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Formally described in 2021 by Ecuadorian herpetologists from the remote Cordillera del Cóndor, Pristimantis ledzeppelin honors legendary rock band Led Zeppelin. This high-Andean direct-developing frog inhabits a sandstone plateau ecosystem characterized by dramatic...
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Formally described in 2023, Tolkien’s Stream Treefrog (Hyloscirtus tolkieni) is a large, otherworldly treefrog discovered in the remote, mist-shrouded cloud forests of Ecuador’s eastern Andes. Named in honor of fantasy author J.R.R. Tolkien due to its...
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The Tapir Frog (Synapturanus danta) is an extraordinary burrowing microhylid frog discovered in 2022 in the pristine peat bogs of the Peruvian Amazon. Famous for its bizarre, downward-curving proboscis resembling a miniature tapir, it lives almost exclusively...
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The Yaku Glassfrog (Hyalinobatrachium yaku) is an extraordinary, jewel-like treefrog discovered in 2017 in the Amazonian lowlands of eastern Ecuador. Named ‘yaku’ from the indigenous Kichwa word for water, this miniature amphibian captivated evolutionary...
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The Barking Frog (Craugastor augusti) is a robust, rock-dwelling anuran native to the rugged limestone plateaus and desert mountain canyons of the American Southwest and Mexico. Named for its startling, guttural courtship vocalization that sounds remarkably like the...
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The Micro Frog (Microbatrachella capensis) is an astonishingly miniature, critically imperiled amphibian endemic strictly to the tannin-stained, acidic peat wetlands of the Cape Floristic Region of South Africa. Measuring scarcely half an inch in adult length and...
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The Richmond Range Mountain Frog (Philoria richmondensis) is a secretive, mud-burrowing micro-frog endemic to the high-elevation subtropical cloud forests of northeastern New South Wales. Spending virtually its entire existence concealed within moist subterranean...
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The Beautiful Nursery Frog (Cophixalus concinnus), also celebrated as the Elegant Frog, is a jewel-like miniature amphibian confined exclusively to the misty, cloud-shrouded mountain peaks of Mount Lewis and the Carbine Tableland in Queensland’s Wet Tropics....
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Mahony’s Toadlet (Uperoleia mahonyi) is a recently discovered, highly specialized ground-dwelling amphibian endemic strictly to the nutrient-poor coastal sandplains of eastern New South Wales. Formally described in 2016, this cryptic toadlet survives in acidic,...
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Sloane’s Froglet (Crinia sloanei) is one of Australia’s smallest and most cryptic amphibians. Barely exceeding fifteen millimeters in length, this miniature ground-dwelling frog inhabits the seasonal wetlands, gilgais, and clay floodplains of the...
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