Scientists found slender frog with long tongue calling in rainforest trees & discovered new species: Purari narrow-mouthed frog, study said.

The Atelopus spumarius harlequin frog lives in the Amazon Rainforest, with populations in Brazil, Peru, Ecuador, Colombia and the Guianas. Photo courtesty of Jaime Culebras/ASI.

Seen from below, the frog has a pale belly with some darker blue-purple shades. Purari narrow-mouthed frogs live in lowland rainforests and seem to “occur at low densities,” the study said.

Scientists found slender frog with long tongue calling in rainforest trees & discovered new species: Purari narrow-mouthed frog, study said.

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