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The pickerel frog is a curious looking frog with a pattern of seemingly “hand-drawn” squares on its back. These frogs can be found in southeastern Canada and throughout the eastern half of the United States. They face the threats of habitat loss and destruction at the hands of residential and […]

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The reticulated leaf frog, aka reticulate leaf frog, hails from Brazil. They prefer tropical woodland-savannas and Atlantic semi-deciduous forests. These frogs face the threats of habitat loss and destruction at the hands of farming, ranching, mining, quarrying, logging, fires, fire suppression, residential developments, and commercial developments; dams, which divide their […]

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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. These frogs […]

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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 residential developments, farming, […]

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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 moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical moist montane forests, as […]

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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. Bale Mountains tree frogs are threatened by habitat loss […]

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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 logging industry; habitat division at the hands of roads […]

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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; habitat division at the hands of roads and railroads, […]

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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 at the hands of residential and commercial developments, farming, ranching, […]

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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 residential and commercial developments, farming, and ranching; hunting; […]

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