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AmphibiaWeb @amphibiaweb.org · 5d

This week's #AWNews features a study by Paluh et al. (2025) that examined the developmental-genetic mechanisms underlying tooth formation in frogs and tested whether a rudimentary dental program is activated in the lower jaw. Read more at AmphibiaWeb.org.

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AmphibiaWeb @amphibiaweb.org · 12d

Color me surprised! Waldron et al. (2025) studied the evolutionary consequences polymorphism in Plethodonts using a complete phylogenomic tree of of the family paired with morphometric analyses. She the results of this #AWNews at AmphibiaWeb.org

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AmphibiaWeb @amphibiaweb.org · 19d

Feeling blue? A citizen scientist asked about blue (axanthic) frogs, leading to a pandemic-era internship project to explore the spatial, phylogenetic, and temporal prevalence of axanthism in frogs lead by Drs. Molly Womack and Rayna Bell. Read the results this #AWNews at AmphibiaWeb.org

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AmphibiaWeb @amphibiaweb.org · 26d

How does Chytrid affect a species' role in it's ecosystem? Read this week's #AWNews on Scheele et al. (2025) work at AmphibiaWeb.org to find out.

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AmphibiaWeb @amphibiaweb.org · Sep 8

An impressive study by Donnellan et al. (2025) provides a near-comprehensive phylogenetic tree for a major clade of frogs that occur across Australia, New Guinea, and many islands in the adjacent Indo-Australian Archipelago. Read More about this #AWNews at AmphibiaWeb.org

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AmphibiaWeb @amphibiaweb.org · Sep 1

The process to become a troglodyte is being illuminated in our latest #AWNews. Read how Tovar et al.'s use a radiation of paedomorphic Brook Salamanders (Eurycea) to study the molecular and developmental basis of eye loss at AmphibiaWeb.org.

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AmphibiaWeb @amphibiaweb.org · Aug 25

The chytrid fungus Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis (Bd) has caused amphibian declines worldwide, but its history and impacts in Africa are less well understood. Kouete et al. (2025) contributes to our knowledge of this disease in the region in this week's #AWNews on the AmphibiaWeb.org homepage.

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AmphibiaWeb @amphibiaweb.org · Aug 18

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

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AmphibiaWeb @amphibiaweb.org · Aug 13

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AmphibiaWeb @amphibiaweb.org · Aug 11

Carrillo et al. (2024 & 2025) report new intriguing female parental care via chemical stimuli that cause tadpoles to aggregate and follow females. Check out AmphibiaWeb.org for more on this #AWNews

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AmphibiaWeb @amphibiaweb.org · Aug 4

Many amphibians have large genomes, and some are polyploid. Chen et al. (2025) ask how polyploidy affects organismal physiology in a unique population of Microhyla fissipes, which has individuals with diploid and tetraploid genomes. Read more of this #AWNews at AmphibiaWeb.org.

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AmphibiaWeb @amphibiaweb.org · Jul 28

In this week's #AWNews, Barrionuevo and colleagues (2025) rediscovered Telmatobius ceiorum, which hadn't been seen in 40 years, at a location further north than previously known. Read more at AmphibiaWeb.org.

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AmphibiaWeb @amphibiaweb.org · Jul 21

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

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AmphibiaWeb @amphibiaweb.org · Jul 14

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

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AmphibiaWeb @amphibiaweb.org · Jul 7

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.

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AmphibiaWeb @amphibiaweb.org · Jun 30

In this week's #AWNews Santana et al. (2025) report that female frog calls are more widespread than previously believed, and propose a revised classification for frog calls with six specific categories, applicable to both sexes. Read more at AmphibiaWeb.org

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AmphibiaWeb @amphibiaweb.org · Jun 23

Stewart and Wiens (2025) dropped a new comprehensive multilocus phylogeny for salamanders this year that includes 765 of the 825 known species. Check out more of this #AWNews at AmphibiaWeb.org.

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AmphibiaWeb @amphibiaweb.org · Jun 19

This week's #AWNews is a little late. Taylor et al. (2024) uses the somitogenesis clock mathematical model to identify parameter changes originating from increased genome and nuclear size. Read more at AmphibiaWeb.org

AmphibiaWeb @amphibiaweb.org · Jun 10

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AmphibiaWeb @amphibiaweb.org · Jun 9

A friendly reminder that negative results still give us good info! Messersmith et al. (2024) tested the Hamilton-Zuk hypothesis in Pacific treefrogs and found females don't show a preference when male call is affected by Bd. Read more about this #AWNews at AmphibiaWeb.org

AmphibiaWeb @amphibiaweb.org · Jun 2

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

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AmphibiaWeb @amphibiaweb.org · May 26

Sherlock et al. (2025) investigated one of the rare island endemic amphibians, Hypogeophis rostratus, finding that their genetic signature was more strongly associated with their islands' paleo history than their modern isolated distribution. Find out more of this #AWNews at AmphibiaWeb.org

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AmphibiaWeb @amphibiaweb.org · May 19

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

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AmphibiaWeb @amphibiaweb.org · May 12

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.

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AmphibiaWeb @amphibiaweb.org · May 5

How many times has vocal sacs been lost in the anuran tree of life? Find the answer to this and many other vocal sac evolution questions in this week's #AWNews featuring work by Elias-Costa and Faivovich (2025) at AmphibiaWeb.org