Southern Corroboree Frog: Critically Endangered Species

    Recently, an invasive and lilliputian frog has had a detrimental effect on the Hawaiian environment. Originally from Puerto Rico, the amphibian arrived in Hawaii and spread like a plague. Such a small frog cannot have that big of an impact, right? Wrong. The Coqui frog is a damaging invasive species of the Hawaiian islands due to its lack of natural predators and adaptability, dangerous eating habits, and its easy distribution among the state.

The importance of El Valle De Anton spurred the movement to create systems to preserve frogs worldwide. In Panama a town name El Valle De Anton once deeply respected their golden tree frogs, and ironically they were not disturb when the frogs started disappearing. When the corpses started to pile up, the scientific community began to become concerned and began an effort to preserve the golden frog species and what they found was that frogs from around the world had been plagued by Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis-batrachos (or “Bd” for short). This plague is very hard to stop, as we cannot purge the entire planet of the disease, and the plague spreads incredibly quickly.

Researchers are currently trying to gain knowledge on the extent of the problem; how the parasite works, what species can be infected, and once infected, what species experience the least amount of symptoms. They believe that by infecting native tree frogs with this parasite, they may be able to increase the amount of parasites while decreasing the amount of toads. L.Pizzatto and R. Shine (2011) had three assumptions. “(1) The parasite has no detrimental effect on the frogs; (2) the frogs are capable of maintaining a lungworm infection long term; and (3) infective larvae passed in the frog’s faeces are capable of infecting toads and reducing their viability.” (p.546)

Which amphibian has red eyes, yellow feet, and looks like a leaf? Red Eyed Tree Frogs of course! Because Frogs are amphibians, they spend most of their time in water or wet places. Interestingly, Female will lay their eggs in water, when these eggs hatch they become tadpoles. These baby frogs have many stages such as, developing back legs, growing front legs, becoming a juvenile frog, and finally losing its tail and becoming an adult. Red Eyed Tree Frogs Wake up at dusk and go on the prowl for insects and fruit, which are its main diet. Also, when red eyed tree frogs sleep, they curl their feet and shut their eyes, they look exactly like a leaf, this helps from camouflage from predators. These loveable leaping

The Northern Correboree Frogs were quite abundant and plentiful in the Fiery Range. Only one population, Ginni Flats ( a sub-alpine area), was monitored annually, and in these inspections, the scientists and people monitoring these sites found out the numbers of frogs had substantially dropped and has been low ever since. Despite these statistics, with my gathered information I assume that in the past 200 years till now, had a huge difference in population, meaning that the Northern Correboree Frogs are

Some recommendations that we have to help the Foothill Yellow-Legged Frogs incorporates the government. The government is able to help by putting these amphibians on the endangered list and providing laws to protect them. Putting restrictions on areas where these frogs live to protect their population can help these frogs grow, and those who disturb their population should be fined. Another way these frogs can be helped is to promote volunteering for nonprofit organizations such as Tule Ponds. By promoting volunteering, habitats can be restored by acts such as clearing out invasive species, like we did during our service project. Lastly, regulating trade can significantly help while protecting these frogs. This prevents invasive species from taking over the native ones and will allow habitats to grow peacefully. By reducing the number of invasive plants in the area, this can protect the habitats of these frogs as well as other

Known in the scientific community as Bufo marinus, cane toads were introduced to Australia in the mid-1900’s t rate from their native home of South America. Sugarcane crops were at risk of destruction from the infestation of beetles, and these species were brought in to help counter the negative effect that the beetles were having on farms. These amphibians have the ability to grow up to 4.4 pounds, and were soon doing more harm than good. Not only were the cane toads eating the beetles that they were meant to, but they also started including native insect-eaters in their diets (Roach). This new addition to their food source helped the toads to thrive and expand their habitat region.

The issue I will be raising is one that might not be familiar to all who reside in California and that is primarily focused around the fragmentation and overall mutilation of areas that keep and protect the species Rana Draytonii, otherwise known as the California Red-legged Frog. One of the reasons I raise this issue, is because most importantly “these frogs were named the official state amphibian of California via AB 2364” (Patrick McGreevy.). An even greater reason to discuss this dilemma is because they are limited in their size around the Southernmost California residences, whereas they had previously occupied approximately “70% of its former habitat” according to environmentalists (Campbell.). My goal is to highlight their ecological value to the state and how the California red-legged frog’s value is more significant than the fragmentation and intrusion taking place. These red-legged frogs are currently listed as endangered, but they are vulnerable to human intrusion by means of erecting buildings, projects for road construction, introduction of a non-native species along with habitat fragmentation in areas near where they might usually reside such as near the south Mendocino County and along southern California with populations extending to the Santa Rosa Plateau (Hammerson, Geoffrey). The California red-legged frog has an intrinsic link to

Well, it's not that simple. The problem is, clovers and other lawn flora are not the only things causing frogs to birth females at such high rates, they are only the most surprising discovery of the

The most effective way to prevent them from going through extinction is to restore and augment their environment. One of the greatest causes for their endangerment is the shrinking of the Houston toad’s habitat, either through fires or urbanization. Their main home, Bastrop State Park, was devastated by an immense fire, greatly decreasing their numbers. By fixing the burned forest, it gives the toad more land to live which will leave them in a vulnerable status. In other words, the more the habitat there is, the more Houston toads there will be. Many organizations such as the U.S Fish and Wildlife Services and Houston zoo have joined the fight to help these creatures.

Since I was a kid my favorite animal has always been the Red Eyed Tree Frog. I’ve always had a fascination in amphibians and reptiles, specifically because of their unique looks. The Red Eyed Tree Frog has a very unique and beautiful look that first grabbed my attention when I was younger. Their unique look of their exotic colors, red, green, blue and orange are what I love about them the most. The Red Eyed Tree Frog, in my opinion, is the poster animal of the rain forests. The Red Eyed Tree Frog lives in rain forests of Central America, Southern Mexico, Eastern Australia and Northern parts of South America. They mainly live in the tress of these forests near water and prefer warm humid weather. The Red Eyed Tree frogs will mate with one another

The Mississippi gopher frog (Lithobates sevosus) was registered as an endangered species by the state of Mississippi in 1992. Later, this rare species of true frog was also listed as species that are in danger of extinction by the U.S. fish and wildlife service. Their primary objective of listing this as an endangered species is to identify, protect and restore their population. An endangered species is classify as a species of animal or plant that is at risk of disappearing. Mississippi gopher frog is categorized as a critically endangered (CR) species by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN). Critically endangered species are the species that are facing a very high risk of going extinct in the

Frog populations decreasing is a response of increasing levels of habitat loss, the conditions the frog population is put under is unfavorable because the frogs have semi permeable skin which allows pollutants go be absorbed by the body. Their natural habitats are quickly shrinking and pollutants from populated areas are seeping into what’s left of them. Scientists believe the leading factor of this population decrease is due to habitat loss to humans, as we expand our horizons so quickly, many ecosystems and populations are destroyed. As stated in the article, “some regions of the United States retain less than 20% of the wetland acreage they once had” (Volume 50). The importance of this quote is that it states the problem, less than 20% of their habitat still exists. This means there will be a struggle for resources amongst them and numbers will be forced to decline. As wetlands are drained, and rivers and streams are dammed up habitats change forcing the frogs to change as well. If the frogs can’t adapt to their habitat quickly they will die.

The free app can identify the frog’s species by the amphibian’s croak and other sounds such as chirps, whistles, ribbits, peeps, barks, and grunts. There are 240 various species of frogs

Frogs, toads, caecilians, and salamanders are the members of the class Amphibian (amphi- meaning “on both sides” and bios- meaning “life”). These members always require water for reproduction. Most Amphibians undergo metamorphosis, which is a usually degenerative pathological change in the structure of a particular body tissue. And, in the case of Amphibians, it is the changing of a tadpole into