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Western Toads mating

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Frogs have been trying to mate with odd things for 220 million years

Male frogs will sometimes try to mate with turtles or inanimate objects, and now there is evidence that the behaviour began deep in prehistory with the first frogs

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Spotted salamander eggs hatch more easily if nibbled by predators

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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

Highly acidic water usually breaks down a tadpole’s gill lining, but an Australian frog has evolved to suck in more protective calcium from the extreme ecosystem where it lives

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

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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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