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Spicospina flammocaerulea is a small species, with a snout-vent length of 31-36 mm in the females and males growing to 29.5-34.8 mm. The physical appearance and colouration differs greatly from all other Australian frog species.
The purple frog (Nasikabatrachus sahyadrensis), Indian purple frog, or pignose frog is a frog species of the genus Nasikabatrachus. It is endemic to the Western Ghats in India. Although the adult frog was formally described in October 2003, [2] the juvenile form of the species was described earlier in 1917. [3]
Nasikabatrachus bhupathi, or Bhupathy's purple frog, [3] is a frog species belonging to the family Nasikabatrachidae. It can be found in the Western Ghats in India and was discovered near the Srivilliputhur Grizzled Giant Squirrel Wildlife Sanctuary. [2] [4] The specific epithet honors the late Indian herpetologist Subramanian Bhupathy (1963 ...
Atelopus barbotini, popularly known as the purple fluorescent frog or more accurately the purple harlequin toad, is a species of toad in the family Bufonidae. General Information. The toad was formerly considered part of the Atelopus spumarius. It is not clear whether or not it is a single species or a group of related species.
"Fewer than a dozen of the 6455 species of frogs in the world are known to have internal fertilization, and of these, all but the new species either deposit fertilized eggs or give birth to ...
The fire-bellied toads are a group of six species of small frogs (most species typically no longer than 1.6 in or 4.1 cm) belonging to the genus Bombina.. The name "fire-bellied" is derived from the brightly colored red- or yellow-and-black patterns on the toads' ventral regions, which act as aposematic coloration, a warning to predators of the toads' reputedly foul taste.
Scientists in Western Australia have found a tree frog which is bright blue, rather than the usual green, due to a rare genetic mutation. ... This is the first time a blue color mutation has been ...
A pair of moor frogs in amplexus Multiple blue male moor frogs in Stadtwaldsee. Multimale amplexus, in which multiple males mate with a single female, is the predominant method of mating that the moor frog performs. [19] The sperm of male moor frogs compete in the female reproductive tract for fertilization of the female's egg.