Darrel Frost
Darrel Frost
@amphibianspecies.bsky.social
Amphibians, reptiles, general observations
A thoughtful paper on the use of Citizen Science (iNaturalist: www.inaturalist.org) records to help understand a poorly known frog fauna (Melanesia). My opinion of iNaturalist continues to climb. doi.org/10.1071/PC24...
January 5, 2025 at 2:29 AM
A new frog (Rana minuscula) from Zhejiang, China. amphibiansoftheworld.amnh.org/Amphibia/Anu...
January 1, 2025 at 10:30 PM
First record of the Rocket Frog, Hyloxalus anthracinus (Dendrobatidae) from Peru. amphibiansoftheworld.amnh.org/Amphibia/Anu...
December 16, 2024 at 12:29 PM
Advertisement call from the southern portion of the range of Espadarana prosoblepon (Centrolenidae). amphibiansoftheworld.amnh.org/Amphibia/Anu...
December 15, 2024 at 2:58 PM
A new frog (Sphaerotheca varshaabhu) from southern India. doi.org/10.11646/zoo...
amphibiansoftheworld.amnh.org/Amphibia/Anu...
January 31, 2024 at 4:05 PM
Recent additions and changes to Amphibian Species of the World. amphibiansoftheworld.amnh.org/Running-log-...
Running log of additions and changes, 2023 | Amphibian Species of the World
amphibiansoftheworld.amnh.org
December 6, 2023 at 5:17 AM
Two new families of brachycephalid frogs from the Neblina Massif of the Venezuelan/Brazilian borderlandsby Fouquet et al (2023,  
 doi.org/10.1016/j.ym...).
See amphibiansoftheworld.amnh.org/Amphibia/Anu... and amphibiansoftheworld.amnh.org/Amphibia/Anu...
December 6, 2023 at 5:13 AM
Extended the range of the frogs Occidozyga shiwandashanensis (Dicroglossidae) and Hylarana latouchii (Ranidae) into Vietnam on the basis of the paper bu Tran et al. (2022: doi.org/10.3897/BDJ....). amphibiansoftheworld.amnh.org/Amphibia/Anu... . amphibiansoftheworld.amnh.org/Amphibia/Anu...
Integrative taxonomic analyses reveal first country records of Occidozyga shiwandashanensis Chen, Pe...
Occidozyga shiwandashaensis was recently discovered from Guangxi Province of China. Hylarana latouchii is a widespread species in southern China, including Hong Kong and Taiwan. Both species are expec...
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October 22, 2023 at 5:03 PM
Conservation units of the ranid frogs Rana/Amerana muscosa and sierrae by Byrne et al. (2023: doi.org/10.1007/s105...). An important paper for anyone committed to amphibian conservation in California.
September 30, 2023 at 5:16 PM
A thoughtful paper on the implementation of the subspecies rank in systematics and conservation by Dufresnes, Poyarkov, and Jablonski, 2023, "Acknowledging more biodiversity without more species" (www.pnas.org/doi/abs/10.1...)
September 30, 2023 at 1:02 AM
New rain frogs from Ecuador. zookeys.pensoft.net/article/1073...
September 27, 2023 at 4:44 PM