Researchers have discovered about 220 species of poisonous frogs so far. Here are some commonly known types of poisonous frogs: 1. Green and black poison frog or Dendrobates auratus.

If you’ve recently adopted a pet frog or are planning on taking one in and aren’t sure how to care for it yet, you probably have all kinds of questions about their needs in captivity. From figuring ...

Frogs and toads make up the largest group of amphibians. Species in this order, called Anura, substantially outnumber those in the two other living orders of amphibians — Caudata (salamanders ...

High in northern Peru, three frogs no bigger than a thumbprint have stepped out of anonymity and into the scientific ...

Although many species of frogs are endangered, it’s not all bad news. Researchers still find previously unknown species every year. In 2015, for example, seven new species were discovered just in ...

A genus of around 20 burrowing frog species found mostly in South Africa is famous for its members' short limbs, flat, ...

With that realization, Taylor described two new species in the Craugastor group of frogs. Advertisement UTA’s Smith has seen marked changes in the area over more than 20 years of traveling to ...

The Phoenix Zoo recently released 1,000 tadpoles into the Tonto National Forest, part of a program to save the threatened Chiricahua leopard frog. The zoo collects eggs every year, and those eggs ...

Six new species of rain frogs have been discovered on the eastern slopes of the Ecuadorian Andes, according to a statement from Ecuador’s Ministry of the Environment, Water, and Ecological ...

The frogs are nested in different areas of the evolutionary tree, with separate sister species, according to the genetic analysis. However, Koch notes that more data is needed to confirm the exact ...

In some species of frogs, the females play dead to avoid mating with aggressive males. Dr. Carolin Dittrich, behavior ecologist at the University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna, tells us more.

Scientists have discovered seven new species of tree frogs in the lush rainforests of Madagascar.These small amphibians make strange, high-pitched whistling sounds that sound a bit like the sound ...