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Endangered Frogs . By: Colin Chenoweth 4 th grade LINCS. Mountain chicken frog. The mountain chicken frog has one more name, the giant ditch. There population has gone down by 80% in the last 10 years.
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Endangered Frogs By: Colin Chenoweth 4th grade LINCS
Mountain chicken frog • The mountain chicken frog has one more name, the giant ditch. • There population has gone down by 80% in the last 10 years. • In Montserrat the threat comes from a devastating loss of habitat after volcanic eruptions during the 1990s. • Pigs, rats, and chytrid fungus has lowered the population in the past 5 years. • http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/gallery/2008/jan/09/conservation.endangeredspecies#/?picture=331946482&index=5
Panamanian golden frog • The Panamanian golden frog is considered as a national icon and good luck charm. • The Panamanian golden frog is basically extinct in the wild because of chytrid fungus. • Chytrid fungus is a disease that may be made worse by climate change. • The fungus affects the skin and it could kill 80% of native amphibians within months. • http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/gallery/2008/jan/09/conservation.endangeredspecies#/?picture=331946470&index=0
Kihansi spray toad • The Khansi spray toad is a dwarf frog. • It only lives in the fine mist created from the Kihansi Falls in the southern Udzungwa Mountains of Tanzania. • It is threatened by the diversion of water for a hydroelectric plant. • There is a captive breeding plan in U.S. zoos that may be the toads only chance. • http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/gallery/2008/jan/09/conservation.endangeredspecies#/?picture=331991939&index=2
Blue poison arrow frog • Blue poison arrow frogs are only found in Suriname, South America. • There are four main types of blue poison arrow frogs, Dendrobates, Epipedobates, Minyobates and Phyllobates. • They can live up to 15-16 years in the wild and 20 years in captivity. • Blue poison arrow frogs are endangered from loss of habitat. • http://www.nashvillezoo.org/animals/amphibians/blue-poison-arrow-frog
Pine Barrens Tree frog • The Pine barrens tree frog is 1-3 inches long and lives Pine Barrens. • The Pine Barrens are protected from housing development. • They protect the Pine Barrens so the frog can live and breed. • They are endangered from habitat destruction. • http://planetgreen.discovery.com/slideshows/travel-outdoors/10-most-interesting-endangered-frogs-slideshow.html
How can you save these frogs • You can donate to a organization • Save their habitat by not using harmful chemicals in your lawn or garden • Build a pond for frogs • Do not use Pesticidesor Herbicides • Or just don’t bother their habitat
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