Glossary
Amphibians - a cold-blooded vertebrate animal of a class that comprises the frogs, toads, newts, and salamanders. They are distinguished by having an Aquatic Gill-breathing larval stage followed (typically) by a terrestrial lung-breathing adult stage.
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Black Market - illegal traffic or trade in officially controlled or scarce commodities.
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Climate change - a change in global or regional climate patterns, in particular a change apparent from the mid to late 20th century onwards and attributed largely to the increased levels of atmospheric carbon dioxide produced by the use of fossil fuels.
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Deciduous Forests - ​​a forest with trees that shed their leaves annually.
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Ecological - relating to or concerned with the relation of living organisms to one another and to their physical surroundings.
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Endangered - (of a species) seriously at risk of extinction.
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Exotic - attractive or striking because colorful or out of the ordinary.
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Fluctuate - rise or fall irregularly in a number or amount
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Indicator Species - an animal or plant species that can be used to infer conditions in a particular habitat.
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Isalo Massif - A national park in Madagascar where the Malagasy Rainbow frogs reside.
It is located just off the coast of South Africa.
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Kermit the Frog - A frog puppet from the show Muppets.
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Madagascar - The country in which the Malagasy Rainbow Frog resides. Madagascar is an island off the southern coast of Africa.
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Malagasy Rainbow Frog - A frog found in the Isalo National Park of Madagascar.
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Mohamed bin Zayed Species Conservation Fund - The non-profit organization devoted to saving the Malagasy Rainbow frog.
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National Parks - a scenic or historically important area of countryside protected by the federal government for the enjoyment of the general public or the preservation of wildlife.
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Range Restricted - unable to be mobile, having a limited living space.
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Reproduce -(of an organism) produce offspring by a sexual or asexual process.
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Rocky Areas - an area consisting or full of rocks.
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Sapphire mining - the act of mining sapphires, which has harmful environmental impacts.
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Species - a group of living organisms consisting of similar individuals capable of exchanging genes or interbreeding. The species is the principal natural taxonomic unit, ranking below a genus and denoted by a Latin binomial.
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Vertebrates - an animal of a large group distinguished by the possession of a backbone or spinal column, including mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fishes.
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Vibrant - (of color) bright and striking.
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Vicinity - the area near or surrounding a particular place.
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Wet Season - The months in which it rains
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Wetlands - land consisting of marshes or swamps; saturated land.
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Waterways - river, canal, or stream, a water route that can be traveled and navigated.