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Rare Frog Caught on Film
Animals  (tags: Western Ghats, wildlife, amphibians, rare, endangered, protection )

Jacquelin
- 1595 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
- 1606 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
- 1615 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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Toxic Toads Killing Australian Crocs
Animals  (tags: australia, wildlife, wild animals, amphibians, reptiles, cane toads, toxic, killing, fresh water crocs, endangered, extinction, protection )

Jacquelin
- 1645 days ago - dsc.discovery.com
Nov. 18, 2008 -- Toxic cane toads are killing alarming numbers of Australia's freshwater crocodiles as the alien pests hop inexorably across the continent, research showed Tuesday. The warty amphibians, which have poisonous sacs on their heads, have c
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Pesticides, Fertilizers Linked to Frog Decline
Animals  (tags: usa, wildlife, amphibians, frogs, dying, decline, fertilizers, pesticides, endangered, extinction, habitat, humans, environment, protection )

Jacquelin
- 1664 days ago - dsc.discovery.com
A pesticide compound commonly used in the United States is linked to the growth of tiny parasites that sicken and kill frogs and also harms the amphibians' immune defenses against infection, according to a study published Thursday. The impact of this c
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70,000 Cane Toads Croak in Four-Week Eradication Effort
Animals  (tags: australia, wildlife, wild animals, amphibians, cane toads, cull )

Jacquelin
- 1671 days ago - nzherald.co.nz
Cane toad fighters say they have culled 70,000 of the pests over the past four weeks as they approach the Northern Territory-West Australian border. Stop the Toad Foundation's annual muster at the Bullo and Auvergne stations involved 90 volunteers at f
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'Lost' Harlequin Frog Rediscovered in Colombia
Animals  (tags: colombia, wildlife, wild animals, amphibians, harlequin frog, extinction, endangered, protection, habitat, humans )

Jacquelin
- 1675 days ago - wildlifeextra.com
The Alliance for Zero Extinction (AZE) Threatened Amphibian Assessment Project has found 3 Critically Endangered amphibians, including the Sonson Harlequin Frog (Atelopus sonsonensis,) as well as 18 other threatened amphibian species. Not seen for 10
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Rare Giant Salamanders Found in Newcastle
Animals  (tags: washington state, amphibians, giant slamander, endangered, extinction, protection )

Jacquelin
- 1691 days ago - komonews.com
NEWCASTLE, Wash. - A crew from the Newcastle Public Works Department got quite a surprise recently when they discovered two Pacific giant salamanders. The species is rare to begin with, and the creatures are usually very elusive and come out only at n
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Four New Species of Frog and Another 'Extinct' Frog Rediscovered in Ecuador
Animals  (tags: ecuador, wildlife, amphibians, discovery, endangered, extinction, habitat, humans, protection )

Jacquelin
- 1693 days ago - wildlifeextra.com
September 2008. Herpetologists from the Museo Ecuatoriano de Ciencias Naturales (Ecuadorian Museum of Natural Sciences) have been surveying EcoMinga's reserves and have discovered four apparently new species of frogs in and around the reserves. They e
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Oregon Spotted Frog Released Into the Wild to Halt Population Crash
Animals  (tags: washington state, wildanimals, wildlife, amphibians, oregon spotted frogs, released, endangered, extinction, habitat, humans, protection )

Jacquelin
- 1696 days ago - wildlifeextra.com
In an effort to re-establish their populations in Washington State, approximately 500 Oregon spotted frogs were released into the wild after spending the first seven months of their lives in a captive rearing program. September 2008. Biologists from t
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Suffering in Silence
Animals  (tags: new zealand, wildlife, wild animals, amphibians, endangered, extinction, habitat, humans, protection, fungus )

Jacquelin
- 1696 days ago - nzherald.co.nz
Dr Phil Bishop is happy. Some frogs have croaked, as in died. Why does that bring a smile to his face? Because he is confident he can isolate the cause of death, in this case a fungus he has been researching for the past five years. In August, a Dunedi
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Toronto's Zoo Saving One Frog at a Time
Animals  (tags: frogs, zoos, amphibians, animals, AnimalWelfare, environment, endangered, extinction, habitat, protection, wildanimals, wildlife )

Cher
- 1811 days ago - thestar.com
Program is part of a world-wide effort to prevent the single largest mass extinction since the disappearance of the dinosaurs.
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Frogs Back From the Dead
Animals  (tags: australia, wildanimals, wildlife, amphibians, frogs, endangered, extinction, habitat, humans, protection )

Jacquelin
- 1820 days ago - theaustralian.news.com.au
QUEENSLAND frogs, feared to be on the path to extinction, have defied the experts by making a comeback. Frogs from rainforest mountain streams in north and southeast Queensland are returning to areas where they have not been recorded for many years.
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'Ark' Offers Haven for Endangered Amphibians
Animals  (tags: amphibians, animals, endangered, environment, extinction, habitat, protection, wildanimals, wildlife, AnimalWelfare )

Cher
- 1831 days ago - detnews.com
Scientists' global effort brings threatened species to zoos so they can breed, eventually return to wild.
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Priority Areas for Threatened Frogs in Latin America
Animals  (tags: amphibians, animals, environment, endangered, extinction, protection, habitat, AnimalWelfare, wildanimals, wildlife )

Cher
- 1838 days ago - sciencecentric.com
Nearly 35% of all amphibians are now threatened of extinction raising them to the position of the most endangered group of animals in the world. Decline of amphibian populations and species is ongoing due to habitat loss, fungal disease, climate shift
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