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Human Urine and Frogs: How a Bizarre Pregnancy Test Helped Unleash a Global Amphibian Crisis
The African clawed frog is an evolutionary marvel — an entirely aquatic species with powerful hind legs, flattened bodies, ...
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‘Slender’ creature with ‘long’ toes found in mud nest in Taiwan. It’s a new species
Female frogs lay up to 40 eggs at a time that are “encased in a transparent gelatinous substance” and left inside the mud nest. The new species’ mating call sounds “rapid and urgent” and ...
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Bright green creature — with ‘leopard’-print thighs — is new species in Japan. See it
The species can be found in paddy fields, forests, wetlands and gardens. When female east Japan tree frogs lay eggs, they lay them one at a time, something that is different from many other ...
‘Slender’ creature with ‘long’ toes found in mud nest in Taiwan. It’s a new species
In a wetland of central Taiwan, a “slender” creature poked its “triangular” head out of a mud nest and made an “urgent”-sounding call. The call was intended to attract a mate — but attracted the ...