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The river frog is a very large species with adults commonly between 7 and 13 cm (3 and 5 in) in length. The skin is rough and wrinkled but there are no dorso-lateral ridges as there are in the green frog (Lithobates clamitans). The back is some shade of dark green or blackish-green and the belly is dark grey, or blackish with pale wavy lines ...
Frog calls sound similar to boatswain whistle and tricorder from Star Trek series, researchers say Mysterious new frog species found to croak like ‘Star Trek’ special effects Skip to main content
The new species came from the place, Noa-Dihing River, from where the specimens were collected. This Noa-Dihing Music Frog is differed from other species of Nidirana genus by its size, oval toe tips, the tubercles on their backs and the unique call [2] reminiscent of "wild duck species". [3] The species is named after the Noa-Dahing River. [4]
The Collinses' mountain chorus frog (Pseudacris collinsorum), which ranges from southwestern North Carolina/southeastern Tennessee south to most of Alabama aside from the north and west to northeastern Mississippi, was formerly thought to represent a population of P. brachyphona, but was described as a distinct species in 2020.
A new species of frog has been officially confirmed, close to 80 years after its existence was first theorized. The frog, Rana kauffeldi, is a type of leopard frog, and the process of establishing ...
The new species “eats small birds, rodents, snakes and other frogs and insects,” du Preez said. Beytell’s bullfrogs have a “strongly pulsed,” “whoop”-like call, the study said.
The name is derived from litho-(stone) and the Greek bates (βάτης, one that treads), meaning one that treads on rock, or rock climber. [2] [3] As presently defined, it includes many of eastern North America's most familiar aquatic frog species, including the American bullfrog, green frog, and the leopard frogs.
Scientists have discovered a strange new toad species smaller than a fingernail in a rainforest in northeast Brazil, shedding more light on the rich diversity of life forms in the region.. The ...