Online ads reveal scale — and gaps — in amphibian pet trade into US

Mongabay
Feb 27, 2026, 5:03 pm125 ptsTrending
Much of the pet trade in amphibians is conducted online, but it’s not well understood. Herpetologist Devin Edmonds with the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign recently mapped out the trade in nonnative amphibians sold in the United States in a study published in the journal Biological Conservation.…

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