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Decline in amphibian populations. The golden toad of Monteverde, Costa Rica, was among the first casualties of amphibian declines. Formerly abundant, it was last seen in 1989. Since the 1980s, decreases in amphibian populations, including population decline and localized mass extinctions, have been observed in locations all over the world.
So in 2006 Knapp and other researchers set about to see if the frog population could be saved in fish-free lakes. After long and intense study and preparation they began to reintroduce the fungus ...
A new population of wild frogs could act as a safeguard for the species in the state. "Should something catastrophic happen to the one population that we know of now, we at least have other sites ...
Leptodactylus fallax, commonly known as the mountain chicken or giant ditch frog, is a critically endangered species of frog that is native to the Caribbean islands of Dominica and Montserrat. The population declined by at least 80% from 1995 to 2004, [2][3] with further significant declines later. [1][4] A tiny wild population remains on ...
The Mississippi gopher frog is a mid-sized, stocky, frog with a total body length of about 3 in (8 cm). The frog's back ranges in color from black to brown or gray and is covered with dark spots and warts. The male's call has been compared to the sound of human snoring.
Acris crepitans blanchardi. Blanchard's cricket frog (Acris blanchardi) is a species of frog in the family Hylidae. It is a small, dark colored frog that is threatened or endangered in Michigan, Wisconsin, and Minnesota. Studies have been done to see why the population of the frog is beginning to decrease in those states.
The golden toad (Incilius periglenes) is an extinct species of true toad that was once abundant in a small, high-altitude region of about 4 square kilometres (1.5 sq mi) in an area north of the city of Monteverde, Costa Rica. [3] It was endemic to elfin cloud forest. [4] Also called the Monte Verde toad, Alajuela toad and orange toad, it is ...
Australia has 240 named native species of frog, and the FrogID app could identify dozens more still ribbiting under the radar. Australia museum, IBM launch frog-count app for a deep dive into pond ...