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In this week's #AWNews, Meredith et al. (2026) explores the morphology, mechanical sensitivity, peripheral innervation, neural wiring, and behavioral function of the unique star-like, multi-lobed fingertips of the bizarre Surinam Toad, Pipa pipa. Read more at AmphibiaWe.org

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AmphibiaWeb @amphibiaweb.org · 28/09/2026

How does sex reversal affect populations, communities, ecosystems and the reproductive viability of sex-reversed individuals? Bókony et al. (2026) investigated these questions in this week's #AWNews. Read more at AmphibiaWeb.org

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AmphibiaWeb @amphibiaweb.org · 21/09/2026

What are the consequences of losing metamorphosis on the evolution and expression of opsin and phototransduction genes? We summarize Bierbaum et al. (2026)'s work for this #AWNews. Read more at AmphibiaWe.org

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AmphibiaWeb @amphibiaweb.org · 14/09/2026

Olm my gosh – we now have nine recognized species of Proteus cave salamanders! Visit AmphibiaWeb.org to read more about this #AWNews

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AmphibiaWeb @amphibiaweb.org · 07/09/2026

Fire salamanders (Salamandra salamandra) can give birth to free-swimming larvae and to metamorphs. What happens when the two reproductive modes hybridizes? Read this week's #AWNews at AmphibiaWeb.org to see what Figueiredo-Vázquesz et al. (2026) found.

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AmphibiaWeb @amphibiaweb.org · 31/08/2026

How does a burrowing amphibian survive winter underground when oxygen runs low? #AWNews this week summarizes Berman et al. (2024)'s findings on this question. Read more at AmphibiaWeb.org

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AmphibiaWeb @amphibiaweb.org · 24/08/2026

Could biting insects help us track amphibian disease without ever catching a frog? Visit AmphibiaWeb.org this week to read more about the latest techniques to do this. #AWNews

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AmphibiaWeb @amphibiaweb.org · 17/08/2026

We've posted before about fluorescent frogs, but this week's #AWNews covers new research on fluorescent salamanders! Read more at AmphibiaWeb.org

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AmphibiaWeb @amphibiaweb.org · 10/08/2026

Cascades frogs have been reintroduced to Lassen National Park! Read the summary written by Anton Sorokin at AmphibiaWeb.org and follow the link there to his full High Country News article. #AWNews

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AmphibiaWeb @amphibiaweb.org · 07/08/2026

AmphibiaWeb T-shirts started arriving this week. Thank you to those who participated in this fundraiser!

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AmphibiaWeb @amphibiaweb.org · 04/08/2026

How tuned in are female frogs to male calls? Mukhopadhyay et al. (2026) compared populations of Pseudacris feriarum that either have closely related species in sympatry or don't to see how female brains sensed/responded to different calls. See AmphibiaWeb.org to see the results of of this #AWNews.

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AmphibiaWeb @amphibiaweb.org · 27/07/2026

Species etymologies are sometimes just as fascinating as the species themselves. See what Aguilar-Herrera et al. (2026) named their three new Mexican species at AmphibiaWeb.org #AWNews

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AmphibiaWeb @amphibiaweb.org · 20/07/2026

Jervis et al. (2026) used a molecular disease diagnostic (Bd-qPCR) to better understand the emergence of the Bd in Ecuadorian amphibians preserved in museum collections, which dating back to the 1950s. Get a summary of their findings at AmphibiaWeb.org #AWNews

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AmphibiaWeb @amphibiaweb.org · 13/07/2026

Caballero-Díaz et al. (2026) use a landscape genetics study of the Iberian common toad (Bufo spinosus) to reveal how different landscape features shape connectivity among populations. Read more of this #AWNews at AmphibiaWeb.org

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AmphibiaWeb @amphibiaweb.org · 10/07/2026

Attending #JMIH in New Orleans? Come see the AmphibiaWeb poster on Saturday! Say hi to Jim McGuire and team members! Share your love and support with AmphibiaWeb's inaugural tshirt campaign: www.customink.com/fundraising/...

small image of AmphibiaWeb's 2026 poster: celebrating 9,000 amphibians

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AmphibiaWeb @amphibiaweb.org · 06/07/2026

How long do amphibians live? Hitchcock et al (2025) analyzed 23 years of mark-recapture data to give us age structures for Rana muscosa. They also identified an old outlier. Visit AmphibiaWeb.org to see how old the outlier is. #AWNews

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AmphibiaWeb @amphibiaweb.org · 29/06/2026

Howell et al. (2026) investigated why amphibian numbers are declining in the American Everglades in Florida. They found both bottom-up (nutrient limitation) and top-down effects, with invasive Asian Eels predating on aquatic amphibians. Read more at AmphibiaWeb.org #AWNews

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AmphibiaWeb @amphibiaweb.org · 22/06/2026

Bilger et al. (2026) wondered if juvenile male Túngara Frogs (Engystomops pustulosus) can call and choose not to or can't call until they are adults. Read more of this #AWNews at AmphibiaWeb.org

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AmphibiaWeb @amphibiaweb.org · 15/06/2026

Steigerwald et al. (2026) investigate how climate driven range shifts affect outbreaks of Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis in Marbled Four-eyed frogs (Pleurodema marmoratum) of Peru in AmphibiaWeb.org news feature this week. #AWNews

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AmphibiaWeb @amphibiaweb.org · 08/06/2026

Aguilar et al. (2026) provides insight to the color polymorphism in Oophaga pumilio in this week's #AWNews. Go to AmphibiaWeb.org to get a summary of their findings.

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AmphibiaWeb @amphibiaweb.org · 01/06/2026

Men et al. (2025) investigated how Rana kukunoris handle overwintering in ice-covered water and how they maintain their water/ion balance. Read this #AWNews to see the role gene expression plays in this species' life history at AmphibiaWeb.org

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AmphibiaWeb @amphibiaweb.org · 25/05/2026

#AWNews AmphibiaWeb Steering committee member Rayna Bell and her colleagues at the California Academy of Science created an educational game to teach epidemiological modeling and introduce students to the global amphibian chytridiomycosis pandemic. See more at: www.calacademy.org/educators/le...

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AmphibiaWeb @amphibiaweb.org · 18/05/2026

Can caecilians pass the smell test? Prakash et al. (2026) tested whether a terrestrial Indian caecilian (Gegeneophis sp.) can recognize its own scent using a Y-maze experiment. Read a summary of their findings at AmphibiaWeb.org #AWNews

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AmphibiaWeb @amphibiaweb.org · 11/05/2026

Soto-Pozos et al (2025) examined how past land use influences environmental and skin-associated bacterial communities in six co-occurring Mexican cloud forest salamander species. Read more at AmphibiaWeb.org #AWNews

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AmphibiaWeb @amphibiaweb.org · 04/05/2026

Weitzman et al (2026) compared Eleutherodactylus coqui in their native range (Puerto Rico) and introduced range (Hawaii) to understand how environmental conditions and invasion history influence amphibian skin microbiomes. Read more at AmphibiaWeb.org #AWNews

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AmphibiaWeb @amphibiaweb.org · 27/04/2026

Should we look to contemporary climate to explain where species diversity is highest, or look deeper into the past? Jongsma et al. (2026) tackled this question in this week's #AWNews on AmphibiaWeb.org @davidblackburn.bsky.social

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AmphibiaWeb @amphibiaweb.org · 20/04/2026

DeMarchi et al (2025) explore why some amphibians are better reservoirs for the deadly chytrid fungus (Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis, Bd) than others. See what they found at AmphibiaWeb.org #AWNews

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AmphibiaWeb @amphibiaweb.org · 13/04/2026

A study by Duncan et al. (2025) shows that differences in temperature preferences between frogs and pathogens can help explain where amphibian disease is most severe. Read more of this #AWNews at AmphibiaWeb.org

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AmphibiaWeb @amphibiaweb.org · 06/04/2026

Goutte & Boissinot (2025) investigated the evolutionary stability of cryptic color polymorphism in anurans in this week's #AWNews. Visit AmphibiaWeb.org for more details.

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AmphibiaWeb @amphibiaweb.org · 30/03/2026

Gillard and Rowley (2025) analyzed data from FrogID's citizen science project to investigate biodiversity sampling on private lands relative to public lands. See a summary of their findings at AmphibiaWeb.org for this week's #AWNews.

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AmphibiaWeb @amphibiaweb.org · 23/03/2026

AmphibiaWeb has the pleasure to introduce the Herpetological Society of Singapore (HSS). Please visit AmphibiaWeb.org to read an introductory statement by the current president Kannan Raja. #AWNews

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AmphibiaWeb @amphibiaweb.org · 16/03/2026

Do tadpoles have acoustic communication? Protázio et al. (2025) documented Ceratophrys joazeirensis (Caatinga Horned Frog) tadpoles producing a short, metallic click sound. See what their hypotheses are for this observation at AmphbiaWeb.org #AWNews

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AmphibiaWeb @amphibiaweb.org · 16/03/2026

Thank you to everyone who participated in our #BigGive campaign through UC Berkeley. We appreciate all the things that this community does to support amphibian conservation! Photo: Rana septentrionalis by Patrick D. Moldowan

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AmphibiaWeb @amphibiaweb.org · 12/03/2026

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

Photo: Ambystoma gracile egg mass by Ann Chang

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AmphibiaWeb @amphibiaweb.org · 12/03/2026

Did you know AmphibiaWeb, which is hosted at UC Berkeley, displays over 45,000 photos from amphibian enthusiasts across the globe? If you like this feature, consider donating during Berkeley's Big Give. give.berkeley.edu/fund/FU0863000 #CalBigGive Photo: Ambystoma laterale by Todd Pierson

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AmphibiaWeb @amphibiaweb.org · 12/03/2026

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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AmphibiaWeb @amphibiaweb.org · 12/03/2026

AmphibiaWeb runs on a shoe-string budget. To keep the website afloat, we need to meet a budgetary need of about $24K per year. Consider helping our cause by donating during UC Berkeley's Big Give. give.berkeley.edu/fund/FU0863000 #CalBigGive Photo: Schistometopum ephele by Rayna Bell

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AmphibiaWeb @amphibiaweb.org · 12/03/2026

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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AmphibiaWeb @amphibiaweb.org · 12/03/2026

Join UC Berkeley’s Big Give! Consider donating to AmphibiaWeb, which is hosted at UCB. give.berkeley.edu/fund/FU0863000 #CalBigGive Photo: Red-eyed Tree Frog (Agalychnis callidryas) taken by our founder, Dr. David B. Wake.

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AmphibiaWeb @amphibiaweb.org · 09/03/2026

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

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AmphibiaWeb @amphibiaweb.org · 02/03/2026

Grow a thick skin frog! VanBuren et al. (2025) examined three frog species from the northern United States and found that skin layers were not consistent over the time. Read the details at AmphibiaWeb.org #AWNews

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AmphibiaWeb @amphibiaweb.org · 23/02/2026

Amphibian species' body sizes can respond idiosyncratically or inconsistently to environmental changes. Fleming and Sheldon (2025) found six plethodont species in Virginian mountain streams had significant size shifts, but these shifts may not favor persistence. Read more at AmphibiaWeb.org #AWNews

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AmphibiaWeb @amphibiaweb.org · 16/02/2026

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

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AmphibiaWeb @amphibiaweb.org · 09/02/2026

Navarrete et al. (2025) provides evidence that Caecilians aren't totally blind. Go to AmphibiaWeb.org to read more of this #AWNews.

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AmphibiaWeb @amphibiaweb.org · 02/02/2026

How are ballistic tongues in plethodonts and chameleons similar and different? Zeng et al. (2025) explore this in this week's #AWNews. Visit AmphibiaWeb.org to read more.

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AmphibiaWeb @amphibiaweb.org · 26/01/2026

Limnonectes palavanensis group exhibit one of the most advanced brood care behaviors. Recently, Dehling et al (2025) showed that there is an unexpectedly high diversity within this clade. Read more of this #AWNews at AmphibiaWeb.org

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AmphibiaWeb @amphibiaweb.org · 19/01/2026

Abondano Almeida et al. (2025) characterize the pheromones used during reproduction in Hyloxalus, revealing more complexity of chemical communication than previously thought. #AWNews. Read the full summary at AmphibiaWeb.org

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AmphibiaWeb @amphibiaweb.org · 12/01/2026

This week's #AWNews summarizes Dunlop et al (2025) analysis of cane toad effects in Australia. Read more at AmphibiaWeb.org

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AmphibiaWeb @amphibiaweb.org · 05/01/2026

Ring in the new year by reading Lemierre et al. (2025)'s findings on anuran prehistoric past in this week's #AWNews at AmphibiaWeb.org

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AmphibiaWeb @amphibiaweb.org · 29/12/2025

Happy New year from AmphibiaWeb to you! See our home page at AmphibiaWeb.org for a message from our directors. And thank you for your support over our 25 years of existence.

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