There are about 120 species of frogs belonging to the genus Phyllobates, including the posion dart frog, that can secrete a ...

Many other frog species camouflage themselves in the wild, but the poison dart frog uses its brightly colored skin to warn predators that it is unfit to eat. The frog's skin secretes a dangerous ...

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It is one of two introduced species – the other being the greenhouse frog (Eleutherodactylus planirostris) – that have been seen here more often, and in more places. The greenhouse frog is ...

Zoos Victoria's amphibian specialists have successfully bred two critically endangered Victorian frog species for the first time. The Watson's tree frog and southern giant burrowing frog ...

Mar. 11, 2025 — A team of researchers has rediscovered a frog species which has not been seen in more than 130 years. First described in 1902, Alsodes vittatus had evaded detection since then ...

A yellow poison dart frog (Dendrobatidae) hiding in the aquarium substrate. Image via Betty Wills (Atsme), CC BY-SA 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0 ...

Frogs are primarily carnivorous amphibians that vary in many ways but also tend to look similar. Two frogs that are often confused for one another, especially in juvenile stages, are the American ...