TKSST • seethis.tv 🌈🪐✨🐸✨ From a paperclip-sized "ethereal" frog in the #Amazon to #India's star-speckled "galaxy frog" World Frog Day is all about new species – and the challenges they face.
While roughly 150 new #amphibians are described each year, researchers warn that habitat loss and even "photo #tourism" are putting many at risk before they can be fully studied.
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World Frog Day: New species described amid threats to amphibian survival
March 20 is World Frog Day. Frogs and toads have inhabited Earth for hundreds of millions of years, but 40% of amphibians species are now at risk of extinction, according to the latest conservation assessments. Every year, roughly 150 new amphibian species are described. But many are immediately listed as threatened or endangered due to […]