Above ground, black rain frogs — which are about 1.6 to 2 inches (4 to 5 centimeters) long — run or walk, rather than hop: "Their legs are very short, and their bodies round," Tarrant said.

But that wasn’t the only new species found in the rainforest. Litoria grinpela, the green torrent tree frog, differs from the kikori torrent tree frog by having predominantly green coloration ...

When fleischmanni's glass frogs (Hyalinobatrachium fleishmanni) go to sleep, they siphon off 89 percent of their brightly colored red blood cells into crystal-lined sacs in their liver, which ...

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These frogs, with their striking features and incredible adaptations, play vital roles in the ecosystem. From the tiny and agile squirrel monkeys to the mighty macaws and jaguars, the Amazon is a ...

Germán Chávez is no stranger to the Amazon rain forest, where he says "one can't help but get excited" by all the reptiles and amphibians that he has made a career out of studying. But when he ...

As dawn sunlight seeped through the canopy of the Amazon rainforest, a colorful creature with “toxic skin” climbed down plants using its “large” hands. Stopping on a leaf, it let out a ...

World Rainforest creature with ‘heart-shaped’ tongue found in Ecuador. It’s a new species By Aspen Pflughoeft February 25, 2025 8:53 AM ...

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The calling animal turned out to be a new species. A team of researchers set out to study the hourglass tree frog, a “small, brightly colored species” found in Central and South America.