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Frogs with fangs discovered in extinct volcano!

Debs on Sep 8th 2009

One of the hottest frog stories buzzing on the Internet these days must surely be the sensational story of the discovery of a lost world inside the crater of Mount Bosavi, an extinct volcano on Papua New Guinea, in which scientists have found some 40 previously undiscovered species. As well as a headline-grabbing giant rat - we're talking BIG here, think the size of a cat - there is also a frog with fangs and a further fifteen other new frog species!

All promises to be revealed in Lost Land Of The Volcano on BBC1 at 9 o’clock tonight.


Litoria-sauroni, originally uploaded by icon_mefisto.

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Show your frog love with a tattoo!

Debs on Feb 12th 2009

Anybody visiting Frog Tees is undoubtedly a big fan of frogs...but just how far would you be prepared to go to REALLY show you care?!

Check out more amazing Frog Tattoos here!

Frog Tattoo
Originally uploaded by Salvatore C


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Listen to Eastern Gray Tree Frogs and Cricket Frogs

Debs on Mar 15th 2008

Hyla Versicolor

Interesting recording of the song of the Eastern Gray Tree Frog and cricket frogs in a drainage ditch at Riverbend Forest Preserve, Champaign County, Illinois, USA.

The additional sounds in the background are made by crickets, geese on the lake, a bird in the woods and American toads in the distance...

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The dangers of frogspawn-swapping

Debs on Mar 8th 2008




Taking shape

Originally uploaded by Richard Brown 56

There's an interesting and timely piece of frog news on the BBC News Website today warning would-be frog conservationists about the dangers of a decades old do-it-yourself method of rehousing frogs by moving frogspawn from pond to pond...

Conservationists are urging people not to carry out "frogspawn-swapping" this spring because of problems they say it can create for the pond environment.

Wildlife-lovers in the UK often donate frogspawn from their ponds to others to give frogs a potential new home.

But the Froglife charity said this could lead to the spread of invasive plants and harmful diseases.

Source: BBC News

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Rare Maud Island froglets discovered!

Debs on Mar 4th 2008

Thirteen rare finger nail-sized frogs have been born for the first time on one of New Zealand's main islands.

The Maud Island frogs were found in the frog enclosure at the Karori Wildlife Sanctuary in Wellington and have been taken to Victoria University.

When they have grown they will be released into the wild.

Source: Stuff.co.nz

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Incredible footage of rare Panamanian golden frog!

Debs on Feb 3rd 2008

There was some amazing footage on the Science and Nature pages of BBC News yesterday showing the rare Panamanian golden frog waving, wrestling and courting for the first time. In fact, shortly after recording the footage for the BBC One series Life In Cold Blood (which is presented by Sir David Attenborough), the frogs had to be rescued from the wild, due to the threat of chytrid fungus - the whole species is now extinct in Panama and this recording shows their unusual behaviour for both the first and last time in their natural habitat.

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A close encounter with an Italian Tree Frog!

Debs on Jan 9th 2008

Meet La Raganella or Hyla Arborea... better known as the Italian tree frog!

I came home one evening to my little house in Le Marche, Italy, to find this Italian tree frog on my front door handle.

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