Sunday, April 20, 2008

Research News: Roadkill Study Finds Many Croaked Amphibians

The News:
Roadkill Study Finds Many Croaked Amphibians
By Thomas H. Maugh IILos Angeles Times
Article Launched: 04/20/2008 01:00:00 AM MDT
Death by car could be a major contributor to the decline of many amphibian species, according to the first comprehensive survey of roadkill, Purdue University researchers said last week. The biologists found animals from more than 65 species killed along 11 miles of road in suburban Tippecanoe County outside West Lafayette, Ind. Nearly 95 percent of the dead were frogs and other amphibians, and three-quarters of the deaths occurred along a 1-mile stretch of Lindberg Road that crosses a wetland known as Celery Bog.

The Research:
Read the research behind this story in the journal Herpetological Conservation & Biology.

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