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https://www.newsweek.com/endangered-scrotum-frogs-go-display-zoo-conservation-effort-1623897
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Twenty endangered "scrotum frogs" recently went on display at a British zoo in an effort to save the species from going extinct. Researchers with the zoo hope they can discover new ways to recover the species despite threats such as pollution and poaching.
England's Chester Zoo announced the arrival of the frogs on Twitter Wednesday. Attached to the tweet was an educational video about the odd-looking amphibians, which has received nearly 3,000 views.
"[Twenty] of the world's LARGEST aquatic frogs have just gone display at #TheZoo for the very FIRST time," the zoo tweeted. "Here's how they earned themselves the rather unfortunate nickname … the scrotum frog."
According to the video, the frogs' official name is the Lake Titicaca water frog. Their nickname, "scrotum frogs," is a reference to the "saggy folds of excess skin, which they use to absorb oxygen from the waters of Lake Titicaca in Peru and Bolivia."
Sky News reported the zoo has partnered with the Cayetano Heredia University in Peru and the Natural History Museum's Alcide d'Orbigny in Bolivia to not only save the frogs but also "secure the future of the lake."
An article published by National Geographic in 2019 identified two major threats for the species: poaching and water pollution.
Some Peruvians believe a "tonic" called "frog juice" can cure a variety of maladies, including asthma and osteoporosis, explained the publication. Some also use the drink as an aphrodisiac.
As its name implies, the juice consists of raw frogs, blended with other ingredients like maca root and honey. Though there is no scientific evidence to prove its efficacy, it has become popular.
Lake Titicaca water frogs are the frog of choice for this particular remedy, and as a result, they are poached and sold to those who produce frog juice.
Additionally, pollution threatens the survival of the species. According to that same article, nearly 10,000 frogs were found dead in 2016 near the banks of a river that flows into the lake. Diapers, syringes and an assortment of other garbage were reportedly found near the frogs, as well as other dead fish.
Experts told the magazine that "pollution alters the acidity of the lake and kills plants that oxygenate the water, which harms the frogs because they absorb oxygen through their skin folds."
If something doesn't change soon, the frogs could very easily go extinct.
Researchers with the Chester Zoo, however, hope that by learning more about the frogs' biology, they can help them survive in the wild, despite toxicity in their native environment.
"What we need to do now is to build on our knowledge of the species and its biology — by learning all about their life cycle, mating behaviors, favored habitat and ability to tolerate or resist a deadly fungus that is wiping out lots of amphibians, called chytrid," Dr. Gerardo Garcia, the zoo's curator of lower vertebrates and invertebrates, said in a statement according to Sky News.
"We can then harness that valuable information for conservation action in the wild."