Strange Salamanders, Frogs Cited as Near Extinction Posted by
Miqe on January 23, 2008 Blind salamanders, legless amphibians
with tentacles on their heads and ghost frogs whose favorite
haunt is a human burial ground are just a few of the world’s
weirdest and most endangered creatures. The Zoological Society
of London announced this week these are among the 10 most
unusual and threatened amphibian species, as part of the EDGE
Amphibians conservation and fundraising initiative. Amphibians
that made the list are deemed by the society to be the most
evolutionarily distinct and globally endangered, aka “EDGE,”
species. The Gardiner’s Seychelles frog grows to 11 millimeters,
smaller than your thumbnail. The purple frog is a burrowing
species that spends most of the year up to 13 feet (four meters)
underground feeding on termites. The Malagasy rainbow frog lives
underground for up to 10 months in a limestone canyon system in
southern Madagascar. Ghost frogs, such as Hewitt’s ghost frog,
live in South Africa. They h