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Meet The Purple Frog, A Dinosaur-Era “Living Fossil” That Emerged Over 80 Million Years Ago
I n 2003, scientists described a new family of frogs – the first time such a discovery had been made among the anurans in around 70 years. Their prize was a weird one, a purple frog described as ...
The Daily Californian1d
Poison frog species discovered, highlighting biodiversity of the Chocó rainforest
After conducting research in Ecuador and Colombia, Rebecca Tarvin, assistant professor in the Department of Integrative ...
The Bellingham Herald8d
Poisonous creature — found among trash between houses — is a new species in Colombia
Betancourth-Cundar M, Ríos-Orjuela JC, Crawford AJ, Cannatella DC, Tarvin RD (2025) ZooKeys The new species is a “small dendrobatid frog,” meaning a brightly colored poison dart, or poison ...
Charlotte Observer7d
Poisonous creature — found among trash between houses — is a new species in Colombia
The new species is a “small dendrobatid frog,” meaning a brightly colored poison dart, or poison arrow frog, according to the study. The frog is “uniformly brown” on its back, has “black ...