The tooth, the whole tooth and nothing but the… frog? – the not-so bite-sized mystery of frog tooth re-evolution

Check out this really fun post prepared by Ryan Harrison, covering recent work from the #FraserLab. #preprint

#preLight
https://prelights.biologists.com/highlights/tooth-development-in-frogs-implications-for-the-re-evolution-of-lost-mandibular-teeth-and-the-origin-of-a-morphological-innovation/

#NewSpecies!
New small tree frog from #china just snuck in:

Gracixalus weii

Treatment: https://treatment.plazi.org/id/F6ACF6E8-1322-5389-98DE-21A4293DF9F5
Publication: https://doi.org/10.3897/zse.101.133735
#ZoosystematicsAndEvolution #GracixalusWeii

#FAIRdata
#science #OA #openaccess #biology #taxonomy #ecology #biodiversity #nature #wildlife #conservation #animals #herpetology #herps #amphibia #frogfriday #frogs #treefrogs

#frogs #FrogsOfMastodon New River Tree Frog (Trachycephalus hadroceps) photographed by Chaline Olivier

"I'm AJ." - AJ, Flanders Moss - Month of April 2025, Frog of the Week #frogs #frogoftheweek

Frogs Frogs Frogs!
This is my Froggo Pond on fancy fabric I hand-dyed!
https://badstitched.etsy.com/listing/1668883041/frog-pond-cross-stitch-pattern-swamp

For #FrogFriday , one of the coolest #Nazca ceramics I’ve ever seen (and I’ve seen a lot LOL)…so many funky froggos!
“Double spout bottle with painted #frogs. Late Nasca. Stylization and vessel form reflect the period.”
[Nazca culture, Peru, c.1-750CE; Late Nazca, Phases 6-7, c.500-750CE)
On display @ AMNH NYC 41.1/9012
#AndeanArt #IndigenousArt

#frogs #FrogsOfMastodon Dibernardo's Casque-headed Tree Frog (Trachycephalus dibernardoi) photographed by Renata Leite Pitman

A small frog had an adventure in my backyard this morning.

#frogs #FrogsOfMastodon Toad-wife Tree Frog (Trachycephalus cunauaru) photographed by Martin Acosta

Can you hear the frogs? Goodnight, I love you #frogs #birds #wetlands #morning #running

How Small Can You Get? Another New-To-Science Flea-Toad Wows Scientists

“The smallest vertebrates so far discovered are the flea-toads, which live at the limit for how small any vertebrate can possibly get.”

by @grrlscientist via #Substack

#frogs #FleaToad #amphibians #NewSpecies #SmallestVertebrates #evolution #ecology #SciComm https://grrlscientist.substack.com/p/how-small-can-you-get-another-new

No.3 in my series on the life cycle of the common frog:

Hundreds, if not thousands, of tadpoles wriggled about in the sunlit water earlier today.
Of course, only a tiny proportion will make it to froghood. They are predated by birds, newts, dragonfly larvae, grass snakes, frogs (!) and...... each other.
The pond is only 1.5 metres long and surrounded by tall trees and houses, but one year a pair of passing mallards spotted it and dropped in for a feed.
#frogs #tadpoles #wildlife #birds #garden

Our new paper out in @conservationsp.bsky.social Cool-season environmental water delivery increases extinction risk for #chytrid-infected #amphibians doi.org/10.1111/csp2... #Batrachochytrium #Bd #frogs #Chytridiomycosis

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How Small Can You Get? Another New-To-Science Flea-Toad Wows Scientists

“The smallest vertebrates so far discovered are the flea-toads, which live at the limit for how small any vertebrate can possibly get.”

by @grrlscientist via #Substack

#frogs #FleaToad #amphibians #NewSpecies #SmallestVertebrates #evolution #ecology #SciComm https://grrlscientist.substack.com/p/how-small-can-you-get-another-new

#frogs #FrogsOfMastodon Bokermann's Casque-headed Tree Frog (Trachycephalus atlas) photographed by Bruno Cardoso

How Small Can You Get? Another New-To-Science Flea-Toad Wows Scientists

“The smallest vertebrates so far discovered are the flea-toads, which live at the limit for how small any vertebrate can possibly get.”

by @GrrlScientist via #Substack

#frogs #FleaToad #amphibians #NewSpecies #SmallestVertebrates #evolution #ecology #SciComm https://grrlscientist.substack.com/p/how-small-can-you-get-another-new

A good day for #frogs at #lewisginterbotanicalgarden #rva

#frogs #FrogsOfMastodon Warren's Tree Frog (Tepuihyla warreni) photographed by Philippe Kok

Figured this rainy day and night would get them to start coming out and about, had to go on a night walk to see who’s around. Saw around 6 Wood Frogs (one of which is in photo below; none calling yet), 2 Spring Peepers (lots more calling), and 6 Spotted Salamanders. It’s just the beginning though!