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Couch’s Spadefoot (Scaphiopus couchii), named in honor of 19th-century American soldier and naturalist Darius Nash Couch, is a legendary, desert-dwelling anuran native to the scorching Sonoran and Chihuahuan deserts of North America. Belonging to the American...
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The Houston Toad (Anaxyrus houstonensis, formerly Bufo houstonensis) is an exceptionally rare, secretive anuran amphibian endemic exclusively to the relict pine-oak forests and deep sandy soils of central Texas. Discovered in the late 1940s in the forested outskirts...
Amphibians > Frogs & Toads
The Northern Cricket Frog (Acris crepitans) is a small, energetic, non-arboreal member of the treefrog family Hylidae native to the wetlands, streams, and ponds of eastern and central North America. Famous for its iconic breeding call—which sounds precisely like two...
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The Western Chorus Frog (Pseudacris triseriata) is a tiny, highly vocal treefrog celebrated across central North America as one of the very first harbingers of spring. Belonging to the family Hylidae, this diminutive amphibian is famous for its powerful, grating...
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The Amazonian Horned Frog (Ceratophrys cornuta), historically celebrated as the Surinam horned frog or South American Pacman frog, is a colossal, heavily armored predatory anuran native to the dense tropical lowland rainforests of the Amazon Basin. Belonging to the...
Amphibians > Frogs & Toads
The Madagascan Tomato Frog (Dyscophus guineti), commonly celebrated as the false tomato frog or Sambava tomato frog, is an extraordinary, brightly colored terrestrial anuran endemic to the lush eastern rainforest belt of Madagascar. Belonging to the narrow-mouthed...
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The Barking Tree Frog (Hyla gratiosa) is the heaviest and most stoutly built treefrog native to the United States, celebrated across the coastal lowlands of the American Southeast for its boisterous, explosive hound-like breeding chorus. Possessing a plump, toad-like...
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Cope’s Gray Treefrog (Hyla chrysoscelis) is a charismatic, masterfully camouflaged arboreal anuran that inhabits the deciduous forest canopies and wetland margins of eastern and central North America. Celebrated in evolutionary biology as the diploid progenitor...
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The Mediterranean Tree Frog (Hyla meridionalis), often known as the stripeless tree frog, is an arboreal anuran renowned for its radiant lime-green skin, graceful tree-climbing prowess, and deafening nocturnal breeding chorus. Native to the sunny coastal lowlands of...
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OverviewThe Red-legged Frog (Rana aurora), historically celebrated as the Northern Red-legged Frog, is a handsome, secretive true frog belonging to the family Ranidae, native to the lush, temperate rainforests and mossy wetlands of the Pacific Northwest. Famous in...
