who say the unusual colouring is probably due to a genetic mutation causing it to lose certain skin pigments. As its name suggests, the magnificent tree frog (Litoria splendida) is already a ...

But frogs may yet hold clues to killing pain. At least one frog does deploy an opioid: the waxy monkey tree frog (Phyllomedusa sauvagii), whose skin is laced with the peptide dermorphin. Although the ...

Deep in a tropical Ecuadorean Andes forest shrouded in darkness and mist, a future Case Western Reserve doctoral student and her biologist husband made an intriguing discovery: a nickel-sized frog ...

Of all vertebrates, gray foam-nest tree frogs exhibit the most extreme form ... while females in the pools absorb water through their skin. When she’s hydrated enough, a female heads for an ...

Toads have dry, bumpy skin, while frogs have smooth ... from the rhythmic croaking of bullfrogs to the trilling sounds of tree frogs. Male frogs are renowned for their melodic and often complex ...

In addition to environmental damage, the Cuban Tree Frog also impacts human life. Their toxic skin secretions can cause irritation, particularly for individuals with sensitive skin. Furthermore ...

and Ranwella's horned tree frog (Polypedates ranwellai). P. ranwellai belongs to a genus of frog known to have deadly tetrodotoxin in its skin secretions - although to date the Ranwella's horned tree ...

They are also distinguishable by a row of skin flaps along their arms and legs, which resembles a serrated knife. Green-eyed tree frogs are abundant in the rugged wet tropics of northeast ...

The team sampled the frogs’ naturally occurring skin microbes and randomly assigned them to one of six experimental groups: the frogs’ skin microbiomes were either reduced with antibiotics, augmented ...