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Copper-legged blue frog from poison dart family discovered in the Amazon rainforest

A new rarely-found amphibian has been discovered in the western Amazon dazzles with its mesmerising bright-blue body and unusual copper highlights on its limbs that makes it even more appealing and ...

Step-By-Step Evolution Of A Chemical Weapons System By Poison Frogs

Poison frogs appear to have built their chemical defenses gradually: related frogs store low to moderate levels of ...
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New poison dart frog discovered in the Amazon's Juruá River basin is blue with copper-colored legs, and represents one of just two novel Ranitomeya species in a decade

Funding: This study was funded by the Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado do Amazonas (FAPEAM Grant process n° 01.02.016301.03252/2021-67 from 007/2021 BIODIVERSA to A.P. Lima). ATM received a ...
New Scientist

Exquisite new-to-science frog species has golden legs and odd habits

Resplendent with its blue stripes and golden legs, this newly described poison dart frog may look imposing, but it is only about the size of a thumbnail, measuring just 14 to 17 millimetres from the ...