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    Yahoo News (USA) March 25th, 2015 06:18 AM: Shape-Shifting Frog Can Change Its Skin Texture

    A fingernail-size frog that can morph its skin texture from spiny to smooth in just minutes is the first shape-shifting amphibian ever found, according to a new report. A new glass frog species, the Las Gralarias glass frog, was reported there in 2012. Scientists from Cleveland's Case Western Reserve University and Cleveland Metroparks found the shape shifter during their annual survey of the reserve's amphibian population. For the past 10 years, Katherine Krynak, a biologist and Case Western graduate student, and Tim Krynak, a naturalist and Metroparks project manager, have walked the reserve trails together at night, listening for frog calls and scanning for rare species.


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