Amphibians are the most threatened vertebrates on Earth, with 41% of species facing extinction. In the highlands of Central and South America, a killer fungus has wiped out much of the once-abundant amphibian diversity. Yet in the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, an isolated mountain range in northern Colombia, amphibians still thrive. The mountain range is home to a remarkable amphibian community of at least 48 species, including 25 found nowhere else on the planet.

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Sorry for the admittedly low quality. I didn't want to get too close and stress it out. Primo frog though.

They crashed into me and calmly posed for some photos after.

https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/65982-Lithobates-clamitans

Saw several of these guys in a koi pond while in vacation, bonus shot of a tadpole!

I hope this isn't photoshop or AI. I haven't done homework to verify this.

Edit: it was bothering me, so I confirmed it. Apparently this particular picture is a Yellow Bellied Toad but multiple types of frogs and toads have varying pupil shapes.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.blahaj.zone/post/33541415

So, fun fact: some tarantulas keep little toads in their dens. The toad eats little bugs that could be harmful to the tarantula or vulnerable eggs and babies, and, well, with a bodyguard like that, nobody's going to fuck with the toad.

I can't help myself making a point about taking care of those marvelous animals : I hope I'm not giving any stupid ideas to people about frogs, they're not dolls nor teddy bears, please hzndle them with care <3 EDIT : I totally didn't check if there were already a post with this already so I'm sorry for this double post ╰(▔∀▔)╯

cross-posted from: https://discuss.tchncs.de/post/36251238

Source - Three Panel Soul

Montage of a frog holding an old phone saying title's post

What makes a frog poisonous? Are they even poisonous enough to kill? How do you tell between poisonous and non-poisonous ones? btw, why is this community inactive since almost 2 years ago?

Hurts your ears most days. Wouldn't change it for the world.

cross-posted from: https://lazysoci.al/post/25431318

by Yip Ka Yan, Hong Kong