It's raining tiny toxic frogs

New Species Of "Heavenly" Tiny Metallic Poison Dart Frog Discovered In The Amazon

Whoever said you can't wear spots and stripes never met this frog.

It's raining tiny toxic frogs

Poison dart frogs are hard to miss. They’re bright, agile, and as their name suggests, toxic. But at least a few  of these showy amphibians have gone under the radar, until now. Scientists surveying a difficult to reach area of the Brazilian Amazon report two new species in a set of recent papers. The first, published in April in the journal ZooKeys, describes the teal and black Ranitomeya aquamarina. The second, released May 14 in the journal P…

New poison dart frog species discovered

The tiny amphibian, observed in a remote area of the Brazilian Amazon, is the first such discovery in a decade.

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