Frog
A frog is any member of a diverse and largely carnivorous group of short-bodied, tailless amphibians composing the orderAnura (literally without tail in Ancient Greek). The oldest fossil “proto-frog” appeared in the early Triassic of Madagascar, but molecular clock dating suggests their origins may extend further back to the Permian, 265 million years ago. Frogs are widely distributed, ranging from the tropics to subarctic regions, but the greatest concentration of species diversity is in tropical rainforests. There are approximately 4,800 recorded species, accounting for over 85% of extant amphibian species. They are also one of the five most diverse vertebrate orders. Warty frog species tend to be called toads, but the distinction between frogs and toads is informal, not from taxonomy or evolutionary history,More info:wiki
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#10 How to make your backyard frog friendly,More info:australiangeographic
AUSTRALIA’S FROGS are one of the most endangered groups of animals in the country, and so making your backyard frog friendly can help alleviate the stresses of habitat destruction, disease and pollution.
#9 FROGS ARE REALLY COOL. TOO BAD HUMANS ARE KILLING THEM ALL,More info:wired
FROGS DON’T HAVE a great public relations record. First, they plagued the Egyptians—not usually how you make friends. Then people accused the amphibians of giving them warts. Patently untrue. A brief respite came when a frog turned into a prince that one time, but now frogs face their greatest challenge yet: the scourge that is the human race.
In the age of human-induced mass extinction, frogs face great peril. Across the world, fungi are threatening amphibians while humans destroy their habitats, which makes cataloging and understanding them of urgent importance. To that end, today biologist Tim Halliday has released The Book of Frogs, a huge, beautiful compendium of 600 frogs from around the world, from the famed poison-arrow variety on up to the intriguingly named plaintive rain frog. The book is a looker, sure, but it also shows just how little scientists know about these surprisingly enigmatic creatures.
#8 Green and Gold Frog,More info:backyardbuddies
#7 Once Critically Endangered Black-eyed Leaf Frog Leaps from Edge of Extinction to Relative Safety,More info:amphibians
#6 This polka dot tree frog has a cool party trick to show you,More info:mnn
#5 Named after Stanley Kubrick, a new species of frog is a ‘clockwork orange’ of nature,More info:phys
#4 In Frogs, Early Activity of Gut Microbiome Shapes Later Health,More info:today.uconn
#3 TOAD AND FROG FACTS OVERVIEW,More info:nature.mdc
#2 Single mutation keeps lethal frog from poisoning itself,More info:chemistryworld
#1 Red frogs are more devilish than their green counterparts,More info:sciencemag
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