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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.
Sierra de Omoa streamside frog (Craugastor omoaensis) Golden toad (Incilius periglenes) Vegas Valley leopard frog (Lithobates fisheri) Gunther's streamlined frog (Nannophrys guentheri) Splendid poison frog (Oophaga speciosa) Spiny-knee leaf frog (Phrynomedusa fimbriata) Sri Lanka bubble-nest frog (Pseudophilautus adsperus) Pseudophilautus dimbullae
The Panamanian golden frog (Atelopus zeteki), also known as Cerro Campana stubfoot toad and other names, [a] is a species of toad endemic to Panama. [5] Panamanian golden frogs inhabit the streams along the mountainous slopes of the Cordilleran cloud forests of west-central Panama. [6]
Beelzebufo (/ b iː ˌ ɛ l z ɪ ˈ b juː f oʊ / or / ˌ b iː l z ə ˈ b juː f oʊ /) is an extinct genus of hyloid frog from the Late Cretaceous Berivotra and Maevarano Formations of Madagascar. [1] The type species is B. ampinga, and common names assigned by the popular media to B. ampinga include devil frog, [2] devil toad, [3] and the ...
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.
The world's largest frog is the goliath frog of West Africa—it can grow to 15 inches (38 centimeters) and weigh up to 7 pounds (3.2 kilograms). One of the smallest is the Cuban tree toad, which ...
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These frogs have long been known as Pacific chorus frogs Pseudacris regilla. Then, in 2006, Recuero et al. split that taxonomic concept into three species. [ 5 ] Recuero et al. attached the name Pseudacris regilla with the northern piece, renaming the central piece the Sierran tree frog ( Pseudacris sierra ) and the southern piece the Baja ...