Frogs of the Amazon
Frogs live all over the world and are among the most diverse creatures, with more than 6,000 species, showing up and showing off in an amazing array of sizes, abilities and colors. Of the the 6,000 species, nearly 1,000 that we know of live in the Amazon Rainforest. Who knows how many of these remarkable amphibians we have not met yet.
Sadly, the rainforest, the habitat for these frogs and thousands more species, is being destroyed at an alarming rate. Click on “Climate” under Categories at the top of the menu to the right to read more about what is happening in the Brazilian Amazon forests in “Destroying Trees is a Double-Whammy”, posted April 21, 2021. And learn about a little change you can make in your everyday life to help preserve these beautiful creatures’ habitat.
Here are just three of the most intriguing of the Amazon species:
