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University of Rhode Island Researchers: New Survey Method Proves Rhode Island's Rarest Frog May Not Be So Rare After All
June 15, 2021
KINGSTON, Rhode Island, June 15 (TNSJou) -- The University of Rhode Island issued the following news:

The rarest frog in Rhode Island may not be as rare as scientists once thought after a study by University of Rhode Island researchers using a seldom-used methodology turned up many more of the endangered animals than they expected.

Eastern spadefoots - often called spadefoot toads, though they are actually frogs - have long been considered highly secretive and difficult . . .

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