal chytrid fungus discovered in Singapore. The bullfrog is believed to be spreading chytrid fungus to wild frogs in Southeast Asia. Photo courtesy of WCS. Scientists have documented a series…
The starry shrub frog has been rediscovered after believed extinct for nearly 160 years. Photo by: L.J. Mendis Wickramasinghe. In 1853 Edward Frederick Kelaart, a physician and naturalist, collected a…
A radio-tagged Scaphiophryne gottlebei individual from the Zahavola site. Photo by Gonçalo Rosa Researchers have radio-tracked frogs for the first time in Madagascar. The effort, undertaken by a group of…
Bolitoglossa tamaense salamander. Photo courtesy of the authors Biologists have discovered two new species of salamander in Tamá National Natural Park in Colombia. While the discovery should be cause for…
Bolitoglossa tamaense salamander. Photo courtesy of the authors Biologists have discovered two new species of salamander in Tamá National Natural Park in Colombia. While the discovery should be cause for…
The giant monkey frog is among the herp species found in Guyana. Fifteen percent of Guyana's 324 known species of reptiles and amphibians are found nowhere else in the world,…
Rainforest-covered karst mountains with pristine mangroves beneath characterizes one of the most stunning protected areas in the Caribbean: Los Haitises National Park. Photo by: Jeremy Hance. For its stunning variety…
European common frog (Rana temporaria). Photo by: Richard Bartz. Commonly used agrochemicals (insecticides, fungicides and herbicides) kill frogs outright when sprayed on fields even when used at recommended dosages, according…
An adult common midwife toad. Photo by: Gonçalo M. Rosa. The chytrid fungus—responsible for millions of amphibian deaths worldwide—is now believed to be behind a sudden decline in the common…
Helen's tree frog. Photo courtesy of Jodi Rowley. Jodi Rowley is no stranger to discovering new amphibians—she's helped describe over 10 in her short career thus far—but she was shocked…
The Ruby-eyed pit viper (Trimeresurus rubeus) was discovered in the forest of Vietnam’s Cat Tien national park. Photograph: Peter Paul van Dijk/Darwin Initiative. Some 126 new species were described in…
An interview with Hanniki Pieterse Western leopard toad signs that were put up this year. Photo courtesy of: Hanniki Pieterse. August marks the last month of winter in South Africa,…
A female Polypedates ranwellai. Photo courtesy of Mendis Wickramasinghe. Sri Lanka, an island country lying off the southeast coast of India, has long been noted for its vast array of…
A captive Kihansi spray toad at the WCS Bronx Zoo. Photo by: Rhett A. Butler. In 1996 scientists discovered a new species of dwarf toad: the Kihansi spray toad (Nectophrynoides…
Illegally traded lizards (left to right): black tree monitor (Varanus beccarii), Reisinger's tree monitor (Varanus reisingeri), emerald monitor (Varanus prasinus), and the blue-spotted tree monitor (Varanus macraei). Photo courtesy of…
New snail-eating snake from Panama: Sibon noalamina. Non-venomous snail-eating snakes sport bright colors to mimic poisonous snakes as a defense. Photo © Sebastian Lotzkat. While scientists increasingly name new species…
Left: Fiji crested iguana. Photo by: Matthias Liffers. Right: Golden poison frog. Photo by: ProAves. The seven wonders of the world is an ancient tradition going back to the 2nd…
Only described in 2010, its unknown how many Durrell's vontsiras (Salanoia durrelli) survive. Photo by: Ian Vernon and Tim Hounsome with the Durrell Wildlife Conservation Trust. From the Baishan fir…
A tiny new frog species has been discovered in the rainforests of India's Western Ghats. The frog, named the Kakachi Shrub frog (Raorchestes kakachi), is endemic to the the region.…
The Las Gralarias glass frog is the world's newest glass frog. It was discovered by Carl Hutter on the Reserva las Gralarias, after which the researcher subsequently named the new…
Climate change, which is spawning more extreme temperatures variations worldwide, may be worsening the effects of a devastating fungal disease on the world's amphibians, according to new research published in…
A creature discovered by engineers building a dam in the Amazon is a type of caecilian, a limbless amphibian that resembles an earthworm or as some are noting, part of…
Red-eyed tree frog. Photo by Rhett A. Butler. The number of amphibians described by scientists now exceeds 7,000, or roughly 3,000 more than were known just 25 years ago, report…
Researchers are treating tadpoles in Kings Canyon National Park with a bacteria they hope will provide immunity to an infamous fungal disease, reports the San Francisco Gate. The bacteria could…
Burnt forest in the Amazon. Photo by: Alexander Lees. Once habitat is lost or degraded, a species doesn't just wink out of existence: it takes time, often several generations, before…
Hyloscirtus princecharlesi. Photo by Luis A. Coloma. Researchers have discovered a previously unknown species of frog and named it in honor of Price Charles, according to a paper published in…
The entrance to Shennongjia Nature Reserve. This month, nearly 40 scientists will enter a wild and remote region of western China, reports China's state media Xinhua. Spending several weeks in…
The IUCN Red List releases its 2012 update, adding 247 species to its threatened categories. The king cobra has been evaluated by the IUCN Red List for the first time…
Waxy monkey frog. A compound found in the secretions of a South American frog is being used to illegally boost the performance of racehorses, reports The New York Times. A…
The Kandyan dwarf toad hadn't been seen for over a century until researchers stumbled on it in 2009. Photo courtesy of: L.J. Mendis Wickramasinghe. A small toad not seen since…