Leptodactylus fallax, commonly known as the mountain chicken or giant ditch frog, is a critically endangered species of frog that is native to the Caribbean islands of Dominica and Montserrat.

Oct 22, 2023 · The population of the mountain chicken frog, once abundant in the Caribbean, has dropped by over 99% in 20 years due to a deadly fungal disease.

Oct 17, 2023 · The mountain chicken frog is a large species of frog found in the wild only on the island of Dominica. Researchers have monitored mountain chicken frog populations as chytrid …

Jan 28, 2016 · More than five years ago, dozens of Leptodactylus fallax frogs—a species nicknamed the “mountain chicken”—were airlifted out of Montserrat and away from the …

Oct 16, 2023 · A recent survey revealed that only 21 individual mountain chicken frogs, Leptodactylus fallax, remain alive in one tiny refuge on the Caribbean Island of Dominica. The …

Also known as the Dominican white-lipped frog, giant ditch frog and crapaud, mountain chickens are culturally important, appearing in local folk songs, calypsos, poems and jokes. Their …

The mountain chicken is a Critically Endangered frog found only on Montserrat and Dominica and is the largest native amphibian in the Carribean. Populations on both islands have been …

May 12, 2024 · The mountain chicken frog (Leptodactylus fallax) was once considered Dominica's unofficial national dish, according to locals.

Despite surviving hurricanes, volcanic eruptions and being hunted for centuries, the mountain chicken frog has been driven to the brink of extinction by a deadly microscopic fungus. …

The mountain chicken is a Critically Endangered frog found only on Montserrat and Dominica and is the largest native amphibian in the Carribean. Populations on both islands have been …