BBC News: Montserrat’s “mountain chicken” frog has become the latest victim of the killer fungal disease that is devastating amphibians worldwide. UK researchers say that only two small pockets of the animals on the tiny Caribbean island remain disease-free. The mountain chicken (Leptodactylus fallax) is one of the world’s largest frogs.
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National Geographic, March 18, 2009
January 5, 2009—A new species of Galápagos iguana has scientists tickled pink. The pink iguana, named after its salmon-colored skin, lives only on the Wolf volcano on the island of Isabela. Charles Darwin did not visit the volcano on his travels to the Ecuadorian island chains in the 1830s, so the creature remained undiscovered until 1986, when it was spotted
Updates and News
Research could help save tuatara from extinction
June 22nd, 2009. (PhysOrg.com) — Research by Victoria University PhD graduate Kim Miller
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Gorgona Blues: One of world’s only pure blue lizards at risk of extinction
By Tina Butler and Rhett Butler, March 7, 2007
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Blue Iguana Species Recovery Plan III
Fred Burton, Director, June 18, 2009
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Zoological Survey of India Discovers 12 Frogs - New species, 14 Insects in 2008
Jatinder - Kaur, 15 June 2009
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