EDGE Blog (Zoological Society of London, UK) November 24th, 2014 07:18 AM: Caught on camera: new footage displays extraordinary mating behaviour of EDGE amphibian number 4: The purple frog

The purple frog (Nasikabatrachus sahyadrensis) is currently listed as the world’s 4th most Evolutionarily distinct and*globally endangered*amphibian species. This unusual frog has a limited distribution, confined to the Western Ghats mountain range in India. For the first time, video footage of the mating behaviour of this species has been released, airing as part of the [...]
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