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List of amphibians of Texas. Seventy-two amphibian species are found in the American state of Texas, including forty-four species of frog and twenty-eight species of salamander. Four species are categorized as endangered by the International Union for Conservation of Nature: the Barton Springs salamander, the Texas blind salamander, the black ...
The Houston toad (Anaxyrus houstonensis), [4] formerly Bufo houstonensis, is an endangered species of amphibian that is endemic to Texas in the United States. [5][6] This toad was discovered in the late 1940s and named in 1953. It was among the first amphibians added to the United States List of Endangered Native Fish and Wildlife [3] and is ...
Why is TCU’s mascot the horned frog? TCU (12-1) faces Michigan (13-0) in the College Football playoff semifinals on Dec. 31 at 3 p.m. How did TCU become the Frogs?
They’d discovered a new species: Scinax juruena, or the Juruena snouted tree frog. Juruena snouted tree frogs are considered “small,” reaching just over 1 inch in length, researchers said.
The Texas toad is native to the United States where it is found in the state of Texas, wherein 2009 it was designated as the Texas State Amphibian, [4] its range also extends northward to Oklahoma, westward to New Mexico and southward to northern Mexico. It is a desert species and is found in dry grassland, savannahs with scattered mesquite and ...
All stories below were reported, written and edited by McClatchy journalists. No. 1: Which former TCU football players landed undrafted free agent deals after the NFL Draft?
The American bullfrog (Lithobates catesbeianus), often simply known as the bullfrog in Canada and the United States, is a large true frog native to eastern North America. It typically inhabits large permanent water bodies such as swamps, ponds, and lakes. Bullfrogs can also be found in manmade habitats such as pools, koi ponds, canals, ditches ...
The Rio Grande leopard frog (Lithobates berlandieri or Rana berlandieri) [2][3] is a species of aquatic frog native to the southern United States in Texas and New Mexico, and south through Mexico and Central America. [1] It is also sometimes referred to as the Mexican leopard frog. The epithet berlandieri is in honor of the naturalist Jean ...