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Posts Tagged ‘amphibian’
Animals, Nature, Weird Stuff, Wildlife & Flora, Aug 2nd, 2012,
I don’t mean to lower the tone of the website by posting about an animal that looks like a male generative organ, but I’m going to do just that. This slimy beast has been making a bit of a splash on the science and environment pages of many a website of late after Brazilian biologists found six examples of the blind and lungless species of amphibian called the Atretochoana eiselti at the bottom of a drained river in the northern state of Rondonia. A ‘member’ (stop it) of the caecilian order of amphibians, which physically resemble earthworms or snakes, very…
Tags: amphibian, Atretochoana eiselti, lungless
Climate Change, Conservation, Nature, Science & Technology, Weird Stuff, Wildlife & Flora, Oct 7th, 2010,
We are heading to the US Southwest today to find one of the most critically endangered species in the country: the Southern Mountain Yellow-legged Frog. This little critter is so endangered that Animal Planet actually lists it on their Top 5 Endangered Frogs list. This creature is mainly found in the Sierra Nevada area of California. They range approximately between 2 and 3 inches (5 and 7.5 cm) in size, have orange or yellow coloring on their underside, yellow or red coloring on their topside, and black or brown spots. They love sunny riverbanks, lake borders, and meadow streams; unfortunately,…
Tags: amphibian, chytridiomycosis, Climate change, Conservation, Creature Feature, critically endangered species, introduced fish, pesticides, population decline, Sierra Nevada, Southern Mountain Yellow-legged Frog, wildlife
