#HighFourAmphibians! SPAWN! SPAWN! SPAWN!
That’s right dear #FrogCollaborator-s - it’s spawn season! I’ve not found any spawn as yet this year, but here’s your chance for a first sneak-peek at my new #spawncouture#wearableart. More coming soon, watch this spaw- uhm, space 🐸
1/2: Can you spot the two tiny frogs to the left of the much larger honeybee? And some of the newly developed frogs in the @surreydocksfarm Wildlife Pond are even smaller; some are half the size of the bees - which are also hanging around the pond's edges, desperate for a drink!
Buenas. Me complace compartirles nuestro artículo, dónde se registró la diversidad de anuros en un sector de la cordillera de Toisán (Intag -Ecuador). (Un trabajo en conjunto con Jonathan Proaño y @jmguayasamin
Pueden leerlo aquí: https://t.co/dzPjL9yI6G
Rare frogs can be very hard to find using traditional scientific methods, but scientists from @AMRI are now using unique ways to track them down.
Specifically by following their parasites! 🪰
Find out more: https://t.co/3nkO9GGh6f
📸: Lachlan Pettit
Skin deep - amphibian skin secretions can both help and hinder when it comes to the deadly pathogen chytridiomycosis(Bd).
Gass and Voyles (2022) found skin secretions of the Panamanian golden frog actually encouraged growth of Bd
Read more - https://t.co/ZRXa0Hvk32
Lots more newly metamorphosing #froglets today. All have spent their young lives in a small plastic tub where the water gets very warm. Good luck dear babies! #frogs#pondlife#amphibians
A freshwater sea full of pondweed. The most vital place for every living creature in a heatwave. Ponds are by far the **most important farmland habitat**. We need to treasure them like nothing else @NaturalEngland@DefraNature@Natures_Voice