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Spotted salamander eggs hatch more easily if nibbled by predators

Removing some of the thick jelly layers surrounding spotted salamander eggs may help the embryos inside access more oxygen in the water

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Two year old English springer spaniel, Freya, has been trained to detect great crested newts

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Newt-sniffing dog called Freya is helping to locate elusive amphibians

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Why we should do more to protect frogs and toads

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Why we should do more to protect frogs and toads

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Mexican burrowing caecilian (Dermophis mexicanus)

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Weird skin-eating amphibians have no legs due to snake-like mutation

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Mexican spadefoot toad tadpoles

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Tadpole embryos grow strong jaws if they sense shrimp in the water

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How poisonous amphibians evolve bright colours to warn predators off

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Cardioglossa melanogaster, a species of African frog

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Fungus that kills frogs and salamanders is rapidly spreading in Africa

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A fungal disease affecting some amphibians may have caused malaria to surge in Costa Rica and Panama

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Amphibian deaths in Central America led to malarial mosquito surge

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A pobblebonk frog (Limnodynastes terraereginae) in south-east Queensland, Australia

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Pobblebonk frogs have a weird trick for surviving very acidic pools

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Brachycephalus ferruginus, a miniaturized frog from the Atlantic Forest of southern Brazil.

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Tiny pumpkin toadlet frogs are very clumsy jumpers and now we know why

Pumpkin toadlets are only 1 centimetre long – and the minuscule size of their balance organs might explain why they jump so haphazardly

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Watch salamanders 'skydive' in a miniature wind tunnel

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Red salamander found in Panamanian forest is a new species

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Acoustic camera reveals how calls from male frogs attract females

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Male toad clings to female for 5 months waiting for chance to mate

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