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Scientists have discovered a strange new toad species smaller than a fingernail in a rainforest in northeast Brazil, shedding more light on the rich diversity of life forms in the region.
Hyloscirtus tolkieni, commonly known as the Río Negro stream frog, is a recently described (2023) species of frog in the family Hylidae. It is endemic to the Andes Mountains in Ecuador, where it has been observed at 3190 meters above sea level.
Blommersia bara is a species of frog native to Madagascar. [1] [2] The species was first described in 2023, but had been previously encountered and subsequently mistaken for other species in the past. [1] It is named after the Bara people, who live in the same region as the species. [1]
The azure-thighed tree frog (Litoria azuroscelis), azure-thighed treefrog or, in Indonesian, katak-pohon paha-biru, is a species of tree frog in the subfamily Pelodryadinae of the family Hylidae that is native to Western New Guinea. It was described by a group of Australian herpetologists in 2023. [2]
A new species of frog has been officially confirmed, close to 80 years after its existence was first theorized. The frog, Rana kauffeldi, is a type of leopard frog, and the process of establishing ...
The new species “eats small birds, rodents, snakes and other frogs and insects,” du Preez said. Beytell’s bullfrogs have a “strongly pulsed,” “whoop”-like call, the study said.
The new species was first erroneously reported as Xenophrys maosonensis from Arunachal Pradesh in 2019 due to overlapping morphological characters and limited molecular evidence. [ 2 ] Taxonomical studies of Mahony et al. (2018) and Lyu et al. (2023) on the Xenophrys genus suggested that multiple potential new species-level taxa in Vietnam and ...
Frog calls sound similar to boatswain whistle and tricorder from Star Trek series, researchers say