{"id":17416,"date":"2021-04-28T14:02:43","date_gmt":"2021-04-28T14:02:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/fnr\/extension\/?p=17416"},"modified":"2026-07-20T02:30:59","modified_gmt":"2026-07-20T06:30:59","slug":"ask-an-expert-anurans-frogs-and-toads","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/fnr\/extension\/ask-an-expert-anurans-frogs-and-toads\/","title":{"rendered":"Ask An Expert: Anurans (Frogs and Toads)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Join <a title=\"Dr. Rod Williams\" href=\"https:\/\/ag.purdue.edu\/fnr\/Pages\/Profile.aspx?strAlias=rodw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Rod Williams<\/a>, Purdue FNR Professor of Wildlife Science, <a href=\"https:\/\/ag.purdue.edu\/fnr\/Pages\/profile.aspx?strAlias=jhoverm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Jason Hoverman<\/a>, Purdue FNR Professor of Invertebrate Ecology, and <a href=\"https:\/\/medicine.iu.edu\/faculty\/14513\/lannoo-michael\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Michael Lannoo<\/a>, Indiana University School of Medicine &#8211; Professor of Anatomy and Cell Biology, to learn interesting facts about frogs and toads, their natural history, research about the threats they face, and what can you do to help these species.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"FNR Ask the Expert: Anurans Frogs and Toads\" width=\"670\" height=\"377\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/TtRXAVGInpY?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>If you have any questions regarding wildlife, trees, forest management, wood products, natural resource planning or other natural resource topics, feel free to contact us by using our\u00a0<a title=\"Ask an Expert\" href=\"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/fnr\/extension\/got-nature-blog\/ask-an-expert\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Ask an Expert<\/a>\u00a0web page.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Resources<\/strong><br \/>\n<a title=\"Mythbusters\" href=\"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/fnr\/extension\/ask-an-expert-wildlife-mythbusters\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mythbusters<\/a>, Got Nature? Blog, Purdue Extension &#8211; Forestry and Natural Resources<br \/>\n<a title=\"Frogs and Toads of Indiana\" href=\"https:\/\/edustore.purdue.edu\/item.asp?Item_Number=FNR-516\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Frogs and Toads of Indiana<\/a>, The Education Store, Purdue Extension resource center<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/edustore.purdue.edu\/item.asp?Item_Number=FNR-478-W\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Appreciating Reptiles and Amphibians in Nature<\/a>, The Education Store<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/edustore.purdue.edu\/item.asp?Item_Number=FNR-480-W\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Forestry Management for Reptiles and Amphibians: A Technical Guide for the Midwest<\/a>, The Education Store<br \/>\n<a title=\"The Nature of Teaching, Unit 3: Reptiles, Amphibians, and the Scientific Method\" href=\"https:\/\/edustore.purdue.edu\/item.asp?Item_Number=FNR-430-W\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Nature of Teaching, Unit 3: Reptiles, Amphibians, and the Scientific Method<\/a>, The Education Store<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/edustore.purdue.edu\/item.asp?Item_Number=FNR-595-W\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ecotoxicology and Environmental Health<\/a>, The Education Store<br \/>\n<a title=\"Disease Ecology\" href=\"https:\/\/edustore.purdue.edu\/item.asp?Item_Number=FNR-594-W\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Disease Ecology<\/a>, The Education Store<br \/>\n<a title=\"Okoboji Wetlands: A Lesson in Natural History\" href=\"https:\/\/www.uipress.uiowa.edu\/books\/9780877455332\/okoboji-wetlands\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Okoboji Wetlands: A Lesson in Natural History, 1996<\/a>, University of Iowa Press<br \/>\n<a title=\"Status and Conservation of Midwestern Amphibians\" href=\"https:\/\/www.uipress.uiowa.edu\/books\/9780877456322\/status-and-conservation-of-midwestern-amphibians\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Status and Conservation of Midwestern Amphibians, 1998<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ucpress.edu\/book\/9780520235922\/amphibian-declines\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Amphibian Declines, 2005<\/a>, University of California Press<br \/>\n<a title=\"Malformed Frogs: The Collapse of Aquatic Ecosystems\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ucpress.edu\/book\/9780520255883\/malformed-frogs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Malformed Frogs: The Collapse of Aquatic Ecosystems, 2008<\/a><br \/>\n<a title=\"Leopold\u2019s Shack and Ricketts\u2019s Lab: The Emergence of Environmentalism\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ucpress.edu\/book\/9780520264786\/leopolds-shack-and-rickettss-lab\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Leopold\u2019s Shack and Rickett\u2019s Lab: The Emergence of Environmentalism, 2010<\/a><br \/>\n<a title=\"The Iowa Lakeside Laboratory: A Century of Discovering the Nature of Nature\" href=\"https:\/\/www.uipress.uiowa.edu\/books\/9781609381219\/the-iowa-lakeside-laboratory\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Iowa Lakeside Laboratory: A Century of Discovering the Nature of Nature, 2012<\/a><br \/>\n<a title=\"North American Amphibians: Distribution and Diversity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ucpress.edu\/book\/9780520266728\/north-american-amphibians\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">North American Amphibians: Distribution and Diversity, 2014<\/a><br \/>\n<a title=\"This Land is Your Land: The Story of Field Biology in America\" href=\"https:\/\/press.uchicago.edu\/ucp\/books\/book\/chicago\/T\/bo23231343.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">This Land is Your Land: The Story of Field Biology in America, 2018<\/a>, The University of Chicago Press<br \/>\n<a title=\"The Call of the Crawfish Frog\" href=\"https:\/\/www.taylorfrancis.com\/books\/call-crawfish-frog-michael-lannoo-rochelle-stiles\/10.1201\/9780429343278?context=ubx&amp;refId=babc7bcd-d050-4347-ba2b-69ad5046d940\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Call of the Crawfish Frog, 2020<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/amphibiaweb.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">AmphibiaWeb<\/a><br \/>\n<a title=\"Indiana Herp atlas\" href=\"https:\/\/www.inherpatlas.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Indiana Herp atlas<\/a><br \/>\n<a title=\"Amphibian Ecology and Conservation\" href=\"https:\/\/global.oup.com\/academic\/product\/amphibian-ecology-and-conservation-9780199541195?cc=us&amp;lang=en&amp;\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Amphibian Ecology and Conservation<\/a><br \/>\n<a title=\"Handbook of Larval Amphibians of the United States and Canada\" href=\"https:\/\/cornellpress.cornell.edu\/book\/9780801456077\/handbook-of-larval-amphibians-of-the-united-states-and-canada\/#bookTabs=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Handbook of Larval Amphibians of the United States and Canada<\/a>, Cornell Press<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ag.purdue.edu\/fnr\/Pages\/Profile.aspx?strAlias=rodw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Rod Williams<\/a>, Professor of Wildlife Science<br \/>\nPurdue University Department of Forestry and Natural Resources<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ag.purdue.edu\/fnr\/Pages\/profile.aspx?strAlias=jhoverm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Jason Hoverman<\/a>, Professor of Vertebrate Ecology<br \/>\nPurdue University Department of Forestry and Natural Resources<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Join Rod Williams, Purdue FNR Professor of Wildlife Science, Jason Hoverman, Purdue FNR Professor of Invertebrate Ecology, and Michael Lannoo, Indiana University School of Medicine &#8211; Professor of Anatomy and Cell Biology, to learn interesting facts about frogs and toads, their natural history, research about the threats they face, and what can you do to 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