Commonly used agrochemicals (insecticides, fungicides and herbicides) kill frogs outright when sprayed on fields even when used at recommended dosages, according to new research in Scientific Reports. Testing seven chemicals on European common frogs (Rana temporaria), the scientists found that all of them were potentially lethal to amphibians. In fact, two fungicides—Headline and Captain Omya—wiped […]
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Common Frog (Rana temporaria)
Being a new contributor to the blog I now have an opportunity to share these images that I took back in the spring of this year. The pictures portray a youngcommon frog, (Rana temporaria) which is just changing from the tadpole stage in to a froglet, so tiny is it at this stage of life […]