Green Options » amphibians http://greenoptions.com/tag/amphibians Posts tagged 'amphibians' Tue, 11 Mar 2008 21:15:46 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 en Score One for the Frogs http://ecoscraps.com/2008/03/11/score-one-for-the-frogs/ http://ecoscraps.com/2008/03/11/score-one-for-the-frogs/#comments Tue, 11 Mar 2008 21:15:46 +0000 Shirley Siluk Gregory http://ecoscraps.com/2008/03/11/score-one-for-the-frogs/ The critically endangered Carrikeri Harlequin frog. (Photo courtesy of the Conservation Leadership Programme.)Scientists on a Conservation Leadership Programme expedition have recently discovered a critically endangered frog species that hasn’t been seen in nature for 14 years. The Carrikeri Harlequin frog was found in the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta Mountains of Colombia.

Photo courtesy of the Conservation Leadership Programme.

]]> http://ecoscraps.com/2008/03/11/score-one-for-the-frogs/feed/ Leap Day Ushers in ‘Year of the Frog’ http://ecoscraps.com/2008/02/29/leap-day-ushers-in-year-of-the-frog/ http://ecoscraps.com/2008/02/29/leap-day-ushers-in-year-of-the-frog/#comments Fri, 29 Feb 2008 17:07:59 +0000 Shirley Siluk Gregory http://ecoscraps.com/2008/02/29/leap-day-ushers-in-year-of-the-frog/ The Golden toad of Costa Rica, now believed to be extinct. (Photo by U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.)Today, Feb. 29, Leap Day, marks the official start of the “Year of the Frog,” a global campaign aimed at raising awareness of the threat of mass extinction facing one-third to one-half of all frogs and other amphibians around the world. Check out the Association of Zoos and Aquariums’ events database to find out what froggy activities are taking place near you.

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