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By Spoorthy Raman In 1996, when herpetologist Rafe Brown accompanied a few biologists to the Philippine island of Mindanao to study frogs, they heard a cacophony near their campsite. In a puddle that ...
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A Litoria ridibunda, or western laughing tree frog, perched on a log. The western laughing tree frog is considered “large,” usually reaching about 1.9 inches in size, the researchers said.
The southern brown tree frog has adapted by raising the pitch of its croak in areas where there is traffic din, she found.
The first new species was named Boophis archeri, or Archer’s tree frog, the study said. A photo shows the brown speckled coloring of this nocturnal frog. A Boophis picardi, or Picard’s tree frog.
The western laughing tree frog is considered “large,” usually reaching about 1.9 inches in size, the researchers said. It has a creamy white or light brown body and a pattern of yellow, orange ...
The first new species was named Boophis archeri, or Archer’s tree frog, the study said. A photo shows the brown speckled coloring of this nocturnal frog. A Boophis picardi, or Picard’s tree frog.
The first new species was named Boophis archeri, or Archer’s tree frog, the study said. A photo shows the brown speckled coloring of this nocturnal frog. A Boophis picardi, or Picard’s tree frog.
Two invasive species, the American bullfrog and the brown tree snake, cost the world an estimated $16 billion between 1986 and 2020 by causing problems ranging from crop damage to power outages ...
But they were wrong. Brown tree frogs are a widespread and “commonly encountered” species of frog in southern Australia, according to a study published Feb. 2 in the peer-reviewed journal Zootaxa.
"The distance over which the male frog can be heard is cut really dramatically by traffic noise from hundreds of meters, in some instances, down to maybe only 20 or 50 meters," she says.