Nasikabratrachus is a combination of Sanskrit and Latin and translates as "frog with a nose".<br /><br />Scientists say approximately 4,800 currently known species of frogs belong to 29 families ...

Scientists have discovered a new and unusual species of frog in the Western Ghats mountain range in India. The frog has shiny, purple skin, a light blue ring around its eyes, and a pointy pig-nose.

The Indian purple frog (Nasikabatrachus sahyadrensis) was first described by researchers in 2003. Bulbous, purple, and with a tube-like nose, the species proved distinct enough to warrant its own ...

The chubby, seven-centimetre-long, purple amphibian with a pointy snout was found hopping around in the Western Ghats, a range of hills in western India. Scientists have given it the name ...

A new species of bright purple frog -- a chubby blob with a pointy snout -- has been discovered in southern India. The amphibian is so different from known frogs that it has been placed into a new ...

The chubby, seven-centimeter (three-inch) beast has been dubbed Nasikabatrachus sahyadrensis, from the Sanskrit word for nose (nasika); batrachus, meaning frog; and Sahyadri, the name for the hills ...

Yes, the purple pig frog is up all night to get lucky. And in inclement weather no less. After the love sesh, eggs are laid in streams and hatch within 48 hours.

Meet The Purple Frog, A Dinosaur-Era “Living Fossil” That Emerged Over 80 Million Years Ago Complete the form below to listen to the audio version of this article ...