The Surinam toad has one of the strangest birth methods in the animal kingdom. Babies erupt from a cluster of tiny holes in their mother’s back.
@rainmaker1973-m.bsky.social @globalmuseum #toads #birth
Megan ⚘
boosted
#NewSpecies!
New frog from #madagascar just snuck in:
Brachytarsophrys wui
Treatment: https://treatment.plazi.org/id/7191F853-62A6-5190-97FC-CAFDBA47261A
Publication: https://doi.org/10.3897/zse.102.161437
#ZoosystematicsAndEvolution #BrachytarsophrysWui
#FAIRdata
#science #OA #openaccess #biology #taxonomy #ecology #biodiversity #nature #wildlife #conservation #animals #herpetology #herps #amphibia #frogfriday #frogs #toads
#NewSpecies!
New frog from #madagascar just snuck in:
Brachytarsophrys wui
Treatment: https://treatment.plazi.org/id/7191F853-62A6-5190-97FC-CAFDBA47261A
Publication: https://doi.org/10.3897/zse.102.161437
#ZoosystematicsAndEvolution #BrachytarsophrysWui
#FAIRdata
#science #OA #openaccess #biology #taxonomy #ecology #biodiversity #nature #wildlife #conservation #animals #herpetology #herps #amphibia #frogfriday #frogs #toads
Teeny orange #toadlet found in #Brazil. A unique mating call led biologists to this newly discovered pint-sized #amphibian. #frog
Link for more photos and information of this 1 cm long beauty: https://www.popsci.com/environment/new-orange-frog-brazil/
@shadowdogdesigns.bsky.social #globalmuseum #Toads #animals
Ben
boosted
#NewSpecies!
New tree toad from #tanzania just came in:
Nectophrynoides uhehe
Treatment: https://treatment.plazi.org/id/4ABBF54E-F9C4-5236-B8C4-C0E2A865A1EE
Publication: https://doi.org/10.3897/vz.75.e167008
#VertebrateZoology #NectophrynoidesUhehe
#FAIRdata
#science #OA #openaccess #biology #taxonomy #ecology #biodiversity #nature #wildlife #conservation #animals #herpetology #herps #amphibia #frogfriday #frogs #toads
Museomics and integrative taxonomy reveal three new species of glandular viviparous tree toads (Nectophrynoides) in Tanzania’s Eastern Arc Mountains (Anura: Bufonidae)
#NewSpecies!
New tree toad from #tanzania just came in:
Nectophrynoides uhehe
Treatment: https://treatment.plazi.org/id/4ABBF54E-F9C4-5236-B8C4-C0E2A865A1EE
Publication: https://doi.org/10.3897/vz.75.e167008
#VertebrateZoology #NectophrynoidesUhehe
#FAIRdata
#science #OA #openaccess #biology #taxonomy #ecology #biodiversity #nature #wildlife #conservation #animals #herpetology #herps #amphibia #frogfriday #frogs #toads
Museomics and integrative taxonomy reveal three new species of glandular viviparous tree toads (Nectophrynoides) in Tanzania’s Eastern Arc Mountains (Anura: Bufonidae)