That's how it seems when you look at all the threats frog populations face in our current environment. Frogs have been around this planet in their modern form for roughly 50,000,000 years, but in the past 20 years, their numbers have been under vicious assault to the point that species are going extinct at the drop of a hat. It is worth dividing up the threats into two categories. These examples show that sometimes the interaction between frogs and people isn't very friendly at all. If you would like to reproduce pages from this website for your own community group's newsletter or school class, you may use the Print button in your browser to obtain a duplicate of the page to insert in your newsletter or hand out in classes.
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