Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Rhacophorus reinwardtii is a species of frog in the family Rhacophoridae. It is variously known under the common names of black-webbed treefrog, green flying frog, Reinwardt's flying frog, or Reinwardt's treefrog. Before 2006, Rhacophorus reinwardtii and Rhacophorus kio were considered to be the same species. [2]
Eleven endangered male frogs that traveled 7,000 miles (11,000 kilometers) in a bid to save their species from extinction have “given birth” to 33 froglets at London Zoo.
Black spiny-chest frog (Alsodes nodosus) Iberian midwife toad (Alytes cisternasii) Moroccan midwife toad (Alytes maurus) Atelognathus jeinimenensis; Cape rain frog (Breviceps gibbosus) Desert rain frog (Breviceps macrops) Argentine horned frog (Ceratophrys ornata) Fiji tree frog (Cornufer vitiensis) Crossodactylus schmidti
The frog is adapted to arboreal living with webbings of feet that allow it to glide between trees. [8] [9] These webbed feet give the name "flying" to the common name vampire flying frog, as the frog glides between trees it appears to be flying. Rhacophorus vampyrus and Vampyrius vampyrus are used interchangeably between academic articles.
More than 30 endangered froglets have been born at London Zoo after a dramatic 7,000-mile rescue mission saw their parents extracted from their fungus-threatened native habitat.. The Darwin’s ...
“Most people don’t get a hippopotamus for Christmas at all, so we feel lucky to have received two over the years,” zoo officials said.
Critically endangered (CR) species face an extremely high risk of extinction in the wild. As of December 2021, the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) lists 673 critically endangered amphibian species, including 146 which are tagged as possibly extinct. [1] [2] 9.2% of all evaluated amphibian species are listed as critically ...
A news release described the program to bring the frog back to Angel Mounds this way: "A habitat suitability study conducted by DNR determined Angel Mounds has the ideal environmental conditions ...