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- ... that Salientia (Triadobatrachus pictured) is a stem group of amphibians that includes the frogs and toads and various extinct proto-frogs?
- ... that the demonic poison frog is critically endangered because its total range is less than 10 square kilometres (4 sq mi) and its habitat is threatened by gold mining?
- ... that larvae of the toadfly make their way through the nostrils of the common toad (affected toad pictured) and eat its flesh?
- ... that the tadpoles of the frog Indirana semipalmata are the first ever known to hatch, feed, and metamorphose on tree barks?
- ... that female Stefania evansi frogs can carry up to 30 eggs or froglets on their back?