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Bangladesh diaries: tales of a trainee tiger conservationist
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Okapi
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ZSL Cameroon Wildlife Wood Project Bulletin (January to March 2013)
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Egypt Expedition – Meet the team
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The new Principles and Criteria are approved, but challenges remain
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There’s no right way to eat a rhesus
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The RSPO endorses the ZSL High Conservation Value Monitoring System
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Meet the Mountain Chicken
Posted on August 16, 2011
Meet one of the largest frogs in the world – as well as one of the most endangered.
Frog facts:
- Mountain chicken frogs (Leptodactylus fallax) are one of the largest frogs in the world, weighing in at over 2lbs.
- Currently, the species is only found in Montserrat.It was once the traditional national dish of Dominica until chytrid fungus spread across the island.
- The frog, which was named mountain chicken because its meat tastes like chicken, lives mainly in the lowlands and not in the mountains.
- Mountain chicken frogs breed by laying eggs in a foam-filled burrow. The mother stays near the burrow to feed the tadpoles with infertile eggs until they are ready to fend for themselves.
Find out all about ZSL’s amphibian conservation work in the Caribbean.