Critter Science

The Boreal Toad

25 June, 2025
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The boreal toad is a subspecies of the western toad. These critters are found in northern New Mexico, Colorado, Utah, Idaho, Wyoming, Montana, Washington, Oregon, British Columbia, Alberta, and Southeast Alaska. Boreal toads are threatened by

The Western Toad

12 June, 2025
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The western toad is a larger species native to western North America & Mexico. These toads are known for their ability to jump large distances, for a toad. These critters face many threats like habitat loss and destruction at the hands of

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;

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

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

The Common Mudpuppy

22 April, 2025
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The common mudpuppy is a species of salamander in the family Proteidae. They can be found in eastern Canada and eastern United States. Preferring lakes, rivers and ponds, these salamanders, like the axolotls, never complete metamorphosis and thus remain in the

The Eiselt’s Caecilian

11 April, 2025
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The Eiselt’s caecilian is a type of caecilian that hails from Brazil and possibly Bolivia. These unique and fascinating creatures are amphibians. They prefer to dwell in warm, turbid, fast-flowing waters within the lowland Brazilian Amazon basin, primarily in the Madeira River

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

The Red Hills Salamander

28 November, 2024
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The Red Hills salamander is a large salamander species that hails only from southern Alabama, in the United States. They are the only species in the genus Phaeognathus. Sadly, these sallies face the threats of habitat

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