Tag: Amphibians

June 1, 2022

Chytrid may have limited impact in Ontario

Surveys across Ontario have shown that while frog chytrid is widespread, the fungal disease isn’t necessarily as deadly in the second largest province in Canada as it is in regions...

May 27, 2022

Watch: Salamanders glide atop the world’s tallest trees

Not all salamanders live under rocks or in the water. California hosts a species that lives in the crowns of redwoods—the world’s tallest trees—and although it’s called the wandering salamander...

May 24, 2022

Arroyo toads are disappearing from former range

Arroyo toads’ have seemingly weathered long-term drought in California, but the desert specialists are still disappearing from some of their former wetland breeding sites. The arroyo toad (Anaxyrus californicus) is...

May 9, 2022

Native species can tolerate invaders in the lowland floodplains

Invasive bullfrogs and sunfish in the southwestern Washington floodplains don’t seem to be a detriment to native amphibians and fish in the area. That’s surprising, researchers say, since that isn’t...

April 27, 2022

Road salt leads to bloated wood frogs

A growing body of evidence suggests that the road salt used to melt snow on highways, roads and sidewalks in northern areas is trickling into the environment, affecting both aquatic...

April 21, 2022

Specific reintroduction factors lead to Chiricahua leopard frog success

By the 1980s, more than 80% of populations of Chiricahua leopard frogs in Arizona and New Mexico had disappeared. The amphibians faced habitat loss, predation by invasive fish like bass...

April 15, 2022

USFWS issues emergency endangered status for toad

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service issued an emergency endangered listing for Dixie Valley toad on April 7 due to the extinction risk posed by a geothermal project. The Dixie...

March 4, 2022

TWS2021: Cheat Mountain salamanders losing ground to climate

A rare salamander, endemic only to a few high elevation mountain tops in West Virginia, may lose all of its high-quality habitats by the end of the century due to...

December 21, 2021

TWS2021: eDNA techniques detect ranavirus

Environmental DNA techniques can detect a deadly virus in amphibian ponds, giving wildlife managers critical information about how to best protect vulnerable amphibian species. Ranavirus is deadly to amphibians. “It’s...

December 6, 2021

Creating refuges for axolotls in Mexico City

Luis Zambrano was used to surveying fish species in the Yucatan Peninsula before he got involved with studying axolotls. The axolotl used to range more widely throughout Mexico City than...