Amphibian Species

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  Fungus Wiping Out Frogs: Innovative "Frog Saunas" Offer Hope for Survival

  Frog populations worldwide are being decimated by the chytrid fungus, which is responsible for the decline and extinction of many species. Scientists have developed "frog saunas," simple heated structures that allow frogs to warm up and combat the infection. Studies show that this method can help infected frogs recover faster and even develop resis...

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  One-Third of Earth's Species Could Face Extinction by 2100 Due to Climate Change

  A new study has warned that up to a third of Earth's species could face extinction by 2100 due to rising global temperatures. The research, published in Science, highlights how climate change is accelerating extinction risks, especially for amphibians and species in isolated ecosystems. With emissions continuing at current rates, the risk of extinc...

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  380 New Species Discovered In This Remote Part Of The World, Say Researchers

  The scientists discovered 290 plants, 19 fish species, 24 amphibians, 46 reptiles and one mammal.

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  Study Of 70,000 Species Renews Fear Of Sixth Mass Extinction Event

  While mammals, birds and insects are seeing a decline in numbers, amphibians are particularly badly affected overall.

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  Climate Change To Push 30% Species Over Tipping Points: Study

  The study, analysed data from over 35,000 species of animals -- including mammals, amphibians, reptiles, birds, corals, and fish, from every continent and ocean basin.

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  This Frog Species Can Secrete Wax To Stop It From Drying In Sun

  The amphibian spends most of its life in the treetops, and it produces a waxy substance that covers its skin with a protective layer.

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  Over 500 'Lost' Species of Terrestrial Vertebrates Missing for Decades Identified in New Study

  An international study has identified 562 'lost' terrestrial vertebrate species that are yet to be declared extinct. The list includes amphibians, reptiles, birds, and mammals, found after examining data from the International Union for Conservation of Nature's Red List of Threatened Species (IUCN Red List) on 32,802 species. Most of the lost spe...

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  ‘Chocolate Frog’: Australian Researchers Discover New Species of the Amphibian in New Guinea

  'Chocolate frog' or Litoria Mira, a new species of the amphibian has been discovered in swampy, lowland forests of New Guinea by Australian researchers.

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  Newly Discovered Giant Salamander Species Is 'World's Biggest Amphibian'

  Researchers from the Zoological Society of London (ZSL) and London's Natural History Museum have identified new species of giant salamander using DNA from museum specimens. The species that is probably the largest of the three has now been given a new name: South China giant salamander

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  Romeo, Last Known Frog Of A Kind, Found Juliet. Did It Save The Species?

  For 10 years, the world's last known Sehuencas water frog, named Romeo, lived alone in captivity in a Bolivian museum. Repeated expeditions by biologists into the nation's cloud forests, the only place the amphibians exist, had turned up no new specimens. The once-plentiful frogs had been all but wiped out by a killer fungus, widespread habitat los...

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  Earth's Wild Animal Population Plummets 60 Per Cent In 44 Years: WWF

  "Runaway consumption" has decimated global wildlife, triggered a mass extinction and exhausted Earth's capacity to accommodate humanity's expanding appetites, the global conservation group WWF warned Tuesday. From 1970 to 2014, 60 percent of all animals with a backbone -- fish, birds, amphibians, reptiles and mammals -- were wiped out by human appe...

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  The Kamasutra, Froggy Style

  The Bombay night frog, scientists revealed Tuesday, favours a mating position previously unknown among the amphibian group's 7,000 species, only the seventh catalogued in what might be called the Kamasutra for frogs.

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  The Indian Purple Frog Being Eaten to Extinction

  The Indian Purple Frog, anendemic and endangered amphibian found exclusively in the biodiversity hotspot of Western Ghats, is facing extinction threats due to the consumption of tadpoles by local tribes.

• 55 New Species Found in Indo-Bhutan Manas Landscape

  At least 55 species of herpetofauna, comprising 20 amphibian species and 35 reptile species, have been recorded in a recent survey conducted in the Greater Indo-Bhutan Manas landscape.