I love blue-spotted critters.

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Photo: Ambystoma laterale by Todd Pierson

Photo: Ambystoma gracile egg mass by Ann Chang

Did you know that AWeb hosts Spanish & French accounts? Check out our tabs for Anfibios del Ecuador, Jean Raffaëlli, and Axel Hernandez. You can also use our Google translate option on the sidebar. If you like this feature, consider donating. give.berkeley.edu/fund/FU0863000 #CalBigGive

AWeb species accounts are written by experts, grad students, undergrads, and hobbyists from around the world and edited by us. If you'd like to support this work, consider donating. give.berkeley.edu/fund/FU0863000 #CalBigGive @rdtarvin.bsky.social Photo: Bryophryne cophites by Alessandro Catenazzi

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Photo: Red-eyed Tree Frog (Agalychnis callidryas) taken by our founder, Dr. David B. Wake.

AWeb's goal is to have a well-researched, fact based webpage for every species of Amphibian. If you'd like to help us, please consider donating during UC Berkeley's Big Give (where we are hosted). give.berkeley.edu/fund/FU0863000 #CalBigGive

Photo: Trachycephalus jordani by Emma Steigerwald

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Photo: Schistometopum ephele by Rayna Bell

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I know this is a link to instagram but check out the profile of one of the AmphibiaWeb apprentices-- Nessa! www.instagram.com/p/DVrZS5qkhk...

Granados-Martinez et al. (2025) ran behavioral field experiments to test whether male Strawberry Poison Frogs (Oophaga pumilio) rely on vision for navigation in tropical forests and open areas. Read a summary of their results at AmphibiaWeb.org #AWNews

Actually MVZ has over 170,000 cataloged amphibians! (and about 125k reptiles)

I happen to know that there are exciting things planned this year to celebrate this milestone including tshirts to buy and new song to dance to! Yay!

The recent description of the 9,000th amphibian species marks a remarkable milestone for biodiversity science and a testament to decades of careful fieldwork, taxonomy, and collaboration across the globe. Read more at AmphibiaWeb.org #AWNews

Nori et al. (2025) investigates a Anuran Data Deficit: tadpole descriptions. Their analyses suggest strategically focusing on 0.25% of Earth’s terrestrial surface could reveal more than half of the undescribed tadpoles. Read more of this #AWNews at AmphibiaWeb.org

Don't jump to quick(silver) conclusions. In this week's #AWNews Kain et al. (2025) provide evidence that immune response in the presence of methylmercury can be highly variable in wild populations of amphibians. Read more at AmphibiaWeb.org

thanks for sharing-- let me check this out-- another Arctos grant??!

All Fired Up? Brooks et al. (2025) recently found that the rare and threatened Florida Bog Frog, Rana (Aquarana) okaloosae, has higher occupancy rates at sites that have regular prescribed fires. These fires mimic their historic cycles. Read more of this #AWNews at AmphibiaWeb.org

DO be square! This week's #AWNews features Brown et al. (2024)'s functional analysis of how Aneides vagrans' square toes help them climb. Read more on the AmphibiaWeb.org home page.

Our latest newsletter went out on Sunday. Check it out here:
tinyurl.com/AWeb2025Summer and sign up for our newsletters here: tinyurl.com/AWebNewsletter (please ignore the "Return to Website" link, we're fixing it to go to us instead of the MVZ!)

MediaToolSupportNSF.docx Letter to scientists and organizations whose progress depends on NSF: We are facing an unprecedented political attack on science. The Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) has begun directing NSF...

Toolkit for folks in the US from @sse-evolution.bsky.social
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Below, some points I found useful
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It's looking like Telmatobius is a genera of good dads. Brunetti et al. (2025) made parental care observations in five, distantly related Telmatobius species and found all of them had male parental care. This #AWNews finding suggests that parental care is a basal trait. Read more at AmphibiaWeb.org

This university alliance is training students to strengthen tribal food, energy and water systems - Berkeley News The Native FEWS Alliance, a multi-university consortium led by UC Berkeley and the University of Arizona, is one of hundreds of programs affected by National Science Foundation funding cuts.

The Native FEWS Alliance is a multi-university consortium designed to equip students with the skills to strengthen food, energy and water systems in tribal communities. It is also one of hundreds of programs in jeopardy due to NSF funding cuts. news.berkeley.edu/2025/05/22/t...

The Coyotes of San Francisco (Gift Article) After a long absence from the city, the animals have become ubiquitous again. Some residents find them delightful, but others view them with disdain.

Assistant Professor Christopher Schell and alums @scrappynaturalist.bsky.social and @drpheebs.bsky.social recently spoke to @nytimes.com reporter @heatherknightsf.bsky.social about one of San Francisco’s most polarizing urban residents: coyotes. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/19/u...

Tadpole out of Water! Gould et al. (2025) report their observations of Limnodynastes peronii tadpoles resting on vegetation mats and discuss why this might be happening. Read more of this #AWNews on our homepage Amphibiaweb.org

Invasive African Clawed Frogs (Xenopus laevis) can be found in a diversity of waterbodies in Washington state, USA. Emmenegger et al. (2025) discuss why this is a problem and how effective the mitigation efforts have been in this week's #AWNews. Read more at AmphibiaWeb.org.

Happy #SciArtSaturday! The Ocean Sunfish is one of the heaviest known bony fishes.⁣ This incredible #SciArt depicts the skeleton of a 3'6" specimen found on a beach in Vejlefjord Denmark in 1878.⁣ ⁣From "Spolia Atlantica" (1898) via Smithsonian Libraries www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13296607 🧪

Another one just added!

Congratulations! one of the nicest staff too!

Love this species!

Have you checked GBIF? are these all invalid? www.gbif.org/occurrence/m...

ah, sorry to hear that-- sending well wishes and outrage on your behalf!