Mongabay Reports: Chocolate frog, anyone?
Just kidding, you really shouldn't eat this.
Last February, researchers described a new-to-science species of frog literally unearthed in the Peruvian Amazon during a rapid inventory of the lower Putamayo Basin. The image of the frog circulated on Twitter where it was likened to the chocolate frogs as seen in the Harry Potter\xa0film franchise. One user described the frog as a 'smooth lil fella.'
The full scientific description of the tootsie-roll resembling amphibian is available here in the journal Evolutionary Systematics.
This episode of Mongabay Reports, features the popular article Chocolate frog? New burrowing frog species unearthed in Amazon\u2019s rare peatlands.
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