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Green frog: Lithobates clamitans (Rafinesque, 1820) Abundant If subspecies are recognized, the Pennsylvania subspecies would be Lithobates clamitans melanota: Statewide Atlantic Coast leopard frog: Lithobates kauffeldi (Feinberg et al., 2014) Endangered Bucks County, Philadelphia County, and Delaware County: Pickerel frog: Lithobates palustris ...
Near Threatened (NT) species do not currently qualify for Critically Endangered (CR), Endangered (EN) or Vulnerable (VU), but are likely to qualify for a threatened category in the near future, or are already close to qualifying. As of September 2016, the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) lists 402 near threatened amphibian ...
[3] [4] It is also known as the vampire tree frog [3] or the vampire flying frog [5] [6] [7] because of the presence of a pair of fang-like hooks in the mouth of the tadpoles. [7] It is found in montane evergreen forests at 1470–2004 m. [3] The frog is adapted to arboreal living with webbings of feet that allow it to glide between trees.
Officials say the crawfish frog likely was at the site during that period, as well, and remained in place until the mid to late 1980s, when they "vanished suddenly and mysteriously, possibly ...
Wallace's flying frog (Rhacophorus nigropalmatus) A flying frog (also called a gliding frog) is a frog that has the ability to achieve gliding flight. This means it can descend at an angle less than 45° relative to the horizontal. Other nonflying arboreal frogs can also descend, but only at angles greater than 45°, which is referred to as ...
Aug. 28—For the fourth time, hundreds of endangered frogs were released into the Columbia National Wildlife Refuge with the intent to revitalize their population. The nearly 400 northern leopard ...
Some Rhacophoridae are called "tree frogs". Among the most spectacular members of this family are numerous "flying frogs". Although a few groups are primarily terrestrial, rhacophorids are predominantly arboreal treefrogs. Mating frogs, while in amplexus, hold on to a branch, and beat their legs to form a foam. The eggs are laid in the foam and ...
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]