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The temnospondyl Eryops had sturdy limbs to support its body on land Red-eyed tree frog (Agalychnis callidryas) with limbs and feet specialised for climbing Japanese giant salamander (Andrias japonicus), a primitive salamander The bright colours of the common reed frog (Hyperolius viridiflavus) are typical of a toxic species Wallace's flying frog (Rhacophorus nigropalmatus) can parachute to ...
Euphlyctis c. seistanica (Seistan Skittering Frog) Fejervarya limnocharis (Alpine Cricket Frog or Northern Cricket Frog) Fejervarya syhadrensis (Indus Cricket Frog or Southern Cricket Frog) Hoplobatrachus tigerinus (Indus Valley Bullfrog) Paa hazarensis (Hazara Torrent Frog) Paa sternosignata (Karez Frog) Paa vicina (Murree Hills Frog)
Hyla is a genus of frogs in the tree frog family Hylidae. As traditionally defined, it was a wastebasket genus with more than 300 species found in Europe, Asia, Africa, and across the Americas. After a major revision of the family, most of these have been moved to other genera so that Hyla now only contains 17 extant (living) species from ...
Blue poison dart frog. Herpetology (from Greek ἑρπετόν herpetón, meaning "reptile" or "creeping animal") is a branch of zoology concerned with the study of amphibians (including frogs, salamanders, and caecilians (Gymnophiona)) and reptiles (including snakes, lizards, turtles, crocodilians, and tuataras).
The decline in amphibian and reptile populations has led to an awareness of the effects of pesticides on reptiles and amphibians. [177] In the past, the argument that amphibians or reptiles were more susceptible to any chemical contamination than any land aquatic vertebrate was not supported by research until recently. [177]
It belongs to a lineage believed to have given rise to the three living branches of amphibians - frogs, salamanders and limbless caecilians. Creature named for Kermit the Frog offers clues on ...
Teratoscincus scincus (Turkestan plate-tailed gecko or common wonder gecko or frog-eyed gecko) Tropiocolotes persica (Persian sand gecko or Persian pygmy gecko) Family Lacertidae (sand lizards, wall lizards and true lizards) - 12 species Acanthodactylus cantoris (Indian fringe-fingered lizard) - 2 subspecies
Rana (derived from Latin rana, meaning 'frog') is a genus of frogs commonly known as the Holarctic true frogs, pond frogs or brown frogs.Members of this genus are found through much of Eurasia and western North America.