Amphibians News

Brown-headed parrot (Poicephalus cryptoxanthus) fledgling in tree cavity in Botswana. Photo by: Tiffany Roufs. Aged, living trees are essential for over 1,000 birds and mammals that depend on such trees…

Scientist trying to save a La Loma tree frog, a species imperiled by chytridiomycosis at Panama's Amphibian Rescue and Conservation Project. Photo by: Rhett A. Butler. Scientists with Cornell have…

Baby blue poison dart frog. Photo by Rhett A Butler The blue color form of the green-and-black poison dart frog (Dendrobates auratus) is occurs on the Pacific side of parts…

Scientists have discovered 12 new species of frogs in the rainforests of India's Western Ghats, according to a paper published in the latest issue of ZooTaxa. The twelve species were…

Scientists find a possible cure to a disease that has been devastating frogs, toads, salamanders, newts, and caecilians worldwide. Scientists have discovered that a species of zooplankton will eat a…

New frog, Raorchestes manohari was dubbed 'beautiful' by its discoverers. Photo courtesy of D.P. Kinesh. Ten new species of frog have been discovered in India's Western Ghats according to two…

An Asian elephant wanders through tea fields in the Western Ghats. Photo © Kalyan Varma. When one thinks of the world's great rainforests the Amazon, Congo, and the tropical forests…

Tungara frog singing in Panama. Photo by: Rhett A. Butler. New understanding of how female tungara frogs sort out the din of multiple males singing may lead to insights into…

Electric blue gecko from Tanzania. Photos by Rhett Butler. Following up on yesterday's post on the spectacular blue anole from the Colombian island of Gorgona, here is a small collection…

Red-eyed tree frog. Photo by Rhett Butler (2011). The red-eyed tree frog (Agalychnis callidryas) is one of the most colorful and best-known tree frogs (it is often used in advertisements).…

Not seen since 1924 and never photographed: an adult female Borneo Rainbow Toad, also referred to as Sambas Stream Toad (Ansonia latidisca). Photo © Dr. Indraneil Das. Scientists are elated…

Previously unpublished 17th Century Dutch sketch of the dodo, taken from a real specimen, either alive or stuffed. Dronte means dodo in Dutch. The past twelve months have seen 914…

Hyloscirtus colymba tree frog being fed after being treated for Chytridiomycosis. Photo taken by Rhett A. Butler at Summit Park. Frog populations worldwide are facing two apocalypses: habitat destruction and…

This fruit bat was first discovered in a remote tropical forest in Papua New Guinea. Although scientists have yet to name the species, the popular media has already dubbed it…

Red-Eyed Tree Frog in Costa Rica Amphibians -- cold-blooded animals that include frogs, toads, salamanders, newts and caecilians -- are in big trouble. More than one third of the world's…

Hyloscirtus colymba tree frog being fed after being treated for Chytridiomycosis. Photo taken by Rhett A. Butler at Summit Park. In forests, ponds, swamps, and other ecosystems around the world,…

This year's Save the Frogs Day (Friday, April 29th) is focusing on a campaign to ban the herbicide Atrazine in the US with a rally at the steps of the…

The rediscovered Rio Pescado Stubfoot Toad (Atelopus balios) was number 6 in the 100 Lost Frogs. Photo: © Eduardo Toral-Contreras. The Search for Lost Frogs, a global expedition to uncover…

Unprecedented search evidence of 'Sixth Great Extinction'. Last August, a group of conservation agencies launched the Search for Lost Frogs, which employed 126 researchers to scour 21 countries for 100…

Discovered in a tea estate Pseudophilautus schneideri measures just 2.28 centimeters long. Photo courtesy of Madhava Meegaskumbura. Two new incredibly small frogs have been discovered in Sri Lanka, an island…

Juvenile Macaya Breast-spot Frog, Eleutherodactylus thorectes, a critically endangered species in the Massif de la Hotte, Haiti. About the size of a green grape when fully grown, this is one…

The burgeoning global program REDD+ (Reduced Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation) could do more than mitigate climate change, according to a new study in Conservation Letters by scientists with…

New species of beaked toad, genus Rhinella, found in the rainforests of Chocó department of Colombia, during the "Search for Lost Frogs". This individual, around 2cm in length, is thought…

US Fish and Wildlife Service Special Agent Sheila O’Connor revealed the inside story of working in wildlife law enforcement to Laurel Neme on her "The WildLife" radio show and podcast.…

A fifth of the world's vertebrate species (i.e. mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fish) are threatened with extinction, according to a massive new study by the International Union for the…

A look back at species discovered over the last decade in the Amazon. A new report by the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) confirms the Amazon rainforest, even as…

While elephants may appear destructive when they pull down trees, tear up grasses or stir up soils, their impacts actually make space for the little guys: frogs and reptiles. The…

Africa's most biodiverse nation, Tanzania, has added a few more species to its dockets. Researchers have discovered three new amphibians in the always surprising Eastern Arc Mountains, a region which…

This fruit bat has been seen prior to this expedition, but remains undescribed. Although scientists have yet to name the species, the popular media has already dubbed it the 'Yoda…

A spectacular poison dart frog on the edge of extinction in the wild has been afforded temporary protection by warring drug gangs in Colombia's Chocó region, reports ProAves. The La…