by Susan | Jun 11, 2012 | Frogs and the Rainforest, Learn about Frogs, Life Cycle of Frogs, Meet the Frogs, Rainforest Frogs, Uncategorized
This is an updated repost of a Father’s Day post from 2009. Most animal dads aren’t too involved with their offspring (human dads, excepted of course). But two species of frogs, Liophryne schlaginhaufeni and Sphenophryne cornuta, in the microhylid frog...
by Susan | Mar 9, 2011 | Learn about Frogs, Life Cycle of Frogs, Meet the Frogs, Uncategorized
We never stop being amazed by how amphibians are able to survive in the harshest environments. The Shovel-Nosed Chamber frog (Leptodactylus bufonius), for example, lives in the dry subtropical or tropical shrublands or grasslands of Paraguay, Argentina, Bolivia, and...
by Susan | Dec 10, 2010 | Frog hibernation, Learn about Frogs, Life Cycle of Frogs
It’s mid-December and we’re inside keeping warm, while temperatures outside are below freezing (in parts of the northern hemisphere, that is). But what about our amphibian friends? How do they survive the winter? After all, they would seem vulnerable to temperature...
by Susan | Apr 7, 2010 | Amphibian habitat loss, Frog Conservation, habitat loss, How You Can Help, Life Cycle of Frogs, People Helping Frogs and Toads, Salamanders
This past weekend, I went hiking with my family in Harriman State Park in New York. We’ve had a very wet spring—well, actually it sometimes seems as if we’ve been living in a rainforest. It’s possible that all this rain will means lots of frogs and...
