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Smithsonian Magazine on MSNThe Andes’ Translucent Glass Frogs Need to Be Seen to Be SavedSuctioned to a leaf bottom in the rainforests of South and Central America, glass frogs seem to vanish in plain sight—the transparent skin of their undersides erasing the hard edges of their ...
Frogs bred at the L.A. Zoo are hatched and raised to ensure their development. After reaching maturity, these frogs and ...
Did you know glass frogs get their names from their translucent skin and visible bones and organs? Learn more about these fascinating, tiny creatures.
This tadpole larger than a human hand could never become a frog. Here's what we know Arizona’s 10-inch bullfrog polliwog was discovered in 2018.
Frogs, like butterflies and salamanders, have what is called a "bi-phasic life cycle." They undergo metamorphosis to grow from their larval stage, as a non-reproductive tadpole that swims ...
A newly discovered frog fossil represents the oldest tadpole ever found, and it looks remarkably like the tadpoles you’re probably familiar with except for one thing—it was a giant.
Luisa Fernanda Arcila-Pérez, says although a glass frog was first identified in 2016 in Colombia, it was a 5 year process to confirm it.
In the forests of southern Mexico, there thus began a long, deep talk between Silvery and Glassy, a northern glass frog (Hyalinobatrachium fleischmanni) also known as the Fleischmann’s glass frog.
Some tadpoles don’t poop for the first weeks of their lives. At least, that’s the case for Eiffinger’s tree frogs (Kurixalus eiffingeri), scientists report September 22 in Ecology.
The Eiffinger's tree frog found in Japan has a unique biological adaptation: its tadpoles do not defecate during their early developmental stages to reduce the risk of contaminating their ...
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