(CNN) — A team of Australian scientists has discovered a curious “chocolate frog” tree frog in the lowland rainforests of New Guinea. Tree frogs are known for their green skin — but due to its brown ...
Scientists from Queensland Museum have announced the newly discovered and deliciously named chocolate frog. This adorable creature lives in hot, swampy areas of New Guinea, according to a paper ...
(NEXSTAR) – A frog straight out of the “Harry Potter” universe has been discovered in the far reaches of Papua New Guinea. It’s nicknamed the “chocolate” frog, but this is the kind of amphibian you ...
Once common along coastal lowland areas of eastern New South Wales and Victoria, an amphibian chytrid fungus, along with habitat fragmentation, degradation, and the disappearance of large portions of ...
In a remote part of Australia, researchers recently stumbled upon an unusual, blue-skinned tree frog. This individual is a rare genetic mutant of the magnificent tree frog, a large amphibian that’s ...
A team of Australian scientists has discovered a curious “chocolate frog” tree frog in the lowland rainforests of New Guinea. Tree frogs are known for their green skin – but due to its brown coloring, ...
(CNN) — A team of Australian scientists has discovered a curious “chocolate frog” tree frog in the lowland rainforests of New Guinea. Tree frogs are known for their green skin — but due to its brown ...
Litoria mira was discovered in the dense lowland rainforests of New Guinea. The frog was discovered in 2016 and researchers conducted genetic analysis to confirm it is indeed a new species. The frog ...
The find suggests that the two frog species diverged 5.3 to 2.6 million years ago during the Pliocene Epoch, before Australia and New Guinea were separated by water, causing the two species to become ...