143 Can frogs stand the heat?

The climate crisis presents numerous questions about how animals will cope. We look at one frog-focused example where the researchers actually heated up a forest.

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Main Paper References:

Hawley Matlaga TJ, Burrowes PA, Hernández-Pacheco R, Pena J, Sutherland C, Wood TE. 2021. Warming increases activity in the common tropical frog Eleutherodactylus coqui. Climate Change Ecology 2:100041. DOI: 10.1016/j.ecochg.2021.100041.

Other Mentioned Papers/Studies:

Folwell, M. J., Sanders, K. L., Brennan, P. L., & Crowe-Riddell, J. M. (2022). First evidence of hemiclitores in snakes. Proceedings of the Royal Society B, 289(1989), 20221702.

 

Other Links/Mentions:

Coqui frog call: https://amphibiaweb.org/species/2858# 

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Podcast edited by Emmy – https://www.fiverr.com/emmyk10 

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