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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 ...
Decline in amphibian populations. 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.
This only happened in fish-free lakes, because only those had enough frogs and enough genetic variation to evolve resistance. So in 2006 Knapp and other researchers set about to see if the frog ...
Blanchard's cricket frogs are commonly found in wetlands, ponds, and/or near row crop agriculture. [2] The average life span for this frog is about one year, which is why the species is considered to be short-lived. Little is known about the interactions and basic ecology, even though populations are decreasing. [3]
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 ...
The average size of global wildlife populations have declined by 73% in 50 years, a new study by the World Wildlife Fund has found.. The study, titled the 2024 Living Planet Report, monitored ...
Blanchard's cricket frog: Found throughout Texas, except far West Texas and the Panhandle [31] NE Acris crepitans: Northern cricket frog: Found as far west as western Texas [32] LC [33] Dryophytes arenicolor: Canyon tree frog: Isolated populations in arid environments and streambanks in Texas [34] LC [35] Dryophytes chrysoscelis : Cope's gray ...
The announcement of the frog's return comes two years after a conservation effort began to bring them back to the archaeological site that was home to the Mississippian culture of Native Americans ...