Poison Dart frogs and bright colors:
The colorful markings of poison dart frogs vary depending on where the frogs live. Now, a new study using thousands of fake-frog decoys finds that these markings evolved hyper-locally, explaining why individuals in a single species of frog can sport so many different colors and patterns.This local evolution means that yellow stripes would do little to save a poison dart frog from hungry birds …. frogs in hometown colors
Extinct frog jumps back :
Only five Hula painted frogs have ever been collected. Four were found in 1940 and one in the 1950s, when most the valley’s marshes were drained in efforts to eradicate malaria and make the land arable. Part of the wetlands was turned into a nature reserve, but fruitless searches for the frogs over the years led experts to conclude that the species, “Discoglossus nigriventer”, had not survived the blow to its habitat.israeli frog back
Frog rediscovered : After its marshland was drained, researchers thought the Hula painted frog (Discoglossus nigriventer) had vanished for good. However a patrol at the Ha-Hula lake in Israel recently discovered a single female amphibian that turned out to be the long-lost, and long-sought, Hula painted frog.”The species now has another chance to survive,” Israel’s Nature and Parks … frog - HUla painted frog rediscovered
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poisonous frogs – so many colors of poisonous frogs
Hopping around in the Peruvian jungle, near the border with Brazil, is a menagerie of tiny poison dart frogs. Their wealth of colors and patterns—some have golden heads atop white-swirled bodies, others wear full-torso tattoos of black and neon-yellow stripes—act as the world’s worst advertisement to predators: Don’t eat me, I’m toxic. But why have so many designs evolved ….Why Are There So Many Colors of Poisonous Frogs …