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Peters' dwarf frog

The Peters’ Dwarf Frog

  • 30 October, 2025
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The Peters’ dwarf frog can be found in Amazonian Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru. Taxonomy and classification of these frogs is always changing due to the continual evolution of behavioral isolation and rapid speciation (the formation of new and distinct species in the course of evolution) in the region.
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São Tomé reed frog

The São Tomé Reed Frog

  • 23 October, 2025
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The São Tomé reed frog, aka São Tomé giant reed frog or São Tomé giant treefrog, hails only from the island of São Tomé. These are the largest Hyperolius (African reed frogs) species known. They face the threats of habitat loss and destruction at the hands of
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Perez's snouted frog

The Perez’s Snouted Frog

  • 3 October, 2025
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The Perez’s snouted frog is but 1 of the only 2 species in the genus Edalorhina in the family Leptodactylidae. They can be found in Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru, and potentially in Bolivia. These frogs prefer subtropical or tropical
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Bale Mountains tree frog

The Bale Mountains Tree Frog

  • 13 August, 2025
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The Bale Mountains tree frog is the only species in the monotypic genus Balebreviceps. They can only be found in the Bale Mountains of Ethiopia. These frogs prefer tree heath woodlands near the timberline as well as partly cleared mixed forests
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tailed frog

The Tailed Frog

  • 7 July, 2025
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Among the most primitive known families of frogs, the tailed frog comprises 2 known species in the genus Ascaphus which is the only taxon in the family Ascaphidae. These frogs face the threats of habitat destruction at the hands of the
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crawfish frog

The Crawfish Frog

  • 21 May, 2025
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The crawfish frog is a medium-sized, frog species native to the grasslands and prairies of the United States. These frogs face the threats of habitat loss and destruction at the hands of residential and commercial development, logging, fires, and fire suppression;
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gray treefrog

The Gray Treefrog

  • 14 May, 2025
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The gray treefrog, aka common gray treefrog, eastern gray treefrog, northern gray treefrog, or tetraploid gray treefrog, is a diminutive, arboreal holarctic (biogeographic realm encompassing the northern parts of the Old and New Worlds) treefrog that hails from
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northern red-legged frog

The Northern Red-Legged Frog

  • 7 May, 2025
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The northern red-legged frog is considered a true frog from the from the genus Rana. These frogs can be found in northern California, Oregon, Washington, Vancouver, and British Columbia. Even though they face the threats of habitat loss and destruction
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northern leopard frog

The Northern Leopard Frog

  • 7 April, 2025
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The northern leopard frog was recently renamed from Rana pipiens. These frogs can be found throughout Canada and the United States. Unfortunately, with such a wide distribution throughout North America they face many threats such as habitat loss at the hands of
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mountain chicken

The Mountain Chicken

  • 3 September, 2024
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The mountain chicken, aka giant ditch frog, is native to the Caribbean islands of Montserrat and Dominica. However, barely any survive in the wild on Montserrat, and only a small population exists still in
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