who say the unusual colouring is probably due to a genetic mutation causing it to lose certain skin pigments. As its name suggests, the magnificent tree frog (Litoria splendida) is already a ...

But frogs may yet hold clues to killing pain. At least one frog does deploy an opioid: the waxy monkey tree frog (Phyllomedusa sauvagii), whose skin is laced with the peptide dermorphin. Although the ...

The Cuban Tree Frog (Osteopilus septentrionalis) has made its way to Jamaica, bringing with it significant ecological and ...

Of all vertebrates, gray foam-nest tree frogs exhibit the most extreme form ... while females in the pools absorb water through their skin. When she’s hydrated enough, a female heads for an ...

Poison? What poison? Some bacteria may treat the powerful toxins bathing poison dart frog skin like a buffet. The alkaloid chemicals that poison dart frogs wield on their skin increase the variety ...

They are also distinguishable by a row of skin flaps along their arms and legs, which resembles a serrated knife. Green-eyed tree frogs are abundant in the rugged wet tropics of northeast ...

and Ranwella's horned tree frog (Polypedates ranwellai). P. ranwellai belongs to a genus of frog known to have deadly tetrodotoxin in its skin secretions - although to date the Ranwella's horned tree ...

Like many amphibians, the European brown frog produces a range of peptides on its skin, substances that can fend off harmful microbes and prevent infection. This skin—with its intricate mixture ...