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Slope Snouted Glass Frog, Cochranella euknemos
Conservation Status: Decreasing Glass Frogs (family Centrolenidae) are so named due to the translucent skin on their bellies. This allows enough light to pass through the frog to disguise it from predators. The Slope Snouted Glass Frog was one of the Panamanian species rescued in 2005, when the deadly amphibian disease, chytridiomycosis (chytrid) was wiping out as much as 85% of the frogs from that region.

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The adorable Tiger Salamander One of the few amphibians with a #CannibalMorph. Larval cannibals can grow a larger head with extra teeth just so it can start eating its siblings and metamorphose quicker. That's just nasty. Learn about this and other cool #AmphibiousAF facts in the upcoming biology course which starts June 2nd. Link in bio

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Ambystoma maculatum Spotted Salamander from South Hadley, MA #SalamanderCuteOff #CuteAF #AmphibiousAF

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Interested in learning about the biology of amphibians? Join us for an 8 week, deep dive into the biology of frogs, salamanders and caecilians. Guaranteed to be #AmphibiousAF courses.amphibianfoundation.org

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Interested in learning about the biology of amphibians? Join us for an 8 week, deep dive into the biology of frogs, salamanders and caecilians. Guaranteed to be #AmphibiousAF courses.amphibianfoundation.org

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Imperiled Gopher Frog, Lithobates capito We will soon be moving our captive reared Gopher Frogs to the outdoor mesocosms at the Field Research Center nicknamed #MetamorphosisMeadow Hopefully soon the echoing snore of male Gopher Frogs in the mood for love will be heard throughout our Buckhead neighborhood.

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Art Installation Benefits the Amphibian Foundation!

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We were contacted by Valeria Vazquez Garcia, she and Sabrina Stolls of Nevada created an interesting and amphibious art installation which also raised some support for the Amphibian Foundation. We are grateful for that support so I wanted to share their words and art with you all here! Here is the installation room my friend, Sabrina Solis, and I, Valeria Vazquez, created. Before our wishing pond we wrote Sylvia Plath's poem, "Frog Autumn" on the floor. We painted a kiddie pool black and put it on black stands, added sprayfoam, and painted that  green once it hardened. We decorated the inside with handmade ceramic toads, carved out tadpoles and sprinkled pebbles and rocks inside. The walls were painted green and decorated with plastic. We did this because we think toads and frogs are cute, and believe it's important to protect an indicator species. We hope you're inspired and we hope that we've provided you with a little bit of assistance ...
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