Portal:Frogs/DYK
DYK 1
- ... that some male dominantmales, intercepting females attracted by their calls?
- ... that the distribution of Beck's tree frog is limited to altitudes of over 3,000 metres (9,800 ft) in Papua New Guinea?
- ... that the DNA analysis?
- ... that the female Tornier's forest toad is viviparous and has been known to carry 35 young at one time?
- ... that female Kaie rock frogs can feed their tadpoles with trophic eggs?
DYK 2
- ... that the call of the male river frog (pictured) can be described as a "deep, low-pitched, rolling snore"?
- ... that breeding in the southern toad (pictured) can be triggered by heavy rain?
- ... that the humming frog aestivates in an underground burrowduring the hottest part of the summer?
- ... that the pine woods treefrog can be recognised by their distinctive calls?
- ... that the Pyrenean frog breeds in mountain streams after the snow has melted?
DYK 3
- ... that the Japanese common toad (pictured) eats certain ants and beetles that are unpalatable to other predators?
- ... that the small frog Kurixalus idiootocus lays its eggs on the ground and they do not hatch until rain falls?
- ... that the male eggsaround with him until they hatch?
- ... that the Cape mountain toad is believed to be the only South African amphibian to lack a voice?
- ...that the , was recently rediscovered after an absence of 14 years?
DYK 4
- ... that Telmatobius ventriflavum (pictured) was not discovered until 2012, despite being located near a major highway?
- ... that the East Bay Vivarium is the oldest and largest retail vivarium in the United States?
- ... that the tadpoles of the Sri Lanka rock frog and the Kirtisinghe's rock frog are often found on wet rocks near mountain streams?
- ... that the tadpoles of the critically endangered Rabbs' fringe-limbed treefrog (pictured) literally eat the skin off their fathers' backs?
- ...that the nocturnaldisplays?
DYK 5
- ... that proto-frogs?
- ... that the African giant toad (pictured) resembles a dead leaf?
- ... that the tadpole of the Vampire flying frog Rhacophorus vampyrushas two fang-like hooks in its mouth?
- ... that the fauna of Colombia includes the largest number of amphibian species in the world?
- ... that a Corroboree frog described in a monograph by John Alexander Moore was featured on an Australian postage stamp?
DYK 6
- ... that the frogs Rheobates palmatus (pictured) and Colostethus agilis are endemic to Colombia?
- ... that the Krefft's warty frog are both found in the Usambara Mountains in Tanzania?
- ... that the newly described Microhyla borneensis is the smallest species of frog in the Old World?
- ... that a recently discovered frog looks a lot like The Muppets character Kermit the Frog?
- ... that reproduction in the East African toads Nectophrynoides viviparus and Nectophrynoides laevis involves females giving birth to live young?
DYK 7
- ... that the new species of frog Pristimantis jamescameroni (pictured) from Venezuela was named after the film-maker James Cameron?
- ... that female specimens of the Hyperolius ocellatus are larger than the males?
- ... that tadpoles of the green burrowing frog need to grow rapidly because the temporary pools in which they develop soon dry up?
- ...that tree frogs have been used as barometers because they respond to approaching rain by croaking?
- ... that the fruit bat droppings?
DYK 8
- ... that the horned marsupial frog are the largest to be laid by any known amphibian?
- ... that A Field Guide to Western Reptiles and Amphibians by herpetologists?
- ... that the desert rain frog leaves distinctive footprints on the dunes and a little pile of sand showing the location of its burrow?
- ... that Kelaart's toad is considered "endangered" because its range totals less than 500 square kilometres (190 sq mi)?
- ... that extinct, was rediscovered in the Peak Wilderness of Sri Lanka?
DYK 9
- ... that the streamsin which they breed?
- ... that the Central American fungal disease chytridiomycosis?
- ... that during dry weather, the Texas toad remains dormant?
- ...that although the tiny ?
- ... that, after the female eggs, both parents are involved in guarding them?
DYK 10
- ... that the Endangered Species Act?
- ... that Eichwald's toad was first described in 2008, having previously been considered to be a subspecies of the Caucasian toad?
- ... that Malcolm's Ethiopian toad has what is believed to be a unique breeding strategy with many females laying their eggs at a single site on land?
- ... that the male frog Allobates femoralis (pictured) carries his tadpoles to pools of water?
- ... that the largest living frog species is the African Goliath frog?
DYK 11
- ...that both species of Corroboree frog are critically endangered?
- ... that the frog Paedophryne swiftorum (pictured) was discovered by a student on a 2008 Cornell University expedition to Papua New Guinea?
- ... that dancing frogs, found in the Western Ghats in India, wave their hindlegs while calling to attract mates?
- ...that the Wrinkled Toadlet(pictured) is also commonly known as the Chubby Gungan?
- ... that the call made by Limnodynastes dorsalis, a frog species in Western Australia, is similar to the sound of a plucked banjo string?
DYK 12
- ... that larvae of the toadfly make their way through the nostrils of the common toad (affected toad pictured) and eat its flesh?
- ... that female Stefania evansi frogs can carry up to 30 eggs or froglets on their back?
- ... that Woodhouse's toad (pictured) seems to be displacing the Arizona toad in central Arizona?
- ... that the Italian pool frog (pictured) has been introduced into the United Kingdom?
- ... that the call of the Sonoran green toad is said to resemble "the buzzer on an electric alarm clock"?
DYK 13
- ... that flower pot?
- ... that the male polkadot poison frog guards the eggs laid by the female and carries the newly hatched tadpoles to water?
- ... that the female Mozambique rain frog lays her eggs in an underground chamber and often stays nearbywhile they develop?
- ... that toads found in Egypt around 1909 and identified as Degen's toad are now considered a separate species, the Nile Delta toad?
- ... that the critically endangeredbecause its total range is less than 10 square kilometres (4 sq mi) and its habitat is threatened by gold mining?
DYK 14
- ... that the San Carlos tree frog is an "explosive breeder" and is stimulated to breed by the arrival of heavy rain?
- ... that the Brazil-nut poison frog (pictured) sometimes places its tadpoles in water-filled capsules that have fallen from the Brazil nut tree?
- ... that the tree barks?
- ...that the Australian Giant burrowing frog does not croak, but rather hoots like an owl?
- ... that the female tree frog Aplastodiscus leucopygius inspects the underground nesting chamber prepared by the male before accepting his advances?
DYK 15
- ...that (restoration pictured), larger than any living frogs, and is called "the Frog from Hell" by the media?
- ...that the American toad is a common species of toad found throughout the eastern United States and Canada?
- ... that in hot weather, the eastern spadefoot toad (pictured) may aestivate in the deep burrow it has dug?
- ... that Pelobates cultripes, the "Western Spadefoot Toad", produce spawn up to one metre long which can consist of 7000 eggs?
- ...that the ?
DYK 16
- ... that the anti-fungal protein from its skin to prevent infections by various fungi such as Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis?
- ... that ?
- ... that bronzed frogs?
- ...that the ) in length?
- ... that Ghost Frogsroam the streams of South Africa?
DYK 17
- ... that the in its diet?
- ... that a Corroboree frog described in a monograph by John Alexander Moore was featured on an Australian postage stamp?
- ...that indicator species?
- ... that Lehmann's poison frog is not toxic in captivity because its poison derives from food it eats only in the wild?
- ... that the ?
DYK 18
- ... that populations of the endangered Albanian water frog (pictured) are declining due to over-collection for the food industry and pet trade?
- ... that the new genus of frog Mercurana was named after the late British rock singer Freddie Mercury?
- ... that the ?
DYK 19
- ... that the female Colostethus stepheniare both involved in the parental care of their young?
DYK 20
DYKs
- ... that some male dominantmales, intercepting females attracted by their calls?
- ... that the distribution of Beck's tree frog is limited to altitudes of over 3,000 metres (9,800 ft) in Papua New Guinea?
- ... that the DNA analysis?
- ... that the female Tornier's forest toad is viviparous and has been known to carry 35 young at one time?
- ... that female Kaie rock frogs can feed their tadpoles with trophic eggs?
- ... that the call of the male river frog (pictured) can be described as a "deep, low-pitched, rolling snore"?
- ... that breeding in the southern toad (pictured) can be triggered by heavy rain?
- ... that the humming frog aestivates in an underground burrowduring the hottest part of the summer?
- ... that the pine woods treefrog can be recognised by their distinctive calls?
- ... that the Pyrenean frog breeds in mountain streams after the snow has melted?
- ... that the Japanese common toad (pictured) eats certain ants and beetles that are unpalatable to other predators?
- ... that the small frog Kurixalus idiootocus lays its eggs on the ground and they do not hatch until rain falls?
- ... that the male eggsaround with him until they hatch?
- ... that the Cape mountain toad is believed to be the only South African amphibian to lack a voice?
- ...that the , was recently rediscovered after an absence of 14 years?
- ... that Telmatobius ventriflavum (pictured) was not discovered until 2012, despite being located near a major highway?
- ... that the East Bay Vivarium is the oldest and largest retail vivarium in the United States?
- ... that the tadpoles of the Sri Lanka rock frog and the Kirtisinghe's rock frog are often found on wet rocks near mountain streams?
- ... that the tadpoles of the critically endangered Rabbs' fringe-limbed treefrog (pictured) literally eat the skin off their fathers' backs?
- ...that the nocturnaldisplays?
- ... that proto-frogs?
- ... that the African giant toad (pictured) resembles a dead leaf?
- ... that the tadpole of the Vampire flying frog Rhacophorus vampyrushas two fang-like hooks in its mouth?
- ... that the fauna of Colombia includes the largest number of amphibian species in the world?
- ... that a Corroboree frog described in a monograph by John Alexander Moore was featured on an Australian postage stamp?
- ... that the frogs Rheobates palmatus (pictured) and Colostethus agilis are endemic to Colombia?
- ... that the Krefft's warty frog are both found in the Usambara Mountains in Tanzania?
- ... that the newly described Microhyla borneensis is the smallest species of frog in the Old World?
- ... that a recently discovered frog looks a lot like The Muppets character Kermit the Frog?
- ... that reproduction in the East African toads Nectophrynoides viviparus and Nectophrynoides laevis involves females giving birth to live young?
- ... that the new species of frog Pristimantis jamescameroni (pictured) from Venezuela was named after the film-maker James Cameron?
- ... that female specimens of the Hyperolius ocellatus are larger than the males?
- ... that tadpoles of the green burrowing frog need to grow rapidly because the temporary pools in which they develop soon dry up?
- ...that tree frogs have been used as barometers because they respond to approaching rain by croaking?
- ... that the fruit bat droppings?
- ... that the horned marsupial frog are the largest to be laid by any known amphibian?
- ... that A Field Guide to Western Reptiles and Amphibians by herpetologists?
- ... that the desert rain frog leaves distinctive footprints on the dunes and a little pile of sand showing the location of its burrow?
- ... that Kelaart's toad is considered "endangered" because its range totals less than 500 square kilometres (190 sq mi)?
- ... that extinct, was rediscovered in the Peak Wilderness of Sri Lanka?
- ... that the streamsin which they breed?
- ... that the Central American fungal disease chytridiomycosis?
- ... that during dry weather, the Texas toad remains dormant?
- ...that although the tiny ?
- ... that, after the female eggs, both parents are involved in guarding them?
- ... that the Endangered Species Act?
- ... that Eichwald's toad was first described in 2008, having previously been considered to be a subspecies of the Caucasian toad?
- ... that Malcolm's Ethiopian toad has what is believed to be a unique breeding strategy with many females laying their eggs at a single site on land?
- ... that the male frog Allobates femoralis (pictured) carries his tadpoles to pools of water?
- ... that the largest living frog species is the African Goliath frog?
- ...that both species of Corroboree frog are critically endangered?
- ... that the frog Paedophryne swiftorum (pictured) was discovered by a student on a 2008 Cornell University expedition to Papua New Guinea?
- ... that dancing frogs, found in the Western Ghats in India, wave their hindlegs while calling to attract mates?
- ...that the Wrinkled Toadlet(pictured) is also commonly known as the Chubby Gungan?
- ... that the call made by Limnodynastes dorsalis, a frog species in Western Australia, is similar to the sound of a plucked banjo string?
- ... that larvae of the toadfly make their way through the nostrils of the common toad (affected toad pictured) and eat its flesh?
- ... that female Stefania evansi frogs can carry up to 30 eggs or froglets on their back?
- ... that Woodhouse's toad (pictured) seems to be displacing the Arizona toad in central Arizona?
- ... that the Italian pool frog (pictured) has been introduced into the United Kingdom?
- ... that the call of the Sonoran green toad is said to resemble "the buzzer on an electric alarm clock"?
- ... that flower pot?
- ... that the male polkadot poison frog guards the eggs laid by the female and carries the newly hatched tadpoles to water?
- ... that the female Mozambique rain frog lays her eggs in an underground chamber and often stays nearbywhile they develop?
- ... that toads found in Egypt around 1909 and identified as Degen's toad are now considered a separate species, the Nile Delta toad?
- ... that the critically endangeredbecause its total range is less than 10 square kilometres (4 sq mi) and its habitat is threatened by gold mining?
- ... that the San Carlos tree frog is an "explosive breeder" and is stimulated to breed by the arrival of heavy rain?
- ... that the Brazil-nut poison frog (pictured) sometimes places its tadpoles in water-filled capsules that have fallen from the Brazil nut tree?
- ... that the tree barks?
- ...that the Australian Giant burrowing frog does not croak, but rather hoots like an owl?
- ... that the female tree frog Aplastodiscus leucopygius inspects the underground nesting chamber prepared by the male before accepting his advances?
- ...that (restoration pictured), larger than any living frogs, and is called "the Frog from Hell" by the media?
- ...that the American toad is a common species of toad found throughout the eastern United States and Canada?
- ... that in hot weather, the eastern spadefoot toad (pictured) may aestivate in the deep burrow it has dug?
- ... that Pelobates cultripes, the "Western Spadefoot Toad", produce spawn up to one metre long which can consist of 7000 eggs?
- ...that the ?
- ... that the anti-fungal protein from its skin to prevent infections by various fungi such as Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis?
- ... that ?
- ... that bronzed frogs?
- ...that the ) in length?
- ... that Ghost Frogsroam the streams of South Africa?
- ... that the in its diet?
- ... that a Corroboree frog described in a monograph by John Alexander Moore was featured on an Australian postage stamp?
- ...that indicator species?
- ... that Lehmann's poison frog is not toxic in captivity because its poison derives from food it eats only in the wild?
- ... that the ?
- ... that populations of the endangered Albanian water frog (pictured) are declining due to over-collection for the food industry and pet trade?
- ... that the new genus of frog Mercurana was named after the late British rock singer Freddie Mercury?
- ... that the ?
- ... that the female Colostethus stepheniare both involved in the parental care of their young?