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The Andes’ Translucent Glass Frogs Need to Be Seen to Be Saved
The amphibians are at the mercy of mining operations that are destroying their ecosystems, but local communities throughout ...
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Fascinating: How Transparent Glass Frogs Mate and Raise Their Young
When glass frogs emerge during the rainy season, researchers at the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute follow their migration out of the forest and along streams. These transparent leaf-lying ...
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Rare Bolivian glass frogs seen for first time in 18 years
Three Bolivian Cochran frogs, a species of so-called "glass frogs", were spotted by conservationists earlier this month in a national park. The tiny amphibians weigh just 0.7-0.8g and measure 19-24mm.
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The Andes’ Translucent Frogs Need to Be Seen to Be Saved
Suctioned to a leaf bottom in the rainforests of South and Central America, glass frogs seem to vanish in plain sight—the transparent skin of their undersides erasing the hard edges of their ...