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World's tiniest fanged frog with males that 'hug' their babies discoveredResearchers found a new species of fanged frog when they noticed clutches of eggs laid on leaves and mossy boulders unusually far above water.
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Paradoxical frog: The giant tadpole that turns into a little frogParadoxical frogs — also known as shrinking frogs — are about three times bigger as tadpoles as they are when adults.
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Toxic pigment that causes red hair discovered in 10 million-year-old frog fossilPaleontologists have discovered the first molecular evidence of pheomelanin, a pigment that causes red hair, in the fossil record.
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These female frogs fake their own deaths to get out of sexFemale European common frogs will play dead to avoid mating during their "explosive" breeding, where several males attempt to mount one female at the same time.
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Axolotl: The adorable amphibian that can regrow its body and stay looking young foreverThe Mexican salamander is only found in two lakes and is considered critically endangered, with pollution and invasive predators driving the species' decline.
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Black rain frog: The bizarre, grumpy-faced amphibian that's terrible at jumping and swimmingThe funny-looking puffed up frog is only found on the forested slopes of the southern Cape fold mountains in South Africa and spends most of its time underground.
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Brazilian tree frogs could be the 1st example of amphibians pollinating flowers, study findsScientists in Brazil may have observed the first example of an amphibian pollinating a flowering plant.
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Hellbender salamander dads are cannibalizing their young, and deforestation may be to blameDeforestation is forcing hellbender salamander dads to eat their young.
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Otherworldly 'Lord of the Rings' frog discovered in the mountains of EcuadorA previously unknown frog species was discovered in Ecuador and named after fantasy author J. R. R. Tolkien.
