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Animals News tagged with amphibians

See-Through Frogs Discovered
Animals  (tags: Frogs, Colombia, Species, Amphibians )

Nancy
- 3 days ago - livescience.com
Ten newfound species of amphibians -- including a frog with spiky skin and three varieties of frogs with transparent skin -- have been discovered in the mountains of Colombia.
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400 Rare Lizards Released Into Wild as Part of 'Rescue Operation' for UK's Reptiles and Amphibians
Animals  (tags: animals, amphibians, lizards, release, environment, AnimalWelfare, habitat, protection, wildlife, wildanimals )

Cher
- 83 days ago - wildlifeextra.com
Almost 400 of the UK's rarest lizards are being carefully prepared for release into the wild at sites across England and Wales, starting at a National Trust owned nature reserve in Surrey.
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Amphibians Mate Under a Full Moon
Animals  (tags: animals, amphibians, mating, AnimalWelfare, environment, habitat, protection, wildlife, wildanimals )

Cher
- 134 days ago - news.bbc.co.uk
Amphibians around the world synchronise their mating activity by the full Moon, researchers have discovered.
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The World Amphibian Crisis And Canada's Role
Animals  (tags: animals, amphibians, zoos, Canada, AnimalWelfare, environment, extinction, protection, wildlife )

Cher
- 164 days ago - caza.ca
Canada's 25 accredited zoos and aquariums are mounting a major national program to ensure the nation's amphibians survive what could become the greatest extinction crisis since the age of the dinosaurs.
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Endangered: The Amphibians of the World
Animals  (tags: amphibians, AnimalWelfare, environment, endangered, habitat, protection, wildlife )

Cher
- 168 days ago - animalrights.change.org
Earth's amphibians are in trouble for various reasons, including habitat loss for which humans are responsible, pollution for which humans are responsible, climate change for which humans are responsible, and a deadly fungus whose spread humans are
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Fungus Threat to Amphibian Species - World
Animals  (tags: world, frogs, threatened, endangered, fungus, amphibians, habitat )

Chrissy
- 192 days ago - news.com.au
A GLOBAL assessment of all 5743 known amphibian species has found a type of fungus is threatening to wipe out a third of them. The amphibian chytrid fungus has already caused at least six Queensland species to become extinct over the past 30 years.
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100-200 New Amphibians Discovered in Madagascar
Animals  (tags: animals, amphibians, discovery, Madagascar, AnimalWelfare, environment, habitat, protection, wildlife )

Cher
- 200 days ago - planetsave.com
A recent study documented the discovery of 100-200 new amphibian species in Madagascar.
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'Stock-Take' of Garden Creatures
Animals  (tags: stock take, reptiles, amphibians, garden, UK, volunteers, animals, AnimalWelfare, environment, habitat, protection, wildlife )

Cher
- 238 days ago - news.bbc.co.uk
Whether it is frogs in your ferns, or toads in your tulips, a coalition of wildlife charities is asking for volunteers to carry out a national "stock-take" of the reptiles and amphibians in the UK's gardens.
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Fungus Devastates 'Chicken' Frog
Animals  (tags: monserrat, wildlife, wild animals, amphibians, killer fungal disease, endangered, extinction, protection )

Jacquelin
- 253 days ago - news.bbc.co.uk
Montserrat's "mountain chicken" frog has become the latest victim of the killer fungal disease that is devastating amphibians worldwide. UK researchers say that only two small pockets of the animals on the tiny Caribbean island remain disease-free.
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Cane Toad Menace Within 4km of WA Border
Animals  (tags: australia, amphibians, cane toads, toxic, moving, dangerous to wildanimals, wildlife )

Jacquelin
- 276 days ago - news.com.au
CANE toads are within 4km of the WA border and are expected to cross into the state within weeks, ABC's Stateline reports. Scientists have accused successive governments of failing to stop the spread of cane toads. The pests are four kilometres away
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Ten New Amphibian Species Discovered in Colombia
Animals  (tags: amphibians, discovery, animals, AnimalWelfare, environment, habitat, protection, wildanimals, wildlife )

Cher
- 286 days ago - wildlifeextra.com
10 amphibians believed to be new to science have been discovered in Colombia, in addition to the recent discovery of 12 new frogs in India. The Colombia discoveries include a spiky-skinned, orange-legged rain frog, three poison dart frogs and three
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In Pictures: Tanzania's Toad Haul ~ Picture Gallery
Animals  (tags: africa, wildlife, amphibians, endangered, protection )

Jacquelin
- 296 days ago - news.bbc.co.uk
This species of Nectophrynoides is still new to science and has not been given a common name yet. The toad is being studied by researchers in Italy and at the Natural History Museum, London.
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Rare Frog Caught on Film
Animals  (tags: Western Ghats, wildlife, amphibians, rare, endangered, protection )

Jacquelin
- 322 days ago - news.bbc.co.uk
A rare type of frog has been filmed for the first time by scientists. The purple frog was only discovered in 2003 in the Western Ghats, in India. The chubby amphibian spends most of its time buried underground, surfacing only to breed during the
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Cane Toads Have Wiped Out Kakadu Goannas: Tour Guide
Animals  (tags: australia, wildlife, wild animals, amphibians, cane toads, invasive species, toxic, kakdu goannas, endangered, extinction, protection )

Jacquelin
- 333 days ago - news.com.au
CANE toads have almost completely wiped out some of Kakadu's native wildlife, an experienced tour guide says. Sean Arnold, who has been running tours to Kakadu since 2000, said goannas and frill-necked lizards had been all but destroyed by the invading
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Green-Blood and Turquoise Bones. Very Unusual New Species of Frog Discovered in Cambodia
Animals  (tags: cambodia, wildlife, amphibians, new discovery, new species, frog )

Jacquelin
- 342 days ago - wildlifeextra.com
A new species of frog, with green blood and turquoise-coloured bones, has been found in Cambodia's remote Cardamom Mountains by international conservation organisation Fauna & Flora International (FFI). Samkos bush frog - extremely rare The Samkos bus
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