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On January 21, 2008, Evolutionarily Distinct and Globally Endangered (EDGE) identified nature's most "weird, wonderful and endangered species", stating that "the EDGE amphibians are amongst the most remarkable and unusual species on the planet and yet an alarming 85% of the top 100 are receiving little or no conservation attention."
Presently, Amphibian Species of the World classifies the following 31 species in Xenophrys: [1] Xenophrys aceras (Boulenger, 1903) — Perak horned toad; Xenophrys ancrae (Mahony, Teeling & Biju, 2013) — Namdapha horned toadfrog; Xenophrys apatani Saikia et al., 2024 [4] Xenophrys auralensis (Ohler, Swan, and Daltry, 2002) — Aural horned toad
The jaw of a mudpuppy also plays a significant role in its diet. The mudpuppy jaw is considered metaautostyly, like most amphibians, meaning the jaw is more stable and that the salamander has a dentary. [15] This affects their diet by limiting the flexibility of the jaw to take in larger prey.
The list below largely follows Darrel Frost's Amphibian Species of the World (ASW), Version 5.5 (31 January 2011). Another classification, which largely follows Frost, but deviates from it in part is the one of AmphibiaWeb , which is run by the California Academy of Sciences and several of universities.
They mostly live hidden in soil or in streambeds, and this cryptic lifestyle renders caecilians among the least familiar amphibians. Modern caecilians live in the tropics of South and Central America, Africa, and southern Asia. Caecilians feed on small subterranean creatures such as earthworms. The body is cylindrical and often darkly coloured ...
N. maculosus live in lakes, rivers, streams, and creeks. [15] [16] They like shallow waters with low temperatures from autumn to early spring. [15] They are most active in cold temperatures, specifically between 9.1 and 20.2 degrees Celsius. [16] [17] During the day, N. maculosus seeks refuge under rocks or logs and plant debris. [15]
The video shocked people and left us all wondering how in the world the penguin even got there in the first place. The penguin was given to a local wildlife expert to care for and was named Gus.
Amphibian Species of the World 6.2: An Online Reference (ASW) is a herpetology database. It lists the names of frogs, salamanders and other amphibians , which scientists first described each species and what year, and the animal's known range.